Ruddles County - Greene King / Morland Brewery

Jason

Massachusetts

4.43/5  rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

16.9 oz clear glass bottle that looks like an old style milk bottle, no freshness date.

Beautiful white lace around the glass with a bubbly lace that stays around long enough. Bright copper hue has a near sparkling clarity.

Sulfur, musty, grassy, veggie, buttery, and earthy and a hint of lemony hop are what make up the aroma.

Full and luxuriant mouth feel that hold an amazing smoothness, lots of hop flavour that is layered with the bitterness. It’s almost a grassy veggie hop flavour with a lightly pungent bitterness. Shades of buttery and musty diacetyl come through as well as a fluffy malt character. Hops go a touch lemony and the malt draws closer to a biscuity grain as the dry finish pulls in.

I fell in love with the ale many many years ago and I am glad to have come back to it. The complexities are surreal and oddly it does not take away from it being a session brew either. A bit in the raw but that is the way I like my ale.

Serving type: bottle

08-05-2002 14:43:27 | More by Jason

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +13.6%

05-16-2013 21:52:30 | More by Slatetank

shigg85

Japan

4.75/5  rDev +27%

04-11-2013 22:13:24 | More by shigg85

simonlopa

United Kingdom (England)

3.75/5  rDev +0.3%

03-21-2013 20:13:57 | More by simonlopa

BGsWo22

New York

3/5  rDev -19.8%

03-20-2013 22:41:34 | More by BGsWo22

dcdarko

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%

03-04-2013 09:23:51 | More by dcdarko

tbeckett

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -13.1%

01-18-2013 09:26:01 | More by tbeckett

PEIhop

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +13.6%

12-28-2012 00:24:17 | More by PEIhop

stereosforgeeks

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +0.3%

12-17-2012 15:35:11 | More by stereosforgeeks

cliff1066

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +0.3%

12-10-2012 05:22:00 | More by cliff1066

Pelicanrocks

United Kingdom (England)

3.75/5  rDev +0.3%

10-27-2012 19:06:00 | More by Pelicanrocks

flagmantho

Washington

3.6/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from 500mL clear bottle into a dimpled mug.

Appearance: rich amber-orange hue with a completely haze-free body and a moderate effervescence. Head poured a thin finger of frothy ivory foam, but didn't have much retention. Still, not a bad looking beer.

Smell: malty concoction with a definite caramel character and nice, earthy hops. Mild, but well-composed.

Taste: light malty flavor with caramel, breadiness and a moderate bitterness. Not bad, but very middle-of-the-road; nothing really stands out.

Mouthfeel: lightish body with a decent carbonation and effervescent prickliness.

Overall: a decent, if not outstanding beer, I'm going to give this one a few bonus points for its great quaffability. A bit mild for greatness, but wonderful for a session.

Serving type: bottle

10-03-2012 03:12:06 | More by flagmantho

markgoodman10

Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +27%

10-02-2012 04:29:19 | More by markgoodman10

CurtisD

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%

09-12-2012 11:32:40 | More by CurtisD

SierraDeuce

Virginia

2.5/5  rDev -33.2%

09-01-2012 23:36:45 | More by SierraDeuce

RedAleMan

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +0.3%

08-05-2012 22:34:31 | More by RedAleMan

Graze

New York

5/5  rDev +33.7%

07-07-2012 17:29:45 | More by Graze

beerhunter13

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +0.3%

06-30-2012 21:12:28 | More by beerhunter13

Eramen

Ireland

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A - Appearance is a luxurious red-tinted bronze surmounted by an almost two finger head. Nice retention, decent amount of carbonation to be seen.

S - Here we have the malts, a dry woody scent, grass/hay, coupled with the hops riding high.

T - Caramel malts, scone bread, fruit zestiness, and the hops which are pronounced and bring an overall fluidity to the taste and body.

MF - Sufficiently carbonated - around medium, with a medium frothy body pairing gently with the hops for a luscious texture on the palate.

O - Quite a nice bitter, not outstanding, but well executed nonetheless. It was a bargain at 1.99 euro (it was on special).

Serving type: bottle

06-10-2012 18:23:33 | More by Eramen

pin

Australia

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%

06-05-2012 06:01:27 | More by pin

abcramer

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +13.6%

06-03-2012 02:23:20 | More by abcramer

BoringBunny

Russian Federation

4.25/5  rDev +13.6%

05-29-2012 14:45:28 | More by BoringBunny

MEP

4.75/5  rDev +27%

05-20-2012 18:49:32 | More by MEP

TrevorWGrover

Germany

4.15/5  rDev +11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Average dark amber color, very clear. Head retention is pretty fitting: thick at first sticks around for a minute or two.

Smells like your traditional british floral hops but not a lot of aroma coming out of this guy. Then again I was drinking it out of a tumbler (pint) glass.

Tastes great. Very hoppy and kinda dry. Earthy/Citrusy stickiness of the hops balances the sweetness very well. Almost covers it up.

I liked the dryness on the mouthfeel. Also a little stickiness from the hops. I mean that in a good way. The delicious bitterness sticks with you for a while.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2012 01:40:03 | More by TrevorWGrover

cervezango

Bolivia

3.68/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

this beer is very weird.

got the hops feel and looks of our typical english bitter but it like sombody spiked it with some dense corn syrup.

it looks like watered down coke, light brownish orange color. typical british ale type of tiny head.

its very interesting strong caramel sweetness and strong bitter hops hops mixed, aparently the deistinct taste comes from a rare bramling cross hops, whatever the hell that is. i dont really love it, like the alsrom bros, but its definatly makeing a statement. going against the grain if you will.

it does grow on you a bit but its not really my type.

its intense flavor is only surpassed by its over powering sweet syrup / caramel apple scent. a little much in my opinion it actually distraces my senses away form my mouth and towards my nose.

sticky lingering mouth feel.

Serving type: bottle

05-02-2012 01:08:22 | More by cervezango