Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Bitter (Cask)
Cask; Regular.
Sam Smith's only cask ale. Usually served through a "sparkler".
Was 3.8%
Sam Smith's only cask ale. Usually served through a "sparkler".
Was 3.8%
3.1
215 reviews
Tadcaster, England
Community reviews
Cask at The Crown Glossop. Clear dark gold cream colour head. Light malt bitter toffee. Nice bitter.
Pours amber with a tiny white head. Aroma is slightly frutal and woody with some caramel notes to it. In mouth it is malty, bready and sweet in a way it reminds me of toffee. Worth mentioning some notes of pine and wood. Creamy and very entertaining palate. Carbonation is almost on point. Good and bitter finish. Could have more complexity but I am not complaining. Very nice bitter.
very quaffable bitter, nice creamy head, golden in colour, very easy drinking
Cask at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, London. Pours cloudy orange with small white head. Matly, sweetish, some citrus notes, also quite bland and some unpleasant notes, some butter. Light bodied.
On cask at Cittie of York London. Orange body with a thin off-white head. Aroma of grains, toast, butter and bread. The taste has some buttery character too, but not nearly as much as the aroma with notes of grains, bread and a nice floral hoppynes at the end of the sip. A good example of the style.
On cask at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, playing a tourist during my lunch break. Quite a nice, if pretty simple, example of the style. It's smooth and malty, with a bit of sweetness, some roasted / nutty flavor, and a moderately low bitterness at the end. It doesn't reinvent the style, but it's a great example of it.
Cask @ Anchor Tap, London, 21/07/17. Pours orange with a good, white head. Aroma is strong with flower. Taste is caramel, strong flower, dry. Some fruit candy(?), some fruitiness. Nuts and flowers in the strong finish. Very nice.
A beer with a beautiful colour and a smooth head. It has a full flavour with that bit of extra depth that oak casks give. Drank three pints in the Chandos in central London last night and really enjoyed it.
Dispensed into halfpints from actual oak cask at Nellies - White Horse Inn in Beverley, East Yorkshire. A spectacle to watch this settle into something murky and sparkling, between franconian Kellerbier and Lambiek - not the only parallel: the oak cask adds a wild woody tartness to the unfiltered barley proteins, that closes the gap to Zoigl and even young, cheesy lambiek - still it does not taste "off": the orange marmelade and lemon jelly underneath is fresh and zesty on the palate, if quick in its finish. A creamy, easy UK "bitter" underneath that I could drink all night next time I make this pub my destination...
Cask hand-pull at Ye Olde Swiss Cottage. It pours clear brown with a sturdy off - white head. The aroma is quite soft, sweet, toffee, fudge, butterscotch and bread. The taste is malt - driven, brown bread, toasty grain, cereal, toffee, touch of butterscotch and wood with a faintly dry finish. Light - medium body and fine carbonation. Drinks easy for sure, but there isn’t much depth to it.
Cask at the RIsing Sun. A standard northern English bitter with a creamy mouthfeel, plenty of malt and a litte bit of bitter hops. There was also a rather strange sharpness that meant I would not have had a second pint.
Cask at boot inn... Copper... Small tan head... Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.... Soft sweet toffee malts.. Creamy caramel toffee fruit... Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Juicy sweet malts.. Soft easy inoffensive
Fra håndpumpe på The Champion (Wells Street, London): vakker dyprødlig kobber med tett skum som holder følge til siste dråpe. Meget cremet og bløt munnfølelse med balansert og myk bitterhet fra første til siste slurk. En klassisk, velkomponert bitter med stor smaksrikdom og eksepsjonell drikkbarhet. Litt maltsødme mot slutten gir en perfekt avrunding.
Cask at Ye Olde Chesire Cheese. A very standard bitter. Not bad but nothing spectacular either.
Cask at the Lyceum, London. Really wasnt keen on this one at all, quite unpleasant. Weird off bitter sweetness to it. Down from 2.9 to 2.5.
Cask Pint at The Princess Louise, Holborn, London in Sept 2010 - Amber. Good Condition. Fruity; citrus orange. Malty; toasty malts, toffee. Hoppy; some grassy hops. Good fruit/malt/hop balance. Sweet fruity malty throughout. Very drinkable. Very sessionable. (2010-09)
Tap @ White Horse, London. Pours red with creamy white head. Aroma is malts, yeast, some grass, light oil. Taste is oily, fruity, some yeast, bread, apple, pie, some vanilla. Nice and fresh beer!
Cask at the Cittie of Yorke, High Holborn, London. Pours an attractive clear copper colour with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, slightly nutty. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Quite light bodied, soft carbonation. A very average bitter, was hoping for better.
Draft at the Princess Louise. Clear, light amber with creamy head. Malty aroma and taste, Just a hint of sourness. Nice consistency, but a bit let down. Was hoping for better.
On tap at Samuel Smiths two pubs in Blackpool. Pours tan to brown. Taste of oak, malt, caramel and maybe a touch of vanilla. A good mouth feel. While a very typical Yorkshire bitter this is an exceptionally rounded beer with a great balance of bitterness to balance the malt sweetness. Probably one of o Sam Smith’s best
Dark amber, cask poured so low carbonation and cool/room temperature. Malty, caramel. Bitter finish. Medium mouthfeel and the finish was a bit astringent which highlighted the hops.
Cask @ Cittie of Yorke, Holborn WC1. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
August 2016 - Cask HP at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet St. As ’Samuel Smith Old Brewery Bitter’, 4.0%, from oak cask. Translucent dark orange, still, dense creamy white head leaves thick lacing. Aroma is breadstick, some tart fruits. Body is fairly light, soft carbonation. Taste is bready, does have a light drying oaky dimension. Interesting, with some unique character from the oak. (3.2)
Cask @ The Chandos. Amber with a creamy off white head. Malty and fruity tones. Fruit, malt, caramel and hops. Medium to light body with a nice bitter/ woody finish.
So cheap, so tasty. Always a reliable session bitter I can enjoy while my wallet remains roughly the same weight.
Draught at The Duke of Argyll, London. Somewhat hazy dark orange with a small white head. Light to medium body with moderate carbonation. Subtle bitter tones. Caramel, malts and hops. Refreshing.
Cask at Boot Inn, Chester. Pours chestnut with an off white head. Some nut, smooth touch of sour. Probably on the turn.
Red brown colour, firm off-white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, light hops, sour hint. Malty flavour, light hops, quite sweet. Sweet malty finish, light nutty.
(from draught -cask- @ Princess Louise, RBESG 2014, London)
Cask at the Cock, Great Portland Street. Pours slightly hazy Amber brown with a white head. Fruity aroma, sweet finish. Maybe not at its best.
Appearance: hazed deep nutty color with a fine off white head. Ok lacing.
Aroma: Bready, nutty and fruity.
Palate: Medium body. Tad sweet and an ok bitterness. Soft carbonation.
Taste: Balanced fruity, bready, mild oak and some toffee.
Overall impression: probably one of the BEST traditional British Bitter I have ever tasted. Lovely session ale.
Personal stats: On ta at Olde Cheshire Cheese (Sam Smith’s) (Fleet Street) in London, England
Old Brewery Bitter served out of oak casks @ Cittie of York
Beautiful Amber/orange-copper color with a thick off-white head, lovely malty aroma of caramel & biscuit with mild oak notes. Smooth as silk and the taste is oak, caramel, tabacco, citrusy orange - seriously delicious. Wonderfully complex 4% beer. Best bitter I’ve ever head.