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Adnams Innovation

Score
9296
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Adnams
Style: American Pale Ale
Southwold, England

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RATINGS: 102   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.48   EST. CALORIES: 201   ABV: 6.7%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottled; Occasional.
Originally brewed as a one off to celebrate the opening of our new brewhouse and our new distribution centre, we have decided to repeat the beer again in 2009. It came first in its class at the 2008 World beer awards and has also won a Gold medal at the 2008 BBI (British Bottlers Institute) awards. The beer was created under the direction of our Chairman, Jonathan Adnams, whose instruction was to ‘Brew something to wow me’.
The beer, our version of an American IPA, is brewed with a blend of Wheat and Pale ale malts to give a spicy, biscuity undertone to the beer, but it is in the hops where the beer really shines. A blend of hops from England, Slovenia and America (namely Boadicea, Columbus and Stryian Goldings) combine to give a wonderful grapefruit and tropical fruit aroma and bitterness that is balanced by the sweetness of the barley.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
jimthechap (641) - Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND - FEB 9, 2012
Golden yellow, almost orange colour with a hint of a white head. Good aromas of perfumy citrus and grape. Inviting. Good carbonation and then slightly sour citrus and tart fruits. Good tangy bitterness and lingering flavour. Each mouthful invites another.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Stephanos (617) - NORTHERN IRELAND - FEB 4, 2012
Badged as M&S Southwold Winter IPA. Spicy grapefruit peel and elderly hops on the nose. Hazy amber with juicy malt body and a good deal of citric bitterness, pink grapefruit, a touch of pine resin. Gentle carbonation, plenty of body and a sherbet pithy finish. Very nice.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
EdKing (772) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - JAN 25, 2012
Bottle. Clear amber big foamy white head. On the pour the nose has citrous, tangerine, grapefruit, some tropical fruit and sweet husky barley. There’s also a crisp grainy hop aroma, more like a lager. Taste is sweet barley, tropical fruit and a touch of citrous grapefruit crisp hop bite. Although an American pale ale it’s got English touches like caramel grainy malt, but lots of new world flavour. Nice lingering sweet tangerine and tropical fruit on the finish. Grows on the palate too.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mile (1221) - Helsinki, FINLAND - JAN 22, 2012
Bottle. Light amber, small to average and fully diminishing head. Moderate, malty - faint wheat and sweetish aroma, some caramel and some tropical fruitiness, light citrus hoppyness. Body is medium, malty - faint wheat and sweetish flavor, some caramel and light tropical fruitiness, some citrus hoppyness. Finish is average, malty - faint wheat and lightly sweetish, some caramel and tropical fruitiness, some citrus hoppyness. Nice fruity hoppyness -could be drier though.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
joe19612 (1113) - camberley, Surrey, ENGLAND - JAN 22, 2012
Bottle. Pours a orangey colour with a thin white head, citrus fruit in the aroma, the taste is hoppy with a dry finish.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
rlgk (5238) - Skövde, SWEDEN - JAN 17, 2012
Bottle. Golden beer with an offwhite head. Hoppy citrus aroma with floral notes. Hoppy flavor, citrus, floral notes. Some fruit and some grass.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Aniela (445) - Skövde, SWEDEN - JAN 16, 2012
From a 50 cl bottle in London. Golden clear beer whit a offwhite head. A very nice hoppy beer :-)

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
swooper (1091) - Cambridge and Kladno(Czech Rep.), Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND - JAN 14, 2012
From mark Spencer, Southwold Winter IPA, I love this smell of US hop, citrus and all fruits, pale, hazy, white foam, minimal head, , first we can fell sweetness but bitterness is right there in a jiffy and what a nice bittersweetness. medium sweetness, very bitter, full body, slick feel, soft carbonation, long bitter, finish, Good material :)


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Beer: Adnams Innovation Rating Avg: 3.48 No. of Ratings: 102
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