IPA
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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5/10
Tried
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:47
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at some pub. Cask. Clear pale copper colour with a thin white head. Aroma has biscuits, caramel malts, oranges, light pines and pale malts. Taste is light bitter. Light to medium bodied. Slightly drying finish. Rather average, better than the canned version.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2019
at 21:00
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap in Cyprus. Nice medium dark hay colour and good foam, soft malty hops on the nose. Flavour is weak malt with vague hops. Not sharp or interesting enough to be, uh, interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2019
at 11:29
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
23/10/2019. Bottle at Ipswich Town v Rotherham (we lost and played poorly but that didn't influence this review as the beer was 'enjoyed' pre-match). The choice had been Carling, Bulmers or this. It wasn't my first taste of GK IPA from the bottle, but first for many years, and it will certainly be my last. It was even worse than I remembered it. It was served in a clear plastic bottle as no glass allowed at football but I don't think that played a part, as it wasn't as if I'd particularly enjoyed the previous ones I'd had from glass bottles. It's better cask, but bottled it just was not nice at all. It's such a shame that so many good brewers get swallowed up or go bust and yet this over-hyped brand sells so well. Neither of us could finish our bottles and threw about half away. £8.20 well spent, not. And did I mention the football was rubbish too?
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2019
at 10:13
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
50cl can. Pours a nice reddish amber with moderate white foam. Aroma is generic malt and caramel. Body is thin with average carbonation. Taste is moderately sweet with a little bitterness. Final is insignificant.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Sep 2019
at 19:34
4/10
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Sep 2019
at 19:58
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
500 ml bottle. Clear amber, small foamy head. Corn, malt, nuts, caramel, lemon. Malty sweetness, dry bitterness. Light bodied, oily watery texture, soft carbonated, dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2019
at 16:52
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Clear bottle from LIDL. Deep amber, off white low cream. Light body, oxidized roast, light herbal and grassy hops, light biquitty malt. Balanced, but boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2019
at 15:30
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Clear amber, thick offwhite head. Malty, caramely aroma. Malty flavour with light bitter hops, light doughy and fruity notes.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2019
at 16:26
