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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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
One of the surprises at Tromsø Ølfestival 17 Aug 06. Dark golden brown. A large head. Malty aroma. Very varied flavour of fruit (apricot?) and caramel. A long fruity finish. Very good!
Tried on 22 Aug 2006 at 14:04

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask, Handpump @ .... . Golden with a pretty white creamy head. A strong caramal malt aroma. Fruity slightly bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2006 at 06:38

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
One of the bottle beers that emered at Tromsø Ølfestival (Aug 16-19, 2006). Clear amber colour with a small off-white foam layer. Sweet malty aroma and still more sweetness in a honey-like flavour. Hops and bitterness in the finish to lessen all the sweetness.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2006 at 01:15

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Clear golden coloured. Fluffy off white head. Light herbal and light spiced brew. Has a light flowery touch, ends on a light bitter note.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2006 at 07:50

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask, Handpump @ .... .Amber colour with a small off-white head. Has a malty aroma with some fruitiness. Some hints of hops in the aroma aswell. Malty fruity flavor. Leaving you with a long hoppy finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Abbot Reserve (Cask) on 25 Mar 2009 at 12:23 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Cask (handpump) @ The Masque Haunt, Greater London, England EC1.Clear medium to dark orange amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, nutty, fruity - mango - orange, toffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090102]
Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2006 at 07:47

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Clear amber colour with a fine white head. Fruit aroma with notes of toffee. Nice flavour of caramel and fruit. Good hoppy bitterness. Very fine balanced.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2006 at 07:46

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Great nose of tart fruit, caramel, and oak; opaque cherry brown when held next to a light; Smells better than it tastes; flavor of sour maltiness with some plumand a little hops in the finish.
Tried on 08 Aug 2006 at 18:26

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Red/brown amber in color with a creamy light brown head. Sweet grassy spice aroma. Sour dry coffee like taste.
Tried on 08 Aug 2006 at 04:28

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Brown amber ale with light creamy head. Sweet hoppy aroma. Finished with a rich copper metallic malt flavor.
Tried on 08 Aug 2006 at 04:24

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask: Copper coloured, small lacing white head; sweet-malty and light bitter nose; bitter-sweet flavour, mild, soft MF; mild, delicate herbal hoppy finish. A bit thin for a beer of 4,9% ABV..........
Tried from Cask on 29 Jul 2006 at 02:09