Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tadcaster, England

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.

Bottle. A nice bitter aroma. Typical brown bitter look with thin head that stays. Flavor is a nice mixture of bitterness and maltiness. Goes down smooth and is very drinkable. A nice bitter palate stays on the tongue and goes great with hot food. I had this with thai.

Clear brown coloured, sparkling. Weak nose. Hoppy, bitter flavour. Very nice easy to drink beer.

Pours dark, slightly hazy reddish amber with a thin, mostly receding light tan head. Aroma of dark crystal, raisins, caramel, vinous malt, fruity British hops, toffee, nuts, and dates. Commercial description is correct, this beer feels like it is a product of the soil. Very earthy, with its’ dirty, slightly vinous and fruity flavors. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with lush, foamy carbonation. Quit enjoyable, and easy to drink.

From a distinctive gold foil wrapped narrow neck clear 1pt. 2.7oz. Samuel Smith bottle with no freshness date, poured into a Samuel Smith shaped pint glass. Made a very good appearance, poured a clear red hued copper with a large foamy, frothy white head that as it reduced in size left a lot of ringed sticking. Had a sweet fruity/honey hopped aroma with whiffs of caramel maltiness and nutty yeastiness. Good carbonation and a dry, smooth medium bodied mouth feel, very good drinkability. Very tasty, a sour fruitiness with a mellow hop bitterness, a sweet biscuity maltiness and a grainy, dry finish with a lingering sour graininess in the palate.

Bottle Pours a medium dark nutty brown with a nice full creamy beige head. Very nice sweet nutty aroma. Brown sugar and molassas as well. Flavor is not as sweet as the aroma hinted. Nutty and woody, easy on the hops. Nice malt presence. Very low on the carbonation, and a nice soft feel. Dry almost chalky finish and no real hops aftertaste. Not Bad

Bouteille de 550 ml, acheté au LCBO sur Rideau (Ottawa). Ambrée terre-cuite, peu à pas de collet. Arome de malte sucré au miel, avec d’amèrtume et peu houblonné. Goût légé de malte sucré au miel, un peu floral et une touche amère. Assez agréable!

Bottle from gift pack from Market Street in McKinney, TX. Pours a hazy deep amber with beige head. Aroma of malt, notes of honey and faint hops. Flavor is malty with very nice hop flavor and evenly balanced bitter. Mouthfeel is medium body with high carbonation. Overall, this is a well crafted ale, easy to drink, not over powering.