IPA (Filtered)
(Batch of IPA)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.31
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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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4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
500ml bottle. Mahogany body with a medium white head. Vague aroma of ……..beer? Flavor is mild malty with a great lack of bitterness. OK it’s very low in abv, but why call it an IPA? What’s next – non-alcoholic IPA? It’s not supposed to be like that. This beer is weak on malt and hops even compared to a bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2007
at 11:07
4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3
The can poured clear copper with decent white head. The aroma has some big malts of the pale variety, caramel malts, biscuit malts and virtually no hops. A bit of a disappointment right from the start. Also this beer has “IPA” on the label in a huge font yet ratebeer has it listed as bitter. Might really be a mild. As it warmed a bit I’m getting sweet butterscotch in the nose. The carbonation is low and softens what little flavor there is. The taste is much like the smell, pity. I get pale malts, hints of caramel, biscuit, butterscotch and a mild vague bitterness. Thoroughly disappointing product.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2007
at 21:42
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml can. Look this was on the bargain shelf of Sainsbury’s as a single can ok? I couldn’t not buy it could I? Crystal clear copper colour with lasting off white head. GK yeast and nuttiness on aroma. Bit of earthy hop and caramel. More thin caramel in mouth. Some hop on end, but mostly the beer has this thin caramel flavour. It’s not horrible, but nor is it interesting, with only a vague hop presence. Bit thin and watery.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2007
at 12:01
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
660ml bottle; pours a pale copper colour, the off-white head falls back quickly to leave a flatish pint:clean hoppy aroma with a trace of green grass; flavour of hops and malt, well -balanced. Pleasant and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2006
at 13:33