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Ridgeway Criminally Bad Elf

Ridgeway Criminally Bad Elf

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56
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A Barley Wine brewed by
Hepworth

Horsham, England

bottled
common

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unknown

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1683.15/5.03.14/5.0Winter10.5%8.7 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
"It turned out to be a case of mistaken identity, of course - wrong place at the wrong time...but Claus was soon back on the street with the polite apologies of the authorities - no questions asked. All's well that ends well, surely, but still, the reporters wanted to know...it takes its toll, doesnt't it? "Indeed" sighed Claus, "my elf is going crazy, and I fear I shall soon go crazy as well" And with that he hoisted a great flagon of his favorite barleywine-style ale, silently contemplating the future and straining to remember why he got into this particular line of work in the first place.

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 Scubatrip (313), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/512/20

Feb 9, 2008  
From the bottle, pours a rather clear red with a thin white head. Aroma is mostly of light malts. Nothing too special in the taste, malty, alcohol, decent taste, good but nothing to write home about. Call it an ok one.

 omhper (10393), Stockholm, Sweden
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/57/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Bottled, thanks oh6gdx! Clear amber, airy head. Fruity and fatty. Very sweet with estery alcohol. Like peach brandy with corn flakes. Not much in the way of hops, ill-structured malt and massive amounts of boozy alcohol. Top fermented malt liquor!


 GregClow (2318), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 20, 2008  
Bottle that I got from blankboy (I think). Golden-orange with a very slight haze and a small white head. Aroma is interesting, a but perfumey as the rater before me notes, but also some orange candy and caramel in there. Medium bodied. Flavour is decent, but fairly subdued and somewhat nondescript - sweet off the top, with some sugar and fruit, and a moderately hopped finish. Certainly hides that 10.5%. It’s better than some of the ratings here suggest, but still not a first rate barley wine.


 Papsoe (9980), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 20, 2008  
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of Ungstrup. Clear pale amber golden with an off-white head. Spicy aroma with nuts and alcohol. Quite full-bodied with perfumy accents - lavender soap? Caramellish with a ton of malt while the finish is bitter with quite some alcohol showing. 250308


 Enjoyit (1087), Vadum, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/515/20
Jul 3, 2008  
Clear golden of color with a beige head. An aroma with sweet malt and caramel. A flavor with sweet malt, toffee, malty bitterness. A very nice english barley wine!!


 DuffMan (1915), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/510/20
May 31, 2008  
Hazy orange amber, short-lived head. Sweet boozy aroma and palate. Grainy, with strong orange brandy and floral hop notes. Harsh finish with a little hot alcohol.




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