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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.
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Basementonline (13368) ticked
Winter Welcome Ale 2024-2025 from Samuel Smith
1 year ago
7/10
#winter
Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2024 at 20:01
Olut (22669) reviewed
XXXX Best from Samuel Smith
1 year ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Keg @ Sinclair's Oyster Bar, Manchester. Clear deeper golden-amber with a head. Smoothish bitter, which slips down the palate with easy, in part to its lower bitterness.
Tried on 25 Dec 2024 at 19:51
DavrosIX (1411) reviewed
Winter Welcome Ale from Samuel Smith
1 year ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Home from the carol service at the village church. An enjoyable evening with the greatest hits hymns, even if I am a complete atheist. Anyway, I am now well and truly in a Christmassy mood and this was the beer to drink. This is a classic rich ESB, with an emphasis on malt. Very pleasant.
Tried on 22 Dec 2024 at 20:41
EishockeyGreg57 (9559) ticked
Winter Welcome Ale 2024-2025 from Samuel Smith
1 year ago
Winter is here. A lovely 20° day here, got some snow Friday night. First drink since last Saturday, felt nice to take some time off. Spurs were shit vs Pool today. Might be time for a new coach.

🦅 vs Commies.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Dec 2024 at 14:29
BlackHaddock (18155) reviewed
XXXX Best from Samuel Smith
1 year ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Keg, half-pint on 20th December 2024 in Robert Raike's House. Brown in colour, off-white crust. Watered down Old Brewery Bitter blended with some Sovereign Bitter maybe? Anyway it's slightly more malty than hoppy and weak all round!
Tried on 20 Dec 2024 at 23:29
BlackHaddock (18155) reviewed
Sovereign Bitter from Samuel Smith
1 year ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Keg, half-pint on 20th December 2024 in Robert Raike's House. Clean amber body, decent head. Malty more than hoppy, not unpleasant subtle bitterness late on.
Tried on 20 Dec 2024 at 23:28
BlackHaddock (18155) reviewed
Old Brewery Bitter (Bottle & Keg) from Samuel Smith
1 year ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Keg pint on 20th December 2024: Robert Raike's House. Nice looking beer, deep amber with a decent crown on top. Malty front but lacks any real depth of flavour, much prefer the cask version when I can get it!
Tried from Cask on 20 Dec 2024 at 23:27
jimgreen (22359) reviewed
Nut Brown Ale from Samuel Smith
1 year ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
355ml bottle at Taps Beer Bar, Changkat, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a murky medium brown colour with a lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is herbal, nutty, light caramel. The flavour is moderate to light sweet, with a smooth, toffee caramel, earthy, light liqourice bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2024 at 15:55
Moravius (4415) reviewed
Winter Welcome Ale from Samuel Smith
1 year ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale (2023/2024), Flasche von Töpper, Moabit. - Rotgold, blank. - In der Nase zunächst erstaunlich wenig, blasses Toastmalz, etwas Karamel und Biskuit, sehr dezente obergärige Frucht und nur verhaltene Hopfung, dazu Anklänge an Holzleim. - Antrunk sauber gerstig toastmalzig mit Anklängen an Biskuit, Trockenaprikosen und leiser obergäriger Fruchtigkeit. Solide hopfenwürzig-herbale Hopfung, die wenig Raum für Süße läßt und allmählich in kernige, trockene Hopfenbittere mit Brotkruste übergeht. Durchschnittlich rezent, etwas hart im Mund, knochentrocken. Im Abgang verhaltene aber mächtige, leicht bissige Orangenschalenbittere und späte, schwach honigähnliche Süße. - Ungewöhnliches Winterbier, weniger füllig malzig als erwartet und von beträchtlicher Hopfenherbe aber nicht ganz rund. (13.12.2024.)
Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 20:53
kristincedar (7036) ticked
Winter Welcome Ale 2023-2024 from Samuel Smith
1 year ago
8/10
Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 19:04