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

Can at Kessingland chalet picked up from the adnams shop Southwold. A clear mid orange coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is jammy orange, marmelade, bready grains, tangerine. Little subdued. Flavour is composed of semi sweet juicy orange tangerine, apricot, marmelade and apricot jam, earthy grains. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, moderate carbonation. Lingering orange citrus, juicy. Pretty good.

Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2025 at 22:01


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

Can at Kessingland chalet picked up from adnams shop Southwold. A clear mid gold orange coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is Belgian yeast, apple, clove. Light spices green cereal grains. Flavour is composed of super crisp, light grains, apple notes, spicy Belgian yeast phenols, light Bubblegum. Palate is super crisp, spicy highish carbonation.

Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2025 at 21:10


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

Bottle at Kessingland chippy. Brewver says I've had both batches of this, but i still haven't had this? I don't understand. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a decent fine white head. Aroma is nice resinous pine hop, toffee, sticky hop. Palate is semi sweet, resin, chewy, highish carbonation. Flavour is composed of, caramel, brown sugars, resin, varnish, sticky hop, not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2025 at 20:50


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Can at Kessingland chalet picked up from adnams shop Southwold. A hazed dull orange gold coloured pour with a sticky off white head. Aroma is floral orange, chamomile, soft earthy green wheat, light fennel. Flavour is composed of dishwater, dank citrus, orange rind., wishy washy chalky mineral finish. Palate is dry, flaked wheat, chalky, highish dry carbonation. Meh.

Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2025 at 20:42


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Kessingland chalet picked up from the adnams shop, Southwold. A clear deep orange coloured pour with a lasting fine off white head. Aroma is resinous hop, varnish, light floral notes, caramel notes. Flavour is composed of biscuity malts, dry pine, caramel, flint, floral notes. Light varnish. Palate is semi dry, highish carbonation, light resin. Little thin.

Tried on 26 Jun 2025 at 19:22


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

440ml can. Pours a clear orange amber with a small, foamy, short lived, white head that laces nicely. Sweet aroma of bready caramel malt, grapefruit, cantaloupe and floral hops. Sweet flavour of spicy rye malt, orange peel, peach and grassy hops in a dry, bitter finish. Light body with a slick texture and average carbonation. Crushable.

Tried from Can from Andrew Hilton Wine and Spirits on 26 Jun 2025 at 05:40


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

Cask at sole bay Inn Southwold. A clear pale gold with a halo of off white head. Aroma is delicate floral notes elderflower, straw, herbal, clove. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rustic pale bready malts, herbal beligian notes, chamomile,. Little bit odd. Palate us semi crisp, light grains, decent cask condition.

Tried from Cask on 25 Jun 2025 at 16:32


5.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Tap at the sole bay Inn. A mostly clear pale gold yellow coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is subdued, peach melba, nectarine, light earthy grains,. Flavour is composed of light dry grains, flint, tangy citrus, peach melba, fizzy lemon, chalky. Palate is super crisp and dry, prickly carbonation.

Tried on 25 Jun 2025 at 16:25


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours golden amber with minimal almost white head and good lacing. There’s floral hops and citrus n the aroma. In the mouth it is quite sharp but with a tropical juiciness, and some bitterness becomes evident later. Flavour has tangerine, marmalade and floral hops plus hints of pine and citrus. Finish is slightly dry. This is decent.

Tried from Cask at Shrewsbury Arms on 23 Jun 2025 at 14:02


7.1
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

A pretty decent English ale. Biscuit malt, pleasant floral & herbal hop. On the hoppy side.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2025 at 07:24