Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome Ale

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: English Strong Ale
Tadcaster, England

I’ve sampled several offering from the venerable Samuel Smith brewery and I haven’t come across a bad beer yet. I had this in the 550ml bottle. The writer didnt’ waste any time with this sad description. I didnt’ realize that carbon dioxide was an ingredient. I certainly couldn’t detect any ’seaweed finings’ but I wouldn’t be surprised if more haughty reviewers had. Still, nice job.

Bottled from trenton take out. Thin light brown color small head. Watery appearence with slight malt aroma. Thin and watery in taste which was gypsum , mild malt and slight hop. Not very much to see here.

Drank in an english pint. Clear caramel color poor with a nice frothy beige head. Aromas of caramel, nice sweet aromatic hops, cask and nutty. Nice sweet caramel taste, figs, maple syrup with an earthy finish. Good bitterness, nicely carbonated and a very creamy body. Not as light as you might think yet still very refreshing.

Bottle - First review Pours a deep rust red. The head lingers slightly with minor lacing, and the nose is a nutty, aromatic malt. Taste is a slightly-spicy, neutral malt with a bitter hop character coming through at the finish. A lovely beer on a cold Toronto night, but beyond that it’s a tad mundane.

clear amber color. typical english hop aroma. flavour is bitter with the typical english hopppiness. Some spice comes though, I find it quite similar to the pale ale. over all nice, but not mind blowing.

Clear amber with a thin head. Mild sweet malt notes in both aroma and flavour. Fairly well balanced, but was not impressed with the finish. Really had two stages: 1. mild bitterness 2. failry metallic-like on the back of the teeth which was unpleasant. Strange...not impressed.

Pours a opaque brown color with a one finger head. Has hints of fruit, carmel. Light bodied. Enjoyed very much.

The aroma possesses floral hints with some spiciness and maltiness. I love the appearance in the Imp pint glass...2cm thick white head and a mild red colour that one might expect in a pale ale or bitter. The flavour is toffee-like, with some caramel but the alcohol (only 6%) is surprisingly evident. I think temperature is the key here. Outstanding!!!! Hoppiness also presents itself toward the end.