Samuel Smiths Pure Brewed Lager

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Lager
Tadcaster, England

Deep golden with full frothy head. Aroma is dominated with a malt grainy aspect. Body is well balanced with hops taking a back seat to the full malt flavor. Sligth tartness recedes to a tangy aftertaste.

A golden coloured lager with an aroma of malt and floral hops. Flavour is malty and a bit grassy with a touch of hop bite.

Deeper colour than expected but the head dissipates. Strong malty aroma. Initial malty taste as well. Just enough hoppiness for balance. Much more bitterness in the finish.

Light golden color with a quickly dissipating white head. Nice floral malty aroma. Light and mellow flavor, almost sour. Very light and refreshing palate.

This brew has a floral, moderatly malty nose with sort of a butter like aroma; I think the pilsner malt really shows with this brew: it has a well balanced, lightly hopped, smooth and slightly citrusy flavor that's a little nutty; certainly a beer I could drink alot of, but nothing *great*.

Mostly like all other standard lagers. But it has a better maltiness, that gives some extra points.

London, England. Getting out at the Embankment Tube, I walked for a bit, bought some books and stopped at a pub. Enjoyed this Samuel Smiths at the Cheshire Cheese, with a delicious order of fish and chips. Give or take 15 packages of catsup I used on the chips. The Cheshire Cheese is a pub that has been standing for almost 500 years, give or take the great fire of London in 1666. Awesome, I was reading Dickens as I waited for my food. Not quite 2 pounds for the pint, the fish and chips on the other hand where about 7 pounds. Cheers!

I think I always expect too much from Samual Smith considering how expensive it is. Not much flavor, not much head, not much of anything to talk about.