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TAP Beer(s) of the Week: Newcastle Founders’ Ale vs. Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery Pale Ale

April 17th, 2012 by Tom Bedell
For once in this recent “versus” series we actually have two beers in the same style, pales ales from some venerable English names. And we have a clear winner, too, as Samuel Smith pretty well stomps on Newcastle. Not to say I wasn’t mildly excited to find the Newcastle Founders’ Ale in the local Newfane Market recently. I’d managed to not hear a thing about the beer, and so running across something new from a company that has sent ... Full Story