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.
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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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home, cheers to JF, 26/12/13 (closing stages of) . Clear copper amber with a well appointed off white head. Nose is bready malts, light floral, orange notes, grass. Taste comprises light toffee, fruit notes, straw, bready malts. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitterings in the last hurrah! Ok bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2013
at 15:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 4.1%. Clear grey amber colour. Small frothy head. The flavour is teaish with a slightly rough bitterness. Good bready notes, hint of liquorice. OK balanced beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2013
at 15:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours clear dark amber with small off-white head. Clear aroma of malt, caramel, fruit, and hops. Bitter flavour of hops, with notes of fruit and caramel. High carbonation. Perfumy notes. Bitterish finish. OK but rarher weirdly aromatic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2013
at 15:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
One of those beers that I’ve overlooked on the bar, dozens of times, searching for something "better". Shame, really, as this is a very decent session beer, with a subtle, fresh malt and hop character that I won’t overlook in future.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2013
at 09:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
cask@Pelt Trader, London - amber/copper pour comes with thin dissipating white head and lacing. Prominent malts, toffee, caramel, has some slight subtle spicy hops in there. Decent bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2013
at 04:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBD in Washington. Poured a nice golden brown color, huge fluffy, foamy white head. Aroma was light malts, some pepper-like earthy hop notes. Flavor is earthy hops, light, thin malts. Highly drinkable and a lot more flavorful than I would have expected. A nice bitter, but don’t expect it to shatter your world.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2013
at 19:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Lighter brown with a very thin head. Has a light malty taste throughout and a fine session ale. Medium to high bitterness with some sweetness in the nose.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2013
at 04:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Murky Light Brown, Medium Head, Medium Lacing. Malty Aroma, Sweet, Malt, Light Bitter. Slightly Watery. Easy Drinker, Mellow. Nothing Too Bad Nothing Too Exciting. Decent. I guess, Worth A Try...
Tried
on 14 Oct 2013
at 20:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
First rating - 10/11/2013: Bottle from Asda, High Wycombe. RB score 6/3/7/3/13 (3.2) Copper with a low white head. Lots of malt, a little caramel, some autumn berries and a light earthy bitterness to finish. Yes it’s a standard bitter from a big regional, but as usual Adnams manage to do it a little better than the other big regionals and- somehow- manage to hide the pasteurization. Decent. Second rating - 8/3/15: Bottle that Dave shared with me - cheers! RB score 7/3/7/3/14. Really lovely rich malty flavour. Nice nuttiness too, with just a hint of berries behind. Good rich mouthfeel is spoiled just a little by fizz. However, as supermarket bitters go this is really rather good. Score shown is the average of all ratings.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2013
at 11:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, DØE Øllets dag @ Bdr. Schmidt, Viby Centeret. Pours amber with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, grass, little spice. Flavor is malt, caramel, spice, grassy hops. Medium body, soft carbonation, light bitter finish. 070913
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2013
at 01:09