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Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome Ale

Percentile
71
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: English Strong Ale

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
10693.25/5.03.25/5.06%64.5English pint, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Filtered, pasteurised and artificially carbonated. Only available in bottles.
Each year the label has a different picture.
Ingredients: Water, malted barley, yeast, hops, seaweed finings, carbon dioxide.
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lucke13 (90), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Apr 27, 2008  
07-08 12oz bollte. Amber color with a light, thin head. Aromas of sweet malt and brown sugar. Dry bittersweet slightly fruity toffee finish with a hint of chocolate. I like it a lot.


 imdownthepub (5118), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/511/20
Apr 25, 2008  
Bottled, 550ml, pasteurised. Clear Amber with white head. Highish CO2 levels giving a cardboardy taste along with the boiled veg notes from the body, this was very disappointing unfortunately. Sweetish with some fruitiness but very short in the finish. Tastes if its more for export than for the home market, which is a shame.


 bembelembe (150), Zagreb, Croatia
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/518/20
Apr 24, 2008  
Great beer. Very complex taste. Full of spices. Smooth malt, bit roasted and sweet. Nutty aroma, with subtle feel of hops. Alcohol is quite detectable. Dark orange colour with medium head. Mid-low carbonated.


 tnkw01 (175), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 21, 2008  
Bottle. Suprisingly good tasting. I was not much on English Beer but I’m starting to come around. Nice reddish gold color. Good aroma and nice taste. Recommend it.


 DandyWolfFloyd (331), Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Apr 13, 2008  
Crack! It’s a 2 run triple. Man this is fine stuff. I initially smelled a lot of barley, hops, and some fruit or spice. It’s a nice orange-red color. It’s flavor is fruity, malty, and alchohol. It’s carbonated, but not gassy. It’s good.


 Dacrza (252), Great Meadows, New Jersey, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
Apr 12, 2008  
Efferevescent, rocky white, thin two-finger head that settles onto a clear, orange brown body--tracing present throughout drinking...sharp malty scents with fruity citrus esthers reminiscent of an IPA, but the hops are well-balanced here...smooth entry with a bit of texture and a bubbly end... otherwise, casual in its presence... malt initially impresses...mellows quckly with a minimal bite of hop...alcohol is subtle--pleasant but not harrassing... maltier and fruitier than I expected--and this is a good thing! A beautiful overall effect in the sense and a fitting compliment to a snowbound evening....


 changeup45 (788), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 9, 2008    Updated: Jul 30, 2008
Packaged in their traditional pint sized, aluminum foil wrapped bottle, looking like a gourmet malt liquor. Pours a brownish copper color, nice head and a pretty good amount of lacing left on the glass. Smooth malt aroma, while the flavor is a spicy malt at first then you get a great hoppy bite. Very well balanced and smooth. I haven’t yet tried a Samuel Smith’s I wouldn’t have again, and this is no different.


 truebluehes (104), Tipton, Iowa, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Apr 8, 2008  
Bottle. Light orange amber pour, with small lacy head. Aroma is fairly sweet and malty, but not overpowering by any means. Flavor is of lightly roasted malt with a little bit of nuts. Maybe a faint hint of wood.



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