Greene King

Commercial Brewery in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by CK Asset Holdings (CKA)
Associated with 175 Venues

Established in 1799

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Westgate Brewery, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QT, England
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Description
Founded 1799. Brewery has taken over several smaller Breweries in recent years including Morland, Ruddles, Ridleys, Belhaven and Hardy’s & Hansons only leaving the Belhaven Brewery in situ. In August 2019, Greene King has been sold to Hong Kong based CK Asset Holdings (CKA)

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is berries, malt, dried fruits, alcohol. Flavour is sweet, caramel, roasted malt, hop, alcohol, dried fruits. Medium body. OK beer.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2010 at 21:15

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(can) clear deep amber with small light tan head; floral aroma; sweetish flavour with long medium bitter finish, not bad
Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2010 at 18:35

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
355ml bottle. Pours amber with a large head. Aroma is grass and spicy hops with a littile bit of skunk. Spicy start with a big caramel malty finish. Ends dry and spicy. Not the typical Ipa but quite a good beer nonetheless.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2010 at 14:37

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle from Morrisons. Clear copper colour, off-white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malts, bread, some grassy hops. Flavour is caramel malts, grassy, bit alcoholic, fairly bitter, sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2010 at 12:18

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at JDW Edgware Road. Pours clear amber with a soft, creamy and off-whit head. Holds a bready malt aroma with some faint fruits and earthy hops. Has a bready, nutty, slightly salty malt flavor, mildly sweet, with some very slight citrusy bitters. Light in body with soft, smooth carbonation. Finishes malty and fairly drty. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 04 Nov 2010 at 10:24

3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 4
Cask at Standing Order, Edinburgh, Scotland. Amber colour, thin white head. Aroma of caramel, light malts. Flavour is sweet, metallic, bad, couldn’t finish this. Light bodied.
Tried from Cask on 03 Nov 2010 at 11:40

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol 2/11/10. Amber with a slight, off-white head. Sweetish, caramel and fruit aroma. Fruity malt flavour, with a touch of citrus and decent, bitter finish. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2010 at 15:21

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear copper coloured body. Low, nitro, creamy head leaving lacework on the glass as it goes down. Aroma of juicy malts. Firm malt-fruity taste with a decent bitter support. Pleasant. Half pint, hand pulled cask at Rutland Arms, Sheffield 2 Oct 10.
Tried from Cask on 01 Nov 2010 at 11:50

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask på Rutland Arms, Sheffield , Sheffield 2 Okt 10. Gyldenbrun. OK kremskum som legger seg lagvis nedover i glasset. Pent å se på. Søt & god karamellaroma. Smaken karamell med litt plommer. Syrlig bitter ettersmak.
Tried from Cask on 01 Nov 2010 at 07:45

5.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Cask på Bath Hotel, Sheffield 30 Sep 10. Lys gyldenbrun. OK kremskum. Søt fruktig aroma. Litt karamell. Tørr & litt bitter ettersmak.
Tried from Cask on 01 Nov 2010 at 06:29