Adnams Old Ale

Old Ale

 

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

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular
Score
6.58
ABV: 4.1% IBU: 24 Ticks: 66
Tasting notes and ingredients: This is a mild ale style beer brewed with East Anglian pale ale and Crystal malted barley and Boadicea hops. It’s dark red/brown in colour with an aroma of caramel and nutty chocolate. The toffee and chocolate also come through on the palate along with hints of red fruits, all balanced by a smooth bitterness. A traditional speciality winter warmer with flavours of fruit, malt, roast grain, and a hint of caramel.

What’s the story?: Old Ale is based on one of Adnams’ oldest beer recipes which dates back to 1890. It was crowned Champion Beer of East Anglia 2013 by CAMRA.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

29/7/2017. Cask at The Bricklayers, Colchester. Pours very dark brown with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, moderate roasting, light hop, dark fruit and a touch of citrus. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, very soft carbonation. Also 30/12/2025. Cask at The Cherry Tree, Woodbridge. Nice warming pint of old ale after a walk around Woodbridge in cold bright weather. Enjoyed both. See photo.

Tried from Cask at Cherry Tree (Adnams) on 30 Dec 2025 at 15:00


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6.5

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2025 at 00:50


6

Silt ütleb old ale ja tegelikult on mild ale :S Ok lahja joogikas, vesine, röstine, linnaseline, karamelline, suitsune.

Tried on 21 Apr 2025 at 19:08


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

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Brown malts upfront with notes of tobacco, dark breadcrust, caramel, and a hint of chocolate. Mild to medium bittersweet, a bit thin body. Nicely malty, not a beer to sip on but to drink agressively.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2025 at 13:24


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours dark brown with small beige head. Aroma of light roast, bread, nuts, chocolate, caramel, hint of berry - all quite subtle but pleasant. Taste follows , some sugars, brown bread, light roast, toffee, moderate dry roasty bitterness. Light bodied. Decent mild.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:05


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 50cl. @home poured into a pint glass. Opaque amberbrown colour, fair creamy tan head, half-way lasting, good lacing. Aroma toasted malt, caramel, candy sugar, dark fruits, sweet apples. Taste above medium sweet and slightly bitter, malty, light roast, caramel, candy sugar, light chocolate, very light apple, spicy notes. Light to medium body, watery to oily texture, soft carbonation, sweet and a bit bitter aftertaste, well-balanced, slightly sugary, smooth, not thin, actually quite nice.

Tried from Bottle from Het Biermeisje on 04 Dec 2024 at 18:35


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from the Adnams shop in Holt and at the perfect temperature after a busy day with a remarkable number of steps on the counter. Anyway, this is lovely. Rich malt, hops lurking nicely in the background and thirst quenching. Loads going on for a low abv. I always think so much about beer is the time and place you consume it. I've had a really good day and I was really up for a beer. Maybe I overscored, but I don't think so......

Tried from Bottle on 13 Oct 2024 at 17:07


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

beautiful appearance of dark brown to mahogany colour and half inch of creamy beige-ish dark ecru head; aroma of dark berries, dried sour cherry, prune, raisins, some dark chocolate, some nutty and rye bready notes; taste has the same notes with some fruity-apple peel notes; I like it

Tried on 17 Aug 2024 at 20:38


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Color: Very dark reddish brown, thin beige head. Aroma: Malty, caramel, notes of red and dark fruit. Taste: Also malty and caramel. Dark malt and hints of roasted malt. Hints of coffee, dark chocolate and red fruit. Hoppy backbone, grassy with light hints of citrus. Spicy hints. Medium body, below average carbonation. Moderate to over moderate sweet, light bitterness. Long lasting finish. Typical British style traditional Old Ale. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2024 at 20:12


7

Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2023 at 14:45