Old Bob (Bottle)
(Batch of Old Bob)
Ridley's in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Regular|
Score
6.16
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"This succulent premium ale has a wonderful blend of hops that give spicy and citrus fruit flavours leading into a dried fruit and biscuit malt finish. Twice a gold medal winner at the British Bottlers’ Institute Awards. Rich and malty as well as fruity and spicy. Nutty amber malt and biscuit pale malt together with crystal malt giving toffee/caramel notes. Fuggles and Styrian hops brings masses of tropical fruit and fragrant spiciness. Robust bitterness is balanced with the full body and mouth feel provided by the malt and the satisfyingly complex hoppiness."
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle - Deep ruby with thin white head, slight carbonation. Aroma of hops, a bit malty, sour fruits on the tongue. A bit oily, with the carbonation nipping the tongue. Not unpleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2012
at 13:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Clear dark amber to copper colour with average frothy off-white head. Typical Bitter malt aroma, caramel malty, touch of toasty notes. Bitter hoppy taste, some toasted grainy notes, a touch of dark berries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2012
at 14:49
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
In Jan 2007 I wrote this on BA: Clear 500ml bottle from my local Morrison’s. No best by date. Rear label claims it was brewed by; Ridley’s Brewing, Westgate Street, Bury Saint Edminds, Suffolk. Looks like an Irish Red in its bottle. Looks even more like an Irish Red in my pint straight sided sleeve glass. The off white, light tan head soon goes to leave a wisp-like nothingness. If your feet smell and your nose runs, you are built upside down, my nose can’t smell anything here. Not even something nasty. The taste is OK, a bit fizzy maybe, but barley and hops are in there somewhere, the bottle mentions Fuggles, but I can’t find them from this pint. Beery aftertaste, dryish and hops, slightly watery for a 5.1% beer. I am sure Old Bob and myself have met before, in a cask life, this is not as I remember him.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2012
at 01:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Tesco
Caramel brown, crystal clear, good frothy white head, some lacing
Aroma - caramel malts..soft fruity spicy hops..slight yeast...light toffee...very slight minerals...no skunk
Taste - caramel malts...spicy bitter hops...yeast...some toffee malts...bit of soft dark fruits...quite a complex flavour
Palate - soft carb...medium body...caramel malts. Finish fairly dry..moderate bitter hops some salty minerals (very slightly metallic) in the linger
Ovreall - Best beer I’ve tried from Greene King so far - a lot better than the other GK beers I’ve tried
Caramel brown, crystal clear, good frothy white head, some lacing
Aroma - caramel malts..soft fruity spicy hops..slight yeast...light toffee...very slight minerals...no skunk
Taste - caramel malts...spicy bitter hops...yeast...some toffee malts...bit of soft dark fruits...quite a complex flavour
Palate - soft carb...medium body...caramel malts. Finish fairly dry..moderate bitter hops some salty minerals (very slightly metallic) in the linger
Ovreall - Best beer I’ve tried from Greene King so far - a lot better than the other GK beers I’ve tried
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2012
at 06:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled 500ml
Deep amber color, good beige head. Nutty caramelly, slight grassy aroma. Medium-bodied. Toffee, licorice, nutty maltyness. A bit salty finish. Suprsingly good beer from Greene KIng.
Deep amber color, good beige head. Nutty caramelly, slight grassy aroma. Medium-bodied. Toffee, licorice, nutty maltyness. A bit salty finish. Suprsingly good beer from Greene KIng.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2011
at 15:58
6/10
Tried
on 27 Oct 2011
at 15:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
50cl bottle shared with a friend. Not much head, white. Amber brown pour. nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2011
at 11:22
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle. Pours a dark caramel with no head. Aroma is skunk, boiled sweets, caramel and vanilla. Taste has some raisin to start with caramel on the finish with some grass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2011
at 15:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home in London with Lyoli. Pours rich chestnut with a small, foamy white head. Holds a rich toffee aroma with doughy malts and distant, ripe fruits. Light to medium sweet, with toasted biscuits and earthy, leafy and slightly herbal bitterness. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Finishes dryly with notes of burnt candy, toast and some herbal, earthy hops. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2011
at 12:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample @ CBF. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich caramel, malt, malt and hops.
Tried
on 28 May 2011
at 09:09