Adnams Gunhill (Bottle)

Brewed by Adnams
Style: Mild Ale
Southwold, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.0%. Chestnut coloured beer, big light tan head. Aroma of berries and malts, hints of toffee. The flavour is brimming with fruit/berries, caramel and malts, but is not too sweet, with a pleasant hoppy bitterness and some chocolate notes in the finish. Excellent beer, and quite amazing that it is only 4%.

From a 50 cl bottle in London. Dark copper colour with a white head. Fruity and maybe a bit nutty aroma. Fruity and caramell flavour. A nice good beer :-)

Bottle. Amber beer with a nice beige head. Malty aroma, toffee, fruity, roasted. Malty flavor, fruity, toffee, fig notes, some hop, some bread. Very nice.

Lovely fruity beer, raspberries and malt, full body. Nice cocoa dryness in the finish. A great session beer, the only pity it’s way too expensive here in Norway. A cask version of this would be something to drink all night long.

Mild isn’t usually a style that floats my boat. I find it, well, a bit mild. This pours a slightly hazy ruby brown colour with a film of cream coloured head. That rubiness carries on in the aroma of plums, cranberries, caramel and cream. One of the finest smelling things in the world is a good creamy British ale. There’s no shortage of body, it is silky and full with good prickly carbonation around the sides of the tongue. Flavourwise it has cherry tart and good stinging acid notes. It develops on the palate becoming softer and rounded but with good fresh berry fruitiness around it. Mild? Maybe.

Bottle. Rich oak coloured beer with a large light tan head. Biscuity smells, light fruity hints of raisin. Nice meaty body in the mouth making the beer feel "full". Flavours include raisin, biscuit, oats, a little spice. Finish is a nice mellow bitter with a nice balance. Could session this with ease.

500ml bottle, from Adnams Cellar & Kitchen shop in Richmond. Best before 16 July 2009. Another Adnams beer that seems to have been targeted at the Norwegian market (Lighthouse is the other). Only 4.0% but, unlike the Lighthouse, this is very strong on depth and character. Reddish amber colour. Plenty of chewy, roasty malt in the aroma and flavour with a dry, fruity mouthfeel. The hops don’t clamour for attention but they do enough to produce an excellently balanced and nicely drinkable beer. Good weight on the palate. A pleasant surprise. Difficult to categorise but not so sure it is a mild though.

500ml bottle from Tesco. A sweet, flavoursome bottled mild - the sort that used to get called Brown Ale, and is spot on for that style. Chocolate and licorice are the prominent flavours, and there’s barely any bitterness in the finish. Tickly carbonation. This revival of old bottled beer styles by Adnams is quite interesting, and I hope that the revival of the Southern Brown Ale catches on, as it makes a damn fine bottled beer.

500 ml bottle. Brown colour. Clear. Tall fine-laced light beige head. Beatiful beer. Rich malty and nutty aroma with hints of dark chocolate. Malty flavours with sweet raisins. Crisp carbonation level. Nice nutty flavours with a dry texture. Cacao powder. Surprisingly rich for a beer this low in alcohol. A very nice session beer. Dry and lightly bitter finish.

[500ml bottle from Morrisons, High Wycombe] Reddish-brown with good beige head - an attractive beer. Carbonation is fine but prickly - a bit too much so for the style. The sweet Adnams malt is obvious from the off, but there’s a little bitterness there too. Odd toothpastey mint comes through before a strong woodiness and some light, sharp fruit (raspberry). Pleasing chocolate, caramel and butter in the finish is reminiscent of an Innis & Gunn brew. A very decent bottle of beer aside from the irritating fizz. As usual for Adnams, it’s very different to the cask version, and for this particular beer the bottle is a lot better.