Samuel Smiths Yorkshire Stingo

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

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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I love the Yorkshire Squares! If these guys would get crazy with their beers and experiment with Belgium yeast, various hop varieties and fruits especially Plums they could make some epic beers. Stingo really has that Jack Daniels thing working it’s way through it. A manly beer. Fig, plum and raisin are present. I scored this for only 3.69 at Monument! I am going to get another one of these a mix it with a spicy, fruity Belgium beer. You can taste centuries of beer making in this. The fruity aspects really are incredible. Aroma is light but flavor is strong. Mild Barleywine character. Very enjoyable. Classy beer that stand out.

Pours murky brown with a small ring of light tan, khaki fizz. Smells sweet, oaky, with a nice vanilla characteristic, coupled with some caramel and dark fruit aromas. Taste is sweet, smooth caramel and vanilla flavors that waltz with some dark fruit, raisin, plum, fig, flavors. Medium to full bodied with a smooth, velvety texture and soft mouth-carbonation, Sam Smith Yorkshire Stingo finishes with some smooth sweetness that is reminiscent of vanilla.

oh my god. wonderful oak and malt notes on the nose. Also some spice i cant quite pick out. smells sweet. nice brown colored pour with off white head that disappears quite rapidly. subtle sweetness and wood flavor. this is a very delicious beer, great mouthfeel.

An amazing strong ale. Pours a cinnamon brown with balanced oak aroma and salty taste.Medium body, with lively, but not overwhelming carbonation. Longlasting finish that makes you want to sip it like a fine scotch. Can’t wait to have another.

Greatest beer I have ever tasted. I had a 2009; I have another 2009 and a 2008 I plan on opening to celebrate the birth of my second child.

7th beer from the 7th country for the evening and what a way to go out. Very flavorful. Rich, smoky, not too heavy, but quite coating feeling in the mouth, really quite tasty. LIghter in color than expected but excellent nonetheless.

Nothing like the Watney’s Stingo of old. The color is a particularly refractive cognac/amber, and there are esters of raisin, plum, cherry, treacle, toffee, vanilla, plum pudding in hard sauce, and oak. The body is medium and oily, and the flavor and carbonation are very soft. It’s a sweet brew, on balance, but never cloying, with just enough flowery hop dryness in the finish, and a lot of finesse.

Pours a thick latherous head that lingers on a hazed amber liquid. Smells of sweetness and minerals. Full nectar w/ mild effers. A watery feel although full. The sweetness factor is low and has an exotic acidity to it like kiwi fruit. Muted caramel, minerals, aged stonefruit, dusted bubblegum, roasted coffee bean. The finish lingers. Very old world in style. A delicious brew.

Translucent redish mahogany with a thin but persistant beige head. Full body with medium carbonation.

Aroma: sweet treacle, toffee, oblaten fruit cake, doppelbock maltiness.

Taste: same. Rich and complex, with a definite aged character. Somewhat cloying.

UPDATED: NOV 12, 2012 10-11-12 Bouteille: Ambrée rougeatre, limpide avec une effervescence normale et un mince collet de mousse. Sublimes aromes de caramel ,d’alcool, de fruits rouge, de pain chaud, nez tres complexes. Saveurs délicieuses et variées. Pudding aux raisins, caramel, boisé, mélasse, confiture, chaque gorgée est différente. Bien balancé entre sucré, maltée. Velouté et soyeuse en bouche. Corps asser puissant, finale sur des notes fruitée et alcoolisé. Bière très complexe qui est completement passée sous le radar. Coup de coeur!