Nut Brown Ale
Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)
- From:
- Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
Ranked #3 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #8,793 - Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 12.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1,609
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Yesterday at 01:29 AM
- Added:
- Jul 11, 2001
- Wants:
- 341
- Gots:
- 818
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Brewed with well water (the original well at the Old Brewery, sunk in 1758, is still in use, with the hard well water being drawn from 85 feet underground); best barley malt, yeast and aromatic hops; fermented in ‘stone Yorkshire squares’ to create a relatively dry ale with rich nutty colour and palate of beech nuts, almonds and walnuts.
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Ratings by Camu2003:
Reviewed by Camu2003 from Florida
4.07/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.07/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a beautiful amber color. Tight, frothy head with really small packed bubbles. Smell is toasted "nuts" (an assortment), dried dates, cocoa and deeper fruit note that I just cant put my finger on. Taste is roasted hazelnut, mocha, malt, milk chocolate, banana is definitely in there as well. Picked this beer up a whim, completely random. A great representation of the style, worth the trip to pick a few of these up. Bonus points if its a bit chilly outside!
Jan 22, 2026More User Ratings:
Reviewed by based_guy from Antarctica
3.98/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Right out of the gate this one had a different flavor profile than I was expecting. Yes the nuttiness is there, but no it's not too powerful. It's tarter than I expected, but not in a bad way. The tartness blends well with the nuttiness. A subtle sweetness is pervasive, less pronounced than the tartness, but yet it's there and balances is quite nicely. It's a good beer.
Jan 23, 2026
Reviewed by Spankyrightus from Maryland
3.9/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A 550ml bottle, poured into a beer glass.
A mahogany brown color with high clarity, a thin head and splotches of lacing.
Malty flavor with an off dry character, subtle nuttiness and bitterness.
Dec 25, 2025A mahogany brown color with high clarity, a thin head and splotches of lacing.
Malty flavor with an off dry character, subtle nuttiness and bitterness.
Reviewed by mpruden from Ohio
3.89/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from a 14.9-oz can nearly a year within its “Best By” date into a tulip glass.
Look: Ruby brown, with a 2” light tan head with good retention, and leaving decent lacing.
Nose: Medium roast and roasted nuts.
Attack: Follows the nose, though not quite as fully as I might anticipate.
Finish: Just a hint of bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium thin, maybe a tad overcarbonated.
Overall: This has long been one of my two go-to English Browns (and I’m embarrassingly just now reviewing it!). With Rogue’s Hazelnut Brown now history (along with the brewery itself) this will be at least for a time my sole diet of this style. It’s a good beer, and I’ll buy it and drink it, barring discovery of another good English Brown available in southern Ohio, … and I’ll still miss the Rogue.
Nov 21, 2025Look: Ruby brown, with a 2” light tan head with good retention, and leaving decent lacing.
Nose: Medium roast and roasted nuts.
Attack: Follows the nose, though not quite as fully as I might anticipate.
Finish: Just a hint of bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium thin, maybe a tad overcarbonated.
Overall: This has long been one of my two go-to English Browns (and I’m embarrassingly just now reviewing it!). With Rogue’s Hazelnut Brown now history (along with the brewery itself) this will be at least for a time my sole diet of this style. It’s a good beer, and I’ll buy it and drink it, barring discovery of another good English Brown available in southern Ohio, … and I’ll still miss the Rogue.
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