Samuel Smith Imperial Stout 12 oz bottle

Samuel Smith Imperial Stout 12 oz bottle

Brewed by: Samuel Smith Brewery

Country: England

Style: Imperial Stout

ABV (Alcohol by Volume): 7%

BeerAdvocate.com rating: 93

Samuel Smith’s Imperial Stout is brewed with well water, the best barley malt, roasted barley, yeast and hops to create a rich flavorful ale. It is deep chocolate in color with a roasted barley nose and a complex flavor of malt, hops and yeast. It is fermented in stone Yorkshire squares. This distinctive type of ale was originally a favorite of the Russian nobility.

Registered with The Vegan Society; suitable for vegans and vegetarians.

Serving Suggestions:

Rich foods such as dark chocolate, blue cheese, stews, steak, oysters.

Brewery Information:

Samuel Smith Old Brewery at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England was founded in 1758 and is Yorkshire’s oldest brewery. It is one of the few remaining independent exporting breweries in England and is the last to utilize the classic Yorkshire Square system with stone “Yorkshire Squares” (constructed of Welsh slate) for fermentation.

The brewery is living tradition. Hops are hand-weighed by the master hop blender, and the brewing water is drawn from the original well, sunk more than 250 years ago. The rich Samuel Smith strain of yeast dates from the early 1900s — making it one of the oldest unchanged strains in the country. The brewery still uses Shire horses to draw drays around Tadcaster five days a week, delivering beer in barrels made by the brewery’s cooper.

Samuel Smith beers and ciders are UK Soil Association and USDA Certified Organic. Many are vegan, registered with The Vegan Society. Samuel Smith also operates over 200 traditional pubs (including 20 in central London) — in which background music, television and mobile devices are banned in order to encourage friendly pub conversation.