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Thursday, 29 May 2014

REVIEW - Southwold Bitter

Beer - Southwold Bitter
Brewery -Adnams
Strength - 3.7%
Type - Bitter

I'm a big fan of British Bitter's, so I couldn't resist doing at  least one this week. For my fourth beer I've gone for Adnams Southwold Bitter.

I am reviewing the Cask version of this beer, as the Bottled version is stronger at 4.1% ABV, and is also brewed separately using less hops than the Original. Both of these changes means that the bottled version tends to be a slightly different experience.

This is an interesting brew - They use Fuggles hops (Local to East Anglia, and are used in many traditional British Beers) but don't add them till very late in the boil. Adnams claim that undercooking these hops preserves the herbal flavours, producing a lingering hoppy taste. They also use a Pale Ale malt barley, again sourced in East Anglia.

The result is a beautiful copper colour, an earthy hoppy aroma, and well defined, balanced Bitter flavour. The PA barley adds a smooth malty taste, with slight vanilla undertones and hints of fruit. It's full bodied and has a deep bitterness and a full hoppy aftertaste.

It's not the most exciting beer, and I would love to give it a 10, but it just doesn't quite have that something special to get there. On the whole though, it's a very well crafted British Bitter that I will definitely visit again.

                                                                       GDBS - 9 

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