Adnams Broadside Strong Original

Brewed by Adnams
Style: English Strong Ale
Southwold, England

500ml Bottle: Pours caramel orange and cloudy with a top notch beige head that laces the glass very nicely. Strong sweet malts, burnt sugar, and Christmas cake fruits in the aroma, very pleasing. The taste initially hits with some spicy, sweet malts - seems like cinnamon, plums, butter, and caramel sugar. A quick hit of hops bitters things down until the caramel comes through strong in the finish. I actually quite enjoyed this one, very good.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before 11 JUN 2009, purchased at the LCBO on October 4 2008, savoured on November 23 2008; eye: burnt orange, hazy, no effervescence, beige head that turns into a tiny ring, some lacing; nose: lots of caramelized malt, good presence of bittering hops, candied fruits; mouth: caramelized malt, candied fruits, hops, finale in caramelized malt with a good presence of hops, mild astringency, not much carbonation, mildly sweet and bitter, medium body; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant 11 juin 2009, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 24 novembre 2008; œil : orange brûlée, voilée, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige qui se transforme en un petit anneau, un peu de dentelle; nez : beaucoup de malt caramélisé, bonne présence de houblon amérisant, fruits confits; bouche : malt caramélisé, fruits confits, houblon, finale en malt caramélisé avec une bonne présence de houblon, astringence moyenne, peu carbonatée, moyennement amère et sucrée, corps moyen, riche; en résumé : bien

Wonderful aroma and flavour. Beautiful colour. Glad this has been brought to Ontario.

Pours a hazy deep brown bordering on burgundy with a creamy 2 finger tan head. Lots of lacing. If nothing else, so far, it’s beautiful to look at. Smell is faint, a little bit of spicyness actually. A little bit more roasted malts than caramel malts, and a tiny bit of hop bitterness. Nice smell, but a bit too faint. Flavour is nice, some faint dark fruits, and tiny bit of hop bitterness. Some nice strong malt flavours there too. Carbonation is low, but nice for the style, and it’s pretty chewy. Very nice beer.

Bottle. Nice dark amber colour with a moderate lingering white head. Fruity nutty aromas. Quite sweet on the palate but finishes with a nice dry bitterness. More sessionable than its alcohol content suggests.. A fine English strong ale.

28/10/2008. Bottle,Dark brown with a long lasting off white head, Aroma’s of malt,mollases and vine fruits. Leading to a rich flavour of sweet malt,christmas cake,and fruit. Quite a pleasant subtle dry bitterness in the finish.

500ml bottle from the LCBO One of my new favouites A more detailed description will follow on a second tasting I have misplaced my comments for this beer

(Bottle 50 cl) Hazy reddish amber with an off-white head. Aroma of nuts and overripe fruit. Quite full-bodied with sweetish roasted malts, nuts and overripe fruit. Hints of wood and alcohol and a fairly bitter finish. Actually this mostly reminds me of a British style Old Ale. 290908