Samuel Smith Old Brewery in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire has been operating since 1758, and most of what the brewery produces reflects that history directly: ales, stouts, a porter, a brown ale, the traditional Yorkshire Stone Squares fermentation that gives each beer its characteristic texture. The Organic Raspberry Beer sits alongside that tradition as something different — deep pink, sweet raspberry aroma, light beer base, balanced sweetness, certified organic at 5.1% ABV. It is a fruit beer from a brewery that does not make concessions to trends, which means when Samuel Smith produces a raspberry beer, it is produced with the same ingredient discipline and organic certification that governs the rest of the range. If you are British and living in Tokyo and the standard Samuel Smith ales are already in the fridge, this is the bottle for the end of the evening or the table that includes people who want something fruit-forward rather than malt-forward.
Yorkshire’s organic raspberry beer, since 1758
Samuel Smith Old Brewery was founded in 1758 in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, and has remained independently owned and operated on the same Tadcaster site ever since. The brewery uses Yorkshire Stone Squares — traditional slate fermentation vessels — for its ales, draws water from a well sunk in 1758, and applies organic certification across its range. The Organic Raspberry Beer extends that certification into the fruit beer category, producing a deep pink pour with sweet raspberry aroma over a light beer base at 5.1% ABV.
The style is an organic raspberry beer, and the flavour profile follows the fruit-beer logic the brief confirms: sweet raspberry aroma leading, balanced sweetness rather than excessive sugar, and a light beer base that allows the raspberry character to carry the flavour without malt weight competing with it. The organic certification covers both the base beer ingredients and the raspberry addition, making this one of the few certified organic raspberry fruit beers available through a Japanese delivery service. At 5.1% ABV, it is accessible without being insubstantial, and the deep pink colour in the glass communicates what is inside before the bottle is opened.
How Samuel Smith Organic Raspberry Beer – [355 ml x 24 Bottles] is drunk at home
Cheers, mate! (CHEERZ-MAIT) — the British toast, delivered at the pub and at the kitchen table with equal ease regardless of what is in the glass. Bottoms up! when the round is nearly done; Down the hatch! when someone has poured more generously than expected. For a deep pink organic raspberry beer from Yorkshire’s oldest brewery, Cheers, mate is the appropriate opening and the colour in the glass does the rest of the introduction.
In the UK, a fruit beer from Samuel Smith occupies the dessert position or the informal close of the Friday evening — the bottle that arrives after the standard ales have been drunk and someone at the table suggests something different. The ploughman’s lunch provides a workable pairing in a lighter register: the mature cheddar’s sharpness and the sweet-tart raspberry find the same equilibrium as cheese and fruit preserve, which is a combination that British tables have maintained for long enough to need no further justification. Fish and chips is too neutral a dish to engage meaningfully with the raspberry character, though the salt of the chips provides the contrast that any sweet beer benefits from. The Sunday roast belongs entirely to a different part of the meal; the Organic Raspberry Beer arrives when the roast is a memory and the afternoon has found a slower pace.
Premier League football viewing is where Samuel Smith fruit beers tend to generate the most conversation — the deep pink of the Raspberry Beer in a glass on a table otherwise covered in standard lager cans is a visual that prompts questions, and the beer’s flavour answers them directly.
How to drink it in Japan
The Samuel Smith Organic Raspberry Beer suits Japan’s summer and early autumn — June through October — when the sweet, fruit-forward character of a raspberry beer fits the warmth of the season and the outdoor occasions it generates. It is also the fruit beer most likely to find an immediate audience among Japanese drinkers who encounter it for the first time: raspberry as a flavour is well-established in Japanese confectionery and beverages, which means the deep pink bottle and the sweet-tart aroma communicate their intention without requiring translation.
At Lawson, try it alongside a raspberry mousse dessert from the chilled section — the fresh raspberry character of the mousse and the sweet raspberry of the Samuel Smith occupy the same flavour territory, the carbonation of the beer providing the contrast that cuts through the creaminess of the dessert between spoonfuls. For a composed pairing at home, serve it with a mixed berry pavlova — the meringue’s sweetness, the cream, and the fresh berries find a direct counterpart in the balanced sweetness and the raspberry aroma of the beer, the light beer base providing enough carbonation to lift the richness of the cream. It is a pairing that asks very little of the cook and delivers considerably more than the effort suggests.
Samuel Smith fruit beers appear in Tokyo’s specialty import shops occasionally, but the raspberry expression specifically is unlikely to be stocked with regularity. By the case from Omori Mart — 355ml × 24 bottles — the per-bottle cost is accessible for a certified organic fruit beer, and the case provides enough for the full run of the Japanese summer and the occasions it brings.
Get Samuel Smith Organic Raspberry Beer – [355 ml x 24 Bottles] delivered in Japan
Samuel Smith Organic Raspberry Beer – [355 ml x 24 Bottles] is available from Omori Mart, delivered nationwide across Japan.
- Free shipping on orders over ¥15,000
- Pay at FamilyMart, 7-Eleven, or Lawson — or by bank transfer or card
- Nationwide delivery to any address in Japan
Rakuten and Amazon Japan do not carry this label. Omori Mart is where British residents in Japan find the Samuel Smith range in full — including the organic raspberry beer that arrives deep pink and explains itself before the first sip.
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Cheers, mate in Tadcaster, where Samuel Smith Old Brewery has applied the same 1758 standards to everything from stout to raspberry since it first began, and kanpai at a Tokyo table in August — deep pink, sweet raspberry, certified organic, and the most visually certain beer in the round.
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