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Ridgeway Santas Butt Winter Porter

Ridgeway Santas Butt Winter Porter

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31
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A Porter brewed by
Hepworth

Horsham, England

bottled
common

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2232.83/5.02.83/5.0Winter6%7.9 English pint, Stem glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This special holiday porter is made for winter - rich and warming, the way they like it at the North Pole. It was inspired by this famous line from a well-loved children's storybook:

"And Santa sat on his great butt, enjoying a hardy brew..."

In case you find that amusing, the brewer hastens to point out that in England, "butt" refers to a certain sized barrel, in fact, holding 108 Imperial gallons. Back in the day it was quite a normal thing for a brewery to put its beer up in a large butt for storage. Still snickering, eh? Get your mind out of the gutter, or Santa will be skipping your house entirely this year.


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 keith0718 (151), Olathe, Kansas, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20

Jan 8, 2008  
I didn’t care for this one. It went down like a rather highly carbonated brown ale, rather than a "rich and warming" porter.

 kwoeltje (1180), Manchester, Missouri, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/512/20
Jul 21, 2008  
(50cl bottle - part of a gift pack) pours deep brown almost black with very little head. Aroma of roast malt. Flavor is roast slightly sweet malt. A decent if unspectacular porter.


 Papsoe (9771), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 20, 2008  
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of Ungstrup. Clear warm reddish brown with a dense, beige head. Fruity aroma with some roasted malt. Medium body with lightly burned caramel, roated malt and fruit. Short lightly hoppy aftertaste. Very decent. 250308


 phishpond417 (1162), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/510/20
Jun 20, 2008  
Classy bottle. Pours very clean with a rich chocolatey colour. nice big fluffy brown head. aromas dominated by caramel and rich roasted malts. coffee, black cherry and licorice in the flavor. nice creamy texture.


 dwyerpg (1990), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 13, 2008  
A caramel roasty aroma. This nice but light and not that sweet. A pretty tasty beer, but I like my porters not too sweet.


 BlackDonald (724), On a beer trip all over the USA, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/510/20
May 19, 2008  
None of the seasonal beers in this series are really that impressive, more gimmicky label artwork thany actualy real qaulity of beer. Something made for the American market. Thin and light mouthfeel, with some one dimensional roasted chocolate and caramel malt, some fruit notes, maybe just a hint of creamy coffee. Bland.




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