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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5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml bottle. Pours dark brown with a large head. Aroma is watery toffee. Taste has some spicy hop to start and a toffee malt finish. Watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2011
at 14:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. I wouldn’t say this stuff is bad exactly, but it certainly is boring, and definitely not an IPA. Pours clear amber with a small white head. Malty aroma with some earthy hops. Flavor is sweet with muddled fruits and malts, augmented by a curious bitterness. Medium in body with average carbonation. Finishes lightly hoppy and sweet. Drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Sep 2010
at 03:43
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml can. Amber, vanishing beige head. Nice if plain aroma of caramel and flowers. Taste is pretty straightforwardly sweet with finishing bitterness and salt. Light bodied. Very slight carbonation. There’s no magic here, but this is an OK bitter - maybe it really suffers in bottles.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Apr 2010
at 04:39
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Re-rate 1/26/13: Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks troubles. Clear amber. Aroma of cardboard, minerals, malt, a bit of caramel hints and some hoppy notes. Sweetish flavor with a bit of malt, light toasty notes and a more bitter and slightly hoppy finish. Very watery mouthfeel. Drinkable, but really boring. 5/3/5/2/10=2.5
Bottle sample at a tasting. Thanks tomer! Copper-amber color. Weak aroma with a bit of butter, sulphur and some malt. Sweetish flavor with slightly stale malt. Light-bodied. 4/3/5/2/9=2.3
Bottle sample at a tasting. Thanks tomer! Copper-amber color. Weak aroma with a bit of butter, sulphur and some malt. Sweetish flavor with slightly stale malt. Light-bodied. 4/3/5/2/9=2.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2009
at 03:24
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
At a tasting, ckear light coppry colour, malty aroma with notes of honeycomb and honey drops. Flcaramel, some light fruit, hints of hops and a dry soda like sensation, light bodied and a short sour aftertaste. easy to drink but not really exciting.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2009
at 00:36
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle. Amber with a foam that was small. Rather faint aroma of caramel, malt and maybe a little butter. Thin and watery, no hops. Malt, caramel, cookies and flowers. Boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2009
at 07:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml Bottle (Drink, Tallinn) - Copper coloured. Malty and fruity aroma. The taste is also malty and fruity, but is rather sterile. Could be worse, although it’s not very impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2009
at 02:44
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Apperance; Light caramel, clear with a small white head. Aroma; some sence of hops and flowers. lightly bitter at the end. Not to much taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2009
at 18:01
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Very mild in both flavor and aroma. Smooth, almost too smooth. Light (and I mean LIGHT) hops, and caramel malts. If it were any stronger it would be all alcohol flavor, but thankfully it’s just over 3.5%. Not offensive, though. (Draught at Full Monty, Yokohama)
Tried
on 11 Jan 2009
at 06:08
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Handed this at a family get together over Christmas, which wouldn’t have been so bad were it not for the fact that I was then passed another, yum. Straight out of the can so colour difficult to determine, taste was smooth, lazy and with a soft bitterness, plenty of caramel and few hops, I suppose it was what I expected really. A4 A3 F4 P2 OV8 2.1
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2009
at 02:42