Ruddles

Commercial Brewery in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Greene King

Established in 1986

Contact
Westgate Brewery, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QT, England
Description
Ruddles Brewery was a brewery in Rutland, England. The brand is now owned by Greene King who still brew beers under the Ruddles name in Suffolk, although the current recipes are not those used at the original brewery.

Ruddles became owned by Watneys in 1986, and then Grolsch in 1992, it was sold to Morland & Co in 1997. Morlands moved production to Abingdon only for that site to be closed by Greene King which took over Morlands in 2000.

There is a separate entry for the pre 1986 independent Ruddles.

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5.8

Tried from Cask on 19 Dec 2025 at 18:55


7

Magus, mõru, karamelline, linnaseline, kuiv. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 03 Aug 2025 at 23:04


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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Creamy off white head on clear amber coloured body.
Bitter & malt aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp dry & clean.
Malt, toffee, berry & caramel tastes with a lightly hopped bitter finish.
Standard Best.

Tried on 22 Jun 2025 at 16:06

gave a cheers!

7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

A typical English ale not brewed at the original place. Not bad with a low carbonation, beautiful copper body, clear with a thin and white foam. This one is watery, light with some toasted malt, few note of toffee, a bit fruity, mineral, English hop. 30.03.2022, drinking it in Sevilla Este with Mariella

Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2025 at 15:19

gave a cheers!

6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

0.5 l can @ Mijas, purchased in a random Carrefour. Pours deep orange with thin, ehite head. Nose is toffee and caramel. Taste is the same, with hints of alcohol and slight metallic notes. Short bittersweet finish, light body, soft carbonation. Lacks the biscuits-y notes, otherwise not bad.

Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2025 at 14:16


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

500ml can.
copper pour with a fluffy tan head. Great aroma of caramel malt, and some nice goldings hops. Flavour is smooth, and the malt is the first note. Nice rich caramel, with a great bitter hop bit in the finish. Wow, i’m really ejoying this, excellent stuff.

Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2025 at 09:32


2.6
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 10

Bottiglia. Il naso viene catturato dall'orzo tostato. La finezza olfattiva è normale, permanendo in maniera sufficiente. Il manto birroso superiore ha una buona tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana medio-fine. Il liquido è di apparenza limpida. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è rotondo. L'amaro è pronunciato. La forza gustativa è normale e permane in maniera sufficiente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di facile beva. Il finale è semplice e dissetante. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. Sulla lingua si attestano indizi di caramello, miele, frutta secca, un accenno di resinoso, erbaceo e agrumi.

Tried on 17 Feb 2025 at 11:38


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2010 - 500ml bottle, pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of apricot, toffee, caramel & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2025 at 19:01


5

Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:56


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask at The White Swan JDW, Solihull. Clean amber-brown pour with smooth off-white head. No huge flavours but has caramel, bread, light floral and grassy hop with moderate bitter bite. Smooth and easy drinking. Its a below average bitter but at £1.79 a pint for a pleasant enough ale is good value.

Tried from Cask on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:07