Sprucy Banger

Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Northern Monk Brew Co.
Pale Ale - Flavoured Regular

Score

6.42

ABV: 4.3%

IBU: 45

Ticks: 11

We’ve teamed up with the creative brewing powerhouse that is Northern Monk to make this full-flavoured spruce pale ale. Using spruce tips in beer has a long history dating back to the Vikings with recipes surviving from the 17th century and records of Captain Cook enjoying a jug or two on his voyages. The spruce tips were picked while young and fresh from Holkham Estate in North Norfolk, where much of Adnams barley is grown. Colin from Northern Monk and the Adnams brewing team have combined ctirus-led hops to accompany the lemon and gentle pine notes from the spruce.

It’s a sprucy banger of a beer!

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6.2

MiP (20366) reviewed Sprucy Banger from Adnams 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can, 4.3%. Faint piney and dusty aroma. Hazy golden colour. Small stable white head. The flavour starts off very bitter. Then comes a peachy fruit note. And finally a mild but distinct note of fresh spruce tips.

Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2020 at 14:55

5.4

Olut (21769) reviewed Sprucy Banger from Adnams 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ The Grove, Huddersfield. Golden with a creamy-frothy head. A winter spiced ale, herbal in this respect, with a crisp hoppy base.

Tried from Cask on 02 Apr 2019 at 22:57

Tdtm82 (4807) ticked Sprucy Banger from Adnams 7 years ago

Great example of a solid hoppy pale w/ Spruce Tips. Really well-executed. Top work.

Tried from Draft on 17 Jan 2019 at 12:06

5.9

Camons (21577) reviewed Sprucy Banger from Adnams 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Draught @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Pours clear golden with an offwhite head. Aroma malt, light caramel, little grainy, light spruce, hint of butter. Flavor is sweet, light bitter, malt, herbal, spruce, light soapy. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. 281218

Tried on 29 Dec 2018 at 13:28

6.1

chrisv10 (24596) reviewed Sprucy Banger from Adnams 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Slightly hazy golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, hop, grass and herbs. Flavour is malt, hop, little sweet, grass, herbs, pine and bitter.

Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2018 at 11:24

6.1

HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Sprucy Banger from Adnams 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Pine and lavender notes. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate. Funny.

Tried on 15 Dec 2018 at 09:26

6.9

Grumbo (24387) reviewed Sprucy Banger from Adnams 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

14/12/2018. Cask at the Kings Head, Woodbridge. Pours clear golden with a small off-white head. Aroma of pine, hops, sweet fruit, malt, and caramel. Moderate sweetness, heavy bitterness. Moderate body, slight watery and sticky texture, soft carbonation. Bitter and lightly spiced finish. Packs more of a punch than a typical Adnams brew.

Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2018 at 12:44

6.2

RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Sprucy Banger from Adnams 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

100ml draught at Taphouse. Clear golden body, spotty lacing, clingy lacing. Spruce on the nose, mid-dry. Herbal hops mixed with spruce to the taste buds. Ends with a moderate bitter end. Quite alright. (Copenhagen 25.11.2018).

Tried from Draft on 29 Nov 2018 at 18:42

6.6

Beertalk (16424) reviewed Sprucy Banger from Adnams 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Tipsy Toad Pub. Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Aroma of pine and grass with an earthy note. Dry, hoppy flavour with pine and slightly perfumed spruce.

Tried from Draft on 28 Nov 2018 at 17:59

6.6

Reubs (35480) reviewed Sprucy Banger from Adnams 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap@Skaal, Copenhagen - clear golden pour with a thin head. Spruced up hoppy with notes of pine needles, spruce, some floral and herbal hoppy notes in play, notes of malt, grass, medium to light body, spruce laden hoppy close.

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2018 at 14:45