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.

     Show


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

50cl bottle from Morrisons. Gold with a thin white head; rather thin with a sweet malt flavour and gently bitter finish. Rather plain and ordinary, but at least there’s nothing wrong with it.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2010 at 11:29


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle from Morrisons. Clear amber colour, small white head. Aroma of sweet malts. Flavour is slightly sweet malted, a bit grassy.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2010 at 15:45


6.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

50cl bottle. Pours light amber color, thin head. Aroma is perfumy and with some honey in it. Flavour is nicelty fruity and bit caramel, ends with a bite, bitter hoppy finish. Really nice bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2010 at 21:40


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

Bottle. Clear reddish-brown. Malt, nuts and caramel. Nothing special but drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2010 at 04:05


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask. Poured amber with a bit of an orange hue and a ivory head. Aroma had grain from the malts and floral notes from the hops. Flavor was a bit more malt based with both caramel and sweet grains coming through with an undertone of the floral hops.

Tried from Cask on 25 Nov 2009 at 20:37


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Provdatum: 2004-04-30 Var riktigt god för ett par år sedan. Tappade konceptet för ett par år sedan. Varför ta bort den den grova halsen ,fantastisk ide att kunna bälja i sig stora mängder på kort tid. Betyget är den nuvarande tappningen.

Tried from Draft on 21 Nov 2009 at 14:52


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Hoppy for being a brittish beer. Some strange malt tones and butter in the aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2009 at 09:11


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Amber with a lasting white head. Slightly grainy malt aroma with toffee notes. Sweet and malty flavour, rather thin.

Tried on 26 Sep 2009 at 17:21


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Cask, full pint, handpulled at Wetherspoons The Flying Horse. Cellar cold, according to the pump clip. Amber in body colour, quite clear, and with a tiny, beige head. Withered floral aroma. The taste gave some of the same withered impression with moments of caramel malts, dry hops and a touch of spices. Rounded bitterness. Drinkable, but lacking freshness and far from being in its best condition (at Gatwick airport, 08.08.2009).

Tried from Cask on 18 Sep 2009 at 07:54


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask@The Knights Templar. Copper colour, mediumsized white foamy head, some lace. Caramel malts, wood and some bready notes. Flavour is wood, some grass and mildly bready and earthy as well.

Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2009 at 06:29