Samuel Smith

From delicate gold lager to caramelly amber ales to velvety chocolate stout, Samuel Smith crafts beautiful, complex & elegant beers.

Est. 1758

About the Samuel Smith Brewery

The Old Brewery at Tadcaster was founded in 1758 and is Yorkshire's oldest brewery. Samuel Smith is one of the few remaining independent exporting breweries in England, and further is the last to utilize the classic Yorkshire Square system of fermentation solely in stone squares.

The rich Samuel Smith strain of yeast at The Old Brewery dates from the early 1900s. Hops are hand-weighed by the master hop blender, and the brewing water is drawn from the original well, sunk over 250 years ago.

First introduced to the U.S. market in 1978 by Merchant du Vin, Samuel Smith beers quickly became the benchmark ales for the emerging craft beer movement. To this day, they remain among the most awarded.

Samuel Smith beers and cider are vegan products, registered with The Vegan Society, as seen here; product list is here . (Stingo is aged in wooden vessels that previously held fined beer, so it's not registered vegan.)

Beers from Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery have delighted consumers and inspired other brewers for over 250 years. Some of the traditions of this fiercely independent Yorkshire brewery can be seen in the video below: delivery by horse-drawn dray wagons; barrels made by the brewery cooper; and open-topped Yorkshire Square fermenters made of slate. Taste this heritage in every sip of delicious Samuel Smith’s cider or beer:

Here's a video from a few years back, featuring the late beer writer Michael Jackson - a Yorkshireman himself - discussing Samuel Smith's and their lineup of fine beers:

Melbourn Bros. "All Saints" Brewery, in the town of Stamford, was restored in the 1990s and is operated by Samuel Smith's - their line of Organic fruit beers is brewed there. This fantastic video - of an operating steam-powered Victorian-era brewery - just might be the most interesting brewery video you've seen in a long time:

Samuel Smith Beers & Ciders