Riggwelter (Bottle)
(Batch of Riggwelter)
Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Regular|
Score
6.97
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Riggwelter Ale takes its name from a local Yorkshire Dales farming term which has Norse roots; “rygg” meaning back, and “velte” meaning to overturn. A sheep is said to be rigged or ‘riggwelted’ when it has rolled onto its back and is unable to get back up without assistance.
Riggwelter has a wonderfully complex palate with hints of coffee, bananas and liquorice combining for a classic Golding hop finish.
Riggwelter has a wonderfully complex palate with hints of coffee, bananas and liquorice combining for a classic Golding hop finish.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
50cl bottle shared by Kermis. Creamy white head. Clear amber pour. Nice beer. Malty aftertaste
Tried
from Bottle
from
Clarkes of Whitby
on 23 Apr 2012
at 13:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in London. Pours clear garnet with a fluffy, off-white foam head. Toasted malt aroma with hints of chocolate and leaves. Flavor is quite nice, medium sweet, coffee ice cream, light mocha, leafy bitterness, faint toffee and toasted sugar. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish with mild bitterness, more coffee ice cream character, faint ripe bananas, light dirt and fallen leaves. A very serviceable English strong ale. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2012
at 14:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle 2 for afc championship game. Pours deep brown with small head and great aromas. Tastes of dark fruit, vanilla, malt, black pepper, and light banana on finish. Taste lingers a great January brew
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2012
at 14:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Tesco
Appearance - Dark amber, thick off white head with good lacing.
Aroma - Caramel and roasted malts, fruity, not much hop.
Taste - Light roast malt, caramel malt, sweet malts, bit of spicy hop, hint of pepper, liquorice, bit of earthy yeast. Well balanced rich and fairly complex.
Palate - Bitter rather earthy finish with roasted malt. Low carb, quite smooth, bittersweet initially but finish is more bitter but not astringent.
Overall - Good quality, rich ale, well balanced and good tasting.
Appearance - Dark amber, thick off white head with good lacing.
Aroma - Caramel and roasted malts, fruity, not much hop.
Taste - Light roast malt, caramel malt, sweet malts, bit of spicy hop, hint of pepper, liquorice, bit of earthy yeast. Well balanced rich and fairly complex.
Palate - Bitter rather earthy finish with roasted malt. Low carb, quite smooth, bittersweet initially but finish is more bitter but not astringent.
Overall - Good quality, rich ale, well balanced and good tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2011
at 20:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared by beerandblues2 at the 5/7/11 DC Ratebeer gathering. Pours a clear copper color with a large frothy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of toffee, fruity notes and leafy hops. The taste is toasted malts, bitter hops and stone fruits. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2011
at 23:19
6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Malty toffee nose. Crystal clear tea color, medium yellow head, good lace. Flavor is tame with little character. Malty berries, with hints of toffee. Too dry and too little flavor. I would not seek this out again.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2011
at 13:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
a very enjoyable ale..a little light for an old ale, both in body and in abv, but very drinkable, one of the first i tried to test myself on and determine the style by the aroma and flavor, old ale was my second guess. not going to say what my first guess was. very good.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2011
at 15:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours ruby/copper with a quickly fading head.Nose shows rich malt with sultanas, dried figs and caramel. After swirling, some banana can be detected.Flavours are similarly rich and sweet with more dried fruit, caramel and bready malt. Finishes weakly on an oxidative note.Carbonation is too high for these flavours and cuts out the finish unnecessarily.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2010
at 03:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Morrisons. Dark brown colour and tan head. Nose of roasted malts, bit of fruits. Flavour of roasted malts, dark fruits, bit of chocolate. Medium bodied. Easy drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2010
at 04:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cool looking half liter bottle pours clear deep amber with tan head. The aroma is a pleasing mix of earthiness, fig, black licorice, chocolate and boysenberry. The taste is pretty full with licorice, earthiness, spicy hops and then becoming sweeter and sweeter with the addition of dates, boysenberry, grapes and red apple skins. Rich sweet earthy brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2010
at 20:05