Samuel Smith Light Mild

Light Mild

 

Samuel Smith in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Mild - Light / Pale Regular
Score
6.15
ABV: 2.8% IBU: - Ticks: 18
An amber coloured mild ale, comparatively light in colour, yet full tasting for its alcohol content of 2.8%, shortly before and after World War II the best selling beer in much of the UK was light coloured ale.
 

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5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Tap at Glasshouse Stores. It pours amber with a medium beige head. The nose is earthy, toasty, dirt and brown bread. The taste is watery, toasty, earth, light spice and brown bread......drying on the finish. Light body and soft carbonation. Pretty plain. Not a whole lot of anything to it. Inoffensive however.

Tried from Draft on 11 Apr 2014 at 00:20


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at the Duke of Argyll, Sam Smith’s - Soho, London. Pours perfectly clear, rich gold with a thick, creamy white head. Lightly toasted bready malts in the nose, suggestions of berries and caramel. Light sweet flavor with further toasted malts, light nuttiness, dry caramel, very faint grainy bitterness. Light bodied with soft to fine carbonation. Sweet and basic to finish with easy toasted bread and caramel. Simple and inoffensive but easily drank.

Tried on 04 Mar 2014 at 11:45


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Keg, at the brewery in Tadcaster. Light bronze, w thick head. Not much aroma. Keggy mf feels funny. Has some mellow burnt caramel malts and little else. Still, that’s all right for a pale mild.

Tried on 24 Feb 2014 at 10:46


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Keg @ Wortley Almshouses, Peterborough. Amber gold with a big beige cask head. Slightly sour smell with caramel notes. The sourness doesn’t carry to the taste: sweet, malty and refreshing. Not much to it but there isn’t supposed to be. And at £1.40 a pint, it’s even better!

Tried from Cask on 12 Feb 2014 at 01:56


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at the Fitzrovia Tavern London. Some brown malt. Vague hop on finish. Malty aroma. It’s a light mild and a good version. Utterly drinkable. A little papery on the finish. But light and drinkable. Good

Tried from Draft on 26 Nov 2013 at 10:16


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Keg tap at the Windsor Castle, Wesminster, 31/10/13. Clear golden with a moderate off white covering. Nose is bready malt, sugars, biscuit, caramel. Taste comprises light bitter fruit, biscuit malt, bread dough, earthy, light yeast tones. Light to medium in bodiment, moderate carbonation, light bitter notes in the finale. Pretty mediocre.

Tried from Draft on 02 Nov 2013 at 11:47


6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 5

Smooth with a large creamy head. Has a crisp copper colour, is more like a best than a mild.

Tried on 16 Feb 2013 at 12:46


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg @ Brown Bear, Sheffield 021112
Amber, clear, dense white head
Aroma of soft caramel malt
Taste of soft caramel malt, hint of toffee, soft cereal malt, pretty ok for 2.8% abv
Palate - soft carb, thinnish body but had some creaminess. Finish as main flavour with soft caramel
Overall - Often these low abv beer have some slight off putting flavours in them, and comes across as too watery. This had a reasonable texture and no bad flavours - ok it’s a simple beer, but tasted fine for the abv and cost less than peanuts for a half (68p)

Tried on 06 Nov 2012 at 17:10