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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5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Wheathseaf, Frimley Green - 05/01/13. Clear golden with a thin off white head. Nose carries light fruit, GK yeast strain. light malt, grain. Taste follows. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation, bitter dry in the finish. Boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2013
at 01:30
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
0.5l can. This is a clear champagne-brown beer with a nice medium sized and heavy lacing off-white head. Some sweetness on the aroma, hints of peachy fruits and a little bit of bubblegum. Not extreme, but nice enough. Mild oily to watery mouthfeel, and it's soft to average carbonated. Not to extreme in flavor really. Really low on the bitterness, it's mild floral, some thin maltiness going on with a hint of something light burned. Ehm, this is quite a boring one - even for a English style IPA, but it does certainly not have any clear flaws. Drinkable. 03.08.2012
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2012
at 23:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Acres, Solihull. Poured a lovely golden brown with a frothy white head, lots of lace and some carbonation. A hint of malt in the aroma leading to a slightly and surprisingly malty taste. There is very little bitterness in the flavour which very much hits you in the palate. A very smooth IPA it must be said and very different to the bottled version. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2012
at 14:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cast at the Shakespeare’s Head, JDW, London. Pours perfectly clear amber-gold with a super tight, lasting cream head. Weak bready malts in the nose, with faint citrus notes. Light sweet flavor with some toasty, doughy bread, light citrus, lime. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Bland finish, creamy cheap-tasting malts, light toast, citrus, dough. Not super offensive, but it’s pretty tastes pretty industrial; it just lacks character.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2012
at 02:59