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Samuel Smiths India Ale 3.39 980

Samuel Smiths India Ale

Percentile
82
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9803.4/5.03.39/5.05%92English pint
Commercial Description:
Pasteurised bottles only.
"Samuel Smith's India Ale is characterized by the colour of a golden sunset, a refined maltiness and an emphasis on the aroma and flavour from Britain's best hop gardens."
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 alexanderj (2280), Chino Hills, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 13, 2009  
Bottle. Pours an orange amber with a medium sized, thick and long lasting, off white head. Aroma of caramel apples and flowers in the finish. Flavor was very nice and sessionable. Has a good amount of sweet malt, with alot of apple and fruit in the background. Hop flavor is mostly floral and herbal. Solid beer.


 ajwilliams (118), , Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 13, 2009  
Pour is amber with a thin lasting head. Aroma is floral with a strong apple note. Flavor is more bitter than floral with enough malt to keep it pleasant. I actually think this is slightly underrated. A very interesting beer. Give it a shot.


 Ober (1232), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 9, 2009  
A clear amber colored beer, with a thick off-white head. The aroma a little caramael malt, with hops and a litle spices. The taste is dry bitter, with spices and fruits like apricot. The aftertaste is bitter for a while.


 Gypsy19 (657), California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/510/20
Jan 3, 2009  
A mediocre brew with no particular aspect worthy of praise. Pours a nice honey amber color with an 1/8-inch head. Flavor is faintly of citrus and spice. More of a pale ale than anything, and not much of one at that. Overall, just okay. Overrated.


 Hance07 (192), DownSouth, Georgia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/102/58/20
Dec 28, 2008  
Pours amber with fluffy white head. Aroma is hops with a touch of maltiness. Flavor is a bit of hops with mostly malty finish. Opposite from other IPAs Ive hd before. Nowhere near the amount of hops I would have expected.


 wyzzywyz22 (801), Wirral, Merseyside, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Dec 13, 2008  
Bottle Stirchley Wines Birmingham. Poured a clear lightish amber with a frothy dissipating white head. Fragrant fruity hop aroma. Very crisp and gently persuasive flavour with a light bitterness and well proportioned malt and hop. Drying finish. Would happily guzzle a bag full of these.


 FatPhil (3483), Espoo, Finland
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/59/20
Dec 9, 2008  
550ml bottle - - Olutkellari, Helsinki - - Clear orange, small head. Sweet malty aroma, caramelly. Slight sweet sticky palate. Slightly sanitized hops - potent, but emasculated. Sticky sugary malt body. Obviously aimed at the US market, but probably not stupidly hoppy enough for them I am sure. However, it is stupidly sweet and caramelly, that is certain.


 rocbyter (926), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 1, 2008  
Moderate sour citrus and flower aroma. Clear dark orange color with a lot of dark floaters. Medium to large off white head. Bitter beginning with a sweet middle and mellowing finish.



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