Bretwalda (Bottle)
(Batch of Bretwalda)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.38
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It is deep red in colour, with a distinctive aroma and a flavour which is full of spicy and fruity characteristics. Hops used: Fuggles, Goldings, Stryian
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear 500ml bottle, best before the end of June 2010, drank before the end of Feb 2010. Poured into my ’Old Speckled Hen’ vase shapped pint glass. The body colour is a reddy/browny/dark amber, clear and clean looking. On top sat a well formed tan/off-white foaming head, plenty of bubbles rising through the body, looked good to be honest. Toffee apple smells with some hop aromas coming through as the beer warmed in the glass. Sweetish malt taste and feel at first, then a hop bitterness takes over as the mouth begins to dry. A soft flowery, English Summer Garden sort of feeling came over me as I drank the pint, really enjoyed it. I am going to a Greene King tasting evening with Roger Protz in a few weeks, I hope this is on cask to try. Greene King produce a vast number of beers for supermarkets, some cheap and not very good, this however I found very pleasant, easy to drink and interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2012
at 06:10
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Red-amber in colour with a slight, off-white head. Earthy malt and sweet fruit aroma. Flavour of barley sugar, with some more earthiness and short bitter finish. Unmemorable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2009
at 16:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Sainsburys. Reddish copper with a fast fading white head, and moderate carbonation; aroma of rich, slightly spicy, caramel malts; spicy fruit flavours; and a lightly spiced sweet bitter finish with perhaps a touch of lemon. Not bad for GK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2009
at 15:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Sainsburys, Kidlington, Oxon and consumed at Towersey Festival, Oxon 2009 Poured amber with an off-white head. Aroma on this one is very spicy with a touch of malt. The taste is also spicy but malty, there is toffee also, not bad for a GK beer but unfortunately its a touch too sweet for me. A6 A3 F6 P3 Ov12 3.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2009
at 13:13
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500 ml bottle from Sainsbury. Clear orange brown, very thin off white head. Some GK house yeast on aroma. Some appley fruit. Some tangerine/clementine fruit too. Moderate hops. Fine if not too exciting
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2009
at 10:45