Adnams Broadside (Cask)

Brewed by Adnams
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Southwold, England

1. Cask Handpump at the Holly Bush, Bartington 20/04/2001 Mid brown coloured pale and malty bitter. 2. Cask Stillage at the RAOB Club, Northwich 18/10/2003 Amber coloured and fruity smooth on the palate with a lasting malt finish. 3. Cask Handpump at the City Arms, Manchester 09/04/2004 Amber mid brown and malty with a crisp slightly dry finish. 4. Cask Handpump at the Tap & Spile, Lincoln 28/05/2005 Amber mid brown fruity pale slightly sour with a dry bitter finish. 5. Cask Handpump at the Rose & Crown, Bury 18/11/2005 Mid brown amber coloured with some fruitiness and a crisp slightly dry malt finish which lasts.

A little sour, more than bitter, perhaps. The foam is good. It sticks to the glass, and remains there for a while. The colour is amber, good, but a little booring after a while.

Cask@The Roebuck, Richmond, London. I can’t believe i’ve never had this on cask before. Anyway, this tasted simply of the ingredients, some gristy grainy, slightly nutty malt flavours, with an earthy hop bitterness, pretty simple, but drinkable, and bang on average for me.

Hazy brown amber. Sweet malts and molasses + some flowery parfumy alcohols in aroma. Immediate flavour of orange. The bitterness comes in the form of grapefruit. Ends with orangey bitterness.

Dark amber with litlle head. Malty aroma, perhaps a little roast. Somewhat weak malty flavour but well balanced and smooth

Pint pulled at The White Horse in Parsons Green, a light brown with a thin but full head. A slightly malty aroma with the flavour quite foody (I thought I tasted bacon). A slight bitterness in the mouth combined with a nice smoothness.

i love this beer and drink a lot of it when i go up to Hastings. Nothing will ever topple Doom Bar in my heart, but this is certainly in my top 3. Totally drinkable, malty nose, light bitterness, nutty and all things nice. I even like the advertising and their staff at GBBF 2005. Top Marks.

Cask at Red Lion, Long Compton, Warwickshire. Dark amber colour with a firm, creamy head. The aroma was of malt with overtones of grassy hops. Taste is malty with some fruit. A smooth, medium-bodied pint with a slight, pleasant bitterness. Overall a top beer. 28.5.08 Cask at Green Man, Trumpington, Cambridge. rated 6,4,6,4,14:3.4. Not so impressed this time round. Gentle sweet berry fruit in aroma. Malty taste and mid bitter finish.