Smithwick's Ale
Guinness (St. James's Gate) in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
5.88
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Smithwick’s is Ireland’s number one ale. Its exceptional taste, distinctive colour and purity of ingredients make it unique. Its rich, satisfying taste has earned it five gold medals in the famous Monde Selection Beer Tasting Competition.
Smithwick’s is produced using the finest hops and special roasted, malted barley. In 1998 a new enhanced draught product with improved head retention was launched along with redesigned glassware.
Smithwick’s is produced using the finest hops and special roasted, malted barley. In 1998 a new enhanced draught product with improved head retention was launched along with redesigned glassware.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours dark dark brown/red with lots of head. A little nutty, hoppy, and malty with a clean finnish. Not bad.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 00:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Loved this beer. Nice reddish-brown color. Not much head. Smells of malt, slightly sweet. Flavor, good balance, leaning a bit to the malt side. Have to have another.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 05:13
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
500ml bottle. nice amber pour, aroma is malt, with notes of caramell. Flavour is slightly sweet, and with a slight caramel nuttiness. mouthfeel is smooth, but thin. a very drinkable beer, nothing spectacular, but nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2025
at 12:10
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried
on 03 Jan 2025
at 01:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at several pubs in Dublin: Clear amber coloured brew with an slightly taste of roasted malts and caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pint on tap at McMullans, Las Vegas. Ruby red beer with tight foamy white head. Caramel malt nose. Smooth texture, nice lacing. Bitter hoppy finish. Nice quaffing ale. My type of sessioner.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2024
at 21:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 5
Old-school malt bomb, not a bad import, one I used to drink fairly regularly a couple decades ago. Caramel, toast, and apple lead to a mild floral bitterness on the finish. Decent.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2022
at 01:09
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 17 Apr 2022
at 01:22
7.4/10
Great red ale. Malty clean. Flavourful crisp and ester forward and very well balanced. Sk sobeys
Tried
on 28 Dec 2020
at 05:04
8/10
Tried
on 25 Feb 2020
at 02:20