Greene King IPA Export (Filtered)

Brewed by Greene King
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bury St. Edmunds, England

Serve in English pint

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Bottled from Systembolaget Clear amber with a medium head. Grassy hops an dtoffee in the aroma. Smooth paate. Pretty sweet with toffee and chocolate. Pretty high bitterness

Clear 500ml bottle: 5.0% ABV. Poured into an ’Abbot Ale’ glass tankard to make it feel at home! Good solid amber body, clear and bright, looks inviting. A well formed, cream coloured, foaming head sat on top. What a pity the head had a retension span of a five year old. Expected a more pronounced hop nose, it is hoppy, but nothing like those monster hopped beers the US is currently producing. The aroma is of summer fruits, so the aromatic hops worked well. As the beer warmed a maltier smell began to eminate from the beer, making it seem sweeter in the nose. The bittering hops also do their bit, because the beer has a pleasing bitterness without going over the top. This isn’t all about hops though, the malts (hidden in the smell at first) are detectable from the first sip, or gulp. Caramel like molasses move the beer above a lot of IPA’s in my opinion. This is one of the sweetest IPA’s I’ve ever had and I like it, the hop bitterness stays longer in the mouth than the malty flavours and as the mouth drys the hops completely dominate. The combination of the two tastes compliment each other very well in this brew. Very drinkable indeed.

Orsakar inga frivolter eller vildare hurrarop. Tappar smak fort och nån plastig nyans ligger kvar i gommen efter de första klunkarna. Jävligt vacker att titta på dock. Näe, det är inte en Miss World-kandidat jag recenserar, det är en ale.

Bottled. Pours amber with a big white head. Smells sweet grassy hoppy. Tastes sweet grassy hoppy with a clear bitter finish.

Bottled 500ml (Stockmann Tallinn, BB 06/2012)
Deep amber color, small beige head. Light toffee and nutty notes, prominent English hops. But also some cardboard. Light to medium-bodied. Dry, almost astrigent minty flavor in front. Harsh bitterness, wood and nuttyness. Caramel maltyness in the back. Aftertaste is nutty-hoppy. Unbalanced and restless.

Bottle (50 cl) from Systembolaget. Clear amber/copper, medium off-white head. Nutty and slightly caramelly malt aroma with floral hops. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation. Dry with medium bitterness.

Bottle from Systembolaget, Sweden. Big but semi short brown head. Red-amber clear color. Vegetable aroma and some piny hops. Dusty maltiness with small bittereness for an IPA. Booring taste with nothing that gets you interested in having another.

Bottled. Clear nut brown, mid sized head. Fruity nose with plastic, dust and boiled vegetables. Sweetish and fruity, bland with indutrial flavours of compost heap. Slight dusty bitterness.

German lager like aroma, mild alcohol, caramel, and mild fruit. Copper-amber with off-white head. Caramel, grain, and hop bitter flavours. Balancedwith medium bitter finish. Full bodied and mild carbonation.

A copper reddish beer, with one finger head. At nose it is irony and grassy. aroma is hoppy dominated by the bitterness, just a little fruity. Nothing else to highlight.