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Adnams Broadside Strong Original

Adnams Broadside Strong Original - English Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
87
overall
Brewed by Adnams
Style: English Strong Ale

Southwold, England

bottled
available

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unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4463.49/5.03.48/5.06.3%91English pint, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Pasteurised Bottle. Cask version is 4.7% - ratings for the cask version should be entered under "Adnams Broadside"
A fine, heartwarming English Beer, rich in flavours of malt and hops.
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 thedm (3833), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
May 8, 2004  
This bottled brew poured a foamy medium sized light brown colored long lasting head that left behind a good lacing. The body was a softly carbonated transparent brown color. The aroma was mild with notes of sweet malt. The palate was mildly vinuous initially then settled down onto a more mellow malt bite with a slightly bitter finish. Very malty flavor masked somewhat by the vinuousness of the overall tone of the ale. A decent brew to start of the evenings ratings. Cheers!


 Lunkie (1020), Glen Iris, Australia
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/102/58/20
May 8, 2004  
Sweet spicy flavour with dark red brown colour and good lacing. Burnt malt flavour with rough palate.


 aracauna (2357), Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 8, 2004  
This is a beautiful color, a deep ruby that’s fairly clear. The head is a bit fizzy, and fades incompletely pretty fast. This is a malty beer. A little wood and a good bit of caramel, brown sugar and cherries. Not a lot of hops present and a bit sweet in the finish.


 Sham (1846), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
May 5, 2004  
Mahogany pour, thick foamy head and lace. Caramel or toffee aromas, sweet malts and a sour fruit. Sweet malts, caramel, hops, some spices and alcohol flavors. Thick, syrupy finish of alcohol and spice.


 Skip (206), Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
May 2, 2004  
Deep red color and an aroma that is fresh and balanced between malt and hops. The taste is dry and rich with a medium-full mouthfeel. The cream-colored head is well-formed and well-retained. Not great, but a very pleasant beer.


 BückDich (4793), McCall, Idaho, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/511/20
May 2, 2004  
Dark mahogany color with light off-white head. The aroma has residual sweetness with some malt & a bit of british blah. The flavor is very metallic with musky fig & crappy over-bitter european hops, unbalanced, bland. Finishes a little roasty & also metallic.


 MartinT (5030), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 29, 2004  
(On cask) Malleable caramel malt bends into attractive apple syrup shapes...Slight roastiness lies underneath the chewiness and also undermines the horsy aroma...All ends in a somewhat chalky and fizzy quiet fiasco...


 haddonsman (1234), Derby, Derbyshire, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 26, 2004    Updated: Aug 26, 2008
The bottled Broadside really shines through, bit more of a malty-fruity kick to it than with the cask. Has a thinnish head with little lacing but doesn’t detract from being a real mouthful of decent English ale.



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