Returned after an absence of 10 years as a special in April 2009 but has appeared again occasionally since then. To celebrate the UK’s first ever National Cask Ale Week, Adnams is bringing back a much-loved classic Adnams Extra Special Bitter.
Known to its fans simply as ‘Adnams Extra’, the beer was crowned the Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival in 1993. According to Rob Flanagan, Sales Director at Adnams, “Adnams is fully supporting Cask Ale Week and wanted to celebrate the occasion by bringing back one of our old favourites. Adnams Extra Special Bitter has reached near cult status amongst Adnams fans who remember the beer with great fondness, we are sure they will be delighted to hear that it is returning. We also hope that resurrection of Adnams Extra will create a buzz of interest in Cask Ale Week for those who have not tried it before
Known to its fans simply as ‘Adnams Extra’, the beer was crowned the Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival in 1993. According to Rob Flanagan, Sales Director at Adnams, “Adnams is fully supporting Cask Ale Week and wanted to celebrate the occasion by bringing back one of our old favourites. Adnams Extra Special Bitter has reached near cult status amongst Adnams fans who remember the beer with great fondness, we are sure they will be delighted to hear that it is returning. We also hope that resurrection of Adnams Extra will create a buzz of interest in Cask Ale Week for those who have not tried it before
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2010. Copper colour, small fluffy off-white head. Aroma is dry fruits, mild wood, some caramel malts as well as some tealeafs. Flavour is mildly nutty, wooden, caramelly and ending in a grassy bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jul 2011
at 04:28
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 16th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2010, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, biscuity, moderate hoppy, herbs, sharp bitter. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100430]
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2011
at 14:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at GBBF, London Earl’s Court, 5 Aug 2010) Copper colour with foamy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of apricots, orange and marmalade. Malty, fruity taste with orange, apricots, dusty hops and a hint of sulphur. Medium body, balanced sweetnes. Quite average, decent but nothing extra.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Sep 2010
at 08:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at Dunstable Arms, Sheringham] Slightly cloudy deep orange colour; moderate off-white head. An atypical Adnams - less of the Adnams malt and a far higher hop profile. Rather bitter at first, but this mellows into a straw and farmyard flavour with a good fruitiness behind. After getting over the shock of the initial "this isn’t the malty Adnams that I know and love", this grew on me, but it’s certainly not my favourite of their brews.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 May 2009
at 07:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Amber color with creamy tan head. Decent lacing. The light aroma was sweet caramel malts, some fruitiness and a whispery hint of hops. Healthy malt flavor with caramel and toffee. This sound flavor mix is quickly threatened by a rumbling of hop bitterness. The body is on the watery side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2006
at 02:57