Adnams Gunhill (Bottle)

Brewed by Adnams
Style: Mild Ale
Southwold, England

Bottle, from Tesco, Grimsby. Chestnut brown, moderate thin white head and gentle condition. Gentle sweet maltiness with a hint of smoke in the nose, quite dry and bitter in the mouth with some gentle burnt malt notes and a slight citric fruitiness, short malty dry finish with a low lingering roasted bitterness.

Bottle. Copper coloured with an off-white foam. Aromas are chocolate, molasses and toffee with hints of berry fruit. Flavours are toffee and dark syrup with some roast character. Some dark chocolate with berry fruit. Hints of liquorice with a hoppy dry finish. A little too much carbonation but decent.

Bottled (BB 01/2010). Clear, deep ruby color, small beige head. Aroma has mentholic hops, toffee, caramel and hints of vanilla. Tickling carbonation. Decent body for 4.0 % beer. Toffeish-sweetish with some dark fruity (raisin cake) flavors. Finish is more on the hoppy side. Ok pasteurised English beer.

Bottle picked up at the very large Tesco store in Aylesbury 23-03-09, consumed 24-03-09 Pours an attractive reddy brown, very clear with light tan head, look great. Aroma is possibly its achilles heel, ok there is some toffee but it really differs very little from a lot of other pasteurised quite malty beers, though it is still ok. Taste is malty with a reasonably pronounced hoppiness, a slight burn at the back of the mouth, touch drying a solid bitterness at 4% its really pretty decent with a fair bit in here. On second taste there is a little sweet fruitiness, for a UK pasteurised beer this is definately one of the better ones, well done Adnams. A5 A5 F7 P3 OV15 3.5

Bottle from Tesco. Deep amber in colour with a decent, off-white head. Almost savoury, malty aroma. Lively flavours of doughy malts, red fruits and a touch of sweetness, before a short bitter finish. A characterful bottled beer.

Bottle 50cl. @ [ Chris O’s pre NYE Tasting ].
[ Courtesy of chriso ]. Clear medium amber color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, toffee, berry, vanilla notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft and smooth. [20081230]

500ml bottle from Tesco. A sweet, flavoursome bottled mild - the sort that used to get called Brown Ale, and is spot on for that style. Chocolate and licorice are the prominent flavours, and there’s barely any bitterness in the finish. Tickly carbonation. This revival of old bottled beer styles by Adnams is quite interesting, and I hope that the revival of the Southern Brown Ale catches on, as it makes a damn fine bottled beer.

500 ml bottle. Dark clear amber with a small bright head.Strong malt aroma. Caramel and dark chocolate taste, ends of nice and bitter.