Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome Ale

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

(bottle). Clear amber color. Small off white head. Malt and alcohol aroma and flavor. Avg duration. Smooth finish. Slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Spare lacing.

Bottled @ Cardinal. Pours deep golden with no head at all. Aroma of sweet pale malts and hops. Taste is good balanced, pleasant bitterness, but some strange pine, or citrus spoils the experience.

Pours a clear dark honey color. Aroma of molasses corn and pine. Smooth initial taste with a wonderful sweet brown sugar taste finished by a malt and grain. Well balanced.

Just off blonde ale, decent white foamy head. Taste is malty and sweet, with a rustic farmhouse like background that is unusual, but not unpleasant. Finishes quite sweet with slight alcohol. Decent, if unremarkable.

Aroma is white grape juice a wet rags. Tastes of light hops some spices, beet sugars, fruit juices and maybe cinnamon? finishes bittersweet. Not bad but probably wont get it again.

550-ml bottle Marcello’s, Lafayette, LA - Aroma: spicy, floral (hops), sweet, cararmel (hop), alcohol; Appearance: reddish brown, clear, off-white head, plenty of laces; Flavor: slight sweetness, nutty, roast (malt), bitter (hop), slight spicy (yeast/hop); Mouthfeel: light to medium body, moderate carbonation, bitter and dry finish; Overall: nice malty and bitter beer with smooth alcohol. I don’t get any dried fruit.

Poured to a fluted fest glass at Brixie’s Holiday Beer Tasting in Brookfield, IL. The color was a clear amber tone, with average, off white foam to the head, and light lacing. The aroma and flavor were similar notes of subtle sweetness as malt and light fruit. A little hop bitterness was also present. Light bodied and slightly dry at the finish. Sessionable, but not very "Strong".

Not much flavor in this ale. Off-white head with amber body. Taste of fruits with a hint of spices. The best thing about this ale was the label on the bottle.