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The future of beer lies in the past.

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’.
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Holmen_1 (15008) reviewed
Blond from Green's
13 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Flaske fra polet, delt med Egil: høyt,varig skum og litt uklar gylden farge. Tørr bitterhet med smak preget av bitterappelsin, nellik og litt koriander. Ikke den mest sjarmerende blondine jeg har møtt, men et hyggelig nok bekjentskap.
Tried on 10 Feb 2013 at 00:08
Nisse666 (18521) reviewed
Blond from Green's
13 years ago
3.9/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bortled from Vinmonpolet Trysil cons 2013-02-09 Göteborg AR: white bread, white syrup, when poured à more sweet fruitiness aroma AP: pale copper, high fizzy/frothy chemical white head F: yeasty, watery, wee white sugar, heavy and sharp carbonation, medium bitterness, finish is Belgian yeastinees
Tried on 09 Feb 2013 at 09:48
Bytemesis (16558) reviewed
Tripel Ale (prev Quest Gluten Free Tripel Ale) from Green's
13 years ago
4.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle thanks to a gluten intolerant friend. Pours light amber with a huge super-fizzy off-white head that dissipates almost instantly leaving a network of huge foamy bubbles in the glass and oddly clumpy lacing. Aroma is yeast, fruit, lemon, windex. Flavor is quite sweet, spicy and oddly astringent, yeasty. Lemony rye-spice aftertaste. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2012 at 15:01
McDermottDrink (4736) reviewed
Tripel Ale (prev Quest Gluten Free Tripel Ale) from Green's
14 years ago
5.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500 ml Bottle for review from Louis Glunz. Well, no one will be fooled into thinking this is a Tripel, it’s a gluten-free beer, after all, but points for making a GF beer in a style that might accept some candy tastes. So this one actually pours a little darker than a true Tripel. Another fizzly head, but this is just a trifle closer to the style. Smell is pretty light, with a hint of sweetness over everything else. Taste is missing the cidery sourness of other GF beers until the glass gets much warmer. Instead, the sweetness of a Tripel stands in. My nose finds no off notes as it goes further into the glass. I do get a bit of sour as I fill my glass a second time, and it cannot be imagined to be the same as any Belgian beer funk. This is probably the highest-abv GF beer I’ve noticed, and the alcohol becomes apparent only later in the bottle. At least there’s one GF beer out there that would get me buzzed if it were my only option. My 100th Belgian beer rating!
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2012 at 21:44
Meilby (14945) reviewed
Blond from Green's
14 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 330ml @ home
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast and fruits. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a fruity, yeasty finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2012 at 12:26
Tommann (7797) reviewed
Premium Pils from Green's
14 years ago
4.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
330ml bottle. Pours light gold with a medium head. Aroma is grassy hops, slightly metallic. Taste is a bit grassy. Slightly bitter finish with touches of metal.
Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2012 at 15:42
Leighton (35418) reviewed
Golden Ale from Green's
14 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at home in London with Lyoli. Pours clear, rich gold with a moderate, foamy white head. Cereal nose with light floral hops. Light to medium sweet flavor, plenty of dry biscuits, light cereal, mild grassy-floral bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Lightly crisp to finish, lightly sweet with crunchy cereal and biscuits, faint leaves and grass. A very easy drinking beer. Dries out just enough on the finish to keep it from being overly sweet. Nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2012 at 16:09
Frothingslosh (20518) reviewed
Discovery from Green's
14 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
I had very low expectations for this one and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was drinkable - not good, but drinkable none the less. +++ Sampled from a 16.9 oz brown bottle this beer poured an exceptionally fizzy hazy dark brown color with an enormous creamy fluffy dark tan head that lingered forever and left good lacing. The aroma was Dr Pepper, cola and molasses. The flavor was tangy cola, vanilla, nut, buckwheat, almost sourdough bread and almost pepper. Medium finish and body though heavily overcarbonated. Not good, but not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2012 at 22:09
Foffern (3556) reviewed
Blond from Green's
14 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours a light orange colour with a small off-white head. The aroma is dominated by sweet and fruity yeast, spices, hay, and some glue towards alcohol. More spices in the mouth but still has a lot of sweet yeast, and is a bit dry. Light to medium bitterness, and has a light and slick mouth feel. A decent blonde ale, a bit light and easy-drinking.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2012 at 13:13
BlackHaddock (18155) reviewed
Dubbel Ale from Green's
14 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Feb 2010: Brown 33cl bottle, drank three days after its best before date. This is gluten free, wheat free ’double dark beer’. Dark it is, very dark indeed, a really deep ruby red colour to be truthful, with a tan collar and wisps. The smells given off where complex and different, chocolate malts and liquorice, then more chocolate, dark chocolate actually. The flavours were deep and rich, again a mix of chocolate and liquorice. Good feel to this beer, rich, creamy and full of flavour. Didn’t expect anything as good as this when I bought it, very impressed.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2012 at 06:12