Greene King, IPA's

Greene King, the brewer from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, seems to me to make quite a few India Pale Ale's and most are very good. So I will have a look at the Greene King IPA beers that I have tried. I will do them in order of strength with the weakest first.

Greene King, IPA

 

3.6% amber in colour with a thin head, hop aroma, a nice light hop taste and very easy to drink.

Greene King, East Coast IPA

 

4.0% gold colour with a thin head, it was very much like one of the Badgers beers.

Greene King, IPA Gold

 

4.1% gold in colour with a thin head, citrus hop aroma, smooth and mild citrus hop taste.

Greene King, IPA Export

 

5.0% amber in colour but darker than your usual IPA, light hop aroma and it had a hint of toffee in the taste, nice.

Greene King, IPA Reserve

 

5.4% deep amber in colour with a thin head, bit of a hoppy aroma and a nice bitter hop taste.

Greene King, Double Hop Monster IPA

 

7.2 deep gold in colour with a good head, sweet hoppy aroma, it as quite a hoppy taste but not too bad,

Greene King, Very Special India Pale Ale

 

7.5% amber in colour with a thin head, hoppy aroma, strong hop and alcohol taste but not too bad.

There is also this one from Tesco that I have had.

Metropolitan Brewing Co (Greene King for Tesco.), Big Bad Wolf IPA

 

6,0% deep gold in colour with a nice head, citrus hop aroma, dry with some caramel and hops.

A couple from Japan

These are my first Japanese beers since our Joshua finished working in Japan. One of these was good, the other one was bad. They came from Booths supermarket, a great place for beer buying, although there do not seem to be many of them about.

Hitachino Nest, Saison Du Japon from Japan

 

5.0% yellow in colour with a thin head, bitter aroma and a foul acidic metallic taste, not good at all.

Hitachino Nest, White Ale from Japan

 

5.5% cloudy gold in colour with a nice head, the aroma and taste where more like a French / Belgian wheat beer than a German one but very nice.

Day at Jon's 9th April

Here are some from overseas we had at the beginning of April when over at Jon's.

Veltins, Grevensteiner Naturtrübes Landbier from Germany

 

5.2% slightly cloudy gold colour with a thin head, some caramel in the aroma, malty sweet taste.

Frankfurter Brauhaus (Lidl), Perlenbacher Weissbier from Germany

5.0% cloudy yellow in colour with a thin head, another good wheat beer, even if it was from Lidl.

Perła, Mocna from Poland

7.6% light amber in colour with a very thin head, if there was any aroma it was alcohol and the taste wasn't as strong as alcohol level

Some from the Fish Beerfest in April

Here are the beers I missed from the Fish Beer Festival in April, there are quite a few but I will put them all on one blog. All of the beers are from the UK and most are local to the pub.

Allendale, GFPA Gluten Free IPA

4.7% a hazy gold colour with a thin head, hoppy aroma and a fruity hop taste. This one was Gluten Free, but far too hoppy for me.

Allendale, American Brown Ale

4.6% brown in colour with a good head, malty aroma and nice malty taste. This one was good.

Roundhill Brewery, Vegan Dark Ale

5.2% dark red in colour with a nice head, fruity aroma and a sweet but nice taste, the vegan bit made no difference at all. This is a very local brewery to me and was nice to find.

Durham Brewery, Jaded Muse

4.4% amber in colour with a nice head, hoppy aroma and taste, not the best from Durham.

Bosun's, Down the Hatch

4.0% gold in colour with a nice head, malt and hops in the aroma and the taste was not dissimilar.

Blackhill, 70 Fathom

4.0% gold in colour with a thin head, herbal aroma, the taste was a bit fruity and not to hoppy

Blackhill, Jet

4.1% gold colour with a thin head, some fruit in the aroma and the taste was zesty, not too good.

Hilltop, Classic Bitter

3.9% amber in colour with a nice head, nice bitter aroma and taste, a good ordinary beer.

Yard of Ale Brew Co, Mochsta

4.5% black in colour with a good head, coffee and malt aroma, the taste was of dark malt with some hops.

Yard of Ale Brew Co, Free the New World

4.2% gold in colour with a nice head, malt and hop aroma, the taste was hops.