Samuel Smiths Pure Brewed Lager

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Lager
Tadcaster, England

12 ounce bottle- poured an anemic yellow with a stark white, short lived head. Aroma was almost nonexistant. What little taste there was somewhat sweet with just a hint of malt. Boring, average beer at a premium beer price. Skip it.

A bit of a boring beer. Not very hoppy, and although there is some malt flavor, the malt is not particularly interesting or complex. While it had no objectionable qualities, and is perfectly drinkable, and while I would prefer it to many of the European import macro-lagers, it wasn’t at all remarkable.

Bottle, february 08. Huge white head, clear golden color with a swift carb. Sweet/ malty flavor. Some bready/ grainy malts with a hay/ herbal finish and medium dryness. Medium to light palate. Refreshing but could do with some dryness. Aroma is slightly skunky with some sulphurous notes and a bitter herbal touch. OK, drinkable helles/ pale lager.

Poured golden, white head that didn’t last long. Aroma of slight floral notes. Light sweet Malty taste, nice use of flavor and bitter hops.....Good beer.

Pale golden color with a short, white head that diminishes. Aroma is moderately malty (fresh grain, grass and a hint of corn) and lightly hoppy (floral). The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic and lightly bitter. Medium body, smooth texture, lively carbonation. Fairly long finish. Goes down smoothly and easily. Nice.

Pours on the boder line between clear and cloudy. Color is a pure golden. Head is 1.5 inches and lasts a while. Aroma is of light malt and apple. It’s one of the best tasting lagers I’ve had, even if it does taste like cider on the finish. And, staying true to the $tyle of an American lager, even though this one is british, do I detect a hint of corn?.

This is another nice lager with a full, malty body and nice hop qualities. It is deep gold with a fairly big, permanent white head that leaves a little lace. The aroma is lightly toasted malty grain, crackers, sweet, flowery hops, with hitns of pine and sulphur. The taste is full-bodied grain through to the finish, with hop herb and grass flavour that starts with light bitterness, but after a few sips evolves into a nice, tingly herbal bitterness that smoothly blends with the malt body.

My first ever Samuel Smiths, but definately not my last. A good beer with a smooth and drinkable quality to it.