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Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Lager
Tadcaster, England
Serve in Lager glass

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 592   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.12   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle: Pasteurised.
Golden colour, floral bouquet and light flavour of newly mowed hay.

Brewed with great care using only malted barley, hops, medium-soft water and a bottom-fermenting yeast; matured at low temperatures to bring out its delicate flavour and soft hop-character finish.

The cold maturation period allows the bottom-fermenting yeasts to secondary ferment and improve the lager’s flavour, purity and condition.


most recent ratings

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
joet (1919) - Santa Rosa, California, USA - FEB 13, 2002
Nice slightly burnt clear golden color and full head falling slowly in pocks to a few pods of white blobs. The aroma is lasting and excellent -- all a masculine perfume, as much floral as it is leather. Good round malty and dampened hop flavors on a lightly effervescent, smooth rounded body finishing quick, clean with some soft light ’old books’ notes.

4.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
LuckeyHaskins99 (180) - Toledo, Ohio, USA - FEB 8, 2002
Best Beer ever, repeat, best beer ever!!!!! I love this stuff, and even mentioned it in my profile. Can I afford a 4-pack a night, no way! But i love it, clean, clear, no bitterness, and a mild taste of hops and grain. They serve this in heaven people so if you’re not sure where you are going, try this now befoe it may be too late!

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Ernest (5627) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - FEB 6, 2002
UPDATED: NOV 9, 2006 Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is clear medium yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted bread, grain), lightly to moderately hoppy (herbs, flowers), with a light note of soap. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Great example of a maligned style...too bad more plain joe lagers aren’t as good.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
dolemike1 (1288) - Jeannette, Pennsylvania, USA - JAN 9, 2002
Decent, drinkable, just not one of their better beers.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Ron (1988) - Rochester, New York, USA - DEC 27, 2001
UPDATED: JAN 9, 2003 Good beer, I enjoyed it. Not top of the lager crop though.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Aurelius (3444) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - NOV 27, 2001
Very malty and almost marzen. Well-balanced and good drinking. Better than most beers you’ll find, but not as distinguished as Sam Smith’s fine ales and porters.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
prpplague (247) - Euless, Texas, USA - NOV 25, 2001
i’m not a big lager fan, however this was very good, nice rich aroma, full bodied taste

3.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
FUNK (120) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - NOV 15, 2001
Pretty good, for a lager. I really liked the bottle kinda tall and skinny perfect for breaking off the end and using it in a bar fight.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
MOboy (505) - Kansas City, Missouri, USA - NOV 1, 2001
Man, I had to practically stick my nose into the beer to get the aroma, but once found, it is very sweet. The appearance is very bright and happy (or whatever). As for the taste, well, it is nothing exceptional, but it is very smooth.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
legion242 (1999) - Richardson, Texas, USA - OCT 26, 2001
Better then what I had expected.


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