About
Started brewing as West Berkshire Brewery at the Pot Kiln, Frilsham, Yattendon.
We create well-balanced and flavourful beers. Employing traditional techniques and championing British ingredients, we have a range of beers and styles that showcase the very best of British beer. We have won over 45 awards since we started brewing in 1995.
In 2021 the brewery was rescued from administration by Yattendon Estates and the name was changed to Renegade Brewery.
We create well-balanced and flavourful beers. Employing traditional techniques and championing British ingredients, we have a range of beers and styles that showcase the very best of British beer. We have won over 45 awards since we started brewing in 1995.
In 2021 the brewery was rescued from administration by Yattendon Estates and the name was changed to Renegade Brewery.
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Borough Arms, Crewe. Pours a dark chestnut with medium sized foamy off-white head and good lacing. There’s bready malts and fruity hops in the aroma. In the mouth it has subdued bitterness around a sweet core – though the bitterness does increase after a while. Plenty of hops and malts in the flavour plus some autumn fruits. Later there is an increasing amount of spice and hints of berries and dark bread. This is quite decent – a basic beer but well done.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Borough Arms
on 12 Sep 2026
at 13:05
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Tried
from Cask
at
Royal Blenheim (Titanic)
on 05 Sep 2026
at 14:45
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Bargain shelf purchase from Hilliers Garden Centre, Sunningdale. Hazy dark orange. Foamy white head. Aroma has a chewy malt led Aroma, with light sweet citrus and possibly faded hops. Flavourwise it got bitter and sour citrus with a hint of resin. Low key underlying sweet fruit juice. Dusty bready hops. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Hmm, not great modern beer from a brewery that's jumped on the craft bandwagon? Most probably. Also faded? A charitable probably.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2026
at 22:37
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 4
£1 can from Longacres, Sunningdale (think it's Bagshot but the latter presumably sounds posh like). Pours clear light gols. Foamy white head. Aroma has sweet peach and a bitter edge which don't quite mask the underlying cardboard and damp mattress musk. Flavourwise it's very sweet and certainly peachy (as in the fruit rather than how I feel about it). Underlying veg soup and doughy malts. Light. Thin. Soft-fizzy carbonation Long dry finish. I wonder if the Brewski Peach Lager they also push is pretty indistinguishable from this shite.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2026
at 18:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Vinny & Ted, Beaconsfield , 23/12/2025.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a lasting beige head.
Nose is big on mince pies, faint liquorice, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises light spice, mince pie mix, raisins, sultanas, herb.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Fun mild ... gets the mince pie message across well.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a lasting beige head.
Nose is big on mince pies, faint liquorice, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises light spice, mince pie mix, raisins, sultanas, herb.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Fun mild ... gets the mince pie message across well.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2025
at 17:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Vinny Beaconsfield. Dark brown. Inky. Beige head. Flavourwise it had coffee and cream with a tangy edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Bland.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2025
at 08:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Vinny & Ted, Beaconsfield. Thanks Mark (I think?) for sharing. Black with a thin beige head. Creamy coffee and liquorice. A bit sour in the finish. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
at
Vinny & Ted
on 21 Nov 2025
at 19:10
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Keg at Vinny & Ted, Beaconsfield, 21/11/2025.
Light black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is dark malts, charr, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, ashen nip, roast malts, cocoa sprinkle.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
No frills easy drinking stout.
Light black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is dark malts, charr, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, ashen nip, roast malts, cocoa sprinkle.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
No frills easy drinking stout.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2025
at 17:02
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Nags Head, Reading.] A pale amber pour with a ring of translucent head; fruity aroma; dry fruity taste - tropical, but don’t recognise it as guava; and a dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Nag's Head
on 16 Oct 2025
at 13:01