This is one from the eight pack box of limited edition “Amazing Ales” I just found at the local grocery store. The first one I wanted to try was the Kilkenny Cream Ale and I was not disappointed. This one is not as interesting but still a nice brew. It has a nice balance bitter and sweet flavor with a bit of nice hops. This is only 4.5% but has a bit of alcohol flavor like stronger ale.
Dark brown reddish in appearance and has quite a nice mouth feel with that hint of Guinness flavor to it. I like but would not choose it over the others in the pack.
Here is the commercial description: The Ales
As you sip your ruby red pint of Smithwick’s, we’d like you to ponder a few things…
300 years of brewing history: We’ve learned a thing or two since the very first pint of Smithwick’s was produced in 1710. And we’re constantly innovating. The perfect pint doesn’t happen by accident, it comes with experience.
Gold medals: It takes a special beer to win the La Monde gold medal seven times. But then Smithwick’s has been winning awards since 1892 (first prize in Dublin’s Rotunda Exhibition of Brewers and Distillers) and our trophy cabinet continues to grow.
A family of distinctively different ales: Smithwick’s might be the big brother of them all, but Smithwick’s Pale Ale, a golden malt beer with deep grassy flavours more than holds its own. Then there’s the dark gold beauty of Smithwick’s Long Summer, with its chestnut hues, and suggestions of biscuit, roasted nuts and brown sugar. And the enigmatic Smithwick’s Winter Spirit – a woody flavoured labour of love by our award-winning Master Brewers.
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