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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.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Martin243 (179) - Tyne & Wear, ENGLAND - JAN 9, 2012
500ml bottle cool. Golden with a thin white head. Crisp and spicy, citrus fruit flavour. Deliciously balanced between sweetness and hop bitterness. Highly recommended.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
SaintMatty (2645) - Uppsala, SWEDEN - JAN 7, 2012
500ml Bottle (as Marks and Spencer Southwold Winter IPA) - Amber with lively carbonation. Grapefruit, pineapple and peach in the aroma. Tangy, hoppy and slightly sweet taste with notes of toffee, grapefruit and peach detected.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Scopey (1183) - Croydon, Surrey, ENGLAND - DEC 31, 2011
Bottle at Leighton’s pre-xmas celebration. It pours clear golden yellow, with a thin white film. The nose is full of sweet fruit: orange, apricot, watermelon and star fruit. The taste is pear, melon, sweet malt, biscuit and cereal, with dryness in the finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and syrupy mouth-feel. A bit sweet and sickening.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
BrewBoxer (775) - Brooklyn, USA - DEC 30, 2011
bottle. Pale yellow color’ hoppy but no where near an IPA. Pretty decent but nothing special. Ok to session

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Leighton (3595) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - DEC 18, 2011
Bottle at home in London. Pours clear golden, rich, with a foamy white head. Some aged malts in the aroma, light ripe fruits. Medium sweet flavor, lightly aged malts, some ripe fruits, baked beans, light straw. Medium bodied with fine, smooth carbonation. Sweet finish, still some more lightly aged malts, light honey, light caramel, some hay. Good stuff.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
bierkoning (7777) - La Tropica, NETHERLANDS - NOV 14, 2011
Bottle from Tbone, thanks! Orange color. Grapefruit, melon, lemon and toffee in both aroma and flavor. Medium bodied, hint of perfume. Sweetsih. Oily bitter aftertaste with ripe tropical fruit.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Kavu (938) - Jyväskylä, FINLAND - NOV 11, 2011
Pours clear amber with a low head. Aroma is malts, hops and some alcohol. Flavor is malts, caramel, alcohol and hops. Pretty good.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
gnoff (4830) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - OCT 14, 2011
50 cl bottle at Lökeberg conference hotel, on October 13, 2011
Clear amber to copper color, white head. Fruity, citrus and alcohol scent. Hoppy and alcohol taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
Rather nice, bit I feel the alcohol take over too much.


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