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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TDA

5
TDA (6957) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

At a tasting, thanks, small stable creamy head, clear light brown color, grainy, jammy, bscuity aroma, jammy, vanila flavor iwth nut and metalic hints, medium sourness, light bitterness. Drinkable but not too good.

Tried on 15 Nov 2016 at 07:24

Rasmus40

6
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Kvickly. Clear brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, fruity and light hoppy - flowers. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 021016

Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2016 at 11:40

Benzai

6
Benzai (24515) reviewed Best (Bottle, Can & Keg) from Ruddles 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle @ home. Clear reddish color, medium sized white head. Aroma is malts, light metal. Taste malts, bitter. Don’t get anything else. Decent body and carbonation. Ok beer.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2016 at 13:48

Solastalgic

2
Solastalgic (4951) ticked Best from Ruddles 9 years ago

Brown water. Awful.

Tried on 19 Aug 2016 at 21:11

Exiled

6
Exiled (506) ticked Best (Bottle, Can & Keg) from Ruddles 9 years ago

Tried on 15 Aug 2016 at 12:56

NilsAS

6.4
NilsAS (11500) reviewed Best (Cask) from Ruddles 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Lukt: Syrlige frukter og urter.
Utseende: Brun.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum.
Smak: Syrlige frukter, grapefrukt og noe urter.
Hvor: Bridge Bar and Eating House, Heatrow.
Medium: Tapp@500ml, ABV@3,7%, Når@09.07.2016
Earlier Rating: 1/27/2014 Total Score: 2.5
Duft av malt og noe frukt. Fin gyllen farge. Dekkende skum. Smak av malt med en liten honning taste.

Tried from Draft on 10 Jul 2016 at 06:47

Mr_Pink_152

5.4
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed County (Cask) from Ruddles 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tried at a hungry house. Deep Amber colour with a cream head. Aroma fruity, light spicy. Taste overly sweet, with a slight bitter finish.

Tried on 10 Dec 2015 at 13:22

fombe89

7.1
fombe89 (10864) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Lata, Regalo. 29/11/2016 BBD: 30/06/16 Color amarillo oscuro, aroma malta caramelo, sabor caramelo dulce. Facil de beber.

Tried on 30 Nov 2015 at 07:32

alex_leit

6.5
alex_leit (19548) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Copper color, good foam. Floral and nutty tones, good hop bitterness, good bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2015 at 06:54

Olut

5.2
Olut (21769) reviewed Best (Bottle, Can & Keg) from Ruddles 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle from B&M, Halifax. Copper with a small bubbly head. A light tasting, lightly malty bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2015 at 15:17

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