Samuel Smith

Samuel Smith is the oldest brewery in the county of Yorkshire in northern England. Samuel Smith's excellent beer is still brewed in the hallowed halls of the Old Brewery in Tadcaster, which was built in 1758. The British have a lot more to offer than just the obligatory ale and are absolutely up to date with creative beers like the Chocolate Stout .

Typically English

A special feature of the old brewery are the so-called Yorkshire Squares. These cube-shaped containers are typical of the north of England and are used for fermentation. Originally, the Yorkshire Squares were made of stone or slate, but today most are made of stainless steel. Samuel Smith's Yorkshire Squares are still made of stone and the special yeast is still the same as it was 200 years ago. To give the beer a particularly good taste, the hops are used whole as cones. The hops are usually added to the kettle in the form of pellets or extract. In keeping with old tradition, Samuel Smith's brewery still has its own coopers who look after the old oak barrels in which the ale matures. Two coopers work full-time to repair the oak barrels and maintain them. With great attention to detail, classic and surprising beers such as the Imperial Stout are brewed here, making Samuel Smith a permanent fixture on the international beer market.

A magnificent relic of the past

Samuel Smith is particularly proud of its brewery horses. The stately white carriage horses are housed in spacious stables behind the brewery and nowadays have a more relaxed job. In the past, they were harnessed to beer carriages and had to drive the full beer barrels from pub to pub. Before the automobile became popular, this was the usual way of transporting beer. Private individuals collected their beer personally from the brewery, while everyone else was driven past by carriage. Today, the horses are only harnessed to the carriages for special occasions. Nevertheless, they are a symbol of the brewery and are valued and guarded like a treasure. Numerous pubs and hotels are now part of the Samuel Smith empire and the brewery is known far beyond the borders of Great Britain.