Samuel Smith Organic Best Ale / Organically Produced Ale

Organic Best Ale / Organically Produced Ale

 

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

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.31
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 92
A delicately flavoured golden ale in which subtle fruity esters from the Samuel Smith yeast strain interact with a background of maltiness and hops.
Ingredients: Water; Organic malted barley; Yeast; Organic hops; Seaweed finings; Carbon dioxide.
(Sold as Organic Best Ale in the UK, and as Organically Produced Ale in USA.)
 

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6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
The appearance has a hazy golden/blonde colored body with a one and a half fingered white foamy head that dies within about a minute leaving some nice clingy creamy looking lacing. Light carbonation is seen rising at a moderate pace.
The smell is mainly sweet through the malt and the grain coming through in a clean yet somewhat soapy way like most English Bitters do, also I got some light corn as well.
The taste is sweet through the English malts and gives off a creamy English malty aftertaste that just clings around the mouth. She has a dry bitter (but in that English sort of way) finish.
On the palate, she sits a light to medium on the body, comes across somewhat sessionable, and has a carbonation that is actually somewhat smooth and ends up showing a nice creamy sort of aspect that I usually get when I have an English bitter.
Overall, wow with the extremely low ABV, one would think this would be extremely sessionable however, because the way it sits on my mouth, its not as sessionable as one would think as there seems to be just enough to give it a heavier sort of feel. I would most likely want this again with some fish and chips.
Tried on 21 Feb 2014 at 13:23

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig, Karamell, fruchtig. Geschmack trocken fruchtig, malzig, Karamell.
Tried on 15 Feb 2014 at 13:06

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ Home. Pours light golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, flowers. Flavor is malt, flowery hops, green apples. Medium body, soft carbonation. 050810
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2013 at 03:38

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Pours nearly clear amber-gold with a tall, frothy, white head. Sweet, floral nose....fruit and honey. Taste is sweet, malty, citrus...slightly bready. Minimal, but smotth bittering. Nice.
Tried on 28 Feb 2013 at 15:35

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Was expecting something more bitter from this one, and style is more akin to a lager or pilsener. Interesting flavor, mild bitterness on the palate, which lingers long afterwards. Big, fluffy, billowing head on rough pour, with lots of thick lacing. Very interesting beer.
Tried on 01 Aug 2012 at 17:47

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Fruity caramel malt aroma. Hazy amber with a small, quickly diminishing, beige head. Sweet, fruity, caramel, barley malt flavor with a slight spicy/floral bitterness in the finish. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2012 at 11:48

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle pours hazy orange with a medium white head. Soft floral nose. Flavor is toast and crackers with nice citrus and floral hops.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2012 at 16:47

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Flaske 0,355l fra Sourced Market, Euston. Drukket hjemme 24 Mai 11. Gyldenbrun. Høyt kremaktig skum. Svak fruktig aroma. Smaken litt fruktig med en litt syrlig bitter ettersmak. Bra - men ikke spesielt.
Tried on 04 Dec 2011 at 23:55

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
550ml bottle from Pick’s poured into an English Pint. Pours a cloudy orange with about a finger of white head. Aroma of citrus hops and a little bready malt. Taste is light bitter. Citrus hops and a lot of bready malt with a little caramel. Light bodied with a thin texture. Soft carbonation and an average finish. Overall, not too bad. Very drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2011 at 22:33

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Bottle 355 @ home
Pours clear golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt and grain. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carboantion is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2011 at 15:28