Explorer
Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.20
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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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patrickctenchi (4987) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Slightly hazed, dark gold, tall, frothy slightly off-white head. Clean, bright, hop aroma. Taste is piney hops, citrus. Lightly malted. Smooth with a pleasant, light bittering.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Explorer (Cask) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask. Hazy pale yellow color, medium white head. Aroma of grassy toast. Taste is light caramel. Light body.
yespr (55501) reviewed Explorer (Cask) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, peachy and light citrusy. Bitter, grapefruity and citrusy. Crisp fruity finish.
Holmen_1 (14547) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Fra flaske på Cardinaltreff jan-13: En "East Coast Blonde" iflg etiketten, og det er ingen dum beskrivelse. Lite maltsmak, men desto klarere bitterhet preget av grapefrukt (som også kjennes i aromaen). Fin munnfylde og god ettersmak. Slett ingen dum blondine.
Olut (21769) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bright clear golden ale, lots of pale hoppiness in its flavours and aroma too.
Saintmatty (11304) reviewed Explorer (Cask) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask (Edgar Wallace, Strand, London) - Golden in colour. Grapefruit, pineapple and biscuity malt in the aroma. Crisp, hoppy and moderately bitter taste with notes of pine, grapefruit and passion fruit standing out.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle on the train to Edinburgh, cheers to JP for the pour - 08/12/12. Lightly hazed pale golden with a thin white head that soon clears to the edge and leaves a pond. Nose carries peach, mandarin, light hops, pale malt, some yeast notes, sugars. Taste comprises mandarin, peach, hops, more subdued in taste that nose, some sugars. Medium bodied, light carbonation, some bitterness in the finish. Average doings.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Explorer (Cask) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Castle Inn, Cambridge. Clear amber pour with a broken white head. The aroma is fruity and spicy. The flavour is very bitter, spicy and with citrus grapefruit notes. This is a truly exceptional ale from Adnams who should be congratulated for brewing out of the box. It's uber refreshing and my kind of session ale.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Pangaea Bottle Shop. Pours hazy gold with a slight white head. Aroma is primarily bready. At best a hint of citrus. Med body. Flavor is sort of kolsch bready with some citrus/grapefruit hints. It finishes moderately, or less, bitter.
Grzesiek79 (7624) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Aromat kwiatowy. Piwo w smaku wyraźnie chmielowe, goryczkowe. Kolor złotawy, ale jakby lekko mętnawy, napewno nie klarowne. Piana niewielka lecz trwała i utrzymująca się do końca picia tego dobrego trunku.