Samuel Smith Strong Golden

Strong Golden

 

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

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production
Score
6.77
ABV: 10.2% IBU: - Ticks: 48
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9/10
Tried on 18 Nov 2014 at 12:08

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
180 ml bottle sampled in 2009. Deep golden body with a small white head. Aroma of sweet malt, honey and warming alcohol. Flavor is sweet malt, honey, sugar and alcohol. Fine body with a sweet and alcoholic aftertaste. It’s a nice beer and actually tastes better than it seems from this description. Balanced sweet alcoholic.
Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2013 at 01:14

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
19th June 2010
Hazy brown beer. Short lived white head. Dry palate. Rich malt, spicy. Bitterish toffee and subtle but tart orange fruit. A little brandy in the finish. No the smoothest but a no-nonsense barleywine.
Tried on 20 Jun 2012 at 14:23

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
25cl bottle, courtesy of and shared with Gnoff. Ambrée, col blanc soyeux. Arôme de caramel, malt, sucré avec note de pomme. Reste caramélisé en bouche, fin houblon, sucre brun avec qcq fruits noirs, riaisns et vineux avec un peu de résine. Un peu décevante.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2011 at 08:10

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle 180ml @ home
[Trade by Dedollewaitor] Pours clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma has notes of barley, alcohol and raisin. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light bitter. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2011 at 12:18

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
caramelly golden, smooth offwhite head. sweet aged beer aroma. flavor is sweet, almost marcipan, malty, very good aged beer.
Tried on 16 Jul 2010 at 09:18

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Medium offwhite head. Hazy orange body. Intense peachy alcoholic toffee aroma with barnyard notes. Very round and delicate. Dry-sweet alcoholic earthy toffee oranges and peach taste with malty grassy notes. Full-bodied. Rounded, sharpish mouthfeel. Dry-acidic resiny earthy toffee aftertaste with notes of oranges. Outstanding. A barley wine that’s subtle and non-obvious. (0.18l bottle shared by gr0ve.)
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2010 at 11:34

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle. Poured golden brown with a medium light brown head. Aroma was full of caramel, toffee, raisins with a bit of vanilla lying underneath. Flavor was sweet throughout and thick on the tongue.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2009 at 11:42

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Courtesy of madmitch76. The 6oz bottle pours crystal clear copper with gold edges and thin off white head. The aroma is full bringing up a rich combination of sweet caramel candy and dark fruity esters like dates, prunes, boysenberries and figs. Each draw ends with a touch of alcohol heat. Smells yum! The taste is very similar with a medium body ushering in rich caramel goodness mixing with dark fruity esters. It dries out a bit to midway with a touch of roasted malts and fading caramel and sweet dark fruity esters. It ends with lingering sweet caramel, prunes, dates and ripe cherries. Nice stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2009 at 22:33

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
bottle from Tuckers Maltings. Clear amber colour, oily texture, small head. Intensive malty nose. Very full-bodied, sweet malty flavours balanced off with a nice touch of fruit and some aromatic bitter hops in the lingering finish.
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2009 at 12:12