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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
8353.35/5.03.35/5.05%89.5English 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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BeMerry (37), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/53/104/514/20
Jun 24, 2008  
Bottle. Pours cloudy medium amber to small light beige head. Aroma is fruity, slightly burnt. Taste is sweet with molasses, honey, burnt sugar and tar. A breakfast beer perhaps with pancakes.


 EHSRanders (1120), Randers C, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Jun 24, 2008  
Bottle. Clear amber colour with large creamy off-white mostly lasting head. Malty aroma. Sweet flavor. Oily palate.


 joeyplush (337), Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 22, 2008  
I really enjoy this beer. It pours beautifully, with a dark amber, clear color and a creamy off-white head. The taste is malty, with a slight toffee flavor. Finish is oily and a bit creamy, with some fizziness. Great beer to enjoy any time, but especially like it when warming up on a winter evening.


 omhper (12224), Stockholm, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jun 9, 2008  
Bottled at Bishop’s Arms Vasagatn, Stockholm. Clear brownish amber, average head. Crisp cracker-like malt covered in a thin layer of syrup. There’s hay and caramel and ligh salty bitterness. It’s very drinkable, and I can still see why I liked this beer so much 15 years ago - although these days there are much better beers available.


 thewolf (5758), Kolding, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/513/20
Jun 8, 2008  
Bottle @ YNWA, Kolding.
Pours dark amber with a small, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is softly malty, light ryebread and a nice dose of flowery hoppiness. Fine, soft mouthfeel. Flavour is soft as well, good nuttiness and some toffee with a good, dry hoppiness. A subdued chocolate finish. Nice balance.


 EHopper (337), Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Jun 7, 2008  
I enjoyed this smoky, sweet, nicely hopped ale. Carmel and malt, bread and earth with citrus and exotic spices. Really, a well balanced, interesting brew, with only a bit too much sour as a minor distraction.


 tronraner (1916), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 7, 2008  
Bottle. Pours bright copper with milky dense beige head. Herbal tea-like aroma with nuttiness, orange zest, and some autumn spice and toast. The flavor is caramel, some toast, even herbal and spicy bitterness, and some fruity esters. Ok.


 IrishBoy (2712), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/512/20
May 31, 2008  
550ml bottle from Country Club Liquors; Nose of caramel, light hops, and some light apple notes; clear rust color with a medium beige head that laces nicely; flavor is caramel malt with light sweetness, light hop bitterness, and a peppery finish.



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