Adnams

Regional Brewery in Southwold, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 16 Venues

Established in 1872

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Sole Bay Brewery, E. Green, Southwold, IP18 6JW, England
Description
Beer has been brewed on the same site in Southwold for at least 670 years. In 1872 George and Ernest Adnams started Adnams Brewery. Our long history gives us firm foundations and we look forward to an exciting and sustainable future.

Adnams - we’re like a big breath of fresh, sea air. We make amazing beers and spirits from grain-to-glass in our coastal home of Southwold. We’re proud to run our business sustainably and with huge passion and care, supported by ever-evolving technology, to make great products and create memorable and fun experiences for our customers.

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

Old rating from 2016 - 330ml bottle, pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of tangerine, orange peel, melon, pine, grass & malt. Medium body. Slightly sweet mild bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2025 at 01:25


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2016 - 330ml bottle, pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of grapefruit, melon, flora, caramel, earth, herbs & hops. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2025 at 01:24


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2016 - 330ml bottle, pours clear golden with a thick white head. Aromas & tastes of orange, flora, toffee, herbs & spice. Medium body. Dry tangy finish

Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2025 at 01:24


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7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Rocky white head on a marmalade coloured body.
Bubble gum, malt & stone fruit aroma.
Medium bodied, foamy on the tongue with a dry back.
Blueberry, orange, boiled sweets & resinous tastes with a malt backbone & bitter peppery hopped finish.
Is Adnams reinventing themselves as a Craft Brewer?
Very drinkable.

Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2025 at 22:11

gave a cheers!

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

500ml bottle, pours golden with a white head with reasonably lively carbonation. Aromas & tastes of cereal, grain & grass. Moderate body. Light bitter finish. Disappointing even when not expecting much

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2025 at 11:03


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Best before 05/24, I have bought this can at Stumpf Getränkmarkt, in august 2023, if I am not wrong. I have tasted this can yesterday, at Epalinges, before to sleep. Gold and clear body, light carbonation, white foam. A light pale ale, a bit boring but it was ok for me, malty, a bit sweet and fruity with some resinous notes, bitter and citrus, good option for the summer.

Tried from Can on 29 Jan 2025 at 19:33


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This is the AF beer that I come back to again and again. It looks like beet and tastes like beer, so what's not to like?? Malt hops and a beery texture. I would have preferred something with alcohol, but as I have to go and pick up middle daughter later that wasn't going to happen.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2025 at 18:12


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

[50cl bottle from my local Waitrose.] A bright amber pour with a tight white head; citrusy aroma; some tropical fruit tastes to start then lemony citrus with a good caramel malt body; then a sweet finish with a traditional hoppy bitterness overlaid with some pithy citrus. Very drinkable.

Tried from Bottle from Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations) on 26 Jan 2025 at 19:25


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


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is biscuity malt with piney hop, notes of grapefruit and orange marmalade. Decent bitter flavour with a mild sweetness. Medium body. Basic chuggable bitter English Pale.

Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2025 at 13:24