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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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

An amber beer with no head. The aroma is slightly sweet and fruity. The flavor is of a good malt sweetness but a little flat. An OK ale.

Tried on 13 May 2003 at 11:00


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

[Cask at Cockney Pub] A dark orange beer with no head. The aroma is very faint with fruity notes. The flavor is very nice; sweet, fruity, casky and very bitter from a great hop. The bitterness lingers on the tongue. A great beer that invites to another pint.

Tried from Cask on 17 Apr 2003 at 05:56


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Reddish amber, average head. Nutty aroma. Dry and medium bodied. Fresh, soft and fruity with salty, really bitter finish. Not complex, but plain and very enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2003 at 08:27


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Creamy due to the widget in the can, not much of an aftertaste...the same old pub ale type beer from england!

Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2003 at 18:21


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Amber with large foamy head Light hop/malt nose. Lasting hop finish.........

Tried on 07 Jan 2003 at 11:02


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Dark amber. Earthy nose. Dry hop finish.....................................

Tried on 25 Nov 2002 at 13:25


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

ReRate (Aug 24/01): Dark copper-amber; earthy aroma (mushrooms, SPF 10); chewy straightforward malt character, caramel & earth, slight wood; finish fluctuates between sweet and earthily dry. Old Rating: 2.1

Tried on 24 Aug 2002 at 18:02


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

smooth, nutty and flat. what i look for in an english bitter. this one has a great medium-heavy body. The hop taste is just gravy. had this one on draught though. probably why i liked it so much.

Tried on 10 Jul 2002 at 11:07


8.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Amber coloured, small but firm head. Hoppy aroma. Hoppy smoooooooth bitterness. Great beer. Very pour-friendly bottle!

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2002 at 10:52


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Beautifully dark amber appearance. Nutty aroma. Crisp, nice maltiness. Rather light bodied. Fruity early sweetness, but dry bitter finish. Very english and really tasty.

Tried on 21 Mar 2002 at 14:47