Comments for Adnams Southwold

Comment on Adnams Broadside a premium bitter like no other by Sean

Sean — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:46:56 +0000

We currently put on all the mandatory information that we are required to plus a lot of other voluntary information regarding the units, recommended intake etc. There is only a limited space so we try and judge what the majority of people want and need on the back label. This changes over time as new guidelines, recommendations and legislation comes in. Currently most alcoholic drinks are exempt form standard food ingredient labelling. This I presume has been because the ingredients used in the brewing process are not actually what ends up in the bottle. We use malted barley, water hops and yeast in the brewing process but we extract the sugar from the barley which the yeast then turns into alcohol, Carbon Dioxide and other flavours, most of the barley never makes it into the finished product and neither does the yeast. Because of this there has never been consensus on how to report the ingredients, this is changing and legislation should come in over the next few years that stipulates how this is recorded within the EU.

Thanks

Comment on Adnams Broadside a premium bitter like no other by Si Barry

Si Barry — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:04:59 +0000

Why is there no nutritional information, in standard food and drink industry format, on your products??

Comment on Solebay Celebratory Beer by Fergus

Fergus — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:49:06 +0000

you’re welcome Stuart, I don’t think I ever did say thanks for the beers that you sent so wanted to return the favour.

Comment on Solebay Celebratory Beer by Stuart Howe

Stuart Howe — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:00:18 +0000

Fergus hi,

Many thanks. You are indeed a diamond amongst diamonds.

Had mine on Saturday night. Very good, like a more accomplished version of King Cobra. You could definitely taste the lagering.

Clever boy!

Stuart x

Comment on Solebay Celebratory Beer by DarkCompass 431 – Universal Ale « DarkCompass

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Comment on Adnams Regatta 4.3% ABV – now available by James RG

James RG — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:14:56 +0000

I was fortunate enough to have a Regatta Mini Cask at my fathers birthday party this weekend, it was very well received a wonderful summer beer.

Comment on Can A Stainless Brewery Have A Soul? by MikeMcG

MikeMcG — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:26:12 +0000

I love old breweries, with wood, copper, steam engines, rickety stairs, etc & for a while I worked in one (Brakspear’s, Henley, now a ‘Hotel du Vin’ – Oh the shame of it!) but I totally agree that it’s the people, ethos, ingredients, flavours, skill, passion, etc, not the glowing patina of the antique brew-plant that makes for a brewery with heart & soul.

Comment on Can A Stainless Brewery Have A Soul? by Darren T

Darren T — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:46:21 +0000

The soul of any brewery is its beer, surely? As long as the end-product tastes fantastic, what’s to worry about?

Comment on Menu by Kate Zielinski

Kate Zielinski — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:24:44 +0000

We had dinner at the Crown last Saturday evening. I have to say that it has been the best dinner I have had at the Crown for such a long time.
Me and my husband have been coming for probably ten years. New Chef? Felt like it. The puddings were much lighter and to sound really poncy, refined and fresher feeling.
The starters and mains really well thought through and nicely balanced. We were bringing friends from London who eat well and are brilliant cooks and they were really impressed. It is the relaxed atmosphere that is the key as the food slowly makes an impression. It was lovely thank you so much.

Comment on Adnams Southwold Bitter a truly classic pint by William Rosser

William Rosser — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:47:24 +0000

Adnams Bottle Bitter And Broadside
Adnams bitter bottled and draught variants were for a long time among my favourites for very different reasons. Adnams bitter was always a pleasant well balanced pint I have not been able to obtain it recently having moved from Essex to the midlands. Suffolk strong bitter (bottled) was brilliant it had a thirst quenching sappy aggressively hoppy blood orange bitterness with no compromising sweetness. I have tried bottles of of bitter and broadside recently and found both over sweetened through addition of too much malt and the good fruit characters they had lost
CF sweetening of cough medicine which the beers now remind me of.