Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

Bottle; Pours with an average size, off-white head that diminishes fairly quick. An orange colored body that is slighly hazed. Both the aroma and flavor have a moderate butterscoth/toffee flavor. Creamy, medium body with soft carbonation. Nice!

Bottled. Pours a deep copper with a medium, long lasting head. Laces well. First whiff of aroma is skunk....kind of expected with Sam Smiths. As the skunk clears, some sweet caramel malt notes comes through with a tad of earthy English hops. Flavor is sweet and malty with sufficient bittering hops to balance. Actually more hops that I was expecting in an English PA/ESB; nice and grassy and earthy. Fruity ester profile. Dry, slightly astringent finish. Body is medium and moderately carbonated. Decent EPA.

Pours a golden body bordering on brown with a thick light light tan head. Malty sweet aroma with little to no hop hints, not your typical pale ale. Grainy malt flavor with underlying sweet roasted malts and spicey hops. Finishes smooth and more malty than hoppy, but a perfect blend of the two together. What a pale ale!

Nice amber color, and pours with a large head. Almost a sour smell, and the taste was a bit the same. A little bit of nutty flavor.

amber color. foamy white head. malt aroma. malt and bitter flavor. not what i expected. noticed a slight nuttiness.

Light caramel malt, toffee and bready aroma. Faint floral nose also noted. Caramel, toffee, and chewy bread flavors. Finishes round and somewhat creamy. Nice mouthfeel. A good brew.

Pours copper with nice tan head that fades to film. Bready malt aroma ith a little nuttiness to it. Initial flavor is all sweet malt, but has some fruit,nuts, and a little bit of hops in the finish. Good brew overall.

Dark copper in the glass, very text book. Fruity, yeasty(?) nose with confectionary notes. Balanced palate, very broad flavour profile hits all sides of the tongue, but hard to pick defining hop and malt flavours. Good but not great.