Prior Life
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.30
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The eternally light Prior Life is an easy drinking All Day IPA with mellow tropical notes and a citrus aroma. This beer is a tribute to the original Bury St Edmunds master brewers, the Benedictine monks, whose ghosts are said to still walk the Abbey today. Prior Life is as divinely fruity as the low strength beer the monks would drink litres of daily, as it was safer than water at the time.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Decent easy drinkable session ipa. Especially at this alcohol level.
Not that thin texture.
Pale malt, fruity, herbal and citric.
[On tap at Number Forty-Seven in Troon, Scotland]
Not that thin texture.
Pale malt, fruity, herbal and citric.
[On tap at Number Forty-Seven in Troon, Scotland]
Tried
from Draft
at
Number Forty-Seven
on 22 Oct 2025
at 09:16
4.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
2/10/2025. Tap at Three Wise Monkeys, Ipswich. Okay pour. Aroma is malty, slightly worty, caramel, stewed fruity notes. Sweet, musty, fruit taste. More worty elements. Quite fizzy. Didn’t enjoy this much at all.
Tried
from Draft
at
Three Wise Monkeys
on 02 Oct 2025
at 14:51
6/10
More robust hops, some faint malt traces in the body. It’s perfectly drinkable, but unexciting.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2025
at 01:11
6/10
Tried
on 21 Sep 2024
at 13:50
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
[On tap at the Utilita Bowl, Southampton, while watching England getting thrashed by Australia in the IT20] A pale amber pour with a creamy white head; citrus aroma; weak tropical fruit taste; and a watery finish. Not too bad for an all-day session beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2024
at 09:01
8/10
Tried
on 05 May 2024
at 19:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can at home from Tesco. Pale and hazy golden colour with a white head. Roma and taste are light fruity sweet. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 01 May 2024
at 20:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from the local big Tesco. Pours clear gold with a creamy, white head. Light sweet flavour with some citric hops, lean pale biscuits, mild crispy hay. Light bodied with average carbonation. Fairly clean finish. Not bad, easygoing.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Apr 2024
at 18:52