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Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome Ale

Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome Ale - English Strong Ale

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

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
10643.25/5.03.25/5.06%64.9English pint, Trappist glass
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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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 demdeac40 (238), Etowah, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 1, 2009  
Pours an orange amber with a nice off white head. Shows medium carbonation. The nose is sweet malt and a touch of hop. Almost a light hint of butterscotch in the background. Taste follows the malty sweet path and then a nice light bitterness on the finish. I always look forward to this beer each Winter.


 puboflyons (590), New Hampshire, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/514/20
Mar 28, 2009  
From the 550 ml. bottle 2008-2009 batch with the mark of SI09H1. The pour is an attractive reddish-amber with a decent tan, puffy head and good lacing. The aroma is slightly malted and hoppy. Medium mouthfeel. Kind of bitter flavor and a tad tart. It was Not really bad but I don’t expect I would buy another.


 BREWMUSKCLES (1062), New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Mar 15, 2009  
really mellow with bright flavor that is sweet malty and hoppy a favorite of mine from the start. aged fruit feel of alcohol and it is warming and indeed welcome. aroma like a fishtank right from the bottle but it mellows rather fast and exudes the fruit essence. i am not going to exactly be able to explain why i like this but i like it. peach like perfume to it almost apricot mouthfeel feel and the yeast surprisingly good !


 curly (549), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Mar 12, 2009  
Pours slight-hazy orange with a small tan head. Aroma is caramel, spice, butter and other spices. Tatse is a smooth caramel with a slight toffee bitterness on the finish. Mouthfeel is good and buttery as well.


 Rustyham (552), miami, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 11, 2009  
A bit of a disappointment, It has a nice Anisette sting among other light spices, but no body to back it up. Thick head that quickly dissipates. Nice Mead-like color. $10.29 per six pack at Tivoli Liquors in Miami


 Nebulor (109), , California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Mar 8, 2009  
Mild caramel malt aroma with florals. Clear light amber/copper color, no sign of sediment, minimal white head, has some action. Sweet, eyewater, English Tea taste with malt and tangy esters in the flavor. Medium bodied, resin/watery feel, with lively soft carbonation. The tangy aftertaste is not smooth enough or fruity enough to be a session beer for me.


 Cavie (1318), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20
Mar 8, 2009  
Sour smell and tart taste. Makes your tongue tingle like a sour apple does. Not up to par.


 troopie (851), USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Mar 7, 2009  
Bottle. Poured honey amber with lasting white head. Faint malt, and forest aroma. Malt flavour with a bit of hop. More alcohol flavour than what you would expect from a 6 per centum beer. Lasting malt flavour. This would be a better beer if they did less to it. Something of a disappointment after their other beers. But still, not a bad beer.



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