Foreign Export Stout
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
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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8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home in London. Pours clear, red-brown with a big, light tan head. Dark malt aroma with some cocoa and caramel. Medium to big sweet flavor, great chocolate notes, light leafy bitters, very mild roast. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, light licorice, cocoa, light mocha, faintly bitter and lightly fruity. Pretty excellent beer. The abv isn’t detectable at all. Very smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2011
at 07:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sample from bottle at Porterfestivalen 2011-11-19 Göteborg AR: dry, vanilla cream, coffey, chocolate AP: medium brown colored body, wee light beige head F: caramell, coffey, chocolate, a bit tart, bitter +
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2011
at 14:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Presporska pivoteka, Bratislava. Almost black color with medium white head. Aroma of, roasted malt, plums, some spices. Taste, chocolate, plums, honey, licorice. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2011
at 10:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
1 pint 9 oz bottle from Blanchard’s in Allston, MA. Poured into a snifter. Insanely dark poor, nice thick off-white; almost beige head. Had light lace. Aroma is a deep roasted malt and raisins. Good amount of complex flavors that include; Flavor is semi-sweet with notes of roasted malt, bread, licorice, and prunes. Medium bodied with soft carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel. A nice warming alcohol touch after the sip, nothing over-powering. I wouldn’t guess 8 % ABV. Very easy drinking. Really good stuff. Worth whatever you pay, I bet it would be heaven on tap.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2011
at 18:59
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
At Kolding Ølmesse. Black with a small tan head. Aroma of licorice and sugar, caramel and candy. Sweet toffee dominated flavour
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2011
at 07:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Frothy of-white good mostly deminishing head. Dark red amber colour. Moderate malty and hopy aroma. Candy notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Light roasted notes. Soya notes. Average moderate bitter finish. OIly palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2011
at 10:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and dark chocolate. Flavor is rather sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and bitter finish. A pleasant surprise. 030710
Tried
on 08 Mar 2011
at 12:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Black pour with a beige head. Vanilla, chocolate, coffee and sweet spice nose. Toffee, licorice, chocolate and raisin flavours. Incredibly smooth. Very subtle alcohol burn. Nicely balanced. Very good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2010
at 09:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled, from Idea Birra, Parma. Dark color, thick brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, licorice. Strong roasted coffee taste, bit bitter. Hides some spices. Some floral hop. Very nice foreign stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2010
at 08:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours black with no head. Aroma is faint, bitter coffee, roasted malts and alcohol. Taste is burnt malts, roast coffee and licorice. Palate is a bit too fizzy for a stout for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2010
at 14:55