Lighthouse
Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk, England 🏴
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular|
Score
6.04
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Adnams Lighthouse is developed from our Champion Pale Ale, a beer that won many awards from 1922 to 1980. With an ABV of 3.4%, this classic amber beer delivers a crisp, refreshing taste. (Contains barley).
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from local Tesco. Not much of a nose really – just generally malty with a hint of rotting fruit. Pours the classic bitter brown with a small and transient off-white head. In the mouth it’s mainly sweet malts at first, with traces of caramel. Later on some hops come through and linger in the finish. It’s a standard bitter really, but quite tasty for its strength.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2021
at 18:08
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
At a tasting, small stable bubbly head, clear dark red to brown color, aroma of wood , mineral, caramel and honey, flavor of caramel, brown bread, whiff of honey, light bitterness/ Drinkable but would be much better from cask.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Aug 2019
at 06:07
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Clear golden. Malt, graininess, minerals, a bit of earthy hops, sweetish, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2019
at 18:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask pint at The Waterman, Cambridge. ABV 3.4%. Fairly dark reddish brown colour, white head. Malty aroma and flavour, hints of dark berries.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 May 2019
at 20:57
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask @ Nags Head, Belgravia, drunk outside in the sun. Pours a misty brown, some scant bubbles atop. Aroma nears a very distant malt sweetness. Taste is quite gentle with a very light malt base, marginal caramel. Bit watery. Never destined to be a classic bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 May 2019
at 18:56
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Counting House. A bog standard light English ale. Nothing to celebrate
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2018
at 07:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hand-pulled half-pint in The Wig & Mitre, Lincoln on 24th Nov 2017. Pale amber pour, wispy head. Malty front in aroma and flavour with a slight fruity undertone. A basic Bitter with just about enough going on. Subtle rather than bland in nature. Actually preferred the bottle according to my scoring!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2017
at 06:17
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Clear amber with a thin white head. Malt aroma, light flavour of malt and a little spice. Bit watery
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2017
at 16:07
6/10
Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2017
at 19:42
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3
On tap: half pint at Nag’s Head, London. Pours honey to amber coloured. Clean, no CO2 visible. Tan head vanishes in a blink. Aroma is sweat, dirty leather, rancid, grass, iron, bitter herbs. Mouth is watery, light, no carb. Quite long finish with nice bitterness and hints of bitter herbs (this finish comes to the rescue in the last minute.) Quite poor, even drunk at such a fantastic venue as Nag’s Head on a sunny day.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jun 2017
at 18:07