Ruddles
Commercial Brewery
in Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk,
England 🏴
Owned by
Greene King
Established in 1986
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.
Charlotte (10579) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 17 years ago
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.
yespr (55501) reviewed County (Cask) from Ruddles 17 years ago
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.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Best (Cask) from Ruddles 17 years ago
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.
Downender (11275) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 17 years ago
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.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Best (Cask) from Ruddles 17 years ago
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
Beertalk (16424) reviewed County (Cask) from Ruddles 17 years ago
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.
KimLundJohansen (10465) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Aroma has caramel, light grass notes notes. Sweet flavor with caramel, light fruity Notes and a bitter end.
yespr (55501) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
50 cL can, thanks to BelJohansen. Pours amber with light brown head. Aroma is malty, quite spiced towards herbal, mild nutty note too. Flavour holds an almost dry herbal/spice note on top of a mild malt base and a solid bitterness. Ends dry bitter.
Beertalk (16424) reviewed Hedgerow from Ruddles 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Copper with a small white head. Fruity, floral aroma with a good amount of peach. Sweet and fruity flavour with a bitter finish.
Drake (22934) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
16.9 oz bottle. Pours brown (duh) with a small head that does not last. Very sour, pilsnerish aroma. Taste is bitter up front, but very creamy overall. Very nice.