Adnams Old Ale

Brewed by Adnams
Style: Old Ale
Southwold, England

Cask conditioned at The Old Fourpenny Shop Hotel, Warwick. Dark brown, ruby hued beer with light brown head. This is a sweetish but tart beer with a heavy plummy fruitiness, plenty of roasted malt in the body, but not to the depth of a stout / porter. Aromatic nose. Pretty drinkable.

Cask conditioned - handpump - Malt Shovel Northampton. A dark brown coloured beer with a dark red hue. The aroma is malty and dry with some oily fishy notes. The taste is dry, malty and fruity. Mellow, mild and clean. Very drinkable and true to style.

Pint pulled at The Temprest in Putney (London), a deep ruby brown colour with a brown bubbly head. A simple malty aroma. Very smooth in the mouth - to the point of being a little watery. Very easy to drink though, with an unoffensive sour malty flavour. Coudl definitely drink this all night - a good effort form Adnams.

Cask conditioned @ Bridge House, London. Dark malty liqourice and tart fruit. Fairly Dry with a light sourness in the finish. OK but I didnt find it particularly interesting.

[Cask from Bon Accord] Estery fruit, banana, leather, chocolate, wet leaves, medium body, sweet with a dry, spicey finish.

Cask handpull at The Bridge House, London. Ruby colour with disappearing beige head. Slightly sour fruit aroma. Wonderful in mouth. Dark fruit aroma. Has some sourness. Bit like Harvey’s Old, lacks the real sourness I’m looking for. Sour plums and tobacco, fruit and choc and very slight sourness in mouth. Finish lasts with slightly sour plum, Victoria Plum, I rather like the fruit. I like it, fruity and interesting. Soft mouth feel.

Aroma is malty, fruity, grassy and floural. Taste is similar with a small amount of tartness, a bit brown ale like, as theres a hidden nuttyness.

Cask (handpump), Bridge House, Tower Bridge. A welcome return for this beer which, at one time, seemed to have been jettisoned from the Adnams portfolio. Attractive deep ruby red colour, with a lasting beige head. Sweet, malty aroma with liquorice and caramel accents. Fruity, juicy flavour, with the emphasis on cherry and some dry notes underlying. Elements of chocolate with the liquorice developing into the finish. Smooth and sweetish. Rather nice but lacks a touch of bite on the finish.