 theisti (1638), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Jul 28, 2009 500 ml bottle purchased at Gomers in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Best before 28 Dec 04 stamped on bottle. Probably need to pay more attention to those dates next time I am in the store! Pour is hazy cloudy iced tea copper brown with a tan head that builds up to about two inches with some nice settling. Aroma of dried cherry slightly sweet and mildly sour, some toasty maltiness behind that, iced tea notes and mild oxidation. Taste is mostly iced tea crystal malt initially, followed by the mild dark cherry sweetness and mild sour. The oxidation is less in the taste. Palate is low to flat, medium bodied, fairly clean finish. Overall, not terrible considering the age.
shigadeyo (2210), Harrison, Ohio, USA
Jul 25, 2009
11/08/2007: Adnams SSM (Suffolk Special Bitter) has a murky appearance and is golden/burnt brown/orange in color with a foamy ivory-colored head and foamy lacing. The aroma is buttery and the flavor has toffee malt with hints of aged citrus hops and a bit of sourness. There is a mild amount of bitterneess in this medium-bodied, creamy, mellow, and smooth English bitter. However, there just isn’t much there overall.
1 pint .9 fl. oz. bottle (Best Before 21 Nov 07 / 6233 1870) from Jungle Jim’s International Market in Fairfield, Ohio. Rating #401 for this beer.
jvmiller (532), Bel Air, Maryland, USA
Jul 25, 2009 tastes like a bad homebrew. watery, thin, flat. no head, hops, but bad. just to thin on flavor and body.
Ljunkan (379), Karlstad, Sweden
Jul 21, 2009 Can. Pours a copper color with a nice big white head. Some lacing. Aroma of caramel and dried fruits. Flavour is quite sweet and caramely, but also very fruity - or maybe more Iike dried berries and fruits to be more exact. Mediumbodied and smooth on the palate, and the carbonation is soft. It’s a nice session beer, actually. One you can have a few of.
mcdav2154 (289), Germany
Jul 20, 2009 Pours copper with a big off white head. Not a lot of lacing. Bitter and dry taste with orange peel and sweet/sour savory kind of like a jolly rancher. I thought it was pretty dang good. Can’t wait to try the cask version.
topherh (878), Kearney, Missouri, USA
Jul 13, 2009 Pours coppery with a beige head. Aroma is sweet and malt with a bit hop. Flavor is very earthy and bitter.
bobinlondon (786), Harrow, Greater London, England
Jul 6, 2009 Bottle from Waitrose. Amber with a white head. Unlike the Broadside this does not do justice to the cask version. Lacking in freshness and pretty bland it does nothing to remind me of the many holidays that I have enjoyed in Southwold over the years.
maeib (4677), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Jun 28, 2009 Bottled A copper coloured beer with no head. A sweet and a bit sickly aroma; very obvious pasteurisation with paper and glass noted. The taste has some bittersweet character but is chemically harsh. I like Adnams and bought this bottle in Southwold which is such a cool place ,but I have to say this is very disappointing. Will retry the cask version this week
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