Samuel Smith's (informally and popularly known as Sam Smith's) is an independent British brewery in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England. It brews at Yorkshire's oldest brewery, which was founded in 1758. In 1847, Samuel Smith, a butcher and cattle dealer from Meanwood, Leeds, funded his son John to buy a struggling brewing business in Tadcaster from the Hartley family.

That brewery, founded in 1758, is said to be the oldest in Yorkshire. John Smith took over the brewery in 1852 forming John Smith's Brewery. He was later joined by his brother William.

John then left the brewery to the eldest son of his other brother Samuel and the joint custiodianship of the business to both William and Samuel. However William bought Samuel's half and moved the business to a new brewery, next door, which is where John Smiths is now brewed, then leaving the business to his sister's sons. Meanwhile, Samuel's son Samuel Smith inherited the Old Brewery on William's death in 1886, and re-opened the brewery under his own name.

He then ran it in competition with his cousins' business, John Smiths. Samuel Smith's remains independent, the only brewery in Tadcaster to do so.

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