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Organic Pale Ale
Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)
- From:
- Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
Ranked #6 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #16,979 - Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 12.4%
- Reviews:
- 924
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 10, 2024
- Added:
- Feb 27, 2001
- Wants:
- 136
- Gots:
- 142
Known as Organic Best Ale in the UK.
Recent ratings and reviews. | Log in to view more ratings + sorting options.
Ratings by lsummers:
Reviewed by lsummers from California
3.63/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a fantastic color of amber, copper. Somewhat cloudy with a nice one finger fluffy cream colored head. I love when lighter styles look flavorful.
Smells of some toffee biscuits. Very sweet with just a hint of some floral hop notes. Overall, bready, malty, sweet, and a little funky.
Taste is very nutty and creamy. Notes of toffee, brown sugar, and biscuit along with some slight dried fruit. Not much hop notes at all poking through the bready malt sweet notes. I wouldn't mind having some more hop notes, although I wonder if fresher the bottle the more hop notes you get. Having this fresh might have a lot to do with it.
Mouthfeel has some medium carbonation which helps the every so slight touch of hops on the flavor. There's not that much so it's nice to have a mouthfeel that accentuates that bitterness bite you get from hops. It's slighty creamy and feels somewhat fat. Mouthfeel is very nice and instantly reminds me I'm drinking an english pale.
Overall, a very enjoyable english pale. Samuel Smiths brewery seems to do nothing bad, they just have more offerings that are better. A solid English Pale Ale, but not my most favorite pale and definitely not my most favorite from this brewery. You should try this at least once.
Aug 11, 2013Smells of some toffee biscuits. Very sweet with just a hint of some floral hop notes. Overall, bready, malty, sweet, and a little funky.
Taste is very nutty and creamy. Notes of toffee, brown sugar, and biscuit along with some slight dried fruit. Not much hop notes at all poking through the bready malt sweet notes. I wouldn't mind having some more hop notes, although I wonder if fresher the bottle the more hop notes you get. Having this fresh might have a lot to do with it.
Mouthfeel has some medium carbonation which helps the every so slight touch of hops on the flavor. There's not that much so it's nice to have a mouthfeel that accentuates that bitterness bite you get from hops. It's slighty creamy and feels somewhat fat. Mouthfeel is very nice and instantly reminds me I'm drinking an english pale.
Overall, a very enjoyable english pale. Samuel Smiths brewery seems to do nothing bad, they just have more offerings that are better. A solid English Pale Ale, but not my most favorite pale and definitely not my most favorite from this brewery. You should try this at least once.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
3.95/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.95/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Dark auburn with two fingers of beige head. The smell is of hard water, toasted, malts, and Goldings hops. The taste follows the nose, I light sweetness and toasted malts are forward. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Drinking in Phuket Thailand December 25, 2023.
Dec 25, 2023Reviewed by Ernald_Elbertson from Delaware
3.47/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pretty inoffensive British Pale Ale. Kind of prefer ESB's I think...general fruity sweetness and lightly bitter hops. Not really strong on flavor, even close to room temp. Still, a perfectly sessionable ale for the autumn or winter.
Nov 10, 2023Reviewed by MrOH from Maryland
3.69/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.69/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Clear copper with dense white head, excellent retention, rings of lace
Caramel, raisin, tea, floral, earthy aroma
Tastes like it smells
Medium-light bodied, appropriate carbonation
Would be an amber ale here in the States
Sep 27, 2023Caramel, raisin, tea, floral, earthy aroma
Tastes like it smells
Medium-light bodied, appropriate carbonation
Would be an amber ale here in the States
Rated by Jefflikesbeer from Massachusetts
4.72/5 rDev +22%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.72/5 rDev +22%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Archetype of a well-balanced beer. Malty, hoppy and a bit yeasty.
Sep 25, 2023Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.04/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a clear amber with fine head.
Smell is malty and a bit sweet and floral. Notes of brown bread, leather and citrus.
Taste is malty and floral with a moderate bitterness. Notes of brown bread, leather, citrus with some yeasty and estery hints.
Mouthfeel is medium, smooth and well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice pale ale, only bothered a bit by the yeasty hints.
Jul 01, 2023Smell is malty and a bit sweet and floral. Notes of brown bread, leather and citrus.
Taste is malty and floral with a moderate bitterness. Notes of brown bread, leather, citrus with some yeasty and estery hints.
Mouthfeel is medium, smooth and well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice pale ale, only bothered a bit by the yeasty hints.
Organic Pale Ale from Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
1657 ratings
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