Adnams Broadside (Cask)

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

[Cask at GBBF 2003] A nutbrown beer with no head. THe aroma is malty with notes of nuts. The flavor is sweet and hoppy in the beginning with notes of flowers, turning nicely bitter in the end. a very frefrshing beer.

(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 brown colour with hardly no head. Malty and fruity aroma with herbal hops. A sweet bitter aftertaste.

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

Cask@Holly Bush, Hampstead. Dark amber colour, not much head. Aroma is yeasty, wooden and quite grassyish hops. Flavour is very much the same, a slight disappointment.

Cask Conditioned
Amber color; creamy thin head. Light aroma, luckly the mouthfeel is smooth with some malt, caramel; lightly fruity, hoppy. The palate is too weak (watery).

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.

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.