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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5.2
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
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
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
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
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
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
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


5.9
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.

Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2008 at 01:40


5.8
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.

Tried on 07 Jan 2008 at 15:41


6.4
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.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2007 at 19:06