Aromatic barley malts and an exquisite belnd of hops combine to create a wonderful balance of sweet biscuit and subtle fruit flavours, with a hint of chocolate bitterness. (Contains barley).
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Old rating from 19-12-14 - 500ml bottle, pours a dark brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of biscuit, chocolate, raisins, earth, toffee, caramel, nuts & malt. Medium body. Malty finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2025
at 11:57
8/10
Tried
on 02 Aug 2022
at 19:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep brown with a foamy, off-white head, the predominant aroma is chocolate malt, this continues into the flavour, with some sweetness and a lovely smooth mouthfeel, the finish being slightly sweet with a hint of fruit. Not a supremely challenging beer, but very easy drinking and a pleasant palate, pretty much what you'd expect from a mild
Tried
on 25 May 2020
at 14:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from a local supermarket. Poured dark amber to mid brown with a frothy beige head. Aroma of toffee, malt, roasting, vanilla and moderately fruity. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily to slick texture, soft carbonation. One of Adnams best imo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2017
at 01:33
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Dark chestnut brown colour with a smooth off-white head. Aroma is malts, perhaps very gently roasted, caramel, fruit, hints of spices. Taste of slightly sweet/fruity malts, faintly bitter finish. Smooth. Not much to talk about with this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2016
at 20:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Dark amber red with a very thin head. Not too different from the cask, with an older ale style, some sweetness, but not high on flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2016
at 16:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home. Chestnut brown amber coloured pour with a loose cream coloured head. Aroma is big mineral, oyster, seaweed with semi sweet nutty malts, liquorice, burnt toast. Flavour is composed of sweet toasted grains, nutty with some toffee, toffee apple, hints of liquorice, honey on toast. Big malty flavours for the abv. Palate is medium sweet, moderate carbonation. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2015
at 15:42
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottled 500ml. -from Pivoljub Ljubljana. Clear amber coloured, minimal off-white head, caramel and dark fruits in the nose. Sweet malty, caramel, dried fruits and touch of metal with sugary finish. Too sweet and not so good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2015
at 10:52
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 4.0%. Slightly roasted aroma. Clear dark brown colour. Good frothy and creamy tan head. The flavour is watery but OK refreshing. Roasted and nutty with a spicy hint of aroma hop. OK for the ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2015
at 09:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours hazy copper brown with airy off-white head. Clear aroma of malt, caramel, yeast and fruit, with some notes of hops. Bitter, hoppy flavour, with pronounced bready, malty and estery notes and touches of caramel. Rough and estery aftertaste. Okay but nothing really impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2015
at 09:45