Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome Ale

poured a nice red amber color not much of a head just some floaties. Smells very sweet and of roasted nuts. I can see why this beer is considered a winter ale with it being very warm on the palate.

bottle, bought in Switzerland. Copper colour, creamy head. Flavours of malt, roasted malt. Quite hoppy.

ambrata buona schiuma tipico profumo di una ale sinceramente mi aspettavo di più da una birra invernale

The aroma is the best part of this beer, and is one of my favorites all around. Cookie malts, some dough and some brown sugar is what I could come up with, and the sum is greater than its parts. Slightly acidic and metallic finish take away from the pleasantness, but its a great one to stick your nose in.

copper pour with foamy tan head. smells of spice, hops and vanilla. taste of spice as well with a hint of caramel and pine, think and oily mouthfeel, bitter on the backend. this is a decent beer, each taste is a bit better than the last, i can image having this on a cold winters day... too bad its summer :o(

Bottle. Heavy malt aromas of nuts and caramel and light smells of herbs and dough with date and brown sugar in the background. Head is a rocky off white with fair lacing and is fully diminishing. Color is a clear orange/brown. Flavor is lightly acidic to start and finishes lightly sweet and acidic. Palate is light to medium, watery with fizzy carbonation. The flavor is a little weak in this beer, but the aromas make up for it somewhat.

2007 bottle, have had all years back to 1997, like how they change the picture and supposedly they taste different, used to think this was then best, clear saffron pour, not much head, a little spicey and lightly carbonated, good standby if nothing else.

06/07 bottle. Not much to this one for the malt sake, there is a hint of caramel malts. There is a flowery hop taste and aroma that lingers in the back of your moujth for a while.