Adur Merry Andrew

Formerly brewed at Adur
Style: English Strong Ale
Shoreham-by-Sea, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2011. Very dark brown colour with lasting beige head. Liquorice and syrupy malt aroma. Very strong syrupy malt. Little bit of dryness on finish. I shouldnt like it but I do. Good dark plummy fruit

5th December 2008
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear but very dark red-brown beer. Smooth but dry. Nutty sweetness wuth a little dark fruit. The sweetness is somewhat saccharine. Totally flat beer but drinkable.

Cask, gravity, at Cambridge Beer Festival ’09. The first beer I tried (alphabetical order, you see), and, as it turned out, my Best of the Festival. Dark brown with a small off white head. Pungent old fashioned malt aroma, sweet and sticky. Taste was immensely sweet and lovely. Some bitterness gradually intensified. Excellent, and in retrospect I’d have enjoyed the Festival more if I’d just chugged it all afternoon.

Cask (gravity dispense) at Reading Beer Festival, May 2008. Actually brewed at an unnamed nearby brewery - possibly Stumpys - as their brew kit was not up and running at the time (it now is). Dark chestnut. Nice condition but cloudy. Clean, slightly caramel aroma. Quite restrained. Slightly fruity and nutty. Very smooth and easy drinking for 6%. Perhaps lacks a little punch for a strong beer but quite decent. Will try it again, once they are brewing on their own kit, if possible.

Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.
Clear light to medium brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, dusty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (020508)