Foreign Export Stout
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Stout - Foreign / Extra Regular|
Score
7.05
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Ridgeway FES matures in a similar way to vintage port. Roasted malts and leaf hops initially provide an aroma of breakfast coffee and fresh spices that gradually fades to reveal liquorice, caramel and raisin notes that are products of the aging process. Beneath all this change, sits a solid and resilient backbone of bitter English hops.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottled, thanks oh6gdx! Very dark brown. Chocolatey caramelly nose. Sweet andfruity with apples, chocolate sauce and caramel as well as notes of paper. Lighter body than expected. Low bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2008
at 08:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
[i] [b] Bottle picked up from Westholme, Londis, Goring-on-Thames, Oxon, had this 15-05-08 [/i] [/b] Dark brown pour with beige head. Sweet roasted flavours with some dark bitter chocolate, a touch of vanilla enters the fray before this is all swamped by the roasted bitter flavours, quite nice foreign stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2008
at 01:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Molasses and chocolate malt aroma. Dark brown color with thin head. Sweet molasses and coffee malt flavor with hint of smokiness. Nice blending of sweetness and malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2007
at 21:56
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (BB 10/2009)
Dark ruby - almost opaque - color, good creamy beige head. Aroma has smokey roasted malts and wood, milk chocolate and similar lactose smell than in unclean taps, I have noticed similar in some Czech lagers. Quite full-bodied. Lactose, light smokey-licorice-roasted malts flavors. Alcohol and hops kick slightly in the finish. Aftertaste is warming with licorice flavors. This is more Sweet Stout than FES, but there is some similarities to Camerun version of Guinness FES. Didnโt impress me, I wonder if cellaring matures this one to better (I doubt, too unlively brew).
Dark ruby - almost opaque - color, good creamy beige head. Aroma has smokey roasted malts and wood, milk chocolate and similar lactose smell than in unclean taps, I have noticed similar in some Czech lagers. Quite full-bodied. Lactose, light smokey-licorice-roasted malts flavors. Alcohol and hops kick slightly in the finish. Aftertaste is warming with licorice flavors. This is more Sweet Stout than FES, but there is some similarities to Camerun version of Guinness FES. Didnโt impress me, I wonder if cellaring matures this one to better (I doubt, too unlively brew).
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2007
at 15:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Black beer with huge beigeish brown head. Aroma is milk chocolate, licorice, slightly wooden and also caramelly. Once it warms up some roasted malts and wood also become present. Flavour is mildly roasted malts, big time smoked wood as well as some mild bitterness. Rather sweet flavour overall. Hides the alcohol well in the flavour, but gives a little warming kick when drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2007
at 11:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Roasted malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2007
at 06:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours deep mahogany into an English pint. Tan micro head quickly subsides to skim surface. Sour chocolate aromas. Thin with front to back roasted chocolate, caramel and espresso. Lasting bittersweet chocolate finish.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2007
at 19:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
scura buona schiumam pittuosto persistente aromi piuttosto intensi note di legno porto tostato in bocca morbida poco frizzante una nota di porto
Tried
on 03 Oct 2007
at 17:08
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Transluscent dark brown color with reddish hues. Small tan head. Wonderful sweet roasted malt aroma of coffee and treacle. Wow, this is really good! Complex dark malt flavor with notes of dried fruit, licorice, root beer and molasses. There is an unlying hop character that balances this stout nicely, but the malt is the real star here. The long flavorful warming finish is sublime. This truly is a World Class Stout!.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2007
at 12:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
1 pt 9 fl oz bottle thanks to brewfiend! Pours black with a little brown head. Roasted malt aroma, slight chocolate, dried fruit and whiff of liqourice. Light to medium body. Dried fruity flavour with an underlying and persisting malt flavour. Finish is malt dry, not much bitterness just a lasting malt flavour. Nice with a not too heavy stout which has itโs benefits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2007
at 03:22