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Strong Suffolk Vintage Ale

  • 04-07-2010 9:14pm
    #1
    Karl Hungus
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    Anyone else here like this fine beverage? I'm currently enjoying one now.

    This mighty specimen of finely crafted ale has become a favourite of mine as of late. It's a very rich, dark, complex and quite sweet ale, and it's quite strong as the name suggests, at 6.0%.

    If you like your ales, I would really give it my thumbs up.

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  • #2
    BeerNut
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    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    finely crafted ale
    Well, it's made in a big factory by one of the UK's largest industrial breweries. But I like it -- lots of toffee and smoke.

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  • #3
    Karl Hungus
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    BeerNut wrote: »
    Well, it's made in a big factory by one of the UK's largest industrial breweries.

    Really? I wasn't aware Greene King were that big a brewer.

    Still, I do generally like their ales. I really like Abbot as well.


  • #4
    BeerNut
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    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    I wasn't aware Greene King were that big a brewer.
    They're unaffectionately known as "Greedy King" for their tendency to buy up and close down other breweries and take over their estates.
    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    I really like Abbot as well.
    Abbot is nice, except for the daft clear glass bottle -- it can get a bit pungent. But their IPA is rubbish and they've destroyed Old Speckled Hen over the last five years.

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  • #5
    oblivious
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    BeerNut wrote: »
    They're unaffectionately known as "Greedy King" for their tendency to buy up and close down other breweries and take over their estates.

    Apparently they where approached by two of the breweries to be bought out as they where no longer viable business


  • #6
    Karl Hungus
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    BeerNut wrote: »
    and they've destroyed Old Speckled Hen over the last five years.

    They have? I still quite enjoy that.


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  • #7
    ciaran76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,695 ✭✭✭ciaran76


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Anyone else here like this fine beverage? I'm currently enjoying one now.

    This mighty specimen of finely crafted ale has become a favourite of mine as of late. It's a very rich, dark, complex and quite sweet ale, and it's quite strong as the name suggests, at 6.0%.

    If you like your ales, I would really give it my thumbs up.

    2262901715_b37631a469.jpg?v=0

    Have to say I really like this ale. My local sells them too quickly and I have had to ask them to hold one for me (which they did) when they get them in.


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