Explorer
Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.20
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Silver Champion Golden Ale, Champion Beer of Britain Competition
Explorer is light and refreshing, suffused with the aromas of a grapefruit grove. The citrus attack will burst on your palate as the hops deliver their fruity bitterness.
Available in 500ml bottle and in keg in selected Wetherpoon outlets.
Pale Ale malt is used to provide the biscuity backbone of this blonde beer but it’s the hops that give it its personality. We use two American hops, grown in the Yakima Valley in Washington. These hops, called Columbus and Chinook, add wonderful grapefruit flavours to the beer.
Explorer is light and refreshing, suffused with the aromas of a grapefruit grove. The citrus attack will burst on your palate as the hops deliver their fruity bitterness.
Available in 500ml bottle and in keg in selected Wetherpoon outlets.
Pale Ale malt is used to provide the biscuity backbone of this blonde beer but it’s the hops that give it its personality. We use two American hops, grown in the Yakima Valley in Washington. These hops, called Columbus and Chinook, add wonderful grapefruit flavours to the beer.
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6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2025
at 01:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating from 2017 - 500ml bottle. Pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, pineapple, grass, bread & hops. Moderate body. Slight tart finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2025
at 18:48
5.2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a clear dark gold, brief fizzy white head, no retention. Not great. Aroma is quite metallic, citrus, pale malts. Taste of metal, biscuit, decent citrus burst, light tropical notes, punchy grassy and zesty bitterness. Ok. Light bodied but a little chewy. Bang average bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:04
Tried
on 03 Nov 2022
at 13:00
7/10
Tried
on 02 Aug 2022
at 19:45
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Creamy white head left a spotty cover on pale amber coloured body. Floral & pale malt aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a thinner dry back. Delicate tastes of citrus, hops, pine & confectionery with a tangy finish. A mediocre Bitter.
Tried
on 08 May 2021
at 16:18
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
At a tasting, small bubbly creamy head, clear light brown to dark orange color, aroma of wood, light caramel, orange and a hint of fruitiness, flavor of fruit, citrus and wood with some light caramel behind, light to medium bitterness, noticable carbonation. Not too bad, quite drinkable.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2019
at 09:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Clear golden. Minerals, malt, a bit of dust, a bit of hops, sweetish, bitterish finish, medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2019
at 18:36
5/10
Tried
on 05 Nov 2018
at 09:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Greyhound, Ipswich. Pours yellow/gold with a small white head. Aroma of hop, malt, citrus and light caramel. Medium plus sweetness and moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2017
at 01:39