Greene King Abbot Reserve (Bottle)

Abbot Reserve (Bottle)
(Batch of Abbot Reserve)

 

Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.65
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 67
Very full bodied, rich and sweet with a higher bitterness to provide balance. Bursting with malty, biscuity and fruit cake character from the mixture of pale, amber and crystal malts. Masses of tropical fruits and floral fragrance from the hops, in particular the fragrant, floral and spicy Fuggles used as late hop together with extra Challenger, Pilgrim and First Gold. Very complex, rich and warming.

MALT: Pale, crystal, amber.
OPS: Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Clear pale brown with an ok but small white head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, herbs and some alcohol. Taste of toffee, biscuits, caramel, fruitcake, fudge, herbs and chocolate pudding. Moderate bitterness. Medium carbonation. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2025 at 22:33


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2017 - 500ml bottle, pours berries, caramel, toffee, biscuit, spices & malt. Moderate body. Dry mild bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2025 at 22:45


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Morrisons, online. Pours a clear amber with small beige head, spotted retention. Aroma is malty, toffee, fig, raisin. Taste is semi-sweet, quite rich with malty, toffee, biscuit, spice notes, some raisin fruitiness.Medium to full bodied, somewhat syrupy in mouth feel.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:23


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:15


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Bottle 0,5ltr: Clear amber colored brew with an dry bitter taste with very subtle hints of some sweet caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:20


8

Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2024 at 16:44


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Tesco. Pours clear, bright copper with a frothy, off-white head. Medium sweet flavour with notes of toasted malts, grapes, dried berries, mellow earthy hops, toasted toffee. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately sweet finish, further bready malts, a little toffee, English yeast, dried berries. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2024 at 22:29


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Tesco in Pulborough. Color: Clear amber, beige head. Aroma: Malty, caramel, some fruitcake, subtle butter. Taste: Malty, caramel, some fruit cake, hints of nuts. Quite some hopbitterness. Starting malty, finishing more hoppy. Green hops, dry-ish finish.A bit disappointing, was hoping for better.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2024 at 14:58


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Appearance is copper, with a foamy 1-2 finger head. Aroma is toffee, biscuity malt, some cakey marzipan, fruit cake, raisins. Taste is fruitcake, biscuity toffee malt, caramel, dark fruit hints, some sugary raisin, bready malt. Some boozy notes at the end.

Tried on 19 Mar 2023 at 20:02


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear copper colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour of sweet malt and some overripe apple. Fairly rich and full bodied.

Tried on 27 Jan 2023 at 21:36