Adnams Southwold Bitter (Cask)

Cask: Regular.
Originally known as "Southwold Bitter", in 2000 became "Bitter", in early 2006 became "The Bitter", in 2008 returned to "Southwold Bitter"
Was sold as "George Ale" for the George Inn in Southwark until 2007.
A classic cask bitter: the choice of a growing number of discerning licensees. Fragrant aromas of finest English hops and malt. Dry but refreshing, with a distinctive lingering bitterness. Appetising and delicious. Adnams bitter is a category champion.

3.1

256 reviews

Southwold, England

Community reviews

3.4 From tap at Charlie´s in Copenhagen. Clear dark goolden. Off-white head and lacing. Moderate aroma of sweet pale malt and pale syrup. Similar fine taste. Good drinkability.

3.1 Cask. Fruity (orange-citrus) and biscuity caramel malt. Sweetish with bitter hop edge. Mildly bitter; not sharp. Dryish finish. Sessionable beer. (2008)

2.7 Clear nutty color with a fine tan head. Ok intensity in the aroma. Medium body and a soft carbonation level. Caramel, floral hoppy, mild bready and mild fruity flavor. [Handpull at Mannings in Ipswich, England]

2.9 Tap @ Highlanders, Aarhus. Clear amber brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, lots of caramel and toffee. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 191116

3.1 Cask @ Highlanders, Aarhus. Pours golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, little wood, grass. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, malt, caramel, wood, grass. Medium body, soft carbonation, light bitter finish. Pretty decent for the low ABV. 171116

3.4 Cask @ Bishops Arms, Hornsgatan. Almost clear amber, small white head. Light fruity and malty aroma, caramel, toast and grains. Light-bodied, velvety smooth. Nice bitter bite in the taste, earthy, caramel, toast, floral and grassy. Dry finish.

2.8 Solides britisches Bitter. Erdig, würzig und kohlensäurearm. Nett. 0,2/30DKK vom Fass in Charlies Bar Kopenhagen.

3.7 Cask at The Cockpit, City of London, England. Clear copper. Caramelly malt aroma, citric hops. Medium bodied, low to medium carbonation. Dry, medium bitterness.

2.7 Sample c4. Pours amber hazy with no head. Aroma of light hops, malts, yeasty, light fruity, ceral. Taste is kinda sweet, quite thin a doll.

2.8 Pours quite clear dark amber with a white head. Aroma of hay, bread, nuts, floral, cereal. Taste is the same. Caramel.earthy, floral, bread, hay.

3.1 Cask at JDW, London. It pours a clean copper color with minimal beige head. Aroma is nutty and biscuit, with bread and pale malts and light toffee. Taste is medium sweet and lightly bitter with bread, biscuit, dried leaves, toffee. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Overall, decent bitter

2.9 Pint from cask. Clear dark amber with a small dense head. Aroma is malts, slightly nutty, hops and bread. Taste is sweet malts at first - biscuit and nuts. This turns into a dryer, bitter hopped finish.

3.0 Cask from The Woodman, Durham. Pours deep amber verging on brown with thick, smooth, off-white head. I’d call it a perfectly drinkable but uninspired session bitter with caramel and biscuit notes and well balanced sweetness leading into a crisp, dry finish.

3.3 I’m a fan of the cask ales. Not a lot of complexity, but smooth and refreshing with a little bitter. Hops are well balanced

2.9 Cask in one of Adnam’s many Suffolk pubs. Amber with a thin off white head. The taste is citrus with toasty malt. A decent enough bitter.

2.9 Cask. Clean nut brown with a solid head. Aroma is thin caramel. Flavour is dry bitter malt and hop. Light start but turns into a long bitter finish.

3.2 From cask at the Waldringfield Maybush, Suffolk. Pours a light brown colour with a small white head, an attractive looking pint. Aroma is malty, caramel, with fruity notes. Medium sweetness with a touch of sourness. Light body, texture fairly thin, average carbonation initially though going rather flat. Finish is of caramel. A good bitter.

3.2 Cask. Clear hazelnut brown with a medium sized frothy off white head. Nuts, wood and cocoa in the nose. Soft malty flavor, brown sugar, light toffee, light grain, bark. Some black berries. Medium body, light fat, soft sweet with mild bitterness. Soft malty finish. Fair enough, a bit fat and not too interesting overall.

3.2 Thick very creamy quarter inch heavy white head. Amber brown body. Dark fruit nose.Dominated by a bushel of apples with a dark dank must quality with an unexpected sourness before a longer bitter quality. Somewhat dilute. Lacks balance. Decent.

2.2 Very quaffable English bitter, best glugged by the pint, in a pub garden, in the sun

2.9 Cask at the Hanging Bat. Pours pale amber, nose is sweet toffee, cereal, taste is sweet, thin, toffee.

3.1 Cask at the hanging bat... Copper.. Small tan head... Soft sweet caramel toffee fruits nose... Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Lightest smoke... Light bitter

3.2 Cask at the Defector’s Weld. Hazy dark orange, still, small scummy white head, light lacing. Aroma is light, some fabric plaster. Body is medium, smooth, low carbonation. Taste is malty, semisweet toffee, twig, light bitterness.

3.2 Copper colour with a white head. Caramel malt aroma, and a taste of biscuity malts and fruity hops. A good, traditional English bitter with high drinkability and excellent balance. Just shows that a great beer does not need to be strong. An excellent ale from from a great brewery.

3.4 Cask @ C4, Odense. Pours amber with bubbles on top. Caramel, biscuit, nuts, bread and. bit of citrus. Smooth and soft. Short bitter finish! Very pleasant!

4.4 Deserves it’s stellar reputation. A classic English bitter of the South/Eastern tradition. Fairly pale, with a loose head of biggish bubbles. Aroma is slight, but is followed by a strong grip on the palate and a truly bitter flavour which lingers. At 3.7% it is a proper session beer, and proof that great beers do not need a high alcohol content.

2.7 Cask at Charlies. Clear amber colored with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of caramel and hops with notes of sulfur. Fruity flavor of caramel, hops and grass. Hoppy finish.

3.0 Copper-golden, off white head, and mild lacing. Floral, mild caramel, fruity, and lite citrus. Medium bodied, slightly watery, lite bitterness and dryness.

3.1 Pours dark amber, a half finger foamy white head which disappears. Lots of caramel malt in the aroma. Bitter taste, hop background, lots of toffee and caramel. An ok bitter.

2.6 Cask at the Albion, Epsom. Malty caramel aroma, thin, mild bitter finish. Average session ale.