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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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SimonF (3468) reviewed
County (Filtered) from Ruddles
18 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Keg. Brown amber with no head. Little aroma. Light body and carbonation. Reasonable flavour (for keg beer) quite bitter. Quaffable.
Tried on 21 Jun 2008 at 18:19
Downender (11273) reviewed
County (Cask) from Ruddles
18 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Swan, Tockington Gloucs 20/5/08. Reddish amber with no head. Red fruit and caramel aroma with a touch of earthy hops. Easy drinking, with a sweetish flavour, some spicy hops and a good bitter finish. Surprisingly good for a GK beer.
Tried from Cask on 20 May 2008 at 16:07
wheresthepath (3760) reviewed
County (Filtered) from Ruddles
18 years ago
2/10 — Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 2
[500ml bottle from Asda, High Wycombe] A weak head, slight fizz, no flavour other than a horrible bitter and sour aftertaste that lingers for long afterwards. Quite simple one of the worst British ales I’ve ever had.
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2008 at 13:09
Charlotte (11188) reviewed
County (Filtered) from Ruddles
18 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4
Amber colour with fast disappearing head.Aroma of caramel and candy mild with slight bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 07 May 2008 at 04:17
yespr (55614) reviewed
County (Cask) from Ruddles
18 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and reddish/orange with a lacing white head. Light fruity hops aroma. Flavour is light fruity and fresh. Fruity finish with a light bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 04 May 2008 at 02:41
Svesse (16320) reviewed
Best (Cask) from Ruddles
18 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(Cask at Priory Arms, Stockwell, London, 25 April 2008) Amber colour with frothy, white head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of toffee, caramel and hints of sulphur. Malty, nutty taste with toffee and slightly dusty, earthy hops in the finish. Fairly boring bitter, actually.
Tried from Cask on 03 May 2008 at 15:41
Downender (11273) reviewed
County (Filtered) from Ruddles
18 years ago
5.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Deep, reddish amber with a short-lived, off-white head. Butter toffee and floral hop aroma. Full mouth feel with more buttery sweetness and some discordant hops in the finish. This became less pleasant the more I drank and one was quite enough.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2008 at 17:47
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Best (Cask) from Ruddles
18 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at Bridge inn ,Ratho ... Deep amber ... light hop ... nice creamy malty toffee fruity front ... but the bitter hop linger lets it down
Tried from Cask on 19 Mar 2008 at 16:21
Beertalk (16422) reviewed
County (Cask) from Ruddles
18 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Amber with a small creamy head. Weak aroma, caramel and malty, with a touch of grassy hops. Quite bitter with some malt sweetness for balance.
Tried on 10 Mar 2008 at 11:22
RichTigers (5280) reviewed
Rhubarb from Ruddles
18 years ago
4.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a light head. The aroma is slightly sour and bitter, and the flavour is very bitter and very weakly rhubarb. Overall a poor idea in the first instance, and secondly a too bitter beer with a body of rhubarb.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2008 at 17:10