A friend brought a bottle of
Samuel Smith’s Organic
Chocolate Stout to dinner on Sunday evening for me try, hailing it as a good
drop. This beer was an absolute revelation to me. It’s got a beautiful smooth
chocolatey flavour that isn’t too heavy, nor too sweet. It succeeds at tasting
both like chocolate and like beer in the best possible way, I really can’t
recommend it more highly. Sam Smiths is well known to Londoners as one of the
best (and only) places to get a cheap pint in the capital. Fiercely
independent, the brewery operates over 300 pubs that sell only Sam Smiths
branded food and drink. Not only that but its pubs tend to be interesting, well-kept
and unique and if you haven’t been to one before I suggest you rectify that
immediately. Whilst my experience is limited to London the brewery also
operates pubs across the north of England (its base is Tadcaster, Yorkshire)
and takes pride in maintaining pubs in some of the most deprived areas of the
country.
Brewery: Samuel Smith Brewery
Country: United Kingdom
ABV: 5.0%
Following my nut brown ale I went for a pint out of the cask
– the Old Brewery Bitter. Unlike the nut brown ale this was very unremarkable,
lacking in flavour and depth. It was perfectly drinkable yes, but offered very
little else (apart from, I suppose, a very reasonably price at less than £2.50
a pint). Not a great deal else that can be said about this, pretty bland.
Last weekend I went to The Windsor Castle, a Sam Smiths pub
hidden away behind Westminster Cathedral in Victoria. The pub itself is
absolutely beautiful inside and I would urge you to have a look in if you’re
nearby. My favourite thing about it was that there was hardly anyone there – an
empty pub in central London on a Saturday night? Dream. My first choice at the
bar was a bottle of Nut Brown Ale. Whilst Sam Smiths are known for their cheap
beer it appears this does not apply to bottles and this worked out at quite a
pricey pint. It was well worth it though. The beer pours dark with a dark-ish
head. It’s a lovely rich beer with a beautiful nutty, malty flavour as you
might expect. Very good indeed.
A friend brought a bottle of Samuel Smith’s Organic
Chocolate Stout to dinner on Sunday evening for me try, hailing it as a good
drop. This beer was an absolute revelation to me. It’s got a beautiful smooth
chocolatey flavour that isn’t too heavy, nor too sweet. It succeeds at tasting
both like chocolate and like beer in the best possible way, I really can’t
recommend it more highly. Sam Smiths is well known to Londoners as one of the
best (and only) places to get a cheap pint in the capital. Fiercely
independent, the brewery operates over 300 pubs that sell only Sam Smiths
branded food and drink. Not only that but its pubs tend to be interesting, well-kept
and unique and if you haven’t been to one before I suggest you rectify that
immediately. Whilst my experience is limited to London the brewery also
operates pubs across the north of England (its base is Tadcaster, Yorkshire)
and takes pride in maintaining pubs in some of the most deprived areas of the
country. 