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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6.6/10 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.
Tried from Cask on 14 Nov 2010 at 13:08

6.9/10 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.
Tried from Cask on 14 Nov 2010 at 09:02

6/10 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.
Tried on 01 Nov 2010 at 07:29

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at wetherspoons mexbrough. Nice head. Clear amber colour. A decent bitter
Tried from Cask at Prior John (JDW) on 10 Oct 2010 at 11:03

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
500ml bottle. Pours amber with a small head that went quick. Aroma is skunky and toffee malt. Taste is toffee to start, skunky hop finish. Bit thin in the mouth. Stupid clear bottles.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2010 at 12:45

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
@ Bunch O’ Grapes, Caerdydd. Amber, bright. The aroma is primarily of caramel. Bland, caramelly character. Quite a boring pint.
Tried on 13 Sep 2010 at 04:21

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Cask at Jdw at Birmingham airport. Aroma is dried fruit and some bready malt. Taste is some bread, some faint apples with a yeasty bitter finish. A little watery. Not the best session bitter.
Tried from Cask on 01 Sep 2010 at 09:47

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from Half Time. Pours clear copper with a foamy off-white head. Aromas of mild caramel and floral hops. Medium body with very mild carbonation. Flavor is caramel and floral hop. It develops that little rear of the tongue malty thing and then finishes very well balanced. It is so English. Oh. Yeah. Great stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2010 at 19:53

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottled@chriso. Amber colour, small off-white head, leaving some lace. Aroma is apples, some bready malts, mild cardboard and fruits. Flavour is apple, cardboard, some bready malts as well as earthyness.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2010 at 03:54

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pours a copper-amber colour with a nice head. This one is foamy at first, but the top changes creamy a few seconds after the pour. Steady retention and bubbles form around the glass. Good strong aromas of molasse, maple syrup and hop. Taste is nice and powerful. Some fruit mixed in with some caramel. The bold bitterness of the hop kicks in a notch more in the finish and smooth out in the aftertaste. The mouthfeel is creamy. A great bitter ale.
Tried on 30 Jun 2010 at 20:42