Guinness (St. James's Gate) Smithwick's Ale

Smithwick's Ale

 

Guinness (St. James's Gate) in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular
Score
5.88
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 143
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.
 

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap at Sweenys Bar, Dublin. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a long-lasting frothy white head. The aroma is light grainy malt. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a light crisp watery light fruit, metallic hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 23 Mar 2017 at 16:06

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 10 Overall 6
Draught at several in County Sligo. An incredibly drinkable ale and one eh at has enough taste to back it up. A strange Guinness-esque foam when poured. Can be tinny after other more powerful beers. One to go the distance, my Irish Doombar. So here we are to re rate Smithwicks. Honestly one of the most tasteless beers I’ve ever drunk and I don’t mean that in a bad way. It is very nice and easy to drink but honestly has so little taste, supremely smooth though.
Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2017 at 02:22

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draught. (backlog) Deep amber colour with a small white head. Aroma is sweet malts, some toffee, mild wood as well as some herbal notes. Flavour is sweet malts, mild grains as well as some slight floral and wooden notes in the finish. Smooth, but nothing to really write home about.
Tried on 07 Feb 2017 at 12:26

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at Poteen Still, The Hague. Hazy dark amber with with a cream head. Aroma of malt, breadth notes, light red fruits, caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 31 Dec 2016 at 12:11

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Shared 11.2 oz. bottle. As Smithwick’s Premium Irish Ale. Clear amber color with a light beige head. Aroma of malt and bread. Flavors are malt, bread, caramel, and toasted nuts. Easy drinkin.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2016 at 22:47

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
*On tap in Ireland. Nice fresh and smooth beginning. Hints of caramel, grain. Nice balanced, round and fresh, not too deep but round and sessionable. Nice one.
Tried from Draft on 29 Jul 2016 at 16:35

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On Tap. 06/07/2016 Color ambar, aromas caramelo, sabor caramelo notas ahumadas, cuerpo medio
Tried from Draft on 06 Jul 2016 at 14:48

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle pour into tulip glass from Cigarette City. Aroma is dominant caramel with earth and dark fruits with red wine quality. Appearance is clear dark reddish amber with trace sparkle, finger-width foamy off-white head with fair retention and fair leggy lacing. Taste is as aroma with strong caramel but also light bitter from Noble hops. Palate is medium bodied, average-to-lively carbonation with slight numbing to lips; finish is crisp and abrupt. Overall, a pretty straightforward beer without a lot of nuance outside the aroma.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2016 at 20:46

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Decent ok session able ale.
Fine amber pour with an ok off white head. Ok lacing. Ok intensity in the aroma. Medium body and an ok carbonation. Ok balance between sweetness and bitterness. Toffee, fruity, mild roasted and herbal flavor.
[Bottle from a local grocery store in Dublin, Ireland]
Tried from Bottle on 13 Apr 2016 at 03:32

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Dark honey amber colour, medium creamy off white head. Toasted malt and caramel aroma. Some sweetness, malt and caramel but a bit thin.

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Tried on 23 Sep 2015 at 15:46