Greene King
Commercial Brewery
in
Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk,
England 🏴
Owned by
CK Asset Holdings (CKA)
Associated with 171 Venues
Established in 1799
Contact
Westgate Brewery, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QT, England
Subsidiaries
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)
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a dark red with a small tan head. Aroma is some dark fruit with a bit of cherry and oak. Flavor is very much a dark caramel malt with some notes of toffee and wood smoke. A decent beer you could have in winter or summer.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2007
at 15:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at Standing Order, Edinburgh. Amber colour. Sweet and sulphury. Caramelly malt, medium bodied with a fair amount of substance. Minerally bitter finish. Pertty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2007
at 01:54
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Can: Poured a clear medium brown color ale with a small bubbly head with limited retention. Aroma of malt is slightly sweet with little hops distinguishable. Taste was also dominated by some discreet sweet malt with a dry ending. Body was about average with some average carbonation. A bit boring overall and would have profited from having more English hops to provide some floral notes.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2007
at 14:04
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ The George Inn, Southwark. Pours a clear copper color with a small white head. Sweet malty hoppy aroma. Sweet malty fruity and hoppy flavor. Long fruity malty hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Aug 2007
at 08:18
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask-conditioned at the Elephant & Castle, Amwell, Herts May 2006. This didn’t make much of an impact. Gold with a minimal head. Fruity aroma, flavour of caramel followed by a moderate bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2007
at 15:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canette 500ml. De couleur cuivrée et transparente. Nez malté de caramel légèrement sucré, de grains rôti (notes de toffee terreux et de sirop d’érable) et fumé (tabac), léger de levures fruité (pommes) et de houblon floral et herbeux ainsi que des petites notes de noix. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture plutôt crémeuse. Goût de levures fruitées (pommes, petites notes d’agrumes, de poires et de raisins) avec des notes boisées (fût de chêne) et de grains de malt pâle lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté caramel moyennement sucré et légèrement rôti, léger de toffee aux notes terreuses (petites traces de sirop d’érable et de butterscotch) parallèlement à un goût moyennement amer de houblon floral et herbeux (qui dure jusqu’en fin de gorgée) puis en finale l’on retrouve un léger goût de pain, de biscuits et de noix asséchante ainsi qu’un goût de houblon légèrement plus herbeux et des petites notes fumées (tabac). Post-goût moyen aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de houblon herbeux et floral avec un léger goût rôti et fruité (pépins de pommes) ainsi que des notes fumées (tabac) et de noix.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2007
at 20:37
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle. Rather low ABV for an IPA. Very hoppy, slightly malty only, pleasantly bitter. A bit fruity as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2007
at 09:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours deep brown into an English pint. Conglomerate off-white head recedes at a medium pace to spot the surface. Date and malt aromas. Upfront smoked caramel with a lasting bitter fig finish.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2007
at 18:07
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask@Kitty’s
Clear dark honey color, steady creamy white head. Dish water and rye in the nose. Sourish flavor (cask not in condition), touch of honey, rye, hops. Unbalanced and one to rerate.
Clear dark honey color, steady creamy white head. Dish water and rye in the nose. Sourish flavor (cask not in condition), touch of honey, rye, hops. Unbalanced and one to rerate.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2007
at 10:39
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask. Dark ambery colour with small head. Aroma is bitter fruits along with slight spicyness and earth. Citrus in the flavour along with lots of perfume, earth and rather soapy hints. Not very nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jul 2007
at 00:01