Broadside

About the beer

Source: Adnams Brewery, Southwold, Suffolk
Style: Strong Bitter
Colour: Dark ruby red
Strength: 6.3% ABV
Ingredient: Pale Ale malt, First Gold hops

Story: Brewed to commemorate the fierce Battle of Sole Bay fought against the Dutch Republic in 1672 off the Southwold coast

Awards: Broadside is a multi-award winner, including ‘Best Strong Bitter’ in the country, and awarded a gold medal at the Great British Beer Festival. Voted ‘Best Strong Bitter’ in the country, it was duly awarded a bronze medal at GBBF in 2011 and Gold award in the International Beer Challenge in 2009.


Tasting at The United
           500ml bottle

Rating (out of 10): 7

Notes: I treasure strong beer, generally, but not this one, unfortunately.  The dark ruby red colour seems a bit misleading to me, as it reminds me of impression of "refined" and "elegant" tastes of Belgium trappist beers.  Disappointingly, taste of Broadside is quite pale (I mean not complex enough), and not hoppy enough.

However, it seems that Southwold is a nice town as seen from the internet photos.  Should be a nice place to visit.

By the way, it is also interesting to see so many breweries naming their beers as those "numerous" British military victories (Admiral's Ale, Spitfire, etc).