Ridleys Old Bob (Bottle)

Ridleys Old Bob (Bottle)

Available filtered and pasteurised in 500ml bottles.

"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."

A Ridley’s beer, brewed at Greene King since late 2005.
3.1
171 reviews
Bury St. Edmunds, England

Community reviews

3.5 Bottle bought at local Tesco in Eastbourne. Pours out in a deep dark amber-brown colour with low head and flat body. Aroma of barley, cake and butter. Taste of mild roasted barley, cake, biscuits, vanilla, mild hops and light malt. Smooth and enjoyable finish. Solid and good brew.
2.9 Bottle at home. Poured a lightly hazy dark brown with a thin almost white head. Aroma is fruity hops, some pine, low to medium malts. Flavour is similar, finish is medium bitter. Not bad but nowt to get excited about.
3.5 Appearance: Clear ruby with finger thick ivory head. Aroma: Raisins, caramel/toffee, bready malts, subtle liquorice and a hint of light treacle. Taste: Medium bitter and sweetness with low/medium sourness. Palate: Thick fairly smooth texture, light/medium body, average carbonation, lingering dry bitter, sweet, dried fruit, malty, toffee finish. It reminds me a little of treacle tart. Comments: Very tasty.
2.9 Flaske hos Steven: kveldens siste, og en fin avrunding. Vi synes denne er smaksrik og mykt avrundet, men den har desverre noe litt metallaktig i den lange ettersmaken.
3.2 500ml bottle from Asda. Amber colored beer with tan head. Aroma malts spicy caramel and fruits. Flavoru is malts citrus fruits spicy and some bitter hops.
3.2 Deep amber-red, no head. Medium sweetness in aroma and taste and feels fairly smooth in the palate.
3.0 Bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig, getreidig, Karamell, Citrus. Geschmack malzig bitter, Karamell, leicht schokoladig.
2.3 Very light malty nose, and a beautiful bronze colour. Taste is smooth and quaffable slightly charcoaly. Recommend as a beer on its own or with food without to strong a taste, chicken and mushroom casserole or its like.
3.1 Bottle, 5.1%. Clear dark amber/brown with small beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, bread and a little toasted. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, medium sweet, hop, little bread and a little bitter.
3.2 Quite a fruity, malty aroma. Flavour is similarly malty with a general fruity taste and a balanced bitterness.
4.2 Ist das ein Stopfaroma? Schönes Zitrusnoten, vom Geruch bis zum Nachtrunk. Dabei nicht allzu bitter. Genial!
3.2 Bottle a amber colored beer with a white head aroma malts spicy caramel and fruits flavor malts citrus fruits spicy and some bitter hops
2.9 @Voldby Ølmesse. A grapelike bitterness but a very stale mouthfeel. Color is reddish brown with a white head.
2.9 Bottle @ Voldby ølmesse. Pours hazy dark brown with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, toffee, fruity hops. Falvor is malt, caramel, bread, fruity hops, little citrus and a little pine. Medium body, soft carbonation, rather bitter finish. 310813
3.5 Strong grassy hop aroma, citrus fruit. Lovely head, gorgeous colour. Lively hop taste. Bitter. Smooth ad silk.
3.4 500cl Bottle from one of the supermarkets. Poured a hazy dark brown with a thin white broken head. The aroma is of red berry fruit and a little malt. The flavour is medium bitter, with a lovely mellow malty, fruity, nut palate. The finish is smooth and medium bitter. It’s like no other beer i’ve ever tasted.
3.1 50cc bottle from local shop in Glencoe. Very nice dark amber, bronze colour. Fruity and spicy indeed with a lot of toffee as well.
3.4 Bottle. Chestnut beer with a small head and some lacing. Aroma of malts and toffee. Taste is malts, fruity hops, dry hops and toffee. I can detect a hint of rich fruits also. OK beer.
3.2 Bottle. Brown colour with a short duration off-white head. Aroma is slightly caramel, wood, and mild hoppy. Flavor is slightly sweet at the beginning with slightly bittery notes in the final.
3.2 Clear amber with a frothy head. A very rich and spicy aroma. The flavour is packed with fruity and yeasty flavours.
3.2 Bottle from somewhere near Kingstanding. Thin, brown. Fairly sweet malt. Some hardened biscuit, some leather, some Giant’s sweat. Average.
2.4 Pisses me off that this gets in every Asda in the country. What’s that all about. It’s simple marketing and sales. I hate PR. Stick that in Gabby’s pipe. This is very average bitter with a little sweetness in taste and a little soap in smell.
2.8 500ml bottle. Pours a slightly orange brown with minimal head. Nothing very interesting - slightly sweet bitter with nice hoppy after taste.
3.9 bread, caramel, floral aroma hazy, brown, minimal head, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, fizzy, light body, slick feel,
2.7 Bottle from Asda, dark brown with red tinge pour, foamy off white head, bready aroma, caramel taste quite sweet, light bitter, ok
3.1 Bottled 500ml. -Darker amber coloured, medium sized off-white head, mild nutty nose. Sweet malty, nutty and grainy with notes of hops and caramel. Moderate dry finish. Not bad.
3.2 Bottle. Ruby rust ale with a thin white layer. Malt and toffee and caramel nose. Bitter bite in the mouth with some light fruit, caramel and toffee as it warms in the mouth. Solid and an easy drinker.
3.2 Sweet with a bitter edge aroma, dark amber beer. Sweet flavour and slight bitter backtaste. Alright but not memorable.
2.9 It’s not bad. Nice rounded taste in the mouth, full bodied, toffee malts. Bit sweet for me. Lonely old men drinking alone in the corner of the pub, roll ups, betting slip, pint of Old Bob. Nice bitter finish.
3.2 Ruby red. Thinnish head. Malty, caramel. Coffee hints. Some bittersweet depth. Nice finish. Will buy again.