Insanely Bad Elf
(has 2 batches)
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Winter|
Score
6.43
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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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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
330ml bottle, bb: 04.11.20, by the courtesy of Finn. Off-white, bubbly head with short retention. Bright, golden-brown body, maybe with a red glint. Rather faint aroma of apricot and brown sugar. Dried fruits, honey syrup and sweet malts in flavour – indication of cloying sweetness. Notes of metallic alcohol. One-dimensional. Ok slow sipper without greater enjoyments (Tromsø, 26.12.2010).
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2010
at 07:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Beautiful, red brown beer with a weak and beige head. Aroma is strongly malty, syrup, raisins, some red berries and hints of alcohol. Full bodied and slighlty sticky to drink. Flavour is simple, syrup and sweet, peppery and slightly drying in the end, alcohol is nicely hidden and it feels only with warming feeling in the throat. Nice and warming beer after cold outdoor activities; simple and quite easy barley wine.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2010
at 05:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Poured a light, clear red with a very small white head that is virtually impossible to see after the pour is finished. Aroma was malts, alcohol, fruits. Flavor was fruits, sugar, a bit astringent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2010
at 22:48
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottled 330ml (Alko, BB 11/2020)
The final elf? Beer is pale amber colored with good white head. Aroma has light apple fruityness and alcohol, like in the quality Russian strong lagers. Medium to full bodied. Powerful alcohol in the front, then some licorice, marmalade and red apples. Long lingering bitter alcohol in the finish. Yes, it is a real winter warmer but a bit too much even ...
The final elf? Beer is pale amber colored with good white head. Aroma has light apple fruityness and alcohol, like in the quality Russian strong lagers. Medium to full bodied. Powerful alcohol in the front, then some licorice, marmalade and red apples. Long lingering bitter alcohol in the finish. Yes, it is a real winter warmer but a bit too much even ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2010
at 12:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Alko. Poured clear, amber color, really nice looking. Thin white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt, toffee. Flavor is similar, toffee and malt, bit too sweet for my taste. No alcohol deteced. Feels quite positive about this beer, although bit thin and low in flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2010
at 13:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 33 cl. Clear dark amber with a smallish, rough off-white head. Intensely alcoholic nose - almost brandy-like - combined with some caramel. Quite full-bodied, notes of burned caramel and nuts but dominated by burning alcohol all through the finish. 090110
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2010
at 09:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium to dark amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark fruit, dried fruit, raisin, plum, prune, light wood, light alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20100109]
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2010
at 03:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled@Punavuoren Ahven, Helsinki. Deep amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is alcohol, grass, some grains, strong sugary sweet and quite out of balance. Flavour is caramel malts, alcohol, some grassy and fruity hops along with plum and raisins. The alcoholic sweetness is coming through rather much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2009
at 08:08