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Adnams Explorer (Bottle)

Adnams Explorer (Bottle) - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 Percentile 
32
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Brewed by Adnams
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Southwold, England

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
872.87/5.02.86/5.05.5%13.5English pint
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Commercial Description:
Bottle. Filtered and pasteurised.
"Adnams Explorer is a light and refreshing blonde beer, with some citrus notes and grapefruit aromas. Fantastic served chilled. Adnams Explorer captures the spirit of discovery by blending Chinook and Columbus hops from the New World. The best in traditional brewing with a contemporary edge."
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 berkshirejohn (1771), Bracknell, Berkshire, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/102/514/20
Jan 10, 2007  
Bottle from Asda. poured a clear dolden colour with a little white head and light carbonation; light hoppy aroma; explodes in the mouth with a rich grapefruit flavour. Excellent bitterness to start, if this beer lacks anything it’s follow through - the aftertaste is disappointingly light.


AndyJM (2), England
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3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Jan 8, 2007  
brewed with two American hops, hence the name "Explorer", light flavoured with many flavours. Once again what is it with these Scandinavians? Sulphury?? Nutmeg? Watery?? No bitterness?? I dont know but our beers are far superior to yours


 nigos (620), Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/102/513/20
Dec 29, 2006  
Rusty copper hue with a fast dissapating head. Light hoppy aroma. Light malty taste with a fruity, citrus finish. Malty flavour develops in the mouth long after you have sipped the beer. A pleasant enough bottle.


 HarryFlashman (469), Chatham, Kent, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/512/20
Dec 22, 2006    Updated: Dec 23, 2006
Another great blonde beer produced by a brewer more wont of brewing up more traditional ales and bitters for our enjoyment, but the Suffolk country bumpkins/inbreds at Adnams do a deuced fine job, if I may be permitted to thus say. Golden gold in colour and a sweet refreshing citrusy taste. Best suited to summer drinking, slightly chilled. This beer is so good, I could drink it!


 chriso (4685), London, Greater London, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 4, 2006  
500ml bottle from Tesco. Golden amber colour. Quite a blast of resinous hops here - seemed rather more pronounced than the cask version I’d tried before. Perhaps the extra alcohol also contributes to giving the bottled version more punch. The US hops do come through but, on the nose, its more tropical fruit, peaches and pear drop sweets than floral character, although the aroma is not hugely pronounced. More hops on the palate, with orange zest coming through strongly. Sharp, spicy and a little acidic on the finish. Some might find the lack of balancing malt off-putting but I thought it was a decent, assertive, thirst-quencher.


 Sigmund (2197), Hafrsfjord, Norway
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Nov 19, 2006  
500 ml brown bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. ABV is 5.5%. Brewed with American Chinook and Columbus hops. Golden colour, large foamy head. Pleasant hoppy aroma and flavour, both with notes of citrus and dry white wine. Bitter finish. Okay beer, but I’d like the malts to come through too.


 oh6gdx (8802), Vasa, Finland
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/57/20
Oct 3, 2006  
Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is hoppy, flowery and quite sweetish. Flavour is grassy malts with hoppy hints. Watery.


 rlgk (3377), Vårgårda, Sweden
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 2, 2006  
(Stockholm Beer Festival 2006) Orange/amber, small white head. Fruity citric aroma, some peach and pine apple. Hoppy, herbal flavor, fruity and with sourish notes.



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