Beautifully crafted gluten free beer, expertly brewed from ancient grains & traditional ingredients.
In 1988 Derek Green had a problem. He had to avoid the gluten in barley and wheat, and at that time in the UK- indeed Europe - there was no gluten free beer available. A miserable life without beer lay ahead.
A natural entrepreneur though, he travelled across Europe at the start of the century getting brewery doors slammed in his face. The response was not good. “Too complicated” and “Why bother?” were common refrains.
So began a long process of discussions, meetings, trials, false hopes, and dead end trails. Breweries did not want to know about production that did not exist and one that could not be quantified.
The breakthrough came in 2003 when he met an eminent Belgian professor of brewing whom by coincidence had a daughter who also needed to avoid gluten, and there began a relationship with the mutual goal of brewing a beer made from alternative grains to barley, one that would be naturally gluten and wheat free. After numerous trials, in May 2004 Green’s launched the UK’s first ever naturally gluten free beer from Alternative Grains; named not surprisingly ‘Discovery’.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - sourced from Ocado. Labelled as ’Green’s Grand India Pale Ale’. Pours clear copper-gold with a creamy, off-white head. The nose holds white grape gummies, bread, tangerine. Medium sweet flavour with more gummy white grape and ripening citrus fruits, very slight piney bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Decent balance in the finish, some gummy candies, tangerine, bread, faint grass and pine. So so overall. Interesting.
Leighton (35102) reviewed Dry-Hopped Lager from Green's 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at home in London - sourced from Ocado. Labelled as ’Gold Dry-Hopped Lager’. Slow gusher! Pours clear gold, highly effervescent with a billowing, white head. The aroma holds lots of white grape, faint lemon, hay. Light sweet flavour with some doughy character, more gummy white grapes, melon, minimal bitterness, some simple sugars. Light bodied with lively, massaging carbonation. Sweet finish, quite basic, with more gummy character, ripening white grapes, lemon meringue, hints of biscuits. So so overall.
daniele (14510) reviewed Premium Pilsner from Green's 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
brew 2 bottle bb 10/10/18 pale clear thin head light citric bit citrus low bitterness hint fruity chiara limpida non molta schiuma in po grossolana non molta persistente leggero citrico leggero agrume non molto amara secchezza media un lieve fruttato
tsd08460 (2379) reviewed Dubbel Ale from Green's 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
500 ml bottle from Gentle Harvest in Marshall, VA Aroma: bread, stone fruits Appearance: ruby with an tan head Taste: med sweet, light bitter, light sour Palate: light body, soft carbonation, long finish, thin feel ok
labeerinthum (9171) reviewed Amber from Green's 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Il gusto al naso ricorda il miele. L’intensità olfattiva è normale e la persistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma ha una discreta resistenza ed è composto da bollicine di media grandezza. La carbonazione è media. Il liquido ha un aspetto nebbioso. Le bollicine sono fini. La carbonazione è media. Il colore è ambrato carico tendente rossiccio. Il corpo è rotondo. Il dolce è medio e l’amaro è medio: non si surclassano. L’intensità gustativa è normale. La persistenza gustativa è sufficiente. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali sono di pronta beva. Il finale è dissetante e semplice. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. L’aroma in bocca riporta sentori di miele, agrumi e frutta secca.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
(Bottle, 0.33 l, thanks FatPhil, 20160813) The beer poured deep amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had grass, fruitiness and earth. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, sweetness, earth, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. A weakish sweet hoppy pale ale.
Solastalgic (4950) ticked Gilded Golden Ale from Green's 9 years ago
Sweet malts, smooth finish. Ok.
chrisv10 (24620) reviewed Premium Pilsner from Green's 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle. Clear yellow with small white head. Aroma is malt, grainy, hop and cardboard. Flavour is malt, grainy, cardboard, hop, little sweet and a little bitter.