IPA Reserve (Cask)
(Batch of IPA Reserve)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Regular|
Score
6.24
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Warming with a mellow fruit aroma featuring grapefruit and orange citrus tones combined with floral and herbal notes from the Styrian Goldings hop variety, leading to a dry bitter finish.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol, November 2012. Reddish amber with a slight, off-white head. Rich, rounded caramel notes, red berries, tropical fruit wine gums and a decent, bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2013
at 08:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Poured from cask into a nice little one-third pint glass at JDWs Penderels Oak. Off-white, fine laced head. Next to clear amber-red in body appearance. Mild dusty hops mixed with grainy malts to the nose. Dark grapefruits, some herbs and semi-sweet malts in the flavour profile. Smooth dry bitter finish. Well bodied. Half way pleasing (London, 01.11.2012).
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Nov 2012
at 11:48
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
25th October 2012
Crosse Keys Spoons. Light haze on this amber beer, tidy off white head. Smooth palate. Semi dry sweet malts with a little cream. Usual Greene King repressed hops - a trace of lemony citrus. Finishes dry. Not bad - some more hops would have been good of course.
Crosse Keys Spoons. Light haze on this amber beer, tidy off white head. Smooth palate. Semi dry sweet malts with a little cream. Usual Greene King repressed hops - a trace of lemony citrus. Finishes dry. Not bad - some more hops would have been good of course.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2012
at 06:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Samuel Peto Spoons Folkestone. Clear pale brown colour thin beige head. One of the best GK beers I have had in some time. Ok aroma ok malts still a little grainy but even some hops on the finish. Decent
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2012
at 09:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ JDW Standing Order, Edinburgh 261012 (Taster)
Golden amber, clear, thin dense white head, with some lacing
Aroma - caramel malts, soft citrus, soft aroma
Taste - soft caramel, soft citrus hop, light toffee, soft english hedgerow hops, good I’m not getting much of that GK yeast, flavour little too understated...going towards 6.5 for taste
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body. Finish as main flavour, soft bitter linger
Overall - Well this not as bad as I’ve heard...step in the right direction for GK and considerably better than than the dismal IPA
Golden amber, clear, thin dense white head, with some lacing
Aroma - caramel malts, soft citrus, soft aroma
Taste - soft caramel, soft citrus hop, light toffee, soft english hedgerow hops, good I’m not getting much of that GK yeast, flavour little too understated...going towards 6.5 for taste
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body. Finish as main flavour, soft bitter linger
Overall - Well this not as bad as I’ve heard...step in the right direction for GK and considerably better than than the dismal IPA
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2012
at 09:46
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Light brown colour with quick fading head. Subtle fruity aroma with some darker malts coming through. Quite an unpleasant gassiness on the palate. Flavour is on the whole quite bitter with slight malty fruitiness.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2012
at 12:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Quinns Head (Harlequins RUFC ground) into a plastic pint glass - 21/04/12. Orange amber pour with small white head. Sweet malt and orange on the nose but more so didn’t have so much of that boring GK whiff about it! Sweetish tasting with caramel and hops. Medium bodied with a sweetish finish. Better than standard GK IPA by a good margin but pretty average.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2012
at 14:38