IPA Export
(has 2 batches)

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.

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.

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.

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

Originally rated January 2009. It pours a clear caramel colour with a big foamy off-white head, some decent lacing and better than average retention. Beautiful aroma of butterscotch with a touch of hop. A very nice balance between sweet and bitterness. This is also found in the taste. Medium-thin mouthfeel that is not watery, but close (and fits well this brew). Bread and grass are also in the flavour. The sweet scent does disappear fast, as I can not find it anymore. Weird that they call this one an IPA, when it is a bitter. Oh well, like most Greene King products I have had... nothing spectacular, but quite good overall.

500ml bottle. Pours dark amber with a medium head. Aroma is faint, spicy, skunky caramel. Taste is spicy malt to start and a skunky caramel finish.

Bouteille 500ml ("Export" mentionné nulle part sur la bouteille mais titrée à 5,0% d’alcool). De couleur ambrée-cuivrée foncée et claire. Nez de houblon herbeux, floral et légèrement terreux, moyen de caramel aux petites notes rôties, léger de butterscotch avec des traces fruitées (agrumes). Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture très légèrement crémeuse et aux petites notes aqueuses. Notes fruitées (agrumes, faibles traces de raisins) accompagné d’une légère amertume de houblon floral et légèrement terreux (une amertume présente en arrière-plan toute la gorgée) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel très légèrement rôti avec un léger goût de biscuits, des notes de butterscotch et des traces de pain grillé puis en finale l’amertume de houblon reprend légèrement le dessus en étant légèrement asséchante avec des notes herbeuses. Post-goût moyen et aux notes sèches, moyen-léger amer de houblon floral, légèrement herbeux et aux petites notes terreuses.

Bottle from Morrisons. Clear copper colour, off-white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malts, bread, some grassy hops. Flavour is caramel malts, grassy, bit alcoholic, fairly bitter, sweet finish.