Samuel Smiths Organic Lager

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Pale Lager
Tadcaster, England

500. Pours a crystal clear pale gold with a nice sudsy white head and decent stringy lace. Urine nose. Oof. Creamy, slightly woolly light body. Corn, cabbage, and a bit of urine-y-ness on the mid-palate. Neutral finish.

Lemon, grain, and corn aromas. Clear yellow, frothy white head, decent lacing. Mild lemon, citrus, and bread flavours. Full bodied lager with a dry finish. A real nice lager

Bottled. Golden pour with a bread aroma. Sweet malt taste with a mild hop finish. Easy to drink but boring.

(bottle). Clear gold color. Small white head. Light grain aroma. Sweet malty/grain flavor. Avg duration. Smooth finish. Thin texture. Soft carbonation. Spare lacing.

Pretty Decent Lager Actually. Not much on appearance poured a medium yellow, head evaporated pretty quickly and no lacing. Aroma was very slight and fruity Good carbonation and nice mouth feel Tast was quite crisp and nice with some slight fruity overtones and just a tad of hoppiness Absolutely will have this again.

Bottle. Aroma is sweet, light malt with a nice grassy hoppiness. Pure golden with some effervescent bubbles and a foamy white head that is a bit filmy and leaves no lacing. Flavor is mild, little body or evident malt with a spicy grassy finish. Nice full carbonation, a bit thin and watery.

There are a few English breweries who have mastered the US export department, Samuel Smiths being one of them. Besides their standard line, they have a new line of certified organic beers which are both healthy and delicious. The standard lager is the most copied beer style with the largest number of lack-luster example on the market. In the face of dumbed-down sameness though, there can be the rare jewel in the rough; a lager to make a lager believer out of the most vehement naysayer.

She pours clear golden hay with a soft white head billowing nicely atop a steady stream of bubbles. After a few minutes, her head fades into a thin film and a couple swirls produce no lace. On the other hand, I am greeted by sweet cereal grains and fields of hay. Lemon and pineapple mingle while white bread with a soft crust comes in last. Delicately aromatic, exactly what I would expect from a quality lager. My first quaff is equally gentle, soft, and sweet with fresh cereal grains while lemon and pineapple tingle atop my tongue. A faint undercurrent of honey and white bread provides solid ground for her palate to stand upon. Each quaff is easy to drink, soft and invigorating, with a clean finish which doesn’t linger long with any dominating flavor. A lager is good for about a year in the bottle, depending also on how well it is handled by its owner and, in the case of an import, its importer. Once more Samuel Smith’s proves that they can brew really good beer which will stand up to the rigors of export. My Organic Lager disappears very quickly. Licking my lips one last time, I savor her final kiss of lemon, pineapple, and soft white breads with a wisp of honey.

The Samuel Smith Organic Lager is my second foray into their organic beer line which also includes an ale, a few fruit beers, and a cider. I haven’t had the others yet, but I have no doubt that they will be as tasty as the Lager, though I am a bit leery of the fruit beers. If you are looking for a good standard lager which emphasizes taste along with quaffability, then she is your lady-in-waiting.

500 ml bottle. Sparkling golden and crystal clear. Tall fluffy off-white head that clings to the glass. Crisp floral and sharp malty aroma. Very refreshing initially with a distinct hop bitterness and light crisp malts. Body is fairly light. Medium lively carbonation. Hints of citrus, a little reminiscent of lime. Tastes very fresh. Found bottle in a coffee shop in Gilleleje, Denmark.