I need more Adnams in my life... I've only had a couple of their beers, so I made a conscious effort to buy as many as I could. Pretty sure I got 4 or 5 from the local supermarket, and this is the first one I'm going to try. This is your standard English Bitter, with a modest ABV.
Dark cherry, walnut coloured body, with a frothy off-white head. Good retention and lacing. Looks very nice.
Nose is a bit weak, with a faint waft of malt with just enough cherry and red currant fruit aromas to make it worthwhile.
Weak malt base with a smokey mix of lightly toasted biscuit and honey. Mid-palate, the dark chocolate blends with definite cherry, a bit of raisin and a touch of citrus. Finishes with earthy hops flavours of pine and dried leaves. Some of that dark chocolate lingers and collaborates nicely with the hops to give a nice bitter cocoa/hop linger with a touch of cherry.
Thin mouthfeel with prickly carbonation, with a moderate level of astringency. Not great from Adnams, but the flavours are clean, fresh and well balanced.
However, the malt base is too weak, and the mouthfeel falls short of what I would expect from Adnams. Would have possibly benefitted from a higher ABV, or being bottle conditioned.
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