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Adnams PLC is a British Regional Brewery in Southwold , Suffolk , England .


HISTORY

Adnams Brewery was founded in 1872 when George and Ernest Adnams bought the Sole Bay Brewery in Southwold. The company was incorporated in 1890 , has remained independent since then, producing a range of beers for distribution mainly in East Anglia . At the beginning of 2004, Adnams purchased land in neighbouring town of Reydon to expand their business with a new distribution centre, which was nominated for the 2007 RICS East of England Award for Sustainability1.

The earliest recorded brewing on the site of Adnams was in 1396 by Johanna de Corby. The present brewery was taken over by George and Ernest Adnams in 1857 and turned into a public company in 1891. The Adnams family was joined by the Loftus family in 1901, and Adnams still has three members of the family working within the company, with John Adnams as president, Simon Loftus as chairman and Jonathan Adnams as joint managing director. Adnams remains committed to brewing cask ale and non themed pubs. Real Ale is available in 96 of its 98 pubs and it also supplies some 750 other outlets direct. New fermenting vessels were due to be installed in 2001 to cope with demand.


BRIEF DETAILS

The company produces Cask Ale and pasteurised bottled beers. Annual production is around 70,000 Barrel s.

Casks of Adnams ale used to be delivered to the Pub s of Southwold by horse and Dray until September 2006 when the Distribution Center was moved to a new location three miles outside the town.

Adnams' most recent advertising campaign has the slogan: "Beer from the Coast". Adnams is also a major regional wine merchant and pub company.

The company founded a charity, ''The Adnams Charity''2, in 1990 to celebrate its centenary as a public company. A percentage of the company's annual profits is used to support worthwhile causes within a 25 mile radius of Southwold.


BEERS


Brewery Information

  Name Adnams PLC
  Location Sole Bay Brewery<br/>East Green<br/>Southwold<br/>Sufolk<br/>IP18 6JW
  Owners Adnams has more than 1000 shareholders
  Opened 1890


Adnams produce three regular cask ales and six seasonal ales:

  • ''The Bitter'' - 3.7% session bitter, a regular beer.

  • ''Explorer'' - 4.3% best bitter. Introduced in 2004 as a summer seasonal; became a regular beer from February 2006.

  • ''Oyster Stout'' - 4.3% winter stout.

  • ''Regatta'' - 4.3% golden ale.

  • ''Broadside'' - 4.7% premium bitter, a regular beer.

  • ''Barley Mow'' - 5.0% amber ale, rich and full-bodied.

  • ''May Day'' - 5.0% golden ale.

  • ''Tally Ho'' - 7.0% barley wine, available during the winter months.

  • ''Old Ale'' - available from October 2006, "a cold weather beer" (alcohol content not yet known).


Plus three pasteurised bottled beers:

  • ''The Bitter'' (formerly ''Suffolk Strong Ale'') - 4.5% bottled version of the retired cask ''Extra''.

  • ''Explorer'' - 5.5% bottled ale which, like the cask ''Explorer'', is a blend of English and American styles.

  • ''Broadside'' - 6.3% bottled strong ale.



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