Fireside

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

Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter

Score

6.06

ABV: 4.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 49

Masses of grapefruit and lemon citrus from the Cascade late hop with herbal dry hop background from the copper hops. Sweetness and body comes from the pale and crystal malts and the black malt adds enough dryness and astringency to keep the beer refreshing.

MALT: Pale, Crystal, Black.
HOPS: Challenger, First Gold, Cascade.

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Deanso (15673) ticked Fireside (Cask) from Greene King 3 months ago

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

Pint on cask at the Gate House JDW 7:03 PM 2 Dec 22

Tried from Cask at Gate House (JDW) on 03 Dec 2025 at 15:38

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

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle from LCB. Clear amber brown with small beige top. No big aroma - some malts, citrus and fusty hop. Taste is better if somewhat filtered with toffee and caramel, plum, mild citrus, straw. Light to medium bodied, semi-dry, moderate fizz; goes down easily. Ok session bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:08

WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Fireside (Cask) from Greene King 2 years ago

Tried on 06 Jan 2024 at 15:57

6.4

Fergus (31329) reviewed Fireside (Cask) from Greene King 2 years ago

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

A clear chestnut copper coloured pour with a lasting speckled head. Aroma is toasted malts, twig, rye light smoke, dusty cottage,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty twiggy malts, malt loaf, raisin, fruit toasted malts dusty raisin, fruit dusty roast. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, mellow carbonation. Not bad.

Tried on 11 Dec 2023 at 13:39

5.9

allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Fireside (Cask) from Greene King 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the Corstorphine Inn. Pours clear amber to brown Ruth a thin off-white head. Aromas of toffee and caramel, faint soap and dried herbs. Taste is thin, malt sweet, toffee again. A little dishwater tbh. Thin finish.

Tried from Cask on 03 Dec 2023 at 20:22

Edwgallo (6795) ticked Fireside (Cask) from Greene King 2 years ago

Tried from Cask on 15 Nov 2023 at 13:09

5.9

Martinsh (3610) reviewed Fireside (Cask) from Greene King 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a dark ruby with a small off-white head and good lacing. Malts are the mainstay of the aroma, along with some hints of autumn fruits. In the mouth it is sweet and malty with stewed apples and winter pears. A touch of singer after a while as well. Finish is quite dry. It’s OK.

Tried from Cask on 23 Dec 2022 at 15:13

eurosoba (18570) ticked Fireside (Cask) from Greene King 3 years ago

29/03/2008. BULL, Market Place, BRAINTREE, Essex, England

Tried on 05 Dec 2022 at 15:44

RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Fireside (Cask) from Greene King 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

1/3 pint, cask at Greene King Beer Cafe. Remaining beige head to a clear mahogany coloured body, upper part lacing. Moderate stewed fruity smell. Dried fruity taste joined by mid-sweet malts. Malt-fruity end. Fair enough. (Bury St Edmunds 12.11.2021).

Tried from Cask on 01 Dec 2021 at 19:56

5.8

SHIG (13882) reviewed Fireside (Cask) from Greene King 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask: Poured a brown with light edges, head is frothy tan. Aroma is sweet malts. Taste is buttery, malts, light toffee.

Tried from Cask on 01 Feb 2020 at 12:48