Ridgeway Querkus

Ridgeway
Brewed at Hepworth
Style: Smoked
Reading, England

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Looks different from the usual porter - a dark brown rather than the more common black and heavier carbonation. The nose is great, with coffee, smoke and toast aromas. In the mouth, the smoke is actually quite subdued but definitely present. Dark malt, raisins, chocolate and coffee come through as well as a touch of stewed fruit and vanilla. Finishes quite cleanly, perhaps a little short, but with minimal astringency. Enjoyed this quite a lot.

500ml bottle from Era Wine Store. Thin bodied and brown in colour with a level layer of beige foam. Smokey goodness in the aroma but a bit thin in the mouth. There are some smokey chocolate flavours which are quite good.

Bottled 500ml. -from Presporska Pivoteka ie Cafe Luxor, Bratislava. Reddish/brown coloured, small off-white head, mild chocolate and smoke in the nose. Light roasted malt, smoke and chocolate with some mild bitterness in rather short finish. Pleasant but...

50 cl bottle.
Pours hazy red color with a small head. Aroma of ripe fruits, dark berries, malts and caramel. Flavour of malts, some coffee notes, ripe fruits and grass. Quite nice balanced brew with a mouth-drying finish. Very nice.
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Bottled, dark amber color with tan foam, nice smoke and some ash aroma/flavor but tends to be a little one dimensional without the fatty brisket notes that make these stand out, like a Louie Muellers in a glass

Deep brown with a cream head. Nose is wood, bbq, light beef, faint peat, and smoke. Very light on the palate, big smokey, peaty flavor, along with bbq, and caramel.

Dark brown pour, brown head. Smoke, ham, roasted malt, cocoa. Flavor is smoke, roast, char, a bit of hops.

May 13, 2011 - with blankboy, jerc & mabel. My 500ml bottle. Clear and deep brownish brick red with an average creamy/frothy tan head. Nice aroma, only lightly sweet coffee deep roast grain, a bit cookie-ish, some herbal bitterness and a very light hint of Islay peat/smoke. Taste follows, like a porter/brown ale with some coffee and cola and just the hint of earthy peat. Average body, mild carbonation and mild smokey astringency - overall it comes across as quite pleasant, better than its components.

Bottle from Stockmann Herkku, Helsinki, Finland!
Nice bottle design. Pours dark brown reddish with tiny head. Smells strong malty, with lots of burnt coffee and some smoke. Starts with lots of coffee and burnt malts, paired with some Oak notes and bitter chocolate. Goes into a bitter malty finish with lots of coffee flavor.

Bottle from Tuckers Maltings. Dark brown, small fluffy beige head. Shy smoke aroma. Light-bodied, stout-like background with a smoky, woody character.