| Greene King 18:44 - Oct 31 with 2385 views | BlueBlueBluex2 |
Never thought I would say it as I’m normally very anti Greene King, due to its unimaginative offerings and naff pubs.
However, just discovered Abbott and it’s blooming well lovely and ideal for these cold nights. Can’t think of anything Adnams offer which is similar apart from perhaps Broadside which is not a patch. |  | | |  |
| Greene King on 18:46 - Oct 31 with 2116 views | Burns7 |
In my part of the world they run their pubs out of business on purpose to redevelop for housing and then move on so they are the definition of scum for me! |  | | |
| Greene King on 19:00 - Oct 31 with 2020 views | footers |
Broadside > Ghost Ship.
Greene King make crap beer, always have. |  |
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| Greene King on 19:15 - Oct 31 with 1976 views | factual_blue |
| Greene King on 19:00 - Oct 31 by footers |
Broadside > Ghost Ship.
Greene King make crap beer, always have. |
They try to make too much.
Back in the days of wooden casks, kept by Old Uncle Factual in his Bury St Edmunds pub, it was mighty fine stuff.
Their worst crime is ruining Old Speckled Hen. |  |
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| Greene King on 19:22 - Oct 31 with 1955 views | waveneyblue |
Now, upgrade to Abbott reserve. Oh my god, what a beer.
Apart from that, avoid Greene King |  | | |
| Greene King on 19:26 - Oct 31 with 1941 views | footers |
| Greene King on 19:15 - Oct 31 by factual_blue |
They try to make too much.
Back in the days of wooden casks, kept by Old Uncle Factual in his Bury St Edmunds pub, it was mighty fine stuff.
Their worst crime is ruining Old Speckled Hen. |
Not as any refutation of your point or wotevs, but in my yoof I was drinking with some American airmen (not a euphemism). Anyhoo, they'd been up all night in the hotel bar and declared how much they disliked the local Speckled Cock. I didn't comment further. | |
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| Greene King on 19:26 - Oct 31 with 1933 views | BlueBlueBluex2 |
| Greene King on 19:00 - Oct 31 by footers |
Broadside > Ghost Ship.
Greene King make crap beer, always have. |
Different beers for different…needs.
Ghost Ship nice out of the fridge in the summer. | | | |
| Greene King on 19:28 - Oct 31 with 1927 views | Herbivore |
| Greene King on 19:26 - Oct 31 by footers |
Not as any refutation of your point or wotevs, but in my yoof I was drinking with some American airmen (not a euphemism). Anyhoo, they'd been up all night in the hotel bar and declared how much they disliked the local Speckled Cock. I didn't comment further. |
Not sure I believe this story, Americans can't drink. |  |
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| Greene King on 19:33 - Oct 31 with 1900 views | GavTWTD |
| Greene King on 19:00 - Oct 31 by footers |
Broadside > Ghost Ship.
Greene King make crap beer, always have. |
I'm having a few Ghost Ship this evening. Seemed the most appropriate. |  |
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| Greene King on 19:40 - Oct 31 with 1861 views | BlueBlueBluex2 |
Waveney mentioned that too. I will hunt that out next for sure. Thanks. | | | |
| Greene King on 19:40 - Oct 31 with 1857 views | footers |
| Greene King on 19:28 - Oct 31 by Herbivore |
Not sure I believe this story, Americans can't drink. |
This is true.
Afterwards we went to watch Borat at the cinema. Not sure they understood that either. | |
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| Greene King on 19:46 - Oct 31 with 1824 views | brogansnose |
| Greene King on 19:15 - Oct 31 by factual_blue |
They try to make too much.
Back in the days of wooden casks, kept by Old Uncle Factual in his Bury St Edmunds pub, it was mighty fine stuff.
Their worst crime is ruining Old Speckled Hen. |
In my younger days, I used to like GK beers and seem to recall that they had a better reputation than nowadays. Not sure if they've got worse or if the competition has got better. |  | | |
| Greene King on 19:51 - Oct 31 with 1804 views | jontysnut |
| Greene King on 19:46 - Oct 31 by brogansnose |
In my younger days, I used to like GK beers and seem to recall that they had a better reputation than nowadays. Not sure if they've got worse or if the competition has got better. |
Used to drink Abbot in the White Horse late 70s. It was once a great beer, as was XX Mild. |  | | |
| Greene King on 20:23 - Oct 31 with 1737 views | boom_boom_boom |
Adnams is a lot better than GK.
Winter time: Gunhill, Oyster stout, Broadside or Old ale!
Summer time: Ghost ship or Lighthouse.
GK XX mild is nice. | | | |
| Greene King on 20:39 - Oct 31 with 1697 views | factual_blue |
| Greene King on 19:26 - Oct 31 by footers |
Not as any refutation of your point or wotevs, but in my yoof I was drinking with some American airmen (not a euphemism). Anyhoo, they'd been up all night in the hotel bar and declared how much they disliked the local Speckled Cock. I didn't comment further. |
GK's Speckled Hen uses, for want of a better word, adulterated water. That's to say they add God knows which chemicals to the brewery's spring water to replicate the water used for the Oxford-brewed Speckled. | |
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| Greene King on 20:46 - Oct 31 with 1670 views | gtsb1966 |
Broadside is better than anything GK can offer imho. Actually water is better than anything GK can offer. |  | | |
| Greene King on 20:53 - Oct 31 with 1645 views | Basuco |
I do love Broadside, but Greene King London Glory in the fanzone is very nice and well worth a try. |  | | |
| Greene King on 21:29 - Oct 31 with 1552 views | stonojnr |
| Greene King on 20:53 - Oct 31 by Basuco |
I do love Broadside, but Greene King London Glory in the fanzone is very nice and well worth a try. |
weirdly one of the few GK beers I actively dislike.
but I will never understand why they dont rebadge a few beers to sell at the ground, it seems such simple marketing | | | |
| Greene King on 21:37 - Oct 31 with 1522 views | stonojnr |
| Greene King on 20:39 - Oct 31 by factual_blue |
GK's Speckled Hen uses, for want of a better word, adulterated water. That's to say they add God knows which chemicals to the brewery's spring water to replicate the water used for the Oxford-brewed Speckled. |
as does every modern brewery in the country and actually most have been doing it for nearly as long as Burton made beers were discovered to have such qualities, so I suspect its just amineral mix to make it more like Burton water, a process called Burtonisation, than replicating the Oxfordshire water, as no doubt Morland were doing the same.
the taste has changed more likely because they brew with slightly different sourced ingredients in malts and hops, and a slightly different OG/ABV they aim for. I dont know if they still use the original Morland brewery yeast, use their own GK version or just a standard neutral one, all of those can impact it | | | |
| Greene King on 21:42 - Oct 31 with 1472 views | Guthrum |
They did something to Abbot several years ago. Doesn't agree with me any more (and I consumed a lot of it in my youth, notably in The Bushel, in BSE). |  |
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| Greene King on 21:58 - Oct 31 with 1440 views | hoppy |
| Greene King on 19:15 - Oct 31 by factual_blue |
They try to make too much.
Back in the days of wooden casks, kept by Old Uncle Factual in his Bury St Edmunds pub, it was mighty fine stuff.
Their worst crime is ruining Old Speckled Hen. |
Was he the original Abbot in Bury St Edmiunds? |  |
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| Greene King on 22:01 - Oct 31 with 1428 views | azuremerlangus |
| Greene King on 19:51 - Oct 31 by jontysnut |
Used to drink Abbot in the White Horse late 70s. It was once a great beer, as was XX Mild. |
Mid-eighties for me drinking the same. Not many options for Abbot Ale in those days - Crown and Anchor was one of the few others. |  |
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| Greene King on 22:16 - Oct 31 with 1420 views | BlueBadger |
| Greene King on 19:22 - Oct 31 by waveneyblue |
Now, upgrade to Abbott reserve. Oh my god, what a beer.
Apart from that, avoid Greene King |
Oh, Jesus Christ. I remember the Christmas they introduced that. It did things to seasoned, old-skool, farm boy drinkers that caused more damage than the '53 floods. |  |
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| Greene King on 23:39 - Oct 31 with 1333 views | Freddies_Ears |
| Greene King on 19:51 - Oct 31 by jontysnut |
Used to drink Abbot in the White Horse late 70s. It was once a great beer, as was XX Mild. |
XX mild is one of my favourite ever beers. But GK want to kill it off. Grr. | | | |
| Greene King on 06:28 - Nov 1 with 1217 views | brogansnose |
| Greene King on 22:16 - Oct 31 by BlueBadger |
Oh, Jesus Christ. I remember the Christmas they introduced that. It did things to seasoned, old-skool, farm boy drinkers that caused more damage than the '53 floods. |
Abbot ale mixed with a bottle of St Edmunds back in the day was named locally as brain damage, and it was. | | | |
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