Collection: Samuel Smith (Tadcaster)

Samuel Smith Old Brewery (also known as Samuel Smith's or Sam Smith's) is Yorkshire's oldest brewery, founded in 1758. It produces beer of top quality using English hop varieties such as Fuggles and Goldings to add bitterness and aroma to the traditional ales. The brewery has been using the same yeast strain since the 1800s and uses oak casks for all its naturally conditioned ale. The casks are made and repaired at the Old Brewery by the brewery’s full time cooper. The brewery has access to high quality local water supply, which is rich in lime sulphate after being pumped up from an underground lake of limestone water.

Samuel Smith brews a wide range of high quality beers, including bitters, stouts, porters, lagers, and ciders and were a major influence on American craft brewers in the late 1970s and early 1980 and helped popularise classic British beer styles.