Samuel Smiths Extra Stout

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Dry Stout
Tadcaster, England

A brown beer with a red shine under a thick light brown head. The aroma is sweet roasted combined with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with a strong roasted character, and the mouthfeel is very smooth. Nice.

Draught at The 78, Glasgow. Near black, creamy nitro head. Tarry nose. Medium sweet with somewhat sticky, mushy mouthfeel. One dimensional tarry flavour. Salty finish. Lame and lifeless like a sweetened Guinness.

Draught @ Princess Louise, 208 High Holborn, Covent Garden, London, Greater London England WC1V 7BW.
Clear dark dark red brown color with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark roasted, burnt, coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090803]

A light, somewhat thin draught stout that offers little in comparison to Sam Smith’s other black offerings.

<i>Cask Conditioned at Duke of Argyll, London</i>
Black color, creamy head. Quite good Stout, mixing a fairly strong roasted malt character with a creamy touch. The final has a sharp roasted malt in it. Good.

1. Keg Handpump at the Boot Inn, Chester 17/04/2004 Dark red coloured and smooth on the palate. Bitter slightly dry roast finish. 2. Keg Handpump at Sinclairs Oyster Bar, Manchester 21/12/2007 Some roast aroma. Thick creamy head. Black and slightly rich on the palate with a bitter dry roast finish. 3. Keg Handpump at the Golden Ball, Scarborough 06/12/2009 Roast aroma. Thick creamy head. Dark red coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a crisp and dry burnt roast finish.

Keg at Anchor Tap, Southwark. Very dark ruby with dark beige creamy hea. Choc nd roasted malt flavours. good in mouth with some good cereals. Finish is drying with more roast malt. OK stout

Draught@Princess Louise, Holborn, London. Almost opaque black, nice creamy tan head. Crisp aroma with toasted malts in it. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel. Roasted malty, a copy of Guinness Draught but slighlty tastier and maybe fuller. Bitterness in the aftertaste is softer than in Guinness.