Insanely Bad Elf

Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Barley Wine - Barley Winter

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6.39

ABV: 11.2%

IBU: -

Ticks: 98

"My goodness," muttered Claus, recalling his visit to the Institute, "the restrictive outerwear, the padded room - even padded Christmas tree ornaments. Horrifying ! Yet the little chap seems happier than he's ever been." Claus took a thoughtful sip of a most warming red ale. "Perhaps sanity is over-rated... Ho,ho,ho!"

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5.9

jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Insanely Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 9 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

330ml bottle. Pours a dark amber with a tiny head that disappears. Aromas & tastes of toffee, fruit cake, alcohol & candied malt. Medium body. Sweet alcoholic finish.

Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2025 at 10:42

Maverick (5074) ticked Insanely Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 9 months ago

Red orange pour from 33cl. Lame gimmick. Syrupy. Fruity. Alco burn. Not really great.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:38

6.8

tnkw01 (4059) reviewed Insanely Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 11 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Really nice flavor, fruity, slight grape wine flavor. Color like burgandy. Aroma is rich, fruit, slightly malt and slight whiff of alcohol.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 05:13

kristincedar (7052) ticked Insanely Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 1 year ago

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 19:02

PivoMan (6512) reviewed Insanely Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Sample, thanks grumbo. Lighter coppery, smaller tan head, not too lasting. Quite boozy nose, cheap whisky, slight wood and some biscuits. Medium bitterness, some sweetness, biscuits with nice blackcurrant. Warming finish. Lighter body. Nicely drinkable.

Tried on 28 Jan 2022 at 17:56

7.2

Grumbo (24387) reviewed Insanely Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

24/12/2021. 2016 bottle from Beers of Europe bbe 2026. Christmas countdown beer 1. Pours clear amber bronze with a small off-white head. Aroma of toffee, dried fruits, malt, sherry, butterscotch, wood, nutty edge. Medium to heavy sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, sticky texture, soft carbonation. Cloying, bittersweet, warming alcohol finish. A touch raw but enjoyable as a slow sipper on Christmas Eve watching Don't Look Up.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2021 at 19:18

6.4

BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Insanely Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from South Downs Cellar, Haywards Heath. Aroma is nutty, gluey, malty. Dark gold. Foamy bubbly translucent white head. Medium-heavy bitter. Grainy. Spice. Quinine. A tad vinous. Earthy. Medium-heavy bodied. Oily. Average-fizzy. Long boozy finish. Warming but plodding. A poor man's Imperial. Hopefully gets changed to an Impy Red so it was worth it for the tick and liver damage:)

Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2021 at 23:25

Lunde (5100) ticked Insanely Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 5 years ago

Aroma mørke frukter, malt, barleymalt, karamell, sirup, Utseende klar gylden med offwhite skum. Smak barleymalt, plomme, sviske, sirup, brød, humle. Middels fyldig, smaksrik, mørke frukter i ettersmaken, moderat bitter. Smakt Juni 2018

Tried on 10 Oct 2020 at 20:48

Marduk (26467) ticked Insanely Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 6 years ago

Malty, sweet, baaad

Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2019 at 20:44

mart (27297) ticked Insanely Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 6 years ago

Magus, mõru, karamell, nats alksi, kuiv, puuviljad. Ok, lihtne.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2019 at 20:39