Adnams Broadside (Cask)

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

Cask at Yew & Ewe, Brookland, kent One of my favourite premium english bitters. Good strong malty fruit flavours and then a kick of hops. I like the fact that it gets me drunk faster than the usual session beers I go for.

(On tap) Clear, dark amber colour with a very small head. Lightly malty nose. Has a roasted malty character and a very smooth, aromatic hoppiness without any real bitterness. 250605

Cask. Dark copper colour, big bubbly head. Malty and nutty with a little alcohol flavour.

Malt is certainly the first flavour in evidence. A well balanced and very easy-drinking beer it is quite low in carbonation and has a creamy texture. Good session beer.

CASK: Light pleasant nose, ruddy amber color, low head. Toasted malt up front retreats rather quickly giving way to a tingly hop bitter that lingers for a second or two. Thinish, but with a good balance. Typical British cask ale. You could drink this all night long. Complements pub food well.

Give them a full broadside! Ha! In this year of Trafalgar it’s an appropriate pint to sink. England expects and all that. Shame it isn’t served that well in this tidy British bar. Rule the waves! Bitter rather fragrant hops. Sweet muddled fruit and toffee, slightly fat, tasting vaguely like stale chip oil. The thing tastes stewed.

Straight from the Cask at the Burton Winter Beer Festival on Sat 29th Jan. Mid coppery brown colour. I had it as a friend who’d just bougth it didn’t like it. personally I though it a decent standard bitter. Solid full flavour, nice balance of hops & malts. Nice strength

Gravity At The Milestone,Ipswich.Chestnut and red in colour,no head,alot different from the bottle.Nice dark fruits,quite dry to finish,very nice.