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We brought in Greene King IPA for a customer and I thought I'd give it a go too since I had read allot of hype over it. Supposedly Greene King IPA is currently Britain's favourite cask Ale IPA but this has confused me altogether. This apparent IPA comes in with a strength of 3.6% and has very little hoppy tastes that I could find. Very contradictory of an Indian Pale Ale. I really like Greene Kings Suffolk Strong and one of my favourite Ales is Old Speckled Hen. Can't help but feel a little robbed by this one...

There are a lot of real ale people pissed with Green king, the only thing in common with their IPA and a real IPA is the name, it way off an IPA

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But i do like there Suffolk Strong and Old Speckled Hen!

Greed King IPA is not an IPA and it is a lousy beer. The IPA on the label is pure marketing; like “Premium Lager”.

Séan

Couldn't agree more, not only is it not an IPA, it's an awful beer.

agreed....I had it on draught in london a few weeks ago...bland enough. I think they do an abbot ale that is nice though

&amp;quot;oconn&amp;quot;:2ree2m5i wrote: agreed....I had it on draught in london a few weeks ago...bland enough. I think they do an abbot ale that is nice though[/quote:2ree2m5i]
Abbott Ale is the beer that first got me in to real ale about 30 years ago. <!-- s:o --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_surprised.gif" alt="" title="Surprised" /><!-- s:o --> It cost me 39p a pint then! <!-- s:o --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_surprised.gif" alt="" title="Surprised" /><!-- s:o --> However, if I see Abbott Ale now I will not choose it except as a last resort. It is completely different beer to that life-changing pint in 1977. I believe the expression is "dumbed down". Likewise, Ruddles County is unrecognisable from the beer I used to drink in Nottingham ~20 years ago = it is even a different colour! <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->