Imperial IPA
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.63
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Our Imperial Rich & Full-bodied India Pale Ale. A sweet malty taste and aroma with floral, tropical fruits and toffee notes. Our Imperial IPA is brewed to a higher strength, with a sweet, malty taste and aroma with floral, tropical fruits and toffee notes.
Our brewing heritage dates back to 1799, and it was some years later in 1887 that Greene & King joined together over their love of great beer. To celebrate our rich heritage, we based this excellent new beer on a recipe that we discovered in our archives. This sweet and malty, full-bodied ale is a testament to our incredible brewers.
Our brewing heritage dates back to 1799, and it was some years later in 1887 that Greene & King joined together over their love of great beer. To celebrate our rich heritage, we based this excellent new beer on a recipe that we discovered in our archives. This sweet and malty, full-bodied ale is a testament to our incredible brewers.
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6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2026
at 12:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2026
at 12:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
3/4/2026. Bottle at the Good Friday ITFC beer share. From Waitrose, Ipswich. Good pour. Tons of sweet toffee and malts. Grainy, lightly boozy. Medium to heavy sweetness, fruity bitters, slight tart edge. Smooth. GKIPA on steroids.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations)
on 03 Apr 2026
at 12:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Clear 500ml bottle from Morrison's (Tiverton). Poured into an old Abbot Ales glass tankard at home on 11th March 2026. Nice, clean and clear amber body, white crust on top. Toffee/caramel nose and initial taste, calms down with a pleasing hop bitterness. Keeps it's malty sweetness, even when the hops kick in.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 11 Mar 2026
at 20:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from somewhere and had as part of my homemade advent calendar. Good pour and a real malt assault on the nose. You can really taste the house yeast and there was an weird aniseed flavour. Yeast, some bitter hops and a shed load of malt. Ok, but wouldn't buy again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2025
at 21:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Spotty beige head on a dark reddish brown coloured body.
Malt, winey & bitter aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp in the tongue with a cloying back.
Heavy malt, pine, grapefruit & citrussy tastes with a tangy hopped finish.
Nice enough.
Malt, winey & bitter aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp in the tongue with a cloying back.
Heavy malt, pine, grapefruit & citrussy tastes with a tangy hopped finish.
Nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2025
at 21:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle from Morrisons.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Nice bitterness. Good for a Green King beer.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Nice bitterness. Good for a Green King beer.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 29 Jun 2025
at 10:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[50cl bottle from Morrisons, Bracknell.] A bright copper coloured pour with a thick white head; malty aroma with a hint of spice and sweetness; malty caramel taste, slightly sticky on the lips, with some raisins to finish. More of an English Strong Ale than an Imperial IPA, but very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 27 Jun 2025
at 18:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Nice traditional British IPA, maybe too much toffee in aroma and flat carbonation, drinkable but calling it Imperial?
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2025
at 11:54