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Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale 3.35 845

Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

Percentile
79
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8453.35/5.03.35/5.05%89.8English pint
Commercial Description:
Bottle: Pastuerised
Captures the soul of beer. It has a maltiness that reminds you that beer is a product of the soil. Balance of malt and hops.
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 jake65 (1760), Williston, North Dakota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/511/20
Aug 15, 2007  
Bottle: Chestnut brown with a smaller beige head. Nose is mild of malts, caramel, and rye. Taste is maltier still with caramel, breadiness, and light floral hops. Earthy and dry. Not one to remember.


 21iceman40 (1731), vienna, West Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Aug 29, 2001  
More good stuff from Samuel Smith. One of the best pale ales I have tasted. I was surprised and delighted at the lack of bitterness.


 Ethereal (1710), London, Greater London, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 1, 2009  
550ml bottle at The Chandos, 26th Oct. Clear darkish amber with a line of white head. Strong malty flavour. Good weight.


 ross (1709), weddington, South Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/102/517/20
Jun 14, 2003  
a great pale ale, if you get one of these make sure you let it get ICE cold, it was a great example of an english pale ale.


 BeerPrince (1701), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 28, 2003  
Finally I decided to buy this beer after seeing it on the shelf for over 2 months. The body is browny red and clear. The head was huge but settled to a nice size and had great lacing. Aroma was quite hoppy and floral, perhaps even a tad spicy. Flavour is smooth and hoppy. Finish is fluffy and delicate. Extremely well balanced beer.


 jimhilt (1695), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 1, 2005  
Pours a cream, one-finger head that vanishes quickly leaving no lace. Slightly cloudy amber color. Medium-strong carbonation and medium bodied. Nose is faintly sweet. Starts on the sweet side with some hops hiding in the background. Clean finish, this is a good pale not loaded with hops. $3 for a 550ml bottle from Northend Superette Manchester, NH.


 GG (1689), NorCal, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/511/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Perhaps an older bottle? Not sure, but it had the clear glass which is always a disappointment and the beer suffers for it. The strength of the beer is clearly the appearance, which is a beautiful dark amber/rootbeer brown in color with a thick and creamy tan head. The bready aroma didn’t let much else out of my glass, except for a few random notes of sweet malts. The flavor had a rather muted taste with some light malts, some bread, a bit of caramel but mostly just a vague drinking experience. Is clear glass the culprit? Dunno. The palate seemed very thin too by the way. Kinda like an extract homebrew.


 MrManning (1662), London, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 8, 2004  
Bottle- Pours a reddish body with a thin off white coloured head. Aroma is malty sweetness, with some hops. Grassy notes as well. Taste is malty, nutty, with some earthy bitterness. A creamy bitter beer that is made well. A good example of the style.



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