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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6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6
500ml bottle. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of orange peel/oils, slightly perfumed, sweet malts. Taste is quite citrusy, orange, sweet biscuity malts, a little marmalade, caramel, light piney bitterness which it could do with more of. Light-medium bodied. Surprisingly not too bad, and probably even 'good' considering it's Adnams.
Disappointing to see Adnams resort to misleading names though (this obviously is no DIPA) and why not just use the very common 'DDH' abbreviation? Reckon this would've done really well if they'd brewed it 15 years ago, but these days any old supermarket IPA is going to be better or at least on par with this.
Tried from Bottle from Ocado on 17 Aug 2025 at 18:37

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 6
Can. Nose is citrus, lightly malt. Taste is light malt, leading to a very lemony, soapy lemon finish. Dry ending. Sticky Mouthfeel.

Nothing fits together. Bad.
Tried on 16 Aug 2025 at 22:46

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
An orange coloured, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has mango, grapefruit, nice biscuity maltyness. Taste has grapefruit, pine, biscuity maltyness, some bitterness, semi-dry. Medium bodied. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle from K-Citymarket (Turku Kupittaa) on 08 Aug 2025 at 08:23

5.5/10
Tried on 06 Aug 2025 at 16:16

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
A dark reddish brown beer, a head is medium and light beige. Aroma has dried fruits, apricot, caramel, dry cake, some roastiness. Taste has dried apricots, dry cake, dry wood, some caramel, but quite dry. Medium bodied. Complex. Very nice beer.
Tried from Bottle from K-Citymarket (Turku Kupittaa) on 04 Aug 2025 at 11:44

6.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at Southwark Tavern in London. Medium gold pour. Small white head. Citrus aroma is mild. Flavor is light citrus, biscuity malt. Light bodied. Clean and refreshing. Brief finish.
Tried from Draft at Southwark Tavern on 01 Aug 2025 at 18:15

Tried from Cask at Woodin's Shades (Nicholson's) on 31 Jul 2025 at 23:00

6.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2025 at 20:31

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2025 at 20:30

6/10
Tried from Draft on 12 Jul 2025 at 00:32