Subsidiaries
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black as night with a big, fluffy head that lasts and laces nicely. Nice faint coffee scent... pretty faint, but very appealing. Nice and easy porter. Slighty coffee and chocolate... mmmm this one's a good one. My only complaint is a tinge of a strange aftertaste. Not bad, but leaves me wondering what exactly that is.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2004
at 15:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Paid $7.99 for a 4-pack. Nice deep brown with a good sized, soft and creamy looking head. Pretty average smell for a nut brown, but I do happen to enjoy the smell. Nice taste. I had originally given it a 4.5, but it wasn't a mindblowingly original taste. Nice & smooth & creamy... A nice beer. If it was a little cheaper, I'd make it a part of a regular rotation.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2004
at 15:39
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Smells of dry, english malt, lightly roasted with a bit of a zing. Color is a very light chestnut brown. Nice, but ultimately too clear for my likings. Decent off-white "walnut" colored head. Flavor begins lightly sweet, caramelly and the trademark Sam Smith yeast flavor. Medium body, dosent seem to thin out as it warms. Not a ton of nuttiness though, just lots of brown sugary malt, with some earthy/roast tinges. I should have let it warm more, but didnt have time. Probably tastes better closer to room temp. will rerate. Rerate Well, I let it warm and it wasn’t much better. Sharp graininess, dry hay with a high amount of iron in it. Some watery coffee. Dead and pasteurized, watery and filtered. I think I need to stop trying to make myself like Sam Smith’s beers and just rate them for what they are. Pasteurized, filtered beer that is well-brewed but obsolete.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2004
at 12:28
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Paid $1.79 for a 12 oz single. Inky black, with a small tan head. Sweet alcohol in the nose, along with rich chocolate... reminds me a bit of a cherry cordial. Nice and tasty and smooth! Bittersweet flavor with a tinge of alcohol. Aftertatse is only slightly bitter. Very smooth in the mouth, and might be a good candidate for a session beer.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2004
at 20:11
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
This is the first Samuel Smith brew that I've been disappointed with up until this point. Appearance: golden amber, nice head. It has a nice color- and is a nice looking beer. Smell: very liquory and dry smelling. Reminds me of the smell of a dry wine or something. Taste: very dry and not really my thing. Reminds me a bit of Old Speckled Hen, which i didn't care for at all. Nice mouthfeel, but still only JUST drinkable.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2004
at 01:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours with a clear copper body and a creamy off-white head. The hops aroma on this one reminds me of tobacco. A complex variety of hops flavors (leafy tobacco, earthiness, wood, wet hay) are balanced by just a hint of malt. Has a weird green tea flavor as well, and the body is somewhat chalky. Interesting but not a favorite.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2004
at 22:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2003-2004 bottling. Pours clear amber-copper, with an initially dense off-white head that quickly dissipates to a thin film. Nice floral hops aroma with caramel malt backbone. Really nice "chewable" flavor, with caramel malts battling with floral hops over sweet fruity background notes. Thin-bodied like most Samuel Smiths beers, but the rich flavor belies this fact. I prefer this to the majority of overspiced, one-dimensional American holiday offerings.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2004
at 20:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours black, with head a nice tan colour. This stout has scents of pear and apple citrus. With small amounts of roasted malts. First sip started with a nice smooth carbonation and instant molasses with more roasted malts. Sweet sugars, almost a maple sugar were present. The palate consisted of apple citrus with smoke notes and a hint of sherry.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2004
at 21:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sam Smith Nut Brown pours a deep brown glass with just enough head to get by. Sweet malty aroma and flavor with a hint of hops in the finish. A step up from Newcastle yet not spectacular either. An easy to drink Brown Ale.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2004
at 14:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark but not quite opaque, some ruby highlights. Good head but in the drinking this came off as thin. The flavors were retrained and left you wanted more. A good beer but I've had others I prefer to this one.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2004
at 14:02