Adnams Broadside (Cask)

Brewed by Adnams
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Southwold, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask conditioned. Rich malty aroma. Hops, malt, marzipan and earthy flavours all compete with underlying sweetness throughout. Enough bitterness in the finish to prevent cloying.

Gravity @ Newport Ale House, Isle of Wight; clear golden brown; plenty of dark fruit - prunes, raisins; more malt than hop; a tinge of alcohol - it tastes stronger than it is; splendid full mouthfeel; sweetish; fruity, bittersweet lingering finish; a longstanding favourite, it needs savouring and can’t be rushed

This is my wife’s favourite beer! Well it was in August 2006: when I wrote this on BA. This is serious drinking beer, full of colour, full of powerful flavours and aromas. A dark ruby-red strong English Ale which demands respect. My wife and myself drink it in ’The Nelson’, Southwold. The pub is full of naval stuff, as you would expect, it is also only 400 yards from the brewery. The horse-drawn dray delivers to all the pubs in Southwold even to this day, a great sight. Adnams are pushing their beers into the ’Free Trade’ more and more at the moment and are expanding. Their beers are now available all over the UK. I have not detected any lowering of standards or tastes of any of their beers. I try them whenever I come across them, Broadside at its best, is a very very good beer.

On tap at The Archibald Simpson, Aberdeen.
Deep amber colored one with a fine creamy white head. Moderated aroma of green apples, light toasted grains, caramel. Easy bodied with some fruits, some caramel, some yeasts.

Cask by handpump at Bon Accord, Glasgow (14 Mar 12) - clear copper ale, thin off-white head, perfect temperature, roasted malt aroma, caramel, slightly bitter

Deep ruby colour, thick body and strong bitterness. Very robust beer but a touch too bitter for my personal palate

Cask at the King’s Tun (JDW). Dried fruit and maybe a little muscovado on the nose, then the palate is a fascinating combination of dryness and sweetness, with malt and raisin notes and faint hints of dark honey and oak.

Appearance: Golden-copper body, fairly clear appearance, with a small, though sustained white head.

Smell: Fruit cake aroma of raisin pulp, dried apricots, and chopped red apples with a sweet-scent of caramel and bready malts.

Taste: Sweet maltiness at the start, with tastes of caramel, light treacle, and (English) toffee. Fairly bready throughout. Varied fruits. Leafy, lightly grassy hops with a medium degree of bitterness. Very slight chalky quality. Drying, malty finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Light carbonation.

Overall: Fairly nice, balanced ale.

Cask at the King’s Head W2. Dark amber colour. Fruity strong bitter with good bitter bite in finish. Drinks smoothly for alcohol too - very decent beer.

Deep brownish-amber color with a off-white head that sticks around. The nose is very nutty, malty, some nutmeg and fruit. The taste is mildly sweet and hearty, the finish mildly bitter. Palate is medium/full, carbonation is obviously soft. Overall, a nice, if unsurprising ESB.

pours a nice amber with an off white head. aroma is slightly fruity, with some caramel. taste is slightly fruity, flowery, medium bodied, with a hoppy bitterness running through. its pretty average though.