Abbot Reserve

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

Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular

Score

6.69

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.
HOPS: Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles

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7.4

Grumpelmies (1741) reviewed Abbot Reserve (Bottle) from Greene King 2 months ago

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

7.9

lad_newton (4207) reviewed Abbot Reserve (Cask) from Greene King 2 months ago

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

Cask at the Old Trout, Southend on 10th December 2025. Crystal clear copper with shallow foam and almost no lacing. Rich malty aroma. Intense nutty maltiness in-mouth and finish. Velvet smooth texture and a full body.

Tried from Cask at Olde Trout Tavern on 10 Dec 2025 at 20:41

gave a cheers!

6.8

Deanso (15673) reviewed Abbot Reserve (Cask) from Greene King 3 months ago

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

Pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bittersweet aftertaste

Tried from Cask at Gate House (JDW) on 12 Nov 2025 at 18:39

gave a cheers!

cagarvie (40076) reviewed Abbot Reserve (Cask) from Greene King 7 months ago

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

cask...Copper colour ... sweet caramel malt ... very sweet caramel malts but over powered bitter ... some grassy hop in linger

Tried on 28 Jul 2025 at 14:08

6.5

Convair880 (6926) ticked Abbot Reserve from Greene King 1 year ago

Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2025 at 16:15

6.6

jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Abbot Reserve (Bottle) from Greene King 1 year ago

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

dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Abbot Reserve (Bottle) from Greene King 1 year ago

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