Something a little different
Available at selected times throughout the year our seasonal beers introduce something a little different to our usual line up, whether you are looking for a beer to warm you up after a crisp winter walk or a pint to perfectly complement half dozen oysters there really is something for everyone.
We will be adding new and exciting beers to this calendar so please visit this page regularly to ensure you do not miss out.
Adnams Oyster
Adnams Oyster 4.3% ABV
Available February-March
A rich, nutty, mouth filling classic dry stout. Made from East Anglian Pale Ale malt, Crystal malt, Chocolate malt, roasted barley and English Goldings hops. Perfect with Oysters!
(1.2 units per half pint)
Adnams Regatta
Adnams Regatta 4.3% ABV
Available May-July
A blonde ale, brewed with East Anglian Pale Ale malt and English hedgerow hops. Light and crisp with a lovely biscuit backbone, perfect for the summer. A distinctively different summer bitter delicious served cool. Perfect accompaniment to white fish, prawn & curry dishes. A delicate palate with hints of lemon.
(1.2 units per half pint)
Adnams Extra
Adnams Extra 4.3% ABV
Available April to celebrate ‘Cask Ale Week 5th – 11th April’
Copper coloured with gloriously hoppy, floral and herbal aromas followed through on the palate where it is balanced by the biscuity fullness of the malts and a dry tart bitterness.
Named Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival 1993
(1.2 units per half pint)
Adnams Old Ale
Adnams Old Ale 4.1% ABV
Available October-January
This is a mild ale style beer brewed with East Anglian pale ale and Crystal malted barley and Boadicea hops, dark red brown in colour with an aroma of caramel and nutty chocolate. The toffee and chocolate also come through on the palate along with hints of red fruits, all balanced by a smooth bitterness. A traditional speciality winter warmer. An old recipe dating back to 1890. Flavour of fruit, malt and roast grain, with a hint of caramel. Adnams Old Ale is a rare treat.
(1.1 units per half pint)
Adnams Yuletide
Adnams Yuletide 4.5% ABV
Available November-December
Brewed with East Anglian Pale Ale, Chocolate and Amber malts and hopped with Boadicea and Chinook. Yuletide is a dark orange in colour with a dry spicy finish and a grapefruit bitterness.
A wonderful dark ruby winter warmer with a good balance of flavours and a lingering dryish after palate that keeps you coming back for more. Celebrate the festive season with all the provenance and heritage of Adnams.
(1.3 units per half pint)
Adnams Tally Ho
Adnams Tally Ho 7% ABV
Available December
An English barley wine brewed at Adnams since 1880.
Following the local tradition of maturing the beer in the pub cellar, this year’s draught Tally Ho will have been matured in cask at the brewery for 5 months before it’s release for Christmas.
Brewed with pale ale, crystal and brown malts. Tally Ho is dark Mahogany red in colour with a rich, fruity aroma and a heart warming sweet raisin and biscuit palate
Brewed in a very limited run, this beer is only available to a small number of customers. A traditional barley wine from a nineteenth century recipe, a real taste of the past.
Watch out – soon to be available in bottles!
(1.4 units per half pint)
6 Comments
Hi Mark, Just tasted the Oyster a few hours ago, it’s come out really well, lots of liqourice, roasted malt, coffee etc. everything you’d want in a Stout. Hope it sell swell for you.
Bottled Tally Ho is currently just avauilible in our stores and on-line but hope to get it listed in the local supermarkets soon. We do have a few casks of Tally Ho left if you’re interested.
Hi, got the Oyster going on in the next few days. Have had a few Adnam’s Ales on over the past couple of years – all have sold well.
Looking forward to seeing that Tally-Ho in bottles – is that going to be available country wide?
Hi Richard, Old is still on until the end of Jan at least, we’ll let the Queens Head know they can keep ordering. Sorry the Tally Ho this year isn’t to your taste, it is drier than last years but then it was aged for an extra 6 months.
Sorry to say the Tally Ho was disapointing this year, tried it in 3 pubs, it had a very bitter metalic taste, quite unlike previous years. The bottled version tasted the same, though this might improve with keeping.
On the other hand the Old was marvellous, why such a short brew run? According to our local, The Queens Head at Brandeston it is finished. It use to be brewed from October to April. Who want’s to drink bitter in weather like this?
Thank you from an long time drinker of your beers, about 40 years.
Hi Nick, no plans to bottle Oyster Stout as yet. It will be back in cask in February probably accompanied by some more wet days
Any thoughts of Adnams Oyster being made available in bottles? I first tried it after a cold wet sail one day in february a few years ago and I love it.
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