Ridgeside Brewery Thicket

Thicket

 

Ridgeside Brewery in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
6.41
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 17
A kettle soured beer with copious quantities of blackberry. Don't worry, it's meant to be purple!
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cloudy/hazy orange/red with a tiny bubbly white head and a soft rhubarb aroma. Sherbet-like mouthfeel with tart berry fruit and a dry finish

Tried on 26 Sep 2023 at 13:34


29/10/2020. BEERCRAFT OF BATH, 3 Argyle Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England

Tried on 24 Jan 2023 at 08:23


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Panda thanks to Fergus: Poured a murky orange with reddish tinge, head is bubble white. Aroma is berry, rhubarb, fruits. Taste is fruity, berries, rhubarb, earthiness.

Tried on 12 Jun 2022 at 19:01


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Beige collar on a rhubarb coloured thin body Vegetal, earthy & potato aroma. Medium bodied, lightly carbonated with a smooth sticky back. Sweet berries, Ribena, earthy & vegetal tastes with a tangy peppery finish. Boring.

Tried on 18 May 2022 at 21:16


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Appearance is dark purple, with a small white head which doesn’t last long. Aroma is fruity brambly hops, bit of malt, stewed fruit, hint of rhubarb. Taste is blackberry, dark fruits, malty bread, fruit crumble, grape juice.

Tried on 29 Apr 2022 at 05:07


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

440ml can from Sainsburys. Hazy and purple in colour, with a frothy, off-white, head. Light fruitiness, a somewhat tart character in the nose and mouth, with some grainy malts and a mildly sour finish. Ok.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2022 at 11:31


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Sainsbury's. Pours murky purple with a short-lived thin white head. Aromas of blackberry and lactic funk. Taste has a bit of yoghurt, fruity sour. Sweet finish.

Tried from Can on 06 Feb 2022 at 16:27


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

44cl can from Sainsbury’s. Thin pink/red head. Cloudy red/amber pour. Light sourness. ok.

Tried from Can from Sainsbury's (Various locations) on 11 Jan 2022 at 20:49


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can at home picked up from Sainsburies. A hazed milky plum pink coloured pour with a lasting loose pink head. Aroma is tang yogurty funk, tangy, blackberries, apple, tangy berries. Flavour is composed semi sweet, tangy, pithy yogurty fuynk, prickly berris, mineral, blackberries, Palate is milky wheat, dry mineral, highish carbonation. Decent.

Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2021 at 22:50


5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Sainsbury's Supermarket, Oldham. Pink coloured with next to no head. Has a light sourness and is fairly gentle with is fruitiness and berry style base, but this is flavoursome enough.

Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2021 at 21:27