IPA Export (Cask)
(Batch of IPA Export)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Special Out of Production|
Score
5.87
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This new beer has been brewed exclusively for this Wetherspoon real-ale festival. A far stronger version of Greene King’s popular IPA, this uses English hop varieties to produce a full, hoppy character, evident from the aroma, through the flavour and into the finish, balanced by subtle flavours from pale and crystal malts.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dorada muy oscura, tipo red ale, bronce casi. Aroma malteado, igual que el sabor. Malta tostada, caramelo, fruto seco. Tira a dulzona. Y desde luego no parece una IPA. Ni en amargor, ni en lupulo. En cualquier caso se deja beber.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2015
at 12:10
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Clearly a strong ale, but not necessarily any better than Greene King’s regular IPA.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2012
at 10:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brewed exclusively for the 2011 Wetherspoon Spring beer festival, according to the blurb in the tasting notes: which is when I took these notes. Challenger and First Gold hops give this beer a great hoppy aroma and taste. The clear amber body and thin white head look good and the dry aftertaste and bitterness given by the aforementioned hop content produce a very fine beer indeed. I am not a huge fan of this brewery in general, but this and some other beers they brew are in fact very good.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2012
at 03:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at pub in London. A pretty decent beer. Nice dark golden colour, and a good head.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Oct 2011
at 08:01
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
30th March 2011
JDW Fest. Clear amber beer, bubbly white head. So can Greene King brew something resembling a proper IPA? Semi dry palate. Fresh malt. Detectable hops - mild citrus and a whisper of peach. Dry finish. Much better than it’s little brother but nothing to excited about.
JDW Fest. Clear amber beer, bubbly white head. So can Greene King brew something resembling a proper IPA? Semi dry palate. Fresh malt. Detectable hops - mild citrus and a whisper of peach. Dry finish. Much better than it’s little brother but nothing to excited about.
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2011
at 08:03
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
[Cask at Monk’s Retreat (JDW), Reading] Amber-brown with a cream soap-sud head. Toffee, farmyard sweepings and farts. Rather oily. Poor even by GK’s standards.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2011
at 15:08
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask at the Tyburn, JDW. Light, hazy gold pour with a creamy cap. Bland, light bread noce. Oof, this beer tastes weird/bad. Either a terrible beer or or terrible conditioning - or both. Messy malts, faint sugar, no bitterness. Watery. Medium in body with flat carbonation. Light dough and water on the finish with some sugars. Wow. Quite bad. I hope this is just an off-day.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Apr 2011
at 18:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Staple Hill Oak (JDW), Bristol 1/04/2011.dark amber with a decent white head. Sweet, bready malts and berry fruit leading to a decent bitter finish, with only a trace of cardboard on the downside. A full bodied beer that is a vast improvement on the standard GK IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Apr 2011
at 09:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Camperdown Place, JDW. Amber colour, dense off-white head. Aroma is caramel malts, bit of hops. Flavour is carame malts, hoppy, slightly creamy, hint of wood polish. Bitter finish. Not too well.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Apr 2011
at 08:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Clear reddish amber colour with lasting beige head. A good looking beer. Its got some GK yeast some sweet toffee malt. Full in mouth. Yes some GK aspects but some fullness you dont always get from this brewery. Tasty enough in mouth. Rich malty fruit is decent. Some hop sting or warming alcohol on finish. Fine. Worth a second pint
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Mar 2011
at 04:16