Greene King Royal London

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

Serve in English pint

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Cask conditioned at The Allsop Arms, Marylebone, London. Chestnut with white head. Sweet malty beer with the G.K cold tea taste. Dull and fruity, with a staleish background. Not very good here, but it is the closest pub to the station.

Bottle (London Glory) , from Morrisons Scunthorpe. Deep gold, big fluffy white head and moderate condition. Muted orange citrus and slight caramel sweetness in the nose, soft and sweet in the mouth with a balancing bitterness and delicate hop note that lingers briefly in the finish

London Glory from Morrisons in Chester-le-Street. Copper coloured with burnt toffee/caramel flavours and a red fruity finish. This beer has the usual pleasant Greene King taste.

Came across this beer at ‘The Old Spring’ in Cambridge, England late Nov 2011: pump clip called it ’London Glory’ . Having never heard of it before I decided to order a pint from the young lady behind the bar. Hand pulled by the said young lady into a Greene King IPA badged pint sleeve. The beer was an amber colour with a medium depth (quarter of an inch) of white head: made up of tight bubbles, it looked fine. The nose a blend of citrusy hops and malty caramel esters: nothing very strong, but a slight aroma when really searched for. Nothing huge in the taste area, some hints of malts if I’m being kind: with some floral hop content so weak I had trouble detecting it. Yet another Greene King product that seems to be brewed from some base wort and then tweaked to be a new beer. It was my first beer of a long weekend drinking mission and although I quite enjoyed its blandness because it quenched my thirst and prepared me for what was to follow, I’ll never have had another one by choice.

Cask. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter nice flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tap @ The Phoenix, London. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, fruits and hops.

Draft as London Glory at The Brewmaster, London. Darker amber coloured beer with no carbonation and a small but dence white head. Slightly roasted elder woody and fruity hinted aroma. Creamy full palate. Finish is malty sweet, with a slight infected touch? Medium.

Slight flavour of marmite and sugar - not the most attractive combination and any other qualities it has are well-hidden. Slight improvement on IPA but what isn’t? What does tee me off as well though is that unless it has been delivered to a London pub, it has no connection with the capital whatsoever, being concocted at the Bury St. Edmunds chemical factory as an unashamed attempt by Greedy King to cash in on the popularity of London Pride even though it isn’t a patch on the Fuller’s beer. To be consomed in extreme circumstances only.

Draft in one pub in London. dark red color with medium head. Malty aroma. Taste was quite watery, but finish is powerful and bitter.

Amber color with a modest off-white head. The nose is fruity - apples, some caramel malts, strawberry. The taste is sweet, with a light bitter finish. The palate’s a bit watery and unchallenging. Overall, an OK sipper.

The cask ale in a London pub is the best. Highly recommend on your next trip to England.........................................