Traditional methods of brewing have been retained at The Old Brewery.
Samuel Smith’s grey Shire horses are stabled behind
the Angel & White Horse, the pub next to the brewery.
The brewery still has its own cooper making and repairing all its oak casks. All Samuel Smith’s naturally conditioned
draught beer is served from the wood.
The Old Brewery at Tadcaster was established in 1758.
It is Yorkshire’s oldest brewery.
The yeast used to ferment Samuel Smith’s ales has been of the same strain since the nineteenth century.
Samuel Smith’s ales and stouts (except draught Sovereign and Extra
Stout) are fermented in ‘stone Yorkshire squares’~ fermenting vessels
made of solid slabs of slate ~ which give the beers a fuller bodied taste.
Samuel Smith’s Shire horses are used to make local deliveries five days a week.
Samuel Smith Old Brewery, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire LS24 9SB UK
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All Samuel Smith’s beers are brewed solely from authentic natural ingredients without any chemical
additives, raw material adjuncts, artificial sweeteners, colourings, flavourings or preservatives.
The original well at The Old Brewery, sunk in 1758, is still in use,
with the brewing water being drawn from 85 feet underground.
The Old Brewery, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
The little town of Tadcaster is home to three breweries. Samuel Smith’s is a small brewery producing less than 5% of the beer brewed in the town.
The brewery operates in the region of 200 pubs. Many are small pubs situated in the
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