Sam Smiths, just a list of the ones I have had

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.

First beers of 2017

Well this year I am going to try and keep up, I do not think I will however. These are some of the new beers I have had up until the end of the second week in January.

I do however hope that the taste of beers improves this year as some of these beers are not that good. I think that the spate of new brewers around the county all seem intent on making very hoppy beers, especially with the use of new hops from America. Even the bigger brewers are doing the same sort of thing and it is not good at all.

Young's (Charles Wells), Special from England

4.5% amber in colour with a good head, some hops and caramel in the aroma and a nice bitter taste.

Samuel Adams, Rebel IPA from USA

 

6.0% gold in colour with a thin head, the aroma and taste are the modern hop and slightly citrus, shame.

Eden Mill, St. Andrews 19th Brew from Scotland

 

3.9% gold in colour with a thin head, the aroma and taste are the modern hop and slightly citrus, yet another one of these beers.

Brains, The Rev James Rye from Wales

 

4.3% amber colour with a nice head, hop aroma, malty taste with some hops but not that bad.

Shepherd Neame, Spitfire Gold from England

 

4.3% deep gold in colour with a poor head, hop aroma but the taste was ok as the hops were not that bad.

Christmas Beers 2016

Well its time for the Christmas beers again, not got many this year as, I didn't get out much at all to the pubs and the shops were pretty poor with their selections.

Schwaben Bräu, Weihnachtsbier from Germany

 

5.5% gold in colour with a thin head, normal lager but with a slight Christmas taste, not bad at all and in a nice bottle.

Brakspear, Hoppy Holiday from England

 

4.0% gold in colour (or very pale amber) with a nice head, with a bitter hop aroma, there is a slight Christmasness to the taste but also lots of hops, although not too much.

Shepherd Neame, Master Brewer's Choice Rudolph's Reward from England

 

3,8% pale amber colour with a poor head, not very Christmassy in aroma or taste but drinkable.

Hatherwood, The Winter Warmer from England

 

5.5% amber in colour with a thin head, it had a bitter aroma and a slight Christmas taste.

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, really nice.