About
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.
Part of the group
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
English slightly dusty hops, leather and butter notes. Hazy golden, no head. Barnyard, leather dust and dust flavors in the background, fresh herbal hops in the foreground, citrussy aftertaste. Sparkly mouthfeel, medium body. Quite nice.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2004
at 07:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle
Somewhat dusty hops (citrus and pine). Amber, Champagne bubbles, creamy head. Citrussy taste-notes on cookie malt with dusty spices, dry aftertaste. Medium body, pleasant fizzy mouthfeel.
Somewhat dusty hops (citrus and pine). Amber, Champagne bubbles, creamy head. Citrussy taste-notes on cookie malt with dusty spices, dry aftertaste. Medium body, pleasant fizzy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2004
at 07:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Nice amber brown color, with a small head. Smell is slightly malty and nutty, as is the taste. Kind of coppery, but not bad. Not the greatest offering from SS, but it’s not bad by any means.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2004
at 15:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a good hearty amber-orange/peach with some light coppers. Good sized white foamy head. Aroma of light hops and plenty of toasted malt and some lightly sweet toffee/caramel. Flavor starts out with a hint of bitter hops, a good dose of light fruit hints (light raspberries and nectarines) and then develops a big sweetness from the malt. It’s that typical sam smiths yeast flavor mixed with toasty toffeeness. A good bitter, but sticks to the palate and gets a bit too malty and boring towards the end. As with most filtered light beers, seems a bit lifeless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2004
at 22:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Black color with a big beige haed. Aroma of a slight roastiness and some sweetness, but not much there. What this beer is is very smooth. There’s a slight sourness at first, but it gives way to a big milk chocolate flavor with some roastiness, and a sweet creamy smoothness. Nice creamy mouthfeel. Balanced oatmeal flavor (unlike most oatmeal stouts). It doesn’t overpower, but there’s a lingering oatmeal-ness at the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2004
at 12:26
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
A bit fuity of an aroma for a porter. Definite grape componant. Even when poured carefully, a persistant dk tan head makes itself known. Very dark. Fist impression is buttery, smooth, and woody/smokey like I think Porters should be. A bit more fizz than I am uesd to for the genre, fuitiness is not here anymore and a bit more bitter trailing aftertaste. Soft and smooth going down. I definately wont mind finishing this 19ouncer.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2004
at 00:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Very dark brown, with a dark tan head that is rather hefty and robust. A very attractive glass imed after pouring. Aroma is a bit sharp but the classic traits of a good stout or maybe a porter come though. First impression is smokey, like an old fireplace. Hints of chocolate and a bit bitter. Very nice but lacking some of the full, warm feel of others of its illk.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2004
at 23:21
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle (2006). Light malt and hops aroma. Dark amber color with moderate head. LIght malt and moderate hops flavor but not much else. Little body. The first time I tried this beer was back in 95 - was a much better beer back then - fuller and much better flavor. Not nearly as good as it used to be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2004
at 14:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Strange aroma- nuts, sweet caramel, and...urine? There’s something funky about the aroma. The body is red-brown and topped as most Samuel Smiths beers are, by a thick, puffy light tan head. Hmmm...I’m also picking up some raisin/tobacco in the aroma now. Sweet, sugary, somewhat nutty flavor (maybe I’m merely open to suggestion on that latter note), with a grassy, floral hops finish. Relatively thin-bodied. OK, now I’m getting some tobacco leaf in the flavor too, adding a touch of complexity to this otherwise single-note beer. Pretty good, but pretty standard for Sammy.
Tried
on 13 May 2004
at 22:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Some skunk and metallic hops mix with sweet malt in the aroma of this clear copper beverage. Body is somewhat sweet with light caramel and brown sugar flavors. Metallic hops accentuate the malts. Decent, but there isn’t much going on here.
Tried
on 13 May 2004
at 21:41