Fireside (Bottle)
(Batch of Fireside)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.26
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Ruby in colour; robust and refreshing in taste, Fireside is a fantastic winter warmer. Citrus hops leave a mellow, fruity linger on the palate balanced with malty overtones. Savour Fireside alone or enjoy with friends, the perfect winter ale.
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dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Fireside (Bottle) from Greene King 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle from LCB. Clear amber brown with small beige top. No big aroma - some malts, citrus and fusty hop. Taste is better if somewhat filtered with toffee and caramel, plum, mild citrus, straw. Light to medium bodied, semi-dry, moderate fizz; goes down easily. Ok session bitter.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Fireside (Bottle) from Greene King 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Fireside (Bottle) from Greene King 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From November 2008: Brown 500ml bottle poured into a Hoegaarden Grand Cru stemmed tulip glass (one and a half times). Tawny or light ruby red in colour, clear and clean. an off-white head sat on top, large at first, then a collar and wisp. Like some others, I found a Belgian Beer aroma at first, this did fall away somewhat but it was still evident right to the end of the drink. A maltiness took over as the main smell once the beer began to warm a little, still pleasant though. The beer tasted OK, not as rich or flavoursome as the aroma hinted at, but better than a lot of bottled UK stuff. The malt from the aroma was there as was a bit of citrus fruit and toffee. Watery in the mouthfeel and certainly not full bodied as mentioned on the labelling. I’d need a roaring fire and a glass of Port with this beer to make it into a Winter Warmer, but it is an OK beer and one of Greene Kings better products.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Fireside (Bottle) from Greene King 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
[Cask at Copa, Reading] Orange-brown with a moderate creamy head. Fairly thick mouthfeel with a slight fizz. Treacley malts, with some toffee, plums and autumn leaf mulch. Sweet, rather dull. Recognisably Greene King, unfortunately, but not as poor as some of theirs.
CH-303 (4723) reviewed Fireside (Bottle) from Greene King 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Appearance: Brownish red. Almost no head. Aroma: Nice malt and hops. Some fruit. Taste: Nice bitterness. Some malt and caramel. Info: 500ml bottle, 21/12-2009
pivnizub (12821) reviewed Fireside (Bottle) from Greene King 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Clear ruby-amber coloured, small persistent off-white layer. Medium to solid toasty and fruity - raisins - nose. Moderate sweet-bitter flavour, astonishingly "full" bodied for a beer of 4.5%, soft MF. Lingering fruity-malty finish with a tinge of cacao-powder and lemony hoppy touch in the aftertaste. Good and pleasant............
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Fireside (Bottle) from Greene King 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
50cl bottle. Amber color. Malty and fruity taste (citrusy) and a nice touch of pine. Found it to have a nice caramel touch. Drinkable and not bad at all.
MoritzF (10566) reviewed Fireside (Bottle) from Greene King 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(bottle) Clear, amber colour with a medium-sized, light-beige foamy head. Light-sweet and discreet toasty malty aroma with liquorice, toffee and an aromatic lemon-fruity and piney hoppy blend. Light-bitter flavour, rather slim bodied with a moderate, slightly crispy carbonation. Slim toast-malty and fruity taste, slightly nutty with liquorice; moderately dry and slightly bitter finish with fruity hops A bit slim but still pretty aromatic brew (24.05.08).
Downender (11275) reviewed Fireside (Bottle) from Greene King 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Brown-red with slight head. Fruity aroma followed by a sweet malt flavour with some hops in the finish. Unremarkable.
Fin (18365) reviewed Fireside (Bottle) from Greene King 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle picked up at local Sainsburys. Ruby red in colour as it states, with a tasty slightly nutty and malty flavour. The aroma gives off sweetish notes along with the malt there is some hops detected in both nose and taste.