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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Oakes

5.4
Oakes (33770) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 23 years ago
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

Clarkvv

7.4
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 23 years ago
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

pilsnerrogge

8.9
pilsnerrogge (4802) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 23 years ago
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

omhper

7.9
omhper (45152) reviewed County (Filtered) from Ruddles 24 years ago
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

jhaase

7.9
jhaase (14941) reviewed Wheat from Ruddles 24 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Fine head and a nice amber color. Tastes of honey, bisquit and cherries. ...

Tried on 18 Jan 2002 at 07:38

jhaase

7.6
jhaase (14941) reviewed County (Cask) from Ruddles 24 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Tasted it cask-conditioned, but i believe it had lost a bit during transportation - it appeared nicely balanced though.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jan 2002 at 07:23

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