Ridgeway Bitter

Brewed by Hepworth
Style: Bitter
Horsham, England

Serve in English pint

Pours yellow to slight gold with touch of amber, nice contrasting white head. Nose is clean, ligt citrus, mellow. Palate is a light bodied, crisp, gently balanced bitter that is very sessionable. None of the flavor components are in your face. Nothing is out of place. An easygoing ale that I could drink just about any time of day.

Bottle. Good malt body with a touch of sweetness, and a real healthy smack of English hops. Good balance. A great session bitter that goes down easy and can be drunk all night. Flavoursome and satisfying.

Ridgeway’s whimsical Christmas beer series has been one disappointment after another, perhaps I should stick to their more sensible offerings. Here’s hoping! Appearance: Pours out a clearish, light orange-hued body akin to dehydrated tangerine peels. Topped with a ½ inch head of lasting, whitish foam. Smell: Though not boldly so, the aroma is predominately hoppy, with notes of spice, citrus, and dried herbs along with secondary scents of pale malts and a light hint of a fruity English yeast. Taste: Modestly sweet, mild tones of Maris Otter malt with just a hint of toffee. Pinch of lemon peels tossed with a light dose of spice and a tea-like herbaceousness from the hops. Ample amount of balancing bitterness. Touch of additional fruitiness. A bit more toffee on the back end. There’s a little surge of bubbles on the drying finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. A skosh above medium carbonation. Drinkability: A sufficient, decently refreshing, though not exemplary brew, it’s certainly more appealing than all that goofball X-mas stuff their churn out at year’s end.

Date: January 03, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Ticker
Appearance: hazy orange, frothy off white head, bits of lace
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma, touch of bready caramel sweetness, light earthy hops
Flavor: dry malt flavor, nice earthy hop character, light and lingering bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

500 ml bottle. Clear golden yellow colour, medium-sized white head. Fruity aroma with hops and a little toffee. The flavour is malty, fruity, a little sweet and spicy, and has a citrus-hoppy finish. Not bad at all.

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50cL bottle. Deep golden color. Aroma of honey, pale malt, nice hop florals. Bread flavor, touch of honey, bitter florals, hop earthiness. Light bodied. .

Pours a nice copper color with a nice fluffy white head. It was a very good looking beer. Thankfully the flavor matched the appearance. It didnt have an overwhelming, overpowering or overly great aroma was it’s one major draw back. My general consensus is that the Brits got this beer right.