Ze Beer? Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale
Ze Style? Nut Brown Ale
Ze Maker? Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)
Ze Content! 5%
Samuel Smith’s makes some great brews. Slightly different from what you’re used to here in the states, as they are all English style beers. Seeing as Newcastle is one of my favorite anytime beers, the search for another good brown style seemed appropriate. And well as both are English Style, I picked up a bottle long ago, and tried it out. I decided to blog this beer, because today during my tasting, I had the Samuel Smith’s Winter Welcome Ale. Though not too impressed with the Winter Welcome, why not re-visit one of my classic “go-to’s” for those who want a little something less mainstream in America.
This English 550mL beer is a classic brown English ale by all standards. It pours a great mahogany brown color with little head on the pour. An off-white head leaves decent lacing, but not too sticky. You can definitely smell the malts in this beer a sweet caramel nutty tone present. A bit of toffee on the end, but definitely heavy on the sweet and breaded malts. This beer has that English Creaminess you can find in most English-style Ales, and along with it you get some wonderful toasted nuts and roasted malt flavors. Noticeable caramel, with softer tones of coffee and toffee make this beer quite tasty at and warming. A medium body gives this beer a bit of stickyness combined with a lighter carbonation allows for this beer to coat the mouth nicely, and leave just the right amount of aftertaste.
Would I PAY for this beer? Yea, it’s a great English beer and you cannot get many of those these days, in the world of craft microbrewing. Though there are better domestic beers that taste very similar if not almost identical, there’s something nostalgic about revisiting a Samuel Smith Nut Brown; and that nostalgia makes me buy this.
Overall Rating: B+
Cheers,
-Ze Beer Guy
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