Greene King Strong Suffolk (Olde Suffolk)

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

(Bottle at Gallows Bird on 2008-04-09) Dark golden red colour. Very weak head. Very sweet nose. Dryish palate. Sweet taste at the beginning. Moves toward roasted malts.

Rated:21.06.2007
Bottle brown, 500 ml%
Appearance:Head is quite frothy and weak, quickly disappearing, carbonation is weak but quite standard sa for bottle conditioned Ale, body is dark ruby, mahogany, chockolate, coca - cola, body is full, lacing is rather weak, the body is not transparent, rather opaque.
Aroma:Some fruits, dark bread, toasts, very bready like the fresh inside of the bread, roastiness, caramel, plums, cherry, very mild hint of alcohol, wallnuts.
Flavour:Again very bready, some roastiness but very soft, alcohol is very well build in, soft, very nice, long, bready or accidic bready aftertaste that booms on your palate, very intense flavour, caramel, coffee, flavour of some wallnut and some oak from the barrel, so me well build in malty sweetness and almost non existant hints of hops.
Palate:Very soft and creamy with nice, deep, long aftertaste, very long finish, the warmer- the better. The overall impression is very good, as compared to Grimbergen Dubel. The fruit palate is lower and the level of yastiness is lower, some wheat malts and banana.

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden red with a lacing white head. Alcohol and overripe fruity dense aroma. Fruity flavour with a light metallic note. Alcohol presence and warmth towards the finish. More of the same overripe fruit into the finish. Distinct warming alcohol presence in the far finish. Nice, smooth and flavour/powerful.

So smooth appearence, very nice aroma, rich , complex flavour with fruit notes and light bitterness and it have really long good, satisfying aftertaste! i was so glad to have a bottle of this ale again!!!

bottle 500ml at Gallows Bird Espoo Color: reddish brown transparent Scent:dark malts, oak, bit sweet Taste: complex mixture of flavors oak, wood, sweetness, nuts and dried fruits. Delicious experience again

Pours cola-like, ruby red / dark brown, lots of big bubbles and a fizzy tan head. Sweet molasses and dark fruit aroma. Very very thin body, low carbonation. Really reminds me of Bink Bloesem. Honey and vinous nutty malt flavor. Lots and lots of wood, must be young barrels, minimal amount of vanilla/wax. The combo of dark fruits and strong oak gives a great long lasting sherry finish, even though the initial flavor isn’t very strong. Somewhat vacant. Easy drinking, maybe too much so, wish it had a little bit more in the body. Now I really want to try Old 5X.

Perhaps we have gotten a bad bottle. Pours a deep dark brown thanks to the caramel color. Sugary aroma with a bit of the cask. Taste is very sweet, slight alcohol, and molasses. Not too carbonated but thin on the palate which was dissapointing.

2000 bottle 0.5L. Pours a reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is warm with pronounced notes of oaky vanilla and butter together with some dried fruits. Flavour is sweet and a bit tart with some bitterness. Notes of oaky butter, dried fruit and a hint of alcohol. Tasty (a 0.33L bottle would have been enough though).