Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome Ale

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: English Strong Ale
Tadcaster, England

Has an amber color with a white head. Has a mildly sweet malt aroma which translates into a sweet malt taste accompanied by a bitter finish. Not bad.

Pour is reddish amber with slightly off white head. The nose is quite faint with very little of anything jumping out at you. If you are persistent enough you will get dark fruits and sweet malts, and a very slight breath of hops. The flavor is much the same and very dry.

pint bottle pours a hazy copper color. Aromas of ripe fruits and caramel. Flavor is of malts and ripe fruit with a slight hop bitterness.

Pours amber with off-white head. Aroma of caramel hops and mild malt. Flavor to match - well balanced with a slightly bitter finish.

Bottled. Pours an amberish shade. Aroma is some caramel and hops. Taste is similare with a fair amount of bitterness.

Off white creamy full lasting head. Amber-light copper colour. Aroma is moderately hoppy with nuts and light caramel notes. Flavor is hoppy with light fruity and tobacco tones, ending in a wooden finish. Medium bodied.

light taste 550mL bottle, nothing amazingly different but not bad. Wouldn’t buy again

500mL Bottle. Pours an amber body with small head. The aroma is malty and some nut. The taste is light with notes of malt and nut.