Sam Smiths are different from any other brewer that I know of, the brewery is in Tadcaster (nothing new there), their pubs only sell their own brews and there are no televisions or music in any of their bubs.
I love there beers especially the Old Brewery Bitter and when they were mentioned in a conversation on MotorhomeFun, I realised that I had not done them together in this blog.
These are the ones I have had, some are old photos and some may no longer be available but I have had them.
Samuel Smith's, Old Brewery Bitter from England
4.0% dark brown colour with a good lasting head, fruity aroma, very nice smooth fruity but bitter taste, very good beer, now an all time favourite.
Samuel Smith's, Sovereign Bitter from England
4.1% light amber colour with a good head, slight hop aroma, sweet bitter taste, not as good as the Old Brewery Bitter.
Samuel Smith's, Winter Welcome Ale 2016/2017 from England
6.0% deep amber in colour with a nice head, fruity malt aroma, slightly bitter malt, caramel, fruit and hops taste. I have had the ones from previous years and they are good.
Samuel Smith's, Organic Chocolate Stout from England
5.0% black in colour with a good head, some chocolate in the aroma and a nice sweet chocolate taste,
Samuel Smith's, Extra Stout from England
4.5% very dark with a good head, roasted malt aroma, roasted malt with a slight bitterness in the taste, not fond of stouts but this was very drinkable.
Samuel Smith's, Imperial Stout from England
7.0% almost black with a nice head, chocolate aroma, burnt malt and treacle toffee taste, rather bitter.
Samuel Smith's, Organic Lager from England
5.0% gold colour with a thin head, much like the German beers I had tonight but smoother.
Samuel Smith's, Pure Brewed Lager from England
5.0% thin head, slight malt aroma, larger taste but not bad. Lagers are not my favourite type of beer, I find them to be mostly tasteless and therefore any reviews I do,are not up to much.
Samuel Smith's, Taddy Lager from England
4.5% thin head, the newest of the three lagers from Smith's, slightly sweeter than the other two.
Samuel Smith's, Alpine Lager from England
4.5% thin head, the oldest of the three lagers from Smith's, it tastes like lager should.
But it was replaced with this much weaker one.
and at 2.8% not what is used to be.
Samuel Smith's, Taddy Porter from England
5.0% black colour with a thin head, roast malt aroma, slightly sweet malt taste.
Samuel Smith's, Yorkshire Bitter from England
3.3%, deep amber with a good head, malt aroma, malty bitter taste, an average bitter but good for the strength.
Samuel Smith's, Nut Brown Ale from England
5.0% dark brown colour with a thin head, fruity aroma, fruity taste a bit like a porter.
Samuel Smith's, Old Brewery Pale Ale from England
5.0% amber colour with a good head, malt aroma, malty caramel taste.
Samuel Smith's, Organic Strawberry Fruit Beer from England
5.1% red colour with a nice head, aroma is of strawberries and the taste is much the same and sweet.
Samuel Smith's, Organic Wheat Beer from England
5.0% hazy gold colour with a thin head, smells like and tastes like a good German Hefeweizen, strange thing is, its English and it is very good.