Southwold Bitter (Bottle/Can)
(Batch of Southwold Bitter)
Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.35
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Brewed with the finest Maris Otter and optic malts, sourced locally to the brewery, with the addition of three hop varieties including First Gold.
Southwold Bitter is a beautiful copper-coloured beer, late and dry-hopped with Fuggles for a distinctive, lingering hoppiness.
Brewed with the finest East Anglian Pale Ale malt barley, sourced locally to the brewery. We use Fuggles hops which we add late in the boil to preserve the herbal flavours of this traditional English hop.
First brewed in 1967, it was originally called Adnams Best Bitter. It holds our oldest trademark, Southwold Jack, and remains the original hero in our range.
Southwold Bitter is as distinctive as ‘Southwold Jack’ (the knight with the sword) who appears on the pump clip and has done so through many incarnations. Many Adnams beer fans would agree with our Head Brewer that Adnams Bitter is a truly distinctive pint. We wouldn’t be overselling it to describe it as a classic.
Southwold Bitter is a beautiful copper-coloured beer, late and dry-hopped with Fuggles for a distinctive, lingering hoppiness.
Brewed with the finest East Anglian Pale Ale malt barley, sourced locally to the brewery. We use Fuggles hops which we add late in the boil to preserve the herbal flavours of this traditional English hop.
First brewed in 1967, it was originally called Adnams Best Bitter. It holds our oldest trademark, Southwold Jack, and remains the original hero in our range.
Southwold Bitter is as distinctive as ‘Southwold Jack’ (the knight with the sword) who appears on the pump clip and has done so through many incarnations. Many Adnams beer fans would agree with our Head Brewer that Adnams Bitter is a truly distinctive pint. We wouldn’t be overselling it to describe it as a classic.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Systembolage. What the hell was I rating up until now. A tinny-ish bitter that hits the spot if youre not paying too much attention. CAramel look. Some hop coming off in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Nov 2019
at 17:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can sample at a tasting at Oren's place. Clear amber. Malt, minerals, caramel, a bit of toast, earthy hops, sweetish, bitter finish, medium-bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Oct 2018
at 11:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle at home. I used to drink loads of these, but this is the first since I started keeping records. This is a very good bitter and one that I would quite happily recommend to anyone. Lots of malt and balancing bitter hops with rich mouthfeel all wrapped up in a low abv. I had this with my Sunday roast dinner and it was a perfect match. A classic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2018
at 09:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, local supermarket, from backlog. Poured dark amber to pale brown in colour with a small just off-white head. Aromas of hop, fruit, caramel, bread and light floral notes. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, slight oily and watery texture, soft to average carbonation. Better than it’s replacement.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2017
at 17:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Ambar oscura, caoba. Limpia. Espuma manchada. Aroma tostado, frutos secos. En boca buen punto de gas, paso facil, ligera. Balanceada, sabrosa, entre seca y dulce, con amargor moderado. Malta tostada, madera, caramelo.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2017
at 07:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From old tasting notes. Originally labeled as Suffolk Extra Ale. Copper red color. Rocky beige head. Nice floral hop aroma. Dryish toasted malt flavor with a hint of spruce and spicy hops.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2017
at 15:10
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle (thanks marduk). Pours copper. Aroma is sweet, fruits, vegetables, malt. Flavor is sweet and bitter, malt, vegetables, some ashtrayish and vegetable notes. Body is watery. Overall: drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2017
at 16:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Nice clear orange golden color with a fine white head. Ok floral aroma with an ok intensity. Medium (a bit light) body and an average carbonation. Ok balance between sweetness and bitterness. Floral, biscuit, toffee, mild citric and a bit fruity flavor. Nice session able ale.
[Can from Systembolaget in Sweden]
[Can from Systembolaget in Sweden]
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2016
at 03:25
4/10
Tried
on 16 Feb 2016
at 13:23
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Bottle from Sainsbury’s. Light to mid-brown with a bit of off-white head. Smells of sulphur, raw grain, some floral notes and a little bit of sick. Taste is bitter and a little bit acrid. Very bitter finish. Not a great beer and not a patch on the cask.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 15:30