Greene King Abbot Ale (Pasteurised)

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

Bottle at Porterhouse, London. Dark orange colour. Slight head. Orange, buttery taste as well. Some caramel. A fair bitter.

aroma follows right into the flavor. Nice creamy texture, but still not clear if there’s nitro in there. My best guess is some, but a lower ratio than most nitro beers. Nice crisp herbal hoppy flavor follows all the way through. Apple is prevalent, along with some light woody flavors and a bit of sweet caramel. Very round and smooth, while still maintaining a slight edge. That last sentence makes little sense, but oh well, that’s what it makes me think of. Maybe a little touch ofn a metallic flavor in the back there, but can easily be explained away in the mind by the combination of apple, caramel and floral hops. Quite complex for the style, each flavor with a strong presence, but not explosive and in your face. Well crafted for what it’s supposed to be.

500ml can. Pours a nice amber colour with a large white head. Aroma: Tinny hops, on top of caramalized malts. Taste: Typical ESB flavours, caramel, decent hop bitterness, but with that weird slightly alcoholic skunk flavour I get in a lot of ESB’s. It still has a really nice malt character however, especially in the aftertaste. Very smooth, pleasant mouth-feel. A nice enjoyable brew, nothing spectacular, and I bet it’s better when it hasn’t been imported and sitting on a shelf for who knows how long, but it’s still good.

2002-11-25, Bottle, 7-4-5-3-11=30
Beautiful red-amber color and cap. Nice hop aroma, with some fruitness. Average body, not impressive, some metallic sensation. Strong bitter final, with no aroma. Not interesting.

poured from a 500 ml bottle this clear copper ale with a disappearing off-white head is extremely smooth with a nice, sweet malt character and a pleasant carbonation. Don’t know how long this was ’aged’ but the result is worth it. Very good.

Bottle (500ml). Poured a bronze with copper highlights and a dense frothy, off-white head which was mostly lasting. Aroma was malt driven with strong notes of toffee and caramel as well as some brown sugar. Flavor was smooth toffee malts with some caramel, nuts, light bitterness, some very light fruity notes and a pleasant biscuity finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation, a watery texture, creamy mouthfeel and a average finish.

500 ml can thanks to willblake shared with rebelbeerguy. Pours a clear honey amber with a very small white foamy head that quickly disipates. Aroma of sweet bread and........well thats about it. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Malty flavor with a slight bitter finish. This beer left me wanting something more complex, sort of like watching daytime television.

Botella. Comprada en supermercado. Mucho mejor que la Greene King IPA. Cerveza regular. Agradable.