Samuel Smith's
Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Est. 1758
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Why this matters
Tadcaster's oldest brewery, at it since 1758, and the most stubbornly antique operation in Britain. Still ferments in Yorkshire squares — open stone vessels — still uses its own strain descended from the 19th century, still delivers locally by shire horse, and famously bans televisions, music and mobile phones in its pubs. It is not nostalgia as decoration. It is a company that decided at some point that it had already found the right way to do this.
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Oatmeal Stout
Year-RoundOatmeal Stout
Yorkshire's oldest brewery, still fermenting in slate Yorkshire Square vessels and still delivering locally by horse-drawn dray. Their oatmeal stout revived a style that had effectively died out.
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Common questions about Samuel Smith's
- Who owns Samuel Smith's?
- Samuel Smith's is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
- Is Samuel Smith's independent?
- Yes. Samuel Smith's is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Samuel Smith's founded?
- Samuel Smith's was founded in 1758 in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
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