Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome Ale

Poors with almost no head.Amber in color and silky on the palate.this is a great beer clear in color with a nice caramel flavor

Bottle pour. Fruity, almost wine like aroma. Bread, malt smell too. Sweet malt flavor. Dry finish. Light to medium dry body. Medium duration. SLight alcohol warming.

I like this better than most other winter ales. It has a clean Well balanced and smooth. Not too much malt or hops. Thumbs up here!

Pours a light amber with minimal white head. Malty flavor up front with hints caramel, toffee, and apricot. Some piney and citrus finish from the hops. Not bad but not a stand out.

Crushed with CaryTheDude and JakeBra. Not sure I’d call this an english strong ale, or a winter warmer. Kind of a vaguely hoppy aroma, with a bad ESB taste. Kind of weak. Maybe its the seaweed.

Crushed with Jakebra and Honkeybra. Sweet nose smells like a cheap bock. Flavor is like a bad ESB. Weird combination. Not a very good one either way. Kinda shitty.

Bottle.Pours a clear copper with an off-white head that slowly dissipates; very slight lacing.Aroma of sweet malts, caramel, molasses, and green apples.Flavor of caramel,brown sugar spice and some sourish fruit,apple maybe,a hint of hops.Lightly carbonated.Drinkable but nothing special.

This beer kind of defined mediocrity for me. Decent looking, decent tasting, decent smelling but nothing out of the ordinary or bad. Just kind of there really. Not too malty, not too hoppy, just there. I have come to expect a lot more from Samuel Smith though, so a big disappointment.