Adnams Broadside Strong Original

12 ounce bottle. Nearly opaque dark drown was a slight orange tinge. Nice head. Creamy beer -- softly carbonated -- with a rich flavor. Sure, there’s some malty dark fruit/raisin sweetness, but it definitely has a hop bite to it, and buttery yeast as well. As it warms, I detect some citrus. There’s really a lot going on.

Bottle (500ml). Poured opaque with ruby highlights and a tanned head which was mostly lasting. Aroma was of sweet blackberries and cranberries with some dark malts and molasses (light). Flavor was a blend of toffee and coffee with dark malts, dark chocolate, a subtle fruitiness; blackberries, raisins, plums and a great lingering bitterness. Full bodied with soft carbonation, chewy texture, syrupy mouthfeel and a long finish.

Bottle: Pours a dull murky brown with a large head.Taste is sweet with a hint of cherry and caramel. Palate is relatively thin.Smells of Sink water.

May 2006 - Thanks to eaglefan538 for this one. Beer poured with nice looking head which vanished in the time it took me to walk to the next room and back. The aroma was buttery, fruity and a little metallic...woulda scored higher if not for metallic aroma which was unpleasant. Flavor was buttery sour, caramel and toffee...with a perfect level of bittering. Mouthfeel was sticky and carbonated just right. This was a nice beer. I like these English ales!

Bottle. Pours a clear bownish amber color wityh almost no head. Average lacing. Malty and hoppy aroma with some caramel present. I expected it to be "stronger." But a decent beer nonetheless.

Bottle from Shigadeyo. Thanks butthole. Dark amber pour with a dense off white retentive head. Medium bodied, without the wateriness of the cask version. Aroma of caramel and wet malt grains. Initial flavor has a blend of toffee and caramel, with just a hint of nuts. This is countered by a soft spicy and herbal hop middle. More bitterness on the finish compared to the cask, and perhaps more tea notes as well. While this has a tad more heft, I found the cask more enjoyable as it was fresh and smoother on the finish. Pasteurization takes away some of the qualities I like in this beer. However, this bottles much better than many other British beers.

Bottle at parent’s home. bread, brown, aminimal head, medium bitterness, average carbonation, medium body,

[784-20071028] 500mL (w/ jerc, tuqueboy). Grainy beer yeast aroma. Clear, dark red brown body with a long-lasting creamy off-white head. Citrus bitter bite flavour has a little grainy grass. Medium body is bitter initially. Nice bitter.