Good Old Boy
Renegade Brewery (prev West Berkshire Brewery) in Yattendon, Berkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.44
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A multi-award winning classic bitter. Good Old Boy is brewed with a blend of rich Maris Otter malted barley and fruity Bramling Cross and Northdown hops to produce an exceptionally well-balanced and full-flavoured beer.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 2016 - 500ml bottle, pours red / brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, berries, nuts, chocolate & roasted malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 23:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Waitrose, Solihull. Pours a cloudy dark amber with small off white head, nice retention. Aroma of hay, bread, light spice, minerals. Not your standard best bitter aroma. Taste has berry fruitiness which was not apparent in the aroma but also bready malts, toast, minerals, nuts and grassy hops. Good light to medium body for a 4% bitter. A very good session ale and a slightly different take on a bitter which can only be a good thing. Clearly a good batch of this beer has made its way to Waitrose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Waitrose. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of brown bread, bit of marmalade. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2024
at 14:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - deep amber to brown, fluffy off-white head. Nose - toffee, brown bread and going into malt loaf. Taste - chewy toffee and caramel, more malt loaf. Palate - medium bodied, creamy middle, lightly roasty finish. Overall - good example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2024
at 14:05
6/10
Bitter, malty, slightly caramel
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2024
at 21:26
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear amber/mahogany pour with a small white head. Aroma is mainly mat/grain, hints of chestnut and berries. Taste is similar with a nice bitter finish.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2024
at 21:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle: BBE January 2024. Drank at home on 27th October 2023. Mahogany coloured body, clean and clear, decent off-white crown. Lovely traditional English Bitter feel to this, caramel sweetness tempered with some serious hop action for a bitter finish. --- Beer aliased from original tick of West Berkshire Good Old Boy on 20 Feb 2015 at 14:11 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: 20th Feb 2015: hand-pulled half-pint in my local Wetherspoons. Ruby with an off-white head that gave some heavy and impressive lacing. Red berries, hedgerow fruits and roasted maltiness in both the nose and taste. Semi-sweet with a caramel hint throughout, mild bitterness in the finish, I liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2023
at 22:37
6/10
Cask@The Nag's Head, Reading. 11/10/2023. Color amabarino corona de espuma blanca aromas y sabores malta, caramelo, toffe.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Oct 2023
at 20:56
21/09/1999. HOBGOBLIN, 47 St. James's Parade, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WYCHWOOD)
Tried
on 17 Feb 2023
at 06:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Roasty, dried fruits, earthy aroma. Clear copper body;; off-white head. Dried fruits, wood, earthy, roasty. Good darker bitter. 0,5 l, bottle, supermarket, somewher in central England.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2022
at 19:47