Adnams Southwold Bitter

Southwold Bitter

 

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

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.26
ABV: 3.7% IBU: 33 Ticks: 227
A refreshing beer of real flavour - distinctively hoppy and dry with malt aromas. Delicious served cool.

Adnams brewery has stood in the heart of Southwold for over six hundred years and "Southwold Jack" appears on our beer labels. He continues to guard over our longest-serving beer brewed here in Southwold on the Suffolk coast -The Bitter. Bitter goes well with roast meats and fish cooked in batter as the clean bitterness cuts through the slightly fatty notes and hence keeps the palate refreshed. Our Bitter also makes a good aperitif.
 

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5.8/10 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]
Tried from Can on 08 Apr 2016 at 03:25

4/10
Tried on 16 Feb 2016 at 13:23

5.2/10 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

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Red to copper colored, small to medium off white head. Aroma is caramel malt, biscuit, some fruits and floral notes. Taste is low sweet malt, caramel biscuit, toffee, light fruity and some floral hops. Low bitterness, dry finish. Light bodied, watery, soft carbonation.
Tried on 20 Oct 2015 at 02:11

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
bottle, Tesco Exmouth. Amber golden colour, white head. Malty, hints of nuts, pleasantly hoppy. Easy drinking beer.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2015 at 10:17

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Cask. Clean nut brown with a solid head. Aroma is thin caramel. Flavour is dry bitter malt and hop. Light start but turns into a long bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 14 Jun 2015 at 14:51

6.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
From cask at the Waldringfield Maybush, Suffolk. Pours a light brown colour with a small white head, an attractive looking pint. Aroma is malty, caramel, with fruity notes. Medium sweetness with a touch of sourness. Light body, texture fairly thin, average carbonation initially though going rather flat. Finish is of caramel. A good bitter.
Tried from Cask on 03 Jun 2015 at 08:07

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Pours a clear amber color, topped with a medum sized beige head. Nice and mild caramel malt aroma. Taste starts sweet, mild caramel presence, followed by a gentle hoppy bitterness and a short aftertaste. Drinkable, mild and non-offensive. Nothing special, though. Still, not bad.
Tried on 23 May 2015 at 03:42

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the Hanging Bat. Pours pale amber, nose is sweet toffee, cereal, taste is sweet, thin, toffee.
Tried from Cask on 15 Dec 2014 at 08:05

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at the hanging bat... Copper.. Small tan head... Soft sweet caramel toffee fruits nose... Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Lightest smoke... Light bitter
Tried from Cask on 10 Dec 2014 at 09:12