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The Three Guineas (Fuller Smith & Turner)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
York (now brewed by and at Black Sheep) - HumbugExcellent1
Green Jack - Albion MildGood1
Breconshire - Baroque AleGood1
Exe Valley - Rodgers & HammersteinedGood1
Derventio - GriffinGood1
Titanic - Lifeboat AleGood1
Rudgate - Marston Moor Ragged RobinGood1
Westerham - Single Hop ProgressGood1
Upham - PunterAcceptable1
1648 - Oak AleAcceptable1
Tring - Maid of the MillAcceptable1
Little Valley - Midgeley MildAcceptable1
Rudgate - Marston Moor Heebe GeebeAcceptable1
Salopian - Blackwater SKAAcceptable1
Naylor's - GrinchAcceptable1
Elland - Santa PantsPoor1
Picture 1. The Three Guineas, Reading, Berkshire
Picture 2. The Three Guineas, Reading, Berkshire

Visits Details

26 Jan 2013 (Martin the Mildman)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Upham - Punter4.00AcceptableAmber bitter with fairly high hop bitterness and little malt character. My score 14/20.
06 May 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Time for a quick call before my last visit to Reading beer festival.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Green Jack - Albion Mild4.00GoodBrewed at 3.8% this year. Reddish brown with roast and chocolate malt hints. Rather dry finish. My score 15/20.
31 Dec 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
BeerABVScoreNotes
York (now brewed by and at Black Sheep) - Humbug4.50ExcellentBlack porter with full bodied roast malt and hop flavours. My score 16/20.
Rudgate - Marston Moor Ragged Robin3.90GoodWell balanced golden ale. My score 15/20.
Naylor's - Grinch4.00AcceptableRather bitter amber beer with a dry finish. My score 13/20.
11 Jun 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Derventio - Griffin4.30GoodWell balanced pale bitter with good hop bitterness and some maltiness. My score 15/20.
17 Dec 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Breconshire - Baroque Ale4.00GoodInteresting dark red/brown bitter with a coffee malt flavour and a slightly spicy hop flavour. My score 15/20.
Elland - Santa Pants5.00PoorShown as 4.6%. Very bitter and unbalanced with a phenlolic hop taste. My score 11/20.
07 Oct 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Rudgate - Marston Moor Heebe Geebe3.70AcceptableFairly standard session bitter with hop bitterness but little malt balance. My score 14/20.
15 Sep 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Westerham - Single Hop Progress4.00GoodGood hoppy pale ale with a good malt balance and citrus hop finish. My score 15/20.
Exe Valley - Rodgers & Hammersteined4.30GoodFairly malty and sweetish lager style beer. My score 15/20.
1648 - Oak Ale4.00AcceptableQuite a bitter beer, bitterness mainly from crystal/amber malt. Little hoppiness to speak of. My score 14/20.
Tring - Maid of the Mill4.00AcceptableRather bitter and little malt character. Probably nearing the end of the cask with a slight acetic taste in the finish. My score 13/20 (B quality).
19 Jun 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Busy with football on the many TV screens here.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Salopian - Blackwater SKA4.00AcceptablePale ale with a dry, bitter hop character. My score 14/20.
10 Apr 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Little Valley - Midgeley Mild3.80AcceptableRather bitter for a mild, some roast malt, but rather too much hop bitterness. My score 14/20.
06 Mar 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Titanic - Lifeboat Ale4.00GoodServed too cold so some of the flavours were struggling, but could taste malt and a little fruity hop balance in this ruby mild style ale. My score 15/20.

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About The Three Guineas

The pub sign. The Three Guineas, Reading, Berkshire

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent4
Good15
Acceptable15
Poor2

Website.

The pub is found in Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1LY.

Pub just outside main Reading railway station so popular with visiting football and rugby supporters. Screens show train departures. Taken over by Fuller's in late 2014 and its beers started to appear prominently in 2015. Closed in 2016 and re-opened, after refurbishment, in January 2017 which added the cellar bar, named Firefly after the first train to leave Reading railway station, which is impressive with vaulted ceiling and bare brick walls. 8 handpumps. Card payment only, cash not accepted. 20% CAMRA discount on cask ales.

We have visited this pub 29 times, seen 84 different beers and tried 36 of them.

Map location

Postcode: RG1 1LY