Broadside Strong Original (Bottle)
Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Regular|
Score
6.97
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Broadside was launched as a 6.3% bottled beer in 1972 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the battle of Sole Bay fought against the Dutch Republic in 1672 off the Southwold coast, just across the green from the brewery.
Ingredients: Pale, Black, and Chocolate malts; First Gold hops
Broadside is a dark ruby red beer rich in fruitcake aromas, almonds and conserved fruit. The fullness of the beer makes it a good accompaniment for hearty food.
Ingredients: Pale, Black, and Chocolate malts; First Gold hops
Broadside is a dark ruby red beer rich in fruitcake aromas, almonds and conserved fruit. The fullness of the beer makes it a good accompaniment for hearty food.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Tesco.com. Brown pour with a beige head. Dark fruits, plum pudding, raisin, toffee aromas. Taste is fruitcake, sweet malts, raisin, dark fruits, more toffee. Sweet malty finish. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2020
at 16:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle BBE in 9 months. A dark ruby colour with decent frothy beige head. Aroma of roasted malts and dried fruit. Moderate body with low carbonation and quite smooth on the palate. Flavour of malts, biscuit, nuts, coffee. A little sweet but not overdone. Finish is bitter and slightly dry. This is flavoursome without being packed with complex notes. However, its extremely well balanced, has depth and is moorish. Impressed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2020
at 23:52
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Creamy white lacing. Chestnut copper. Red hue. Very vinous texture. English hedgerow hops. Blackcurrant. Redcurrants. Leather. Silk. Oak. Very clean and easy-drinking. An excellent example of an Old Ale. --- Beer merged from original tick of Broadside Strong Original on 16 Apr 2016 at 17:30 - Score: 9. Original review text: Soo good. Revisiting an old favourite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2020
at 11:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Fles 50cl thuis. Noot, koffie drab, zoetig, donker fruit, roasted malts, kruidig, basilicum, bitters, laurier, zoethout, wat droog. (12-7-2019).
Tried
on 12 Jul 2019
at 21:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Clear ruby/brown body with a beige head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of smoke, milk chocolate, subtle spices and dates. Flavour of sultanas, earth, brown bread and treacle. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A classy beer. Liquid bread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2018
at 21:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Appearance is very dark brown, mahogany, a half finger cream head. Aroma- malt, toffee, caramel, raisin, dark fruit, plum. Taste- toasty malt, caramel, dark fruit, very malty, raisin, plum, fruitcake, bitter hop undertones, quite full-bodied. Very good ale.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2018
at 09:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours with decent foam and heavily carbonated dark brown body. Big molasses and cabbage smell. Flavour is brown sugar, pumpernickel, soft coffee. Mealy on the mouth, chewy, good oiliness. Nice drinker.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2018
at 16:17
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
At a tasting, small bubbly creamy head, aroma of nut caramel and brown bread, caramel vanila flavor with some nuts, light bitterness. Fair but not too exciting.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2018
at 07:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
0.5 l bottle from 'The English Shop' (Dortmund), bottled in August 2017. Clear, ruby with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, light beige head. Sweetish-malty, slightly fruity and a bit herbal-grassy aroma of plums, tea leaves, raisins, some blackberries and a touch of licorice. Quite sweet, malty, slightly bitter, herbal-grassy and slightly fruity taste of molasses, blackberries, plums, tea leaves and some licorice, followed by a medium long, moderately bitter, quite herbal-grassy and dry finish. Medium to full body, smooth, slightly oily and moderately effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2018
at 20:09