Greene King

Commercial Brewery in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by CK Asset Holdings (CKA)
Associated with 171 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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4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Can, 2009-09-17 AR: hops, hunny, pear AP: copper coloured body, wee bubbly foamhead, fully lasting F: bitternes, hunny, pear, some carbornation, the ale is not what you expexted by the aroma. This sadly a poor product. I excpect that bottle and even more draft must be better (you hope).
Tried from Can on 26 Oct 2009 at 16:12

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
can, pours deep gold with a medium light tan head. Aroma is malty with some floral hop notes. Nice creamy mouth with some sweet maltyness and thin hops.
Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2009 at 11:33

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
At a tasting, ckear light coppry colour, malty aroma with notes of honeycomb and honey drops. Flcaramel, some light fruit, hints of hops and a dry soda like sensation, light bodied and a short sour aftertaste. easy to drink but not really exciting.
Tried on 22 Oct 2009 at 00:36

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
3rd April 2008 Full ruch malt with a slight hint of port and brandy. Tasty.

7th December 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Malty with underlying sweet toffee streak. Slighty fruity finish. Good.
Tried on 21 Oct 2009 at 16:58

3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle. Amber with a foam that was small. Rather faint aroma of caramel, malt and maybe a little butter. Thin and watery, no hops. Malt, caramel, cookies and flowers. Boring.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2009 at 07:29

5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle from Geoffrey’s of London, Antibes, shared with heavy Poured a slightly darker copper colour, off white/beige head that went away slowly. Buttery sweetish malty nose Sweetish butery/fishy taste, notes of lemon, dry. Light earthiness, scant bitterness. Eeh, not impressed.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2009 at 09:02

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask. Amber beer with a cream colored head. Light hop aroma. Malt and light floral hop flavor. Medium bodied. Malt and light hops (floral, earthy) linger. A bit too smooth.
Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2009 at 11:05

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
09/10 0.5 l bottle from the English store in Antibes. It poured copper body with medium sized, slightly off white head. Weak, orange aroma, hoppy. Flavor was orange bitter as well, fine, but simple, with nothing else there except maybe hint of biscuit malt. Also, pretty thin bodied with shorter citrus finish. Was refreshing, but nothing special and easily forgettable.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2009 at 09:32

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught. Clear brown with some head. Little aroma. Medium body and carbonation. Tangy spicy foretaste with reasonable bitter aftertaste perhaps a little harsh. Nice beer. [10/10/09] [A year later 02/10/10 - very similar scores (7,4,7,3,14), comment on flavour was malt with slight floral and vegetable note and some clean hoppy bitterness in finish.]
Tried on 10 Oct 2009 at 21:57

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
[Cask at Oakford Social Club, Reading] Pours amber with a small white head. Smells of sweet malt. Initial flavour of sickly sweet peardrops with just a hint of autumn leaves. Finishes with earth and a hint of bitterness that completely fails to balance the sweetness. Weird… and pretty repulsive.
Tried from Cask on 07 Oct 2009 at 14:42