Samuel Smith
Commercial Brewery
in
Tadcaster,
North Yorkshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 48 Venues
Established in 1758
Contact
The Old Brewery, High Street, Tadcaster, LS24 9SB, England
Subsidiaries
Description
Yorkshire’s Oldest Brewery. Samuel Smith brews a wide range of high quality beers, solely from authentic natural ingredients. The brewery still uses stone Yorkshire squares to ferment all its ales and stouts (except Sovereign and Extra Stout) and the same yeast strain has been used since the 1800s. Whole dried English hop varieties such as Fuggles and Goldings are used to add bitterness and aroma to Samuel Smith’s traditional ales in the antique boiling coppers. Samuel Smith’s uses oak casks for all its naturally conditioned ale. The casks are made and repaired at the Old Brewery by the brewery’s two full time coopers.
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Connolly's Wine Merchants, online. Pours a clear red--brown colour with small creamy looking off-white head, nice retention. Aroma and taste of cherries and marzipan which dominate everything, sweet and tart, some wheat, peppery finish. Syrupy mouthfeel. I enjoyed the fruitiness of it a lot but it is so adjunct heavy it could almost be mistaken for a flavoured cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from Beers of Europe Pours black, small beige head, leaves nice top, some retention. Aroma of toffee, licorice, alcohol, blackberries, figs, roasted malt background, some cocoa. Taste is caramel, licorice, figs, dark chocolate, moderate bitter coffee finish, tingle of spice. Creamy mouthfeel, fine carbonation. Superb
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a pale gold, very fizzy carbonation. Aroma of fairly mellow apple juice, sugars, apple peel and blossom. Taste of light tart apple juice, big apple skin notes, yeast, floral and light dry finish. Light to medium bodied, crisp carbonation, sweet and tangy. A slightly basic but well executed tasty sweet cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle from House of Trembling Madness, online. Pours a very dark brown, with small beige head Aroma is sweet, roasty, chocolate, light fruity berry note, some ash. There is a luscious creamy mouthfeel to this stout despite being light to medium in body and a fine carbonation which is superb. Taste wise its semi-sweet, roast, chocolate, liquorice, light fruitiness. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16