Adnams Gunhill (Bottle)

Brewed by Adnams
Style: Mild Ale
Southwold, England

500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.0%. Chestnut coloured beer, big light tan head. Aroma of berries and malts, hints of toffee. The flavour is brimming with fruit/berries, caramel and malts, but is not too sweet, with a pleasant hoppy bitterness and some chocolate notes in the finish. Excellent beer, and quite amazing that it is only 4%.

500ml bottle, from Adnams Cellar & Kitchen shop in Richmond. Best before 16 July 2009. Another Adnams beer that seems to have been targeted at the Norwegian market (Lighthouse is the other). Only 4.0% but, unlike the Lighthouse, this is very strong on depth and character. Reddish amber colour. Plenty of chewy, roasty malt in the aroma and flavour with a dry, fruity mouthfeel. The hops don’t clamour for attention but they do enough to produce an excellently balanced and nicely drinkable beer. Good weight on the palate. A pleasant surprise. Difficult to categorise but not so sure it is a mild though.

Lovely fruity beer, raspberries and malt, full body. Nice cocoa dryness in the finish. A great session beer, the only pity it’s way too expensive here in Norway. A cask version of this would be something to drink all night long.

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. Brown colour. Clear. Tall fine-laced light beige head. Beatiful beer. Rich malty and nutty aroma with hints of dark chocolate. Malty flavours with sweet raisins. Crisp carbonation level. Nice nutty flavours with a dry texture. Cacao powder. Surprisingly rich for a beer this low in alcohol. A very nice session beer. Dry and lightly bitter finish.

Not sure that this really a mild more like a dark bitter. Bronze with a medium head and a pleasant amount of bitterness. First impressions were very positive but the flavours seemed to fade. Not bad though.

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 thanks to my wife’s coworker: Pours a transparent dark copper amber with a thin, wispy-lacing off-white head. Aroma of fresh grassy English hops and sweet toasty caramel malt with a touch of doughy yeast. Starts with average fullness and some sweet chewy caramel malts well-balanced with a fresh lightly piny hoppiness before a smooth bittersweet finish. A nice mild ale.