Greene King Hop (Formerly The Beer To Dine For)

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

Bottle. Yellow color with small white head. Light hoppy aroma with notes of caramel. Grassy hops in taste. Rather thin and watery.

75cl bottle: Golden colour, white head fades quickly leaving a lightly carbonated flatish beer. Grassy aroma with a touch of citrus, refreshingly bitter taste, but rather thin and watery. Pretencious.

bottle. yellow color. meduim dissapating head. slight hoppy aroma. grassy hops in taste. quite thin and watered down.

A clear golden beer with a fine white head. Fresh fruity aroma with malt and hop notes. Medium body and a sweet finish.

Pours a golden amber with a slightly fizzy head. The aroma starts off extremely skunky (stupid clear glasses). KP opened the bottle and poured a sample and I just happened to walk by and I was overwhelmed by the skunkified fumes and fell the the floor twitching. Luckily this hotel actually has clean floors. That craptastic motel in Baltimore may have given me some sort of lice infestation had I lain on the floor. Luckily skunkiness fades as the beer sits and I was able to get a feel for the actual beer after a few minutes. A bit of honey and peach ring candy in the aroma. A light touch of caramel in the flavor. Not a bad beer, I’m just glad this thing was priced extremely reasonably.

A thirst quenching and drinkeable beer. Not really worthy of its pretentious presentation, but outside of that certainly worth a go. Fresh finish follows a lightly citrussy lageresque ale.

66cl bottle from Franglais, Calais. I just couldn’t put myself out enough to buy this in England where it would have been more expensive. So on my last visit to Calais, I popped it into the trolley, not expecting any great shakes. It is a pale gold colour with a thick white head. Peppery hop and lemon citrus aroma. Bit of herb. Smooth in mouth, like lemon sorbet and then a good hop finish. Best drunk chilled I feel, a bit like a lager. This for me is the nicest Greene King beer that I’ve had. Very refreshing on a Sunday afternoon of 30 degrees plus. Well balanced. It won over my indifference. Not sure why you would have it with food though any more than any other beer.

750ml bottle. Beatutiful color, white, clean, even head. Sweet aroma, hard to pin-point. Best enjoyed fridge-cold. The taste is good with shrimps in honey-chili sauce. The dry finish fits dining perfect. As my girlfriend said: "It doesn’t even taste beer".