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Monday, 24 January 2011

M&S Southwold Winter IPA


Quick review of this beer, picked up, obviously, in M&S the other day. Funny enough when i got home i read a review of this beer by Darren at Blog o' Beer, which made me want right there and then. But it was mid morning so i put it off til after i picked the kids up from school, seemed the sensible thing to do!
Brewed for them by Adnams its 6.7% and 500mls. Not sure though i can add to much more to Darrens post really, but cut n' pasting would be a tad lazy.
Okay, lovely amber brown colour, frothy but diminishing head. Nutty malty aroma, good sharpness - grapefruit, nice medium body with a bit of dry fruit in there.
As i write this i'm supping a Marble Dobber, full on good smack in the face grapefruit there, but this Winter IPA is more rounded, calmer, and one i would drink more than the Marble i suspect.

Edited 25/1 to correct abv %. 
2nd edit:
Crap, i forgot the FABPOW with this beer. Rowntrees Randoms - went brilliantly, light juiciness and sweetness with the IPA dryness and sharpness. High class here!
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3 comments:

  1. Mark N25 January 2011 at 07:30

    Darren mentioned 6.7%, but yours came in at 4%??
    I'm guessing yours is most likely to be correct, although how they get away with calling a 4% beer an IPA I'll never know.

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  2. Baron Orm25 January 2011 at 09:35

    Adnams Innovation [baron rating 5/5] is 6.7% and I think this is a relabelled version of Innovation.

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  3. arn25 January 2011 at 09:43

    No he's right Darren, just went on the M&S website to clarify. Thanks.
    Dont know where that came from??!!

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