Greene King IPA

We got off the tube at St. Pancras in London, and made our way to the pubbiest looking pub we could find--which happened to be this packed two story place called the Princess of Wales Pub. The real highlight here was the food (more on the beer in a second). I had a traditional English dish called Toad in the Hole, which translated into American means something approximating "big fat sausages in a goofy looking bread bowl." It was fantastic pub food.

After taking a look at their beers on tap, I went with Greene King IPA (I dig IPAs). I chose poorly (the Grail Knight from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was echoing mentally taunting me). I was deceived by the look of it. The ale's font looked old timey, stately and distinguished. And it's brewed in St. Edmunds, Suffolk (which sounds awesomely English). I expected a nice bitey ale, tastes of English countryside, etc.

Unfortunately, it was a watery, shitty ale. It actually tasted a bit off, like maybe they're tap needed to be changed--like a dirty beer diaper.

Well, every ale can't be awesome. I'm interested to try this one again to give it a fair chance, but until then I'd advise steering clear of Greene King IPA. But try some Toad in the Hole (anyone else reminded of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride when you hear that?).