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Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

Percentile
79
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8333.35/5.03.35/5.05%89.3English pint
Commercial Description:
Bottle: Pastuerised
Captures the soul of beer. It has a maltiness that reminds you that beer is a product of the soil. Balance of malt and hops.
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 Pyobon (271), Sydney, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
Nov 22, 2009  
Clear copper colour with beige head. Aroma has molasses, hops and maybe a hint of leather. Medium body and carbonation with a creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is dominated by dark roast malt, almost porterish, with black treacle and hints of fruit and maybe tea with a longish bitter finish that is a little metallic. It’s good, but not excellent.


 DeadGirl (220), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 14, 2009  
Pours a slightly hazy copper from the 12oz. bottle: Ripened banana-esce nose. Lightly bitter and earthy, with some slight citrus and fruits. Drinkability: Light, light bodied. Rebuy: Will rerate in the future. #198 on 14112009. DG.


 mar (1826), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Nov 13, 2009  
Deep amber with a cream colored head. Bitter malts and light hops for the aroma. Good on the palate with a definite bitter malt flavor and a light fruit finish.


 satan165 (570), River Grove, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/512/20
Nov 13, 2009  
aroma is strong malt with typical nearly acrid samuel smith character. appearance is a score past pale into darker territory. flavor is chewy caramel, good general bitterness with subtle pine.


 danielst (140), Vienna, Austria
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Nov 10, 2009  
Poured from a brown 55cl bottle: Sweet biscuit maltiness and a ripe apple fruitiness pairing with light notes of alcohol and oceanic salinity in the aroma - pretty light though, unfortunately. A ruby red pour with a frothy white head. Nice toasty to slightly roasty malt flavours with subtle leathery/spicy hops, caramel and again a light alcohol presence. Mouthfeel is light to lighter medium, the carbonation is quite lively for a british Bitter. This was somewhat disappointing, need to try it fresh(er) perhaps.


crajun (93), , Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/56/104/513/20
Nov 7, 2009  
nice copper color when poured with small head. Malty sweet with little to no hops. Palate was med-thin. nothing special


 mkel07 (526), Brisbane, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 6, 2009  
500ml bottle. Looks great when poured with a burnt copper colour and a rich dense off white sandy head. Aromas of barley and hops with a robust strong flavour that is easly drank. Well rounded and all together enjoyable.


 phaleslu (469), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Bottle from Keller’s IGA. Pours clear copper with a small off-white head that quickly dissipates. Light aroma of hops, caramel, bread, and sweet malt. Flavor of sweet malt, hops, skunk, caramel, grass, grains, and butter. Light-medium bodied and really smooth. The hops were farily muted and the flavor, while balanced, was nothing special.



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