4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Creamy white head and strong hop aroma. Tastes very earthy and floral. Stylewise is more an IPA than a bitter. Overall a great beer, will definitely have it again when I see it.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JUN 15, 2012 Cask. Honey brown. No head. Standard ESB, though reads a bit thin. Light malt. Not bad but not remarkable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Mini-Cask from Booths in Keswick. Cloudy brown with currants, toffee apple?, burnt toffee flavours and a warming fruity finish. Not as good as the bottled version if I remember correctly.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Mid-brown beer with distinct, hoppy aroma leading almost imperceptibly to a sharp metalic (not a criticism...) flavour. Hops dominate the malt and lead to a long, bitter finish. Hardly subtle but an excellent beer nonetheless.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask. Pours clear amber with a white head. Aroma of fruit and caramel. Flavour with same aspects and a light bitterness. Nice enough session beer.
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Dark amber color, very small foamy white head, slightly bitter hoppy taste, low carbonation, long hoppy finish. A very hoppy bitter.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Aug 2006: I was very lucky, my parents had a caravan positioned in Southwold every summer.
Drinking Adnams bitter in ’The Sole Bay Inn’, which is across the village green from the brewery is about as good as it gets!
The beer has a mid-brown colour, which seems to change, almost light-brown, if the sun comes out and you are sat on one of the three benches outside. Hops and malty flavours battle it out in every mouthful, to let you know that a good quality British bitter is in your hand.
The sights and smell of the brewery, help to ensure the beer just flows down the throat, this is a great session bitter and ideal for lunchtime drinking, while people watching, during a sunny English summers day (not that we get many).
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Burnt orange to lt copper colored with a thin off white head. Malty nutty nose and hints of hops. Medium bodied and well balanced, low carbonation. Slightly stale hop flavor but a good session beer
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On can from Systembolaget Gøteborg
Dark golden color
Medium body & complexity
Dry with medium intensity and well integrated hops
Very enjoyable
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask in the Freemasons Arms, Hampstead. Copper coloured English bitter, pleasant enough, unremarkable.
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