Samlesbury

Commercial Brewery in Preston, Lancashire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev UK

Established in 1972

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Cuerdale Lane, Samlesbury, Preston, PR5 0XD, England

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2.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 2
440ml Can. Gold with a trace of white head; chemicla aroma, with traces of artificial sweeteners; tastes like Irn-Bru (a carbonated beverage popular in Scotland). Apparently this is "brewed using imported...hops from Australia" - so I guess they must have been mixed with some pretty crappy hops from somewhere else - for alternatively Australian hops aren’t very good. I thought I’d never say this but "I’d rather have a Fosters".
Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2007 at 17:15

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
LCRBM2. Red amber. Wooden, light dusty vineous nose. Flavors along the same line - light dust, nuts, vineous. Oily mouthfeel. Wooden finish.
Tried on 03 Feb 2007 at 15:21

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
A subtle and well-balanced beer, better than the sum of its parts. Yes, it’s slightly nutty, slighty hoppy, slightly malty, slightly bitter - but that’s the good thing, all of these components are brought together so well.
Tried on 31 Jan 2007 at 14:39

2.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1.5
This is the preferred brew of Onslow, one of my favorite brit com characters. I’ve passed this up many times at the beer store because it was in a 16 oz can and it was $3. However, during the review of the kinds of beers I’ve tasted, I became aware that I never tasted the ’bitter’ style yet. As soon as I found that out, I was off to the beer store to pick up that can. This is a 16 oz yellow can with a pop top. Nice can, barrel with bees on it. It says it has the draught flow device inside. That must be the plastic thing that was in there after I completed the pour into my steeler stein. Pop the top and start pouring, there are lots of fine bubbles that makes it look cloudy during the pour. Has a yeasty arome akin to many wheat beers I’ve tasted. The appearance is somewhat like your tyipcal american beer but it may be a little darker, something like a yuengling. Very creamy whitish head, makes me want to touch it. Once poured there is absolutely no carbonation in the glass. During the first taste, I detect no carbonation either. Its like flat beer that sat out overnight. Hey, I’ve tried to salvage one or two beers the next morning in my day, I know what they taste like! The flavor is not as bitter as I expected for something called a ’bitter’, but it is bitter. IPA and imp stouts are more bitter than this. The bitterness does cover the flavor of any quality enjoyable hops or malts that may be in there. This stuff is really flat, I don’t know what Onslow sees in this. I need at least a couple of tongue tingles to satisfy. It must be my upbringing on processed macro brews. Finish is a medium astringentness that lasts and lingers. Cannot appreciate this brew, probably will not buy again.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2006 at 13:05

4.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Medium offwhite shiny lasting creamy head over brown body with carbonation. Very faint aroma with traces of caramel and wood. Thin watery taste of something that could possibly be caramel malts. There are traces of typical English hops, too. So watery it tastes bad, but there are no off tastes. This sucks. (0.5l can, thanks to Knut Albert.)
Tried from Can on 04 Nov 2006 at 07:13

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
I tried thsi beer because of the band the Macc Lads. Half of their songs are about how great ’Boddies’ are. Truly, this nice little bitter ale is quite good, both on tap and from the can. The head is very thick, which is actually a problem if your class is not big enough as mine were. The taste starts off as bitter and almost watery, but not quite. For some reason there is a metallic flavour at the end, even when it comes from tap. Maybe they just stored it too long.
Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2006 at 22:51

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap. Layered, swirling pour with a thick, firm head. Good, solid bitter beer. Anytime I get nostalgic for university in England, its one of these.
Tried from Draft on 25 Oct 2006 at 17:13

3.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 3
LCRBM2. Rich clear amber colour. Smells of chlorine. Malt in mouth. Strong alcoholic and crude. Oh dear.
Tried on 18 Sep 2006 at 15:29

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(Keg at Bridge Bar, Heathrow Airport, London, 5 Aug) Colour is amber with a dense white head leaving lots of lacing. Nose is fruity with apricots, mandarin, mango and slighly chemical notes of butter-scotch. Taste is fruity with apricots and orange, some malt and very modest hops in the finsih. Rather artificial, like water with instant beer taste. No technical fault, but boring stuff.
Tried on 26 Aug 2006 at 16:21

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can. Dark golden colour with a beige creamy head. Aroma is sweet caramel. Flavour is caramel, fruit, apple.
Tried from Can on 22 Aug 2006 at 04:27