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.
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.
5.6/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
2/10
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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
5.2/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
5.9/10
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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
5.4/10
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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
6/10
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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
6.2/10
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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
6/10
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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.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2008
at 13:05