Ruddles County

Ruddles County (4.7% abv) is a premium bitter found in some pubs and just about every supermarket in the UK. I had the pleasure of my pint at a gastro pub called “The Kings Arms” just around the corner from Tower Bridge in SE1. The pub itself sold excellent burgers but the beer options were a little lacking. Ruddles Ales is an independent brewery that is now part of the Greene King Empire, and I think the Kings Arms may be a Greene King tied house as the ales were Greene king IPA and Ruddles County. The beer is dry and bitter with a unique hoppy taste. I am going to be bold and claim that its hopped with Brambling Cross? The beer also has some roasting notes, but more on the caramel end of the spectrum than the roast barley end. Overall it was a decent pint but just not anything special.