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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trapped (8300) reviewed Explorer (Cask) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Tasted cask at Bucks Head, Camden, London on 18 May 2012. Rich yellow color with smallish white foamy head, low carbonation, hoppy taste, medium finish. Nice ale.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
DØE. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 100512
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Explorer (Cask) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
August Bank Holiday 2006, Sole Bay Inn, across the green from the brewery. Served in the new Adnams, tall pint glass (don’t like them). Paler than the normal bitter, but a lot darker than Regatta, a kind of light brown, with a rusty blonde thrown in. It looks good. Aroma of malt and fruits, but the table next to me have fish and chips delivered (good but expensive), so unable to assertain which fruits were coming to the fore! Good bitter taste and after taste, better than some 4.3% I could mention. Not heavy to the mouth, but there is body to it, I drank it in large gulps, I would have had another, but I was on a mission, so couldn’t. Reading a few of the other reviews, it would appear some were disappointed, that is a shame, because drinking it in Southwold is a joy. I just hope the unimpressed get another chance to try it, and it is more true to its normal self.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sept 2006: First time I have had the bottled version. Different animal to the cask beer I drink when in Southwold. This blonde beer should be cooled before serving, which is unusual for a British beer. The New World hops Chinook and Columbus give the beer its name. Light and refreshing, it is, but the bottle says citrus and grapefruit aromas, not sure I got those, but overall, a fine beer for a hot sunny day.
Tommann (7637) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 14 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours dark gold with a thin, frothy head. Aroma is grapefruit and lager notes. Taste has lager notes and some tropical fruit to start. Grapefruit and citrus on the finish. Needs more hops.
cuso (17193) reviewed Explorer (Cask) from Adnams 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
April 2011. On tap at Castle Inn, Cambridge. Golden color with small white head. Floral aroma with fruity hints. Taste, slightly fruity with some hops. Light bitter finish. Drinkable.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Copenhagen Beer Festival, 2011. Pours clear golden with a small off white head. Grain and hay. Medium bodied. Dry and bitter hoppy end. Standard . .
LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed Explorer (Cask) from Adnams 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Bridge House, Tower Bridge Road. Gold pour with a white head. Fruit filled nose. Buttery hop flavours with a light citrus bite. Bitter finish.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Explorer (Cask) from Adnams 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the George, London. Clear yellow on the pou with a light, white film. Pleasant nose of citrus, grapefruit and straw. Nice flavor, with light toasty hay, grass and citrus bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mild bitter finish, more citrus and grass on the tongue. Pretty good beer.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Explorer (Bottle) from Adnams 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
26th August 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Amber coloured beer. Crisp palate. Malty with a nice banana note. Not too bitter. Long finish.