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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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CambridgeUtd (3881) reviewed
County (Filtered) from Ruddles
17 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Apperance; a bit of dark red with a foamy head. A fruity aroma with also a taste of hops, with a bitter aftertaste. Good!
Tried on 04 Mar 2009 at 16:25
wheresthepath (3760) reviewed
Best (Cask) from Ruddles
17 years ago
4.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
[Cask at The William Robert Loosley, High Wycombe, 1/3/2009] 5/3/5/3/12 I hated the bottled Ruddles County I had, and was therefore relkuctant to try this. However, the only real ales available in this ’Spoons were this or Abbot (sort it out Mr Martin!), so reluctantly tried this. Pours a slightly hazy amber-straw colour with a thin, foamy white head. Slight flavour of malt, fruit and caramel. Little bitterness, but smooth and easy-to-drink. A pleasant enough but instantly forgettable session bitter. [Re-rate, cask at the William Robert Loosley (JDW), 13/9/2010] 5/3/4/2/8 Thin and watery. A little malt, a little caramel and a lingering dusty hop bitterness. Archetypal "boring brown bitter".
Tried from Cask on 02 Mar 2009 at 07:32
berkshirejohn (10479) reviewed
Best (Cask) from Ruddles
17 years ago
4.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Amber with a thin loose off-white head; faint caramel aroma; thin and watery with a sweet biscuity malt flavour, and a stale bitterness to finish. Disappointing.
Tried from Cask on 24 Feb 2009 at 09:18
DSG (26002) reviewed
County (Filtered) from Ruddles
17 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Re-rate 11/16: Bottle sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks troubles. Clear copper. Aroma of malt, toast, minerals, dust. Sweetish flavor, malty, with a bit of caramel, toast, minerals, graininess, and bitterish earthy hops. Medium-bodied. 5/3/6/3/11=2.8

Bottle sample at a tasting. Clear amber color. Earthy hops, a bit of flowers and a bit of caramel in the aroma. Sweetish caramelly flavor with nice juicy, rather earthy, bitterness with some citric notes. Medium-bodied. Pleasant. Later update: now I feel a bit of graininess in the aroma. 7/3/7/3/14=3.4
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2009 at 14:36
RuneBlix (27009) reviewed
County (Cask) from Ruddles
17 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Half pint, fresh and kicking cask, hand pulled at Aikman’s Cellar Bar in St Andrews. Deep, dark amber body under a small skinny strip of foam. Malt-fruity smell. Hints of caramel malts that works pretty well together with an underlying throughout going bitterness. Dry and easy to drink [04.11.2008].
Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2008 at 07:29
Pinball (16279) reviewed
County (Filtered) from Ruddles
17 years ago
5.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
aroma: honey, sweet malts, chocolate. appears amber, smooyh thick not that large head. flavor is strange. toffee/chocolate, smooth, alc or hops make a rather brutal bitter end.
Tried on 29 Nov 2008 at 21:26
HenrikSoegaard (22320) reviewed
County (Cask) from Ruddles
17 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Cockney Pub. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Light malty and moderate hoppy nice grassy aroma. Great moderate bitter flavor. Lots of lemon-notes. Average moderate bitter nice finish. Oily palate. Nice bitter.
Tried from Cask on 23 Oct 2008 at 09:37
KimLundJohansen (10466) reviewed
County (Cask) from Ruddles
18 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Clear amber with no head. Sweet malty aroma with caramellish notes. Sweet flavour with toasted malt, caramel and fruity notes. Mild bitter finish.
Tried on 14 Sep 2008 at 13:02
Saintmatty (11592) reviewed
Rhubarb from Ruddles
18 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
500ml Bottle - Amber in colkour. Vanilla and rhubabe in the aroma. Sweet rhubarb taste with some vanilla notes and light malt. Has the potential to be good but this is rather sickly.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2008 at 02:58
SimonF (3468) reviewed
Rhubarb from Ruddles
18 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle. Clear amber with plenty of off white head. Distinctive aroma, predominantly vanilla. medium body with plenty of carbonation. Flavour predominantly rhubarb and vanilla with slightly bitter fiinish. Interesting beer and very drinkable, altough the confectionary taste was rather unusual.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2008 at 20:00