Foreign Export Stout
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Stout - Foreign / Extra Regular|
Score
7.02
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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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
0.5 l bottle thanks to Marko, shared with Ian Ober, Renje, Antonija 🐭 and PBF_korica. Aroma is chocolate, roasty, liquorice and cardboard. Some sweetness, chocolate liquorice bar, lacquer, cardboard, wild herbs, earthy, leaves. Medium body, soft carbonation, soft texture, light finish. Not hot or too strong. Alcohol quite hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2024
at 19:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the pigs ear beer festival 2023. A clear cola brown coloured pour with a lasting cream head. Aroma is semi sweet, spicy woody. Twig, meaty roast. Jammy fruit. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, cola cubes, woody roast, vanilla, twiggy, jammy fruits, cola cubes, light tang, spicy balsa. Palate is tannin, semi sweet, highish carbonation. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2023
at 15:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours opaque black with a tall beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, smoke. Taste is dry, roasted malt, coffee. Medium bitter finish. Full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2023
at 17:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at Grand Delancey: draught black with white head. Aroma is chocolate, soy sauce, light fruit. Taste is sweet, dry bitterness. Some lingering aftertaste.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2023
at 18:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle as part of a delivery from Beers of Europe and drunk at home. It's damnm near black, with a small beige/khaki head. Malty aroma, a fair hit of liquorice and a little bit of roasted almond. Bittersweet taste, more liquorice, some molasses, horehound. Quite medicinal in the finish. Thin body, carbonation minimal. I want to like this more than I do. It's half a step up from just okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2023
at 21:56
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Tried
on 24 Jan 2023
at 08:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Appearance: Opaque deep brown with a perfect ivory-coloured frothy head. Aroma: Roasted barley, coffee, dark chocolate, toasted malt, cream. hop. Taste: Medium dry, roasted, hoppy, light to medium bitter. Further coffee, toast, floral notes. Lingering hoppy ending. Mouth feel: Medium plus body, fine carbonation. Summary: Good.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2022
at 18:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beers of Europe.. Appearance black with a creamy head. Nose - molasses, but dry. Liquorice. Taste - more liquorice and raisins. A bit of tar on the side. Palate - medium bodied at least. Roasty through middle and finish. Overall - very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2020
at 15:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours dark brown to black with a thin off-white head. Aromas of hazelnut, tar, liquorice, red wine. Taste is more of the same. Nicely done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2020
at 15:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. nalane do pinty Samuela Smith'a. Spora sniada piana, szkoda ze malo trwala, barwa brazowo czerwona, zapach prazonych orzeszkow, kakao i deserowa czekolada, wytrawne, lekko kwaskowe. FES bardzo malo slodowy, blizej do Dry Stouta niz do FES. Ale moze dlatego ze odlezakowalem to piwo sporo czasu.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2020
at 18:32