Ridgeway Brewing Insanely Bad Elf

Insanely Bad Elf

 

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

  Barley Wine - Barley Winter
Score
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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5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Amber color. Malty bready aroma with hints of toffee and cake. malty sweet, alcoholic flavor, slightly perfumed with notes of toffee. Sticky mouthfeel.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06


3.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

Bottle. Pours lightly hazed amber with a pillowy off white head. Aroma: syrup, caramel. Taste: booze dominates, fruit cake, raisins, prunes, apples. Medium to heavy bodied, ample carb, oily mouthfeel, semi sweet finish. Gimmicky, artifical and the booze is far too dominany. Nasty.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2018 at 07:23


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

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. alkoholsmaken er fraværet med tanke på prosenten. Flaske via DjOeye, 33cl 11,2 BF190920

Tried on 28 Jun 2018 at 19:57


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle many thx to Ggrumbo the Man cons 2018-03-09 Göteborg AR: British plum cake, chocolate AP: hazy bronze, frorthy cream beige foam F: British fruit caek, heavy warning feeling/alcoholic vodka, raisins, pruns

Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2018 at 17:43


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

bottle, 2014 vintage, sampled 2017-12-03 hazy ornage, smooth small orange head. aroma is herbal, slightly sour, slightly grassy,slightly fruity. flavor is sweet malty, layers of fruits, dough, wood. A warming, fruity barley wine, with a subtle fruity sourness, a bit messy, but you can drink it alright.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2017 at 12:01


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

From 33cl bottle. Pours amber with limited foam. Aroma is nuts, dry fruits, quite a liquor feeling. Body is dense and sticky, with low carbonation. Taste is sweetish and bitterish, with some astringency. Finish is relatively long.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2017 at 14:42


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

330 ml bottle into snifter, bottled on 9/21/2016. Pours fairly crystal clear medium orange/amber color with a small dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of raisin, plum, peach, cherry, orange, melon, apricot, pear, apple, honey, light caramel, toasted rye bread, pepper, herbal, tea, floral, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity yeast, earthy hops, and moderate bready malt sweetness; with solid strength. Taste of big raisin, plum, peach, cherry, orange, melon, apricot, pear, apple, honey, light caramel, toasted rye bread, pepper, herbal, tea, floral, and yeast earthiness. Moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, plum, peach, cherry, orange, melon, apricot, pear, apple, honey, toasted rye bread, pepper, herbal, tea, floral, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity yeast, earthy hops, and moderate bready malt sweetness; with a nice malt/bitterness balance; and light lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Light carbonation and medium-full body; with a smooth, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly slick/syrupy balanced mouthfeel that is good. A little rough from the lingering bitterness. Alcohol is fairly well hidden; a small warming and a touch of booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is a pretty nice English strong ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity yeast, earthy hops, and moderate bready malt sweetness; smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. A little rough and astringent going down, but otherwise had some nice balanced complexities; and was nicely enjoyable all around.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2017 at 19:43


4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

(Bottle, 0.33 l - 2016 vintage, from Alko, 20170114) The beer poured deep golden and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had glue, strawberries and green apples. Palate was medium bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were sweetness, glue, malts, green apples and bitterness. Aftertaste was boozy and bitter. An unpleasant boozy mess.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2017 at 14:00


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Aroma: alcohol, fruit, caramel, Appearance: clear golden with an off-white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, cherries Palate: medium body, sticky, average carbonation, long finish, Tasty

Tried on 17 Jan 2016 at 15:58


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

Bottle at Mum and Dads, 26th December 15. Pours straw yellow. Aroma is catamel, hops, fruit booze. Taste is sweet and bitter, quite impressed by this one, kind of a Belgian strong

Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2015 at 14:35