Ruddles
Commercial Brewery
in Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk,
England 🏴
Owned by
Greene King
Established in 1986
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.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed County (Cask) from Ruddles 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ The Wharf, Aalborg. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is malty, caramel and light hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 300411
Hermod (17967) reviewed Best (Cask) from Ruddles 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Pullman bar 27.4.2011. Poured clear copper with a thick white head. Aroma is fruity and nutty. Flavor is dried fruit, leather, finish is slightly bitter. Bit watery. Standard bitter.
yngwie (24278) reviewed County (Cask) from Ruddles 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Wharf. A dark amber beer, some white bubbles on top. Clear body. The aroma is bready with a fruity touch. Some cider like notes. The flavor is bready with a cider like sourness. Quite dry. Some bitterness. A rather strange one, at least the cider like notes. 110417
Meilby (14731) reviewed County (Cask) from Ruddles 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ The Wharf, Aalborg, Denmark
Pours clear brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, fruity and grassy hops. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Bullit (6144) reviewed Best (Cask) from Ruddles 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Golden colour, off-white head. Aroma is soft malty, creamy. Flavour is soft malted, some hops, wet paper, dry biscuit. Fairly dry and bitter finish.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Rhubarb from Ruddles 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5.5
8th January 2008
Amber gold beer. Crisp palate. Pronounced Rhubarb that leads to a bone dry hoppy and rhubarb finish that lingers and lingers. Unusual but the palate makes it hard work.
Meilby (14731) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle 500ml @ home
Pours clear dark amber with a off-white head. Aroma is malty and hoppy. Taste is light sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
yespr (55501) reviewed Best (Cask) from Ruddles 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, slight peachy to citrusy. Crisp hoppy flavour, sweet and light malty. Subdued bitterness, slowing increasing.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Best (Cask) from Ruddles 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at Central Bar JDW. Pours copper with an off-white, cream cap. Malt, toast and toffee aroma. Lightly sweet with burned toffee, lightly toasted malts, faintly citrusy hops. Light in body with fine, smooth catrbonation. Dries out a touch on the finish, with a nice earthy bitterness and further notes of toasty malts. Nice beer.
Finn (18112) reviewed Best (Cask) from Ruddles 15 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Dyp brun. Masse luft i glasset som sakte klarner. Flott kremskum. Pent. Forsiktig aroma med litt frukt & malt. Syrlig fruktig smak. Svakt fruktig bitter ettersmak.