The Ridge
Harviestoun in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.33
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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is where the waters of Scotland and America meet. In celebration of this titanic clash, The Ridge artfully combines ingredients from both countries to create an earth-shattering combination, all thanks to the seismic talents of our master brewers.
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Amarillo, Apollo
Lager Malt, Wheat Malt
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Amarillo, Apollo
Lager Malt, Wheat Malt
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Tesco, Cannonmills, Edinburgh. Straw coloured with a thin white head; traditional English hop aroma; strongly bitter taste - woody and resinous, with just a hint of paint stripper; and a long earthy bitterness to finish. An assertively hoppy beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2014
at 11:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle thnx to the bartender @ hoppy loft . Pours clear blonde, small to no head Smell is very weak . Taste is bitter, with loads of green-hops in the back . Amarillo is there, recognizable but very hidden . Very simple beer , that is drinkable, but not as drinkable as it should be due to a great bitterness . Don’t get me wrong, I love bitter, the more intense the better, but this doesn’t have the body or complexity to live up to the bitterness, making it way out of balance . Too bitter to drink , to simple and weak to taste . Carbonation is very good though . Ok beer I guess
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2014
at 17:13
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Desmond’s Next Door, Kimmage, Dublin [100714]
Golden, clear, frothy white head that dissipates, some lacing
Aroma of soft lemon, some grassy spicy hops, very soft aroma
Taste of soft sweet caramel malts, mainly bitter hops without the flavour, dab of zest, some earthy spicy hops, not a lot going on here
Palate - soft carb, medium body, bit oily, soft sweet caramel, bitter hops. Finish has a long, fairly harsh bitter linger, bit rough
Overall - Hmm.....not great.....
Golden, clear, frothy white head that dissipates, some lacing
Aroma of soft lemon, some grassy spicy hops, very soft aroma
Taste of soft sweet caramel malts, mainly bitter hops without the flavour, dab of zest, some earthy spicy hops, not a lot going on here
Palate - soft carb, medium body, bit oily, soft sweet caramel, bitter hops. Finish has a long, fairly harsh bitter linger, bit rough
Overall - Hmm.....not great.....
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2014
at 15:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Clear golden colour, foam white head leaving some lacing and aroma of floral citrusy hop, malt, straw. Taste is sweetish malt, fruity & grassy with tangy grapefruit citrus rind bitterness. Medium bodied, medium carbonarion, drying bitter finish. Quite OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2014
at 13:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ home. Clear golden color, full sized white head. Aroma is lightly malty, softly but nicely hoppy, lightly floral. Taste is moderately malty, hops, mostly bitter hops, unfortunately quite buttery as well. Decent body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2014
at 07:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Golden with a white head - Some malts in the aroma, hops that gives off citrus and hints of pine - A good malt body to support a very good hop profile with flowers and citrus that gigves a good bitterness - Malt and hops goes into the finish and leaves a good bitter end - This was quite good
Tried
on 13 May 2014
at 11:42