Adnams Lighthouse (Bottle)

Brewed by Adnams
Style: Bitter
Southwold, England

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: NOV 3, 2009 March 2008Champion pale Ale. 275ml bottle. From Shropshire - vintage 1988. Fairly lifeless. Quite a soft drink, with a moderate level of maltiness merged with some soft cardboard notes. This is a weak pale ale, usually called a Light Ale. They are not good even fresh; aging has perhaps added some character, but not much. Not a very pleasurable experience even if the beer is quite drinkable. [1.6]
Feb, 2009 Lighthouse. Slightly fuller bodied than most light ales. There’s not much going on here. Tastes like the washings through. Considering what it is it’s fairly drinkable. [2.3]
Nov, 2009 Lighthouse. I have returned to this after enjoying the cask version in the JDW festival the other day, and found it rather better tasting on this visit than when I had it in Feb. There’s a decent enough malt body with a fairly rich mouthfeel with notes of caramel and toffee. It’s a fairly dry beer with some nuttiness and a Russian tea finish. The hop finish is fairly vague compared to the cask, and there are off-flavours from the processing, in addition to a soft but unwelcome gassiness. All in all, it’s not a great beer, but it’s drinkable and pleasant in parts. [2.5]

labelled Adnams Champion; 3,1% - I had this beer many years ago at one time when I was only giving ratings to the beers but was too lazy and stupid to write down my thoughts. I will update this as soon as I get my hands on this beer again.

Sweetish malty aroma. Amber with little off-white head. Flavour is roasted caramel, raisins and little hops. Thin body. Finishes malty and hoppy bitter. Could use more body.

Dark caramel with a thin off white head.Aroma of toffee. Tastes of watery hops, lacks body. slightly fizzy