Greene King Strong Suffolk (Olde Suffolk)

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

Duvel glas, bottle. nice head with, reddish ruby brown appearance. Caramel, oak and cherry, cookie dough, hints of raisins and citrus. Enjoyable long spicy aftertaste. One of the better British ales but nothing breath-taking. A nice and solid experience. Yes Please again sometime. Hard to get here in Sweden.

Bottle back at The Penguin. Dark ruby collared briefly with beige; seems to darken as it pours- probably just bad light. Enticing toffee, fruit cake, cherry, jellied red fruit, Kentish hop and mellow oaky snout, I’ve got to admit. Milky slick caramel palate sliding down inoffensively. Caramel, oak and cherry as suggested by the aroma. Not a lot of bang for your 6 % ABV buck, and certainly no ’old ale’ characteristics whatsoever, despite the alledged teaspoon of Old 5X. Bread, honey and faint vanilla nuttiness for dessert. Still, proof that not everything GK brew is rubbish, which just makes them all the more infuriating.

Bottle. Pours a dark and reddish brown with a minimal head. Aromas are decent enough... a nice mix of wood and must with dark fruit (figs and cherries) and toffee. It has a bit of a vinous air to it, as well. Flavor is very good as well... the first sip was a bit rough, but after that initial shock, things got downright nice. There is a black cherry flavor that lingers around that I haven’t seen before, but is darn nice. A couple of small issues that I have are that it comes off as a bit watery at a couple of points as it blossoms across the palate and the finish is a little bit rough.

THishas traditional written all over it. Lots of dark fruits let down by a thin body. This would be pretty good amped up a notch or two

Pours dark brown with a thin off white ring of bubbles. Smells of raisins, cherries, figs, molasses, some spice, citrus. Tastes of earthy, fruit, citrus, some tartness, a nice touch of bitterness on the finish. Very enjoyable.

(Bottle from Morrisons, Norwich) Poured a dark brown with a good looking dark murky brown head. Smellsed of strong dark malt with chocolate and a bit nuttiness/oakiness. Was looking forward to a great big oaky taste but it never really came. Dark chocolate malt was the prominant flavour with maybe a little bit of oak, but nowhere near as complex or interesting as others have made it seem. It just seemed like a good, solid, old ale. Maybe I was expecting too much, but this was a little disappointing. However, this is perfectly drinkable.

Dark brown colored pour with small brown head. Sweet, malty, fruity aroma. Chocolate, malty, bitter finish.

bottle, dark brown pour with plenty of tan lace, good aromas of caramel and oaky vanilla, flavor is much the same with some good metallics, very smooth quaffable ale