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Brewed by Adnams
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Southwold, England

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RATINGS: 13   MEAN: 3.22/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.07   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 300   ABV: 10%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Created in celebration of 350 years of brewing on the site of our present brewery, Solebay is brewed in the style of a sparkling Belgian beer. It is presented in a 750ml bottle within a presentation tin, making it ideal for sharing at celebrations, or as a gift. The tin features an illustration of the Adnams brewery and Southwold by East Anglian artist and printmaker James Dodds. Solebay is brewed with East Anglian Pilsner malted barley, and a combination of demerara and muscovado sugar, lightly hopped with Nelson Sauvign. Unusually for this style of beer, which often uses Champagne yeasts for fermentation, we’ve used our own brewery yeast. Fergus, Head Brewer, added a few springs of locally-grown lavender at the end of fermentation to imbue a subtle floral note to the beer. It has been matured for six months on fine yeast lees to pick up some of the bready character often associated with sparkling wine and Champagne


3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ungstrup (23917) - Oamaru, - NOV 24, 2010
Bottled. An amber beer with an off-white head. The aroma has strong notes of fruit combined with medium notes of yeast. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, yeast, and fruit, leading to a dry alcoholic finish. A fine Belgian Ale.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
johndoughty (2946) - cheslyn hay, West Midlands, ENGLAND - JAN 28, 2012
Bottle. Easily the strongest beer i have tried from this brewery.Orange and poured with virtually no head. Powerful and full bodied it just screams out to be drunk, yet treated with caution. A very good example of this style and a pleasant surprise that it is so well put together.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
anders37 (9887) - Malmö, SWEDEN - MAR 22, 2011
Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma. Sweetish malty spicy yeasty flavor with a weak hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty spicy yeasty finish.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Plovmand (4926) - Helsinge, DENMARK - DEC 1, 2010
Bottle. Bit hazy golden body with a medium white head. Quite sweet malty aroma with notes of sweet fruit, spices, canded sugar and light hops. The flavour is sweet caramel, spices, yeast, canded sugar and fruit. Quite sweet in the finish.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Theis (9215) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - NOV 25, 2010
Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear amber - white head. Phenols - high phenols, apples, pear, fruity, licorice, yeasty, sweetness, light hoppy, herbal notes.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - NOV 23, 2010

Bottle 750ml.

Clear medium amber orange color with a small average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, marzipan, light to moderate hoppy, light orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, yeasty, fruity, overriped fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101122]

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
joergen (14985) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - NOV 22, 2010
Bottle at Papsø. Clear amber coloured with a medium sized white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel and marzipan. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, marzipan, yeast and hops. Yeasty finish.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
yespr (22161) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - NOV 22, 2010
75 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is grassy and crisp citrusy hoppy. Sweet malty, rather syrupy cornish/sugarish and crisp grassy. Light citrusy. End sweet cornish.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Pinball (8561) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - NOV 22, 2010
clear dark orange, smooth offwhite head. mild hoppy and malty aroma. flavor is flowery, slightly spicy, dry. pretty nice.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
madsberg (7522) - Søborg, DENMARK - NOV 22, 2010
Bottled. Golden coloured. Beige head. ARoma of yeast, sweetness, light spice, overripe fruits. Flavour of fruits, caramel, overripe fruits. Medium bodied. Fruity end. A bit boring.


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