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Greene King Strong Suffolk (Olde Suffolk)

Percentile
94
overall
Brewed by Greene King
Style: Old Ale

Bury St. Edmunds, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7003.68/5.03.67/5.06%88.6English pint, Snifter
Commercial Description:
Bottle: Pasteurised.
Marketed in the United States as Olde Suffolk.
A blend of two ales: Old 5X , which is brewed to the maximum strength possible (around 12% abv) and left to mature in 100-barrel oak vats for a minimum of two years, and BPA, a dark, full-bodied freshly brewed beer which is added just before bottling. The result is a unique beer - strong (6% abv), dark, fruity, oaky and very, very special.
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 Allen (1351), Switzerland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Bottled 50cl. It pours a beautiful nut brown beer with a nice beige head. Buttery malty, sweet nose with banana showing up. Very pleasant palate. Lovely taste with hints of caramel, candy floss, mince pies, oak, berries, brown sugar and banana. Good lacework. Full bodied. Decent bitterness. Nicely balanced. Smooth. Faintly salty. Nuts, candy floss, hops and coffee in the finish which lasts for quite a while. A very pleasant experience.


 bgiamatei (229), São Paulo, Brazil
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/104/515/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Uma cerveja encorpada. amargor muito bom, com tons torrados. Espuma boa e com coloração caramelo. Cheiro bom, suavemente adocicado e torrado. Coloração escura, caramelo, bonita. Tem corpo e sabor. Especial. Ganhou top na aparência vez que a garrafa ajudou.


 jfb (416), Weihenstephan, Germany
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 22, 2008  
(bottle) dark ruby colour with a frothy off-white head. aroma of caramel, toffee, bread, oak, strong vinuous notes and coffee. flavour is mostly smooth roasted malts, oak, bread, caramel and light alcohol. medium body and carbonation, pleasant dry finish.


 janir (215), Oulu, Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Slightly ruby but mainly deep dark brown color with small but otherwise creamy and lacy head. Aroma is sweet syrupy, slightly wineous, roasty malty, oaky with some alcohol. Flavor is oaky, sweet and syrupy malty. Aftertaste is dry, woody and slightly bitter. Medium to full-bodied and low carbonated palate is a bit thin though.


 Muggus69 (517), Sydney, Australia
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Oct 9, 2008  
Pulled an old review out of the works... Served at cellar temperature in Duvel glass. Rich nose of sweet toffee, oak, bread, biscuit, a bit of alcohol too. Pours a cola body with ruby highlights, brown head diminished quickly. Body is quite flat and slightly surupy with little bitterness. Flavour is wonderfully full and rich with biscuit and toffee malt notes and hints of wood, dark fruits and spice. Finish is drying and possibly even a bit tannic. Very good English strong ale, although seems flavour is too short lived.


 afireinside96 (827), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 2, 2008  
500ml bottle served in a stem glass. Deep ruby pour topped by a small tan head. Big fruity nose with some toffee and nuts. Smooth sweet flavor, cocoa, banana, toffee, slightly metallic. Finishes with a touch of bitterness and a slight sour twang. Decent.


 danielyabu (285), União da Vitória, Brazil
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/103/517/20
Sep 30, 2008  
na primeira vez em que provei essa Old Ale inglesa não entendi porque Luiz Fernando Cavalheiro, grão-mestre da Confraria do Status, quem havia comprado essa cerveja, tecera tantos elogios à mesma. À epoca, além de não haver provado muitos rótulos, meu paladar ainda não estava apto a distinguir cervejas complexas das saborosas à primeira provada. Com o passar do tempo - e outras tentativas - vi que minha impressão estava errada, e eu, diante de uma ótima cerveja. Entre seus atributos estão a pequena aparência inicial de sua espuma, de coloração marrom-claro e curta longevidade. Há moderada formação de colarinho e seu corpo, marrom-escuro, é quase opaco, de grossa densidade. Seu aroma, em minha opinião, é a mais destacada das quatro qualidades principais analisadas. Farejam-se notas de caramelo, café suave, ameixas em calda, bala toffee e coca-cola - há também lufadas de frutas vermelhas. O sabor também é sublime. No início apresenta uma tríade de leve amargor, doçura e acidez (gosto de caramelo, ameixa. amadeirado e presença secundária de brandy), apresentando leve doçura e moderado amargor no final, este de longa duração. Seu corpo é médio-leve, de textura seca, carbonatação média-baixa e final de sensação metálica.


 Tranquillity (1166), Espoo, Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/512/20
Sep 27, 2008  
Bottled. Raisins and plum aroma, a bit metallic though. The taste is even stronger of plum, with some sweet toffee or smoke, even wood. Long finish. Dark brown, thick but quickly disappearing beige head.



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