Samuel Smiths Yorkshire Stingo

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

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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550ml bottle. ABV labeled 8%. Hazy brown / red color. Good thick 1-finger khaki head. Oak, vinous, and dark fruit nose. Medium plus body. Lighter, crisp carbonation. Clean dry finish. Little loose lace. Light sweet bitter notes. Flavor of over ripe dark fruits, wood, and vinous qualities. Above average for Sam Smith in my experience. A fine, decent and interesting and complex ale, but the increased price is not proportionate to the better experience. Was going to share it with my sister staying with me over the holiday, but she didn’t care for it one bit.

Very rich beer. You get a sense of the alcohol from the aroma, but it is not heavy on the alcohol to taste. I get toffee and caramel. A very interesting beer.

This is a reminder of what beer can be and is. While my hat is off to all of the many great U.S. craft beer companiesat the front lines of creating new stylesand producing some great liquid. I feel that Sam Smith is spot on with everything they bring to market.

A very complex swirly brown ale with an off-white head. Notes of toffee are rich and complex on the nose. The ale is smooth but with lots of body. A nice beer to enjoy with friends.

500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 1/28/2011. Pours fairly clear reddish brown color with a 1 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of raisin, prune, toast, toffee, caramel, pear, apple, brown sugar, bread, oak, earth, and light herbal. Fantastic aromas with great balance and complexity. Taste of raisin, caramel, toast, toffee, pear, apple, molasses, bread, light oak, light clove, pepper, earth, and herbal spiciness. Slight bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark and light fruits, caramel, molasses, toast, toffee, earth, clove, light oak, and herbal spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice malt complexity and balance with the light hop spiciness; with zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a creamy, slick, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is extremely well hidden with hardly any warming noticed at all after the finish. Overall this is an excellent English strong ale. Very nice amount of flavor complexity and balance; and very smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering as expected.

Has a dark amber color with a light brown head. I smell oak, dark malts and fruits. I taste all of the same with some butter, vanilla, and a touch of nuttyness. I also taste chocolate in the finish. This is a smooth one. Very soft mouth feel. Damn good! Smooth.....

From a 550 ml bottle shared at home. Brewed in 2011. Pours a fairly clear deep amber with an off white head. Lots of sediment floating around. Malty aroma. Notes of caramel and orange. Bitter finish.

Bottle. Pours a reddish brown color. Light carbonation. Aroma is breast and malty with a touch of oak. Flavor is bready and sweet with some maltyness. Easy finish.

550 ml bottle to snifter. Looks good; a mostly opaque amber with off-white lacing. Smells solid; sweet, malty, and oaky. Tastes like it smells with a good mouthfeel. Goos stuff.

Pours a deep amber with a coarse tan head. Aroma is toffee, dark fruits, light coffee and nice oaky notes with some acidity. Soft body with flavors of dark fruits, toffee, oak, touches of nuttiness with creamy milk chocolate ending. No noticeable alcohol with it being 9%. Solid beer.