Imperial Stout
Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)

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From:
Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
Russian Imperial Stout
Ranked #224
ABV:
7%
Score:
93
Ranked #3,953
Avg:
4.16 | pDev: 11.3%
Reviews:
1,870
Ratings:
4,048
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 17, 2024
Added:
Feb 27, 2001
Wants:
  256
Gots:
  596
Brewed at Samuel Smith's small, traditional British brewery with well water, best barley malt, roasted barley, yeast and hops to create a rich flavorful ale; deep chocolate on color with a roasted barley nose and flavor that is a complexity of malt, hops, and yeast. Fermented in 'stone Yorkshire squares'. This distinctive type of ale was originally shipped to Imperial Russia; it was a favourite of Russian nobility.
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Ratings by jlindros:
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

4.08/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
A: The crazy bottle neck on the bottle's neck forces a huge head on the pour that rises up for 2/3 of the glass. A thick frothy dark colored hear that is. The beer itself is almost pitch black, but not quite.

N: Tons of malts hit first. SOme roasted malts, caramel malts, and a few others. Some caramel aromas and sweetness, a little oatmeal, some dark fruits, and a little bitter English hop aroma tops it off. A little chocolate as well.

T: Very fruity actually. Tons of malt as well, again with lots of dark malts, caramel, a little roast, I think even a nice bit of Marris Otter as base. Creamy milk chocolate, oats, dried fruits, hints of spicy hops. A little bit of juicy hop flavors as well.

M: Creamy and semi thick, with lots of carbonation.

F: Semi bitter with more English hops, and lingering hot roast and dark malts. Some sweetness on the finish as well with more caramel and brown sugar.
Mar 07, 2010
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.6 by MobBarley from Oregon

Feb 17, 2024
 
Rated: 4.24 by drews240 from Rhode Island

Feb 01, 2024
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Reviewed by twage04 from North Carolina

4.53/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Pours a dark black with normal carbonation. Chocolate, molasses, bourbon on the nose. Taste is the same with some caramel, fig. Very rich and flavorful for the ABV.
Jan 29, 2024
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Reviewed by DoctorRobert1969 from California

4.25/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This was surprisingly smooth for an imperial beer, although I haven’t had many. The taste is something like a quad. Samuel Smith can do no wrong. Perfect for a cold night.
Jan 22, 2024
 
Rated: 3.69 by JimKochFan from New Jersey

Jan 22, 2024
 
Rated: 3.78 by harsley from Massachusetts

Jan 16, 2024
 
Rated: 4.68 by k9cousin from New York

Jan 15, 2024
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Reviewed by MNJR from Illinois

5/5  rDev +20.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Rich and satisfying with the unmistakable Tadcaster magic that cannot be duplicated, ever. In the history of beer, with the physical, spiritual, and human limitations of the art form of making beer, nothing can ever be better than this, So... this is it, The Best. Try to outdo it, try and fail, maybe someday a stout beer can be better, maybe, but maybe not. Delicious flavors of earth, raisin, cocoa, fruit, vanilla, brown sugar, forest, mountains, and sea. Best stuff, best you can get. Lovely and remarkable in every way a beer can possibly be. 100%. Something has to be, and this is it.
Jan 15, 2024
 
Rated: 3 by prisdefer from New York

Jan 10, 2024
 
Rated: 4.07 by Can_if_you_can from Minnesota

Dec 27, 2023
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Reviewed by Tom-o-Bedlam from Texas

4.42/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Burnt coffee, bitter dark chocolate, toasted bready malt, and hops on the back end.

Has the same undefinable funkiness that all Samuel Smith beers have (I’m drinking this one after having their Oatmeal Stout, Tadcaster, and Organic Chocolate Stout earlier this week). I guess it’s the well water.

There’s something hard and mineral-y that undergirds the flavor and the feel.

Good stuff.
Dec 21, 2023
 
Rated: 3 by AbeO

Dec 18, 2023
 
Rated: 4.23 by arini10 from Oregon

Dec 08, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by Birdlegs from Washington

Dec 06, 2023
 
Rated: 4.69 by KeithGreatNorth from Canada (BC)

Dec 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.77 by MEnoMoney

Nov 22, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by FLBeerGuy from Florida

Nov 18, 2023
 
Rated: 4.15 by cabsandking from Ohio

Nov 10, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by thewimperoo from Illinois

Nov 08, 2023
Imperial Stout from Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)
Beer rating: 93 out of 100 with 4048 ratings