Ridgeway Lump of Coal

Ridgeway
Brewed at Hepworth
Style: Foreign Stout
Reading, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter, Tulip

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2/2-2013 " Bishops Arms Järntorget Gothenbur. Draft, and has aging since 2006: Black colour, witha thin brown head. Aroma had a nice raisins, dry fruitsand coffee, and some dark choclate. Flavor had a werry nice smouth creamy mouth feeling of raisins,vanilla,coffee, and dark choclate, medium body, long fruity finish. Nice!! aging of this one!!

Tasted from big brown bottle into a nonic pint glass, of course. It poured an opaque, very dark brown color, reddish at the edges, with thin and short-lived beige foam. It would kick up a new head and some lace each time it was swirled, though. True-to-style stout aromas and flavors: bready, toasty, roasty (but not overdone), dark cherries and black plums, with hints of chocolate and coffee. Medium carbonation, chewy mouthfeel and lingering complex aftertaste. Very tasty and moreish.

50 cl bottle @ home. Rated on 05.11.2009
Aroma has licorice, some soy sauce, coffee notes and hints of cocoa. Flavour has salty licorice, some cocoa, semi‐dark chocolate, hints of ash and soy sauce. Quite watery for this ABV – and quite typical foreign stout.

Pours black in the glass with a slight touch of red. Also it’s a bit translucent for a stout in my opinion. Slight cardboard aroma followed by chocolate and a hint of coffee. Thin mouth feel. A touch of coffee liqueur, roasted malt and mocha flavors. Overall, not too bad. Nice for the winter months.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, caramel and nuts. Flavor is sweet and roasted with some chocolate, nuts and caramel. Medium body, average carbonation.

Bottle 500ml @ Geokkjer
Pours dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, licorice and spices. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Bottle at blue monk. Black pour, mild to medium roasty aroma. Cocoa notes in flavor, mild roastiness. Average flavor. Light for a stout. Ok

50cl bottle poured into a tulip. Pours cola brown with thin head. Nose is faint cocoa. Taste is malty, chocolate, a bit of roast. Thin mouthfeel and little aftertaste. For 8% it doesn't taste too boozy. Good value! ---

Pours a cola brown color with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of toasted malt, chocolate, and hint of spice. Bitter chocolate flavor with roasted malt and hint of coffee. Decent lacing. Overall, a nice beer.

50 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20090215.
Pours dark brown, almost black color with a medium sized head. Aroma of dry chocolate, dark malts and caramel. Flavor of caramel, dark chocolaty malts and ash. Quite nice dry stout.