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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5.1/10 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

4.2/10 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

5.5/10 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

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
(Cask@The Kinights Templar). Clear amber color, small beige creamy head. Toffeish, diacetylic aroma. Light palate. Nutty hoppyness, some toffee. Quite long aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 04 Aug 2009 at 03:25

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle. Clear amber body with a fine off-white head. Aroma is nutty, smooth malty, caramel and some fruit. Flavor is mild malty, caramel, fruity and a decent bitterness. Medium body, quite light and easy drinkable. Straightforward session bitter, not bad at all.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2009 at 10:51

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pour is a amber out of the clear glass bottle. Aroma is sweet malt and very bready. Flavor is more of a dry hop with some more sweet malts following up. A simple but decent beer.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2009 at 19:46

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are malt, caramel, hops and citrus. Sweet caramel in finish.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2009 at 18:03

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at Cockny Pub, Århus. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, hops and citrus. Oily palate.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jul 2009 at 18:09

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle, Oddbins. Orange colour, small off-white head. Aroma is skunky, with caramel malts. Flavour has caramel malts and hops. Dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2009 at 08:12

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask, Bridge Inn, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co Durham. Not expecting too much from this as I’m not a fan of Greene King at all, but served in good nick this wasn’t too much of a calamity. Dark amber with a medium off white head. Some fruitiness in the flavour which was caramel malt based and slightly thin. Clean and fresh though, and thus passable.
Tried from Cask on 13 Mar 2009 at 10:03