Adnams Explorer

Explorer

 

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

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.20
ABV: 4.3% IBU: - Ticks: 109
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.
 

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6

Cask at Victoria station spoons. Pours hazy golden, nose is floral, malty, toffee, taste is similar, a bit thin.

Tried from Cask on 14 Mar 2016 at 07:52


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at Victoria station spoons. Pours hazy golden, nose is floral, malty, toffee, taste is similar, a bit thin.

Tried from Cask on 09 Mar 2016 at 15:28


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Appearance: Hazy golden color with a thick white head that leaves a fine lacing.
Aroma: Citric hoppy, malty and fruity.
Palate: Medium body. Tad sweet and a fine bitterness. Average to soft carbonation.
Taste: Fruity, citric and malty.
Overall impression: Fresh and tasty session ale.
Personal stats: On tap at Hamilton Hall - Bishopsgate in London, England

Tried from Draft on 02 Sep 2015 at 02:18


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Aldi, Carrick-on-Shannon [240615]
Amber, clear, good fluffy white head
Aroma of soft citrus zest, touch of lemon and grapefruit, slight earthy malt, overall soft nose
Taste of caramel, soft citrus zest, hint of earthy bitter hops, mellow hops in this, some biscuit malts
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, slightly oily. Finish is a bit dry, soft sweet malt, mellow citrus zest, clean, easy palate
Overall - Quite quaffable but a tad dull - still a bit better than average supermarket beer

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2015 at 16:33


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Golden colored beer with rather small head. Hoppy aroma, some herbs or grass. Low or medium bitterness. Moderate body. Very average beer.

Tried on 15 May 2015 at 11:59


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle from Seoul plaza, Bratislava. Golden color with medium white head. Malty aroma with yeast, some fruits, light citrus hops, stale notes. Light hoppy bitter taste with malty backbone, light fruity notes. medium long light hoppy bitter finish. Average beer, I liked draft version much more.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2015 at 11:51


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle from Seoul Plaza. Aroma lemony, citrusy, however also some stale flavour, which I associate with green bottles and would describe as light-struck, but might just come from heavy pasteurisation since it is a brown bottle. Clear golden colour and quickly disappearing head. The taste goes in the established direction, showing some promising hoppy flavours, but killing it in a few moments with the stale flavour. Average beer, really.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2015 at 15:41


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

500 ml bottle. Pours a clear amber colour with a small white head. Sweet, fruity, hoppy aroma with notes of straw. Sweet flavour of caramel malt and citrus with a dry, bitter, hoppy finish. Medium body with a watery texture and soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2014 at 23:15


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Golden color with a white head with good retention. Aroma has notes of citrus and fresh hops. Flavor is slightly bittery, notes of citrus and slightly malty with resins hints. The final has a light bitterness with short duration.

Tried on 30 Aug 2014 at 15:12


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Leggers Beer Festival, Dewsbury. Golden with a thin head. Medium-bodied with a light fruity pale ale nose, and similar in taste.

Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2014 at 12:12