Samuel Smith Sam’s Brown Ale

Sam’s Brown Ale

 

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

  Non Alcoholic / Low Alcohol - Dark / Stout Regular
Score
5.89
ABV: 0.4% IBU: - Ticks: 41
A superior alcohol free ale, less than 0.5%ABV, dark brown in colour with mahogany highlights and a lingering tight ecru head. The nose is malt forward and the beer is dry and satisfying. The dry malty character is an excellent complement to spicy food. The bottle label is based on an advertising poster used by Samuel Smith’s in the 1950s.

Registered with The Vegan Society; suitable for vegans and vegetarians.
 

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4.6
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Dark brown with off white head - Malt and wort aroma - Malt body with wort flavours and some hints of bitterness - Wort finish - This was ok

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2025 at 21:43


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle from Meny, Aarhus. Clear brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, toasted malt and light wort. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet nd light bitter finish. 190325

Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2025 at 18:28


6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Meny, Aarhus. It is black with a beige head. The aroma is sweet, toasted malt, coffee and choclate. The taste is sweet and little bitter.

Tried on 19 Mar 2025 at 18:27


4

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2025 at 14:59


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle from Systembolaget. It does what it needs to taste wise but it's noticeably alcofree and a bit cloying.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2024 at 17:16


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Sample (thanks funefan!). Amber colour, mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is chocolaty, some toasted tones with mild dried fruits. Flavour is metallic, some chocolaty tones with mild dried fruits.

Tried on 27 Dec 2023 at 21:46


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

355ml bottle. Almost black colour with weak ruby shimmer and average, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, beige head. Bready, dark and caramel malty as well as doughy yeasty aroma, hints of treacle. Taste is sweet-ish, dark and caramel malty, slightly bready and doughy yeasty, hints of treacle, a touch of coffee surrogate, metallic overtones. Creamy texture, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation. Relatively beefy, disguised but still present doughy yeasty notes - OK.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2023 at 17:43


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

Bottle picked up from Meny FDB and drunk at home (14/05/2023) - Light sweet molasses, Soreen malt loaf, dried fruit, slightly nutty, light watery body as expected, overall not too bad for AF.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2023 at 19:45


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Clear dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma of raisins and nuts with some earthiness on top. Taste of caramel, malts, raisins, brown sugar, dark bread and metal. Low bitterness. Low to medium carbonation. A good one.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2022 at 20:36


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle 35,5 cl. 0,5% ABV. Pours a clear, reddish brown with a beige head. Nutty aroma, rough molasses. Light body, sweet and toffeeish, little bitterness. Drinkable, but the nose is a bit foul. 071122

Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2022 at 15:06