Samuel Smiths Yorkshire Stingo

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

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

Poured 550 ml into a pint glass. it had barnyard aroma with delicate hints of goat feed. It had a rich amber color with a llite carbonation. With carmel and currant favors. Very little oak favors, lots of floaters. Younger barrels might make this a awesome beer.

Brewed in 2009
Tasted on 1/26/12 from a 550mL bottle purchased at Binny’s Lincoln Park. Pours clear, but dark auburn, with an average tan head that slowly recedes to a thick collar of lace. The nose is lightly spiced caramel, with some hints of cinnamon, vanilla, golden raisin, and maple. The flavor is pretty sweet with maple, caramel, and vanilla up front, moving to the cinnamon and baking spices, with just a hint of some bitterness and the golden raisin showing an almost vinous note. The body is full with lively carbonation and a long, lightly bitter, vinous golden raisin finish.

Been looking forward to this beer for a long time now and it didn’t disappoint. Aromas of malt, hay. Tastes of super malty, vanilla. Overall a great beer.

Bottle: Brown color, light beige head. Aroma is fruity, notes of cherries, berries and plums. Chocolate and malt. Flavor is medium malty, quite fruity (plums), roasted malt, oak barrles, alcohol, dark chocolate, cacao. Roasty and light hoppy bitterness in the end. Nice.

Bottle care of Chuwy. Slightly oxidized aroma, green apples, caramel. Big green apples in the mouth, too big, with caramel and minerals. Smooth and silky, but disappointing as I was expecting a lot.

Bottle
Appearance - Deep cherry red, bubbly, thick head
Aromas - Oak, earthy, hops, caramel
Taste - Dried citrus, cherries, toffee, alcohol

2009 "vintage bottle". This may be my first oak-aged English strong ale. The oak presence was nice and pleasant, adding a nice and dry undertone to the fruity presence. While aromas were spicy and full of mellow earthy tones - the flavor was still much more fruity then I would expect. This made for a smooth and mellow aftertaste, which was very nice given the higher ABV.

amber red color. Wet cardbord, creamy, green apples. I don’t think the bottle I had was in the best condition.

A clear dark red/brown colored beer, with a thick foamy beige head. The aroma of dark fruits with a little wood notes and dark malts. The taste is of bitter fruits with laurel. There are hints of wood, some sweet notes. A little burny. The aftertaste is sweet, bitter with a little alcohol.