Insanely Bad Elf
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Winter|
Score
6.39
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"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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4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
12 Oz bottle poured. Oily orange pour with a soapy bubble head. Odd malt aroma. Flavor is a big alcohol up front, with a cool finish. No interesting or appealing flavor here. Bottle conditioned rubbing alcohol. Poured.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2015
at 14:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Smell of nuts. Copper colour, minimal head. Flat carbon. Half bitter taste. Aroma of alcohol, oak.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2015
at 19:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle sampled at THT. Pours clear dark golden with a small white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, toffee and a touch of overripe dark fruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2015
at 17:19
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle t THT. Clear golden with small white head. Sweet malts, lots of alcohol, honey, cardboard, bitter chemical herbs, poop, chicory, rotten bitter herbs. Quite sweet and medium bitter. Full bodied with soft carbo and alcoholic finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2015
at 17:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
33cl bottle shared at October THT. Thin creamy white head. Clear light amber pour. A decent barley wine
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2015
at 17:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2014 vintage. Clear medium amber colour, small frothy off-white head, mostly diminishing, light lacing. Sweet malt aroma, dried fruit, loads of caramel, honey, brown sugar, bit alcohol. Taste heavy sweet, medium bitter, sugary, caramel, alcoholic. Full-bodied, oily to sticky texture, soft carbonation, aftertaste strong resin-like sweetbitter, sugary, alcoholic. Not well-balanced, sweetness overpowers all the rest.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2015
at 16:23
10/10
Tried
on 09 Jul 2015
at 09:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
KRS 131214. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is peaches, malt, hop. Flavour is sweet, malt, hop, alcohol, pine, orange, peaches, alcohol, caramel. Full body. OK beer.
Tried
on 26 May 2015
at 02:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours deep amber, nose is fruity, caramel, nutty, taste is similar, quite boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2015
at 08:18
8/10
Cask
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Feb 2015
at 06:20