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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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
April 2009: I am having a Pale Ale day and this is my first one (Purity Mad Goose, Brew Dog Punk IPA and a Brooklyn East India Pale Ale to follow). The 660ml brown bottle was out of date by two months on opening and was poured into two vase shaped glasses, one a pint, the other a half. Looked fine, clear and mid-amber in colour, the head was almost white and full, staying for most of the tasting. Hops dominated the aroma, not ’in your face’ nasty, just a good harty smell (First Gold and Challenger are used). The hops are also the main feature of the taste, again not over the top. The beer has a good balance and all the ingrediants blend together to produce an easy drinking ale with a typical English IPA feel to it. At 3.6% you don’t get a huge mouthfeel or heavy body, but you would never guess it had such a low alcohol content. I am not a big fan of Greene King (for many reasons), but credit where credit is due, this is a good beer and one I have often drunk, although normally in cask form.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2012
at 03:25
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle from SB cons 2012-04-05 Göteborg Ar: hoppy, wee caramel, brown bread Ap: clear ruby colored body, 2 cm frothy wee bubbly steady brownish creme beige head F: fizzy, thin body, wee caramel, alcholic, bread, medium ++ bitterness
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2012
at 11:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ Olutravintola Kahdet Kasvot
Aroma has bready malt, toffee and goldings hops. Flavour has toffee, some hay and hints of caramel. Surprisingly much hops for the style. But still yet another toffee-filled British bitter.
Aroma has bready malt, toffee and goldings hops. Flavour has toffee, some hay and hints of caramel. Surprisingly much hops for the style. But still yet another toffee-filled British bitter.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2012
at 06:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ the Bladnoch Inn. Pours amber with a decent head. The nose has grapes, apples and toffee. The taste is more apples and toffee. The palate is medium bodied, quite creamy in texture with a clean-ish finish. Overall, better than in cask, I think. Worth having another, so I did.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2012
at 11:20
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 5
Cask, somewhere in London when on holiday. Clear dark copper color, small lacing on top. Don’t smell much, just a slight bitterness. Taste is pretty poor, weak, lightly bitter, nothing more. Not even a nice bitterness. No carbo, no body.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2011
at 01:43