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Samuel Smiths India Ale 3.39 979

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
9793.4/5.03.39/5.05%91.9English 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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 moejuck (1172), Ohio, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Mar 30, 2007  
Light floral hops and sweet malt in the aroma. Dark golden brown body. Medium palate. Meiudm hop bitterness with a light earthy hop flavor. Some malt, but very light overall.


StLsportsfan (35), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/56/103/514/20
Mar 28, 2007  
A hint of citrus. This almost tastes like a hefeweisen. Somewhat mild for an ESB. But it does have the Sam Smith excelence. You can taste the crastsmanship


 ilovedarkbeer (1367), Dallas, Texas, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/58/20
Mar 24, 2007  
Weak hops taste. Very dissapointed. Tastes like apple juice. Nothing really good to say about it and is very sweet tasting also. BOOO.


 jcwattsrugger (5563), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 22, 2007  
1 pt 2.7oz/550ml bottle-pours a foamy to rocky off white head and hazy dark gold color. Aroma is musty, sweet, hops-faint lemon. Taste is grainy, medium malt-some caramel sweetness, hops with flatness, musty. Easy drinking. OK carbonation.


 spector (906), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Mar 21, 2007  
Sweet malt in the aroma.Pours a deep copper with a medium white head.Caramel malt and bland hops make up the flavor.Medium mouthfeel with a bitter finish.


Dynamind69 (29), San Miguel, California, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/51/101/51/20
Mar 19, 2007    Updated: Mar 23, 2007
Pours amber with a huge head.Floral nose with citrus.The taste was horrible way way too much hops,which overwhelmed the the brew with bitterness,I will not buy this again.


bluesman42@gmailcom (43), Arkansas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/512/20
Mar 18, 2007  
Not a bad IPA. Watery, cloudy, not Sam Smith’s greatest offering. Would I buy it again? Sure, but not too soon.


 BeerBiker (1392), Kathmandu, Nepal
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 14, 2007  
[Sampled in 2004.] A nice smooth and freshbitter IPA, which is good every time it’s sampled. Beautiful look and tasty aroma.



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