Southwold Christmas Ale
Marks & Spencer Stores in Paddington, Greater London, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: AdnamsBitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter
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Score
6.39
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A rich dark winter ale brewed with English Malts and hops for lots of fruity festive flavour. The rich fruitiness of this beer goes beautifully with cold meats or strong English cheeses like a traditional Cheddar.
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5/10
Tried
on 07 Nov 2025
at 17:24
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Old rating from 25-12-15 - 500ml bottle, pours clear chestnut with a creamy, mellow tan head. Aromas of nice spiced notes and sweet ginger. Tastes of a medium to sweet taste of light malt, with caramel, toffee, cinnamon, herbs, lemon, with quite strong bitter hops. Aftertaste of is dry with some caramel rusty bitterness. Overall a Christmas ale I really enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2025
at 12:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown colour with a tight beige head, plenty of roast malt in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Marks & Spencer (Various Locations)
on 05 Apr 2025
at 16:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle at ash's. Pours clear deep amber, nose is bready, malty, toffee, hint of fruit, taste is dull toffee, metallic, musty. 6/4/5/2/12
Tried
on 31 Jan 2025
at 14:21
5.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Bottle thanks to cagarvie.
Appearance - deep brown and a beige head.
Nose - sweet malts and toffee with something a bit dirty earthy.
Taste - toffee, orange and brown bread.
Palate - light to medium bodied and then astringent.
Overall - not for me.
Appearance - deep brown and a beige head.
Nose - sweet malts and toffee with something a bit dirty earthy.
Taste - toffee, orange and brown bread.
Palate - light to medium bodied and then astringent.
Overall - not for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2025
at 13:08
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle at ashs ...copper ..thin tan lacing ..soft herbal bitter malts nose ..bitter odd .. dry fruit ... vet meh
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2025
at 13:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. No longer has 'Southwold' in the title but its clearly marked as Adnams and is 4.2% so must be the same. Chestnut pour with small beige top. Aroma has a rich toasted malt helped by the use of rye with notes of fruit cake and toffee. Taste follows aroma - there is a nice mixed dried fruit and blackberry with some light spicy notes to offset the maltiness. Slick near medium body, maybe a bit light for a winter beer but it does offset the richness. Moderately sweet and bitter. Overall a good bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Ocado. Brown pour with a beige head. Nose is toffee, dark berries, nuts, flat cola. Taste is dried fruit, raisin, cola, winter berries. Sweet malty finish. Very Christmassy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2023
at 20:14
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Ruby brown with a thin tan head. Aroma is a bit of Christmas pudding. Flavour is spice and pine, a little wood on a plum finish.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2023
at 20:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rocky light brown head on a reddish brown body. Malt & spiced fruits aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a clean back. Red berries, liquorice, raisin &alt tastes with a tangy fruity finish. Decent.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2022
at 17:37