Adnams Gunhill
Adnams plc, Sole Bay Brewery

 

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%.

Draught. Dark with a weak head.

Stone fruits and esters. Thick body.

What is this supposed to be?

Not too excited as it does not say anything new but it is different.

 

 

Appearance - Ruby brown in colouration with 2 fingers of soapy beige head that has good retention and ample streaming CO2 activity in the glass.

Smell - Chocolate and red fruits. Mild plum and raisin caramel sweetness and some light yeast funk. No hop aroma to denote and a slightly fishy note.

Taste - Very fruity with a lot of plum and raisin some light cherry, this would be better if it was not for the slight fish element from the bouquet. Mercifully there is a pretty good bitter chocolate finish. There is light caramel malt with reasonably decent hop after taste.

Mouthfeel - Full and creamy with medium body and a drying after taste.

Overall - Reasonable beer but it does have an odd character to it's fruit taste, bitter and fishy as if some of the fruit flavours were based on slightly rotten fruits.

Format: 75mL taster at Beervana 2014, served by the brewers.

Appearance: pours out a clear dark ruby-brown with limited visible carbonation. A two-finger beige head drops to a solid, creamy cap. Looks good.

Aroma: per the English Mild style, a fairly demure aroma of some sweet biscuit malts and some light fruits.

Taste: again quite demure - the biscuit malts and light orchard fruits are evident, with a tiny bit of caramel and molasses also.

Aftertaste: not much there - a light bitterness is all that comes through.

Mouth feel: I will admit that the English Mild is not my preferred style, however the lack of carbonation makes this feel flat and lifeless. Needs more carbonation to bring the flavours forward more.

Overall: a pretty boring English Mild Bitter. The flavours that are there are well chosen and compliment one another nicely, but for my taste is far too weak in flavour. The flat feel doesn't help. For a mild drinker this would probably be a worthwhile beer, but not for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a ruby red glass with an average white head.
There is sweet malty aroma with some mild biscuits and chocolate smell. Not bad at all.
The taste is very raosted, which is not really my favourite, with quite lots of malts. It has a somewhat stale feel and is quite bitter.
I had better from Adnams.

 

 

Bottled and must try cask as quite a tasty ale
Dark chestnut brown colour with a smooth off-white head. Aroma is malts, perhaps very gently roasted, caramel, fruit, hints of spice

 

Appearance: Chestnut; small head; good lacing

Aroma: Malty; nutty; a little biscuity

Taste: Malty, juicy on start with roasted grain bitterness throughout; nutty and semi sweet on the finish; a little thin, but well balanced and smooth

Did not score A, T, S, M at that time; disregard those scores