Adnams Southwold Bitter (Cask)

Brewed by Adnams
Style: Bitter
Southwold, England

Serve in English pint

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Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 3     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 1   Lacing : 1
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 3   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : 1   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 2   Biscuity : 1   Hay : XX   Toasty : 2   Caramel : 2   Nuts : XX   Honey : 2   Cereals : 2   Grainy : 1
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 2   Leafy : 2   Spicy : XX   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : 1   Grassy : 1   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : 2   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : 1   Bitterness : 2   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1   Clean : XX   Sharp : 2   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Disappointing flavours of not so fresh fruits and used tea bags.

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.

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.

Dark amber color, very small foamy white head, slightly bitter hoppy taste, low carbonation, long hoppy finish. A very hoppy bitter.

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).

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

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

Cask in the Freemasons Arms, Hampstead. Copper coloured English bitter, pleasant enough, unremarkable.

pours amber with a white head. light aroma of malt and flowery hops. taste is smooth, well balanced, with a light bitterness. there is not much depth of flavour, or character, but its quite drinkable.

Cask at TJ’s: Faint malt aroma. Poured copper in color with no head. Cloudy. Not Sparkling. Full of tiny particles throughout. Flavor is lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of malt, light grain, Earth, nuts, and a hint of hops. Medium body. Dry, chalky, texture. Cask carbonation. Malt, earth, nut finish is dry and chalky.

Cask @ The Fox and Houds Staiths. A clear amber colored beer, with a thick foamy head. The aroma of caramel and fruits, sweet. The taste of sweet caramel, some fruits with a little bitter. The aftertaste is bitter and sweet.