Greene King 5X

Brewed by Greene King
Style: Old Ale
Bury St. Edmunds, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Pours ruby copper with a small beige head. Aroma is caramel, alcohol and dried dark fruit. Flavour is caramel vineous alcohol, dried dark fruit, almost like portwine.

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

Clear medium to dark brown amber colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, plum, alcohol - buzzy, dried fruit. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, strong cramel, alcohol, plum - fruity, deap. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20120807]

Cask @ C4, Odense. Pours deep red with no head. Aroma is sweet, vinious, plums, caramel, vanilla, oak. Low to no carbonation, oily and fat mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, has oak, fat toasted caramel, vinious, somewhat grainy. Warming. Somewhat unbalanced.

Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, caramel, and over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of over ripe fruits, spices, alcohol, and caramel sauce, leading to a dry finish. The alcohol warms the tongue.

Cask at Christian Firtal. Hazy pale copper with no head. Aroma of caramel and fruit, winegum, vanilla and alcohol. Sweet and alcoholic flavour with caramel and fruit and a touch of apple peel. Such a fantastic story, but in the end it just tastes like a 12% Greene King beer...

Cask at The Wharf, Aalborg, Denmark
Red-amber color with absolutely no head. Nice aroma, mild, with vinous notes, balsamic vinegar, caramel. Round body, a bit oily; good malt and caramel flavor, with moderate sweetness; the alcohol perception is well managed; correct bitterness, with an elegant nutty touch in the end, and some warmth; hints of Porto wine after the maltiness.
Subtle and nice.

Cask at The Wharf. Pours slightly hazy Cooper without a head. Malty raisin aroma. Full bodied, quite boozey. Raisin, dade and caramel taste. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Cask @ Cockney Pub. Pours hazy dark amber with a small offwhite head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, some sweet dark fruit. Flavor is sweet with malt, nuts, caramel, fruit, booze. Medium body, flat carbonation, warming alcoholic finish. Strong, but fine in a small pour. 220213

Tap@ Christian 4-Tal, Odense. Pours ruby amber with no head. Dark sugars, bread, caramel, berries and boozy alcohol. It does have qualities for blending but on its own its way too much.

Cask @ Cockney, 12%. Dark amber with small tan head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop caramel with notes of alcohol. Flavour is malt, fruit, hop, boozy, sweet, warming, little dark fruit and medium bitter.