Greene King Hop (Formerly The Beer To Dine For)

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

What’s with the "fancy" clear bottle? Very drinkable ale with nice (British) hoppy notes. Not interesting at all. However, it worked quite well with a spicy curry dish.

750 ml bottle, bought in Denmark. I had to try this one, despite being sceptical to the gimmicky name: IMO, most good beers are worth "to dine for" (with a possible exception of the very sweetest ones), so why should this one be different? It isn’t - it’s basically a decent standard golden ale, where the Tettnang hops (more commonly found in German lagers) shine through nicely. Citrussy aroma, notes of flowers and honey. Pleasant lightbodied flavour with a moderate but decent hoppiness throughout, nice but nothing spectacular. No doubt good with food (I must admit that my "dining" was limited to a couple slices of pizza), but again: so are many other beers.

75 cl bottle. No yeast in bottom. Yellow colour with a nice but fast disappearing foam. RIch of aroma hops. Very clean taste that ends up in a delicious mouthfull of hops.

Only tasted this, cause one of my friends had missed the n in dine!! As said before: very easy and rather tasteless.

extremely avarage, very tasteless, slightly hoppy finish and that´s it ... very easy and tasteless brew

Here’s the meal I ate with the beer: Fry courgettes (zucchini) in olive oil with garlic. When golden, add lots of mint and parsley leaves and lemon juice. Quick boil. Serve with Parma ham. Followed by fresh mango. Delicious. The beer was a bit thin and tasteless. At least it didn’t spoil my dinner.

Bottle. Light amber color with small white head. The taste is a sweet light hoppy body with a thin and boring finish.

Bottled. Clear amber coloured with a small fast disappearing head. Aroma of malts, butter, caramel and spices. Strange flavour of butter, malts and caramel with notes of spices. Hoppy finish.