Greene King IPA Export Strength

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

Aroma has a decent malt, some fresh leafy hops, copper, pours a firm, long lasting cream coloured finger of head. Taste is milder malt than the nose suggested, slight metal taste, probably due to the water, has a tea-like after taste, some woody notes. Light bodied, well balanced, pleasantly bitter, which to me is odd for a bitter, very easy to drink. A good session beer.

LCBO bottle purchase- This IPA poured a deep amber and was topped with a frothy and long lived white foam. Good lace and nice retention. The aromas were bready and malty with caramel and some spice and floral hops. Tasted of semi-sweet caramel and bread crust, some toasty malts, with a floral hop bite that was quite welcome, and finished with spices and sweet doughy, bready notes. This beer wanted to be creamy, but the carbonation was just a bit too aggressive to be so. A decent IPA/Bitter to drink on a daily basis.

Pours a deep red/orange with a good creamy head. The aroma is slightly floral but a little skunky (blast clear bottles). The flavour is pretty good with a strong malty base line, with some light hoppy citrus, and a little something I can’t pin. Its a little watery for me, and the finish is thin. But all and all, it’s not bad, I’d probabyl buy this again.

500ml bottle from the LCBO. Very slight malty aroma, some slight hops, nothing really special, smellls a tad bland. Flavour is a bit wattery, there are some nice hops in there, a touch of caramel malt, i agree with the distinction putting this under the bitter category, i find it a bit too weak on hops to be an IPA, the beer i just rated before this one, the ruddles county ale is an ESB, and its hoppier.

500 ml bottle - pours a foxy reddish brown with a small off-white head. Aroma sweet and caramelly. Flavours of earthy hops, brown sugar, molasses, and a slight metallic edge. Pleasant medium-bitter finish. Creamy and full in the mouth. Good all-around drink.

Alright so I have a bit of a bone to pick with you Yanks. I love you guys, but seriously? If it looks like an IPA, smells hoppy like an IPA, and tastes bitter like an IPA, well then, oddly enough, it’s probably an IPA. It is brewed to be an IPA by the Brits, don’t forget it’s a BRITISH STYLE OF BEER AND YOUR OWN INTERPRETATION OF IT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS. Great malt backbone, creamy mouthfeel, nice assertive bitterness from BRITISH hops, and the typical beautiful amber-ruby-copper IPA colour. I really like this beer. A milder IPA, but probably closer to what the original ones were like.

great bitterness and good hop taste. real great much better than the standart IPA

Thanks to Bill for the bottle. Thin head, nice copper color, smells a bit off. Mildly hoppy and smooth with a pleasant creamy mouthfeel. Not too complex but solid in its own way.