IPA
(has 3 batches)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.28
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A perfectly balanced ale, characterised by its fresh hoppy taste and a clean bitter finish. The Official Beer of England Rugby, Greene King IPA is now the fastest selling cask ale in the UK.
Abv reduced from 3.6% to 3.4% in September 2023 “to help the company combat rising costs while maintaining the same crisp flavor of the beer”.
Abv reduced from 3.6% to 3.4% in September 2023 “to help the company combat rising costs while maintaining the same crisp flavor of the beer”.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled pint into an IPA badged UK pint sleeve on 28 Sep 2013 in the lovely Castle Hotel on the A41 at Bletchley (Shropshire). I was at the GBBF 2004 (Olympia) the day this got the ’Silver Award’ and I was a shocked as most CAMRA members were at the time. I’ve drank it plenty of times over the years in cask form but never rated it for some reason. Anyway: it’s OK and sometimes it’s really good. Amber, white head and hoppy enough for me. Still loads of bars selling this beer, so it must appeal to a fairly large audience otherwise Greene King would have pulled it by now.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2013
at 06:06
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Small off-white head over totally clear orange-copper beer. Caramel, biscuit, crystal malt.... eeeeuuhh... hops? What about those green things? Faintly salty hint. Taste is much less sweet than the nose suggested, but still mainly toasted, and above all, watery and rather spritzy to fizzy. Warming up, some (again faint, of course) liquorice. Feels overcarbonated. Very, very light, bit slick. Disappointing. And I’m being polite. What about bottling some 5X for a change? And, please in REAL beer bottles. Brown glass, that is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2013
at 09:59
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml can. Pours a clear copper dark amber colour, foamy off-white head leaving lots of lacing, and aroma is malty mash with a faint hint of floral hop. Taste is similar, malty, with caramel plus a slightly roasted note, and a very light dry bitterness. Light bodied with medium carbonation. OK.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2013
at 12:21