2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
translucent gold with a thin but persistent white head. medium bodied with a touch of creaminess, and medium high carbonation.
aroma: dank woodsy hops, grassy bready malt.
taste: grassy and herbal hop bitterness like brussels sprouts, with a mostly stale and musty malt background, but with a subtle and short-lived helles-like biscuity malt sweetness popping up in the finish.
improves a lot as it warms up, as more of the malt character comes through, but maintains a nice blend of intense yet sessional throughout.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Appearance: golden orange, medium white head. Aroma: wet cardboard, grass, spice, pepper, grain and malt. Flavour: boozy, caramel, lots of wet cardboard, tangy bitterness. Caramel again, long grassy wet cardboard. Wow. Yuck.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
50 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20081216.
Pours dark copper color with a small head. Aroma of strong caramel, some toffee, malts and hints of fruits. Flavor of dark malts, caramel and ripe fruits, some sugary alcohol too.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours clear golden with white head. Aroma of grains, malt and caramel. Aroma is spicy, malty and hoppy.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Toasty, cerealy nose. Pours medium gold with a thin white head. Flavour is rich and has a good malty sweetness but the alcohol makes it a bit cloying and syrupy. A fair ale but slightly old-fashioned and in need of freshening up.
4.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
500ml bottle from BevMo. Poured into an imperial pint glass that accommodates the entire bottle. Strong lacing. No aroma to speak of. Alcohol notes hit the taste buds right from the start but served cold it is a quafflable alternative to a stout. A great winter ale that does not feel like a meal. This is my
favourite Ridgeway.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Crystal clear golden pour. Medium light white head. Fuggle hop aroma. Flavor is very strong. Boozy. Malty with a slight balance with the hops.
---Rated via iPhone
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured from bottle. Aroma of malt and Halloween candy. Clear copper with white head, lacing. I taste roasted malt, vanilla, sugar, pepper, banana and alcohol in back. Hops in aftertaste. A nice winter warmer.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Light translucent copper color. Lazy, small hot air balloon like carbonation bubbles float aspiringly up the the 2" thick frothy cloud cover. Feint malt syrup nose, with 20 - 40L range Crystal malt influence giving it a slight caramel touch. Medium caramel and cereal grain body. Sweet and smooth. Some stale cereal grains on the finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A decent example of British ale. I would hesitate to call it a strong. More an unhopped amber to my taste. Has a bit of sweetness that isn’t cloying. Flavor of apple cider lingers. Not half bad for a free Christmas beer.
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