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The Good Intent (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Dark Star - Hophead (was 3.8%) brewed by Fuller'sExcellent1
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Gale's HSBNot Tried0

Visits Details

05 Jul 2025 (Hogan Sampling)
Sixth visit of the outing: Remarkably unspoilt to look at. It has escaped the modern-look makeover that can befall and spoil many an ancient pub. Truly quite stunning in every way. Its menu looked both good, homemade dishes by all accounts, and greatly more affordable than London and its environs. Without an on-line website presence unless you subscribe to Facebook. A very warm welcome from the barman and barmaid and very prompt service. It was quiet with just a few others in for my early evening visit. I was tempted to also sample the food but I still had one old pub on my list for this visit. Two real ales on and the one I had was in tiptop condition.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Dark Star - Hophead (was 3.8%) brewed by Fuller's3.40ExcellentCame with very good head and lacing and lasting on this Asahi UK-brewed beer from the old Fuller's Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, London. A fruit-infused first bite. A slightly sweet maltiness rising and competing with its dry hoppiness. A citrus-infused fruitiness pervading and a dry hoppy bitterness lingering.
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Gale's HSB4.80Not Tried

About The Good Intent

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The pub is found in Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4AF.

On the old London to Portsmouth road at 46 College Street is this sizeable 16th century-old coaching inn known, no doubt by the locals, as 'the country pub in town'. Serving two cask ales on a visit in July 2025, the pub has a single split-level bar with ancient-looking wooden carvings set into the side of the bar and beamed ceilings. There is a separate restaurant seating area on your left as you enter and an imposing large open fireplace in the bar area. Live music on Fridays & Sundays and home-cooked dishes served every day.

We have visited this pub once, seen 2 different beers and tried 1 of them.

Map location

Postcode: GU31 4AF