IPA (Filtered)
(Batch of IPA)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.32
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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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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
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
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Can.Amber colour with medium white head.Aroma of toasted malt and caramel light body and toasted mouthfeels smooth and thin body.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2019
at 11:49
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Can @ Home. Pours clear deep golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, little bread, dusty, light sourness, grass. Flavor is light sweet, malt, caramel, bread, dusty hoppy, hay, grass. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation, light sweet finish. 210319
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2019
at 17:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
This evening the British parliament has to decide about leaving the EU, so why not have a classical British beer? This oldtimer is canned and has a amber golden colour with a short lived white head. Sweet aroma with caramel malts, earthy notes and grasses. Sweet fruits. Lightly toasted bread with honey. Taste is sweet. Light to medium body with a soft carbonation. Dry and fruity finish. Clean and classic. Too bad about the Brexit thing, so foolish.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2019
at 18:52
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Pours clear amber. Aroma is vegetables, candy. Body is light, more vegetables, lowish carbonation, decently bitter. Dryish palate. Good, considering this is a bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2019
at 21:29
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from a small shop near the London Eye. Pours clear copper with a near white head. Aroma is fruity with a bit of malt. Med minus body. Flavor is fruit and malt. Dryish. Barely bitter, if at all. I’d drink it under some circumstances, but not today.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2018
at 22:12