Smiling Samoyed Seasonal Release ESB

What could be more autumnal than an autumnal coloured beer inspired by the sort of beers found in cosy English boozers? Probably a few things, but we reckon this ESB from SA's Smiling Samoyed is pretty darn well suited to the season for which it was brewed.

It's a limited release beer inspired by English Extra Special Bitters and plays a very straight bat: East Kent Goldings hops add unobtrusive floral aromas to a beer awash with creamy nutty and toffee malts and some raisin like fruity esters. The hops contribute a slow building twiggy bitterness too in a beer that almost demands you pop on a flat cap and ask your whippet if she'd like a pork scratching.

Published May 20, 2015 2015-05-20 00:00:00