Bad Elf Dry Hop
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.42
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A slightly stronger version of the 4.5% Bad Elf brew, with extra hops!
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Esbjerg Beerfestival. A crystal clear golden beer with an off-whtie head. Really english on the nose, bread, some crackers, fruit and grassy, citrusy hops. Fruity, citrusy and bready flavor with some bitterness. Dry and full-bodied. A bit low on bitterness in the finish I think. A quite nice one, quite tasteful but maybe not the ideal beer for neither sipping nor sessioning. 091023
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2010
at 09:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Esbjerg beerfestival. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, hop. Flavour is fruit, malt, heather, honey, metallic, hop. Ordinary beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2010
at 20:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at Pig’s Ear BF 09. Haze amber. Definite Belgian yeast on the aroma, esters, fruity. Not sure the yeast goes with the English malts. It’s got a lot of yeast fruit. The yeast character completely dominates it. Drinkable though.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Dec 2009
at 03:39
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
bottle, pours gold with a medium frothy white head. Sugary doughnut aroma. Flavor is nice with sweet pale malts and hay with some wheat notes and a sweet sugary finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2009
at 14:23
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Butterscotch and lemon aroma. Clear amber, medium white head, very noticeable lack of carbonation, good lacing. Creamy mouthfeel, quite bitter. Starts moderately bitter and somewhat malty. Finishes more bitter with bark and grass notes. It’s 100% beer, with little extraneous flavors. There’s absolutely no mistaking that it is English. Decent, but a little too bitter without character for my taste.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2009
at 16:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring. Gold with a loose white head; fresh, hoppy aroma, hints of grapefruit from the Cascade and some pine resin; crisp, but rather thin, flavour, some biscuity malts and some delicate hops; then building to a robust, spicy, hop finish. Very, very, easy drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2009
at 16:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at EsBF09. Mild grassy aroma. Clear shiny yellow colour. Small stable creamy white head. The flavour is mildly grassy from the hops. Subtle, but refreshing and good.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2009
at 04:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2008-01-12, bottle, Göteborg fruity, sweet, bitter grapefruit.........
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2009
at 14:09
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample at Esbjerg beerfestival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt and hops. Nice and smooth with oily palate.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2009
at 10:47
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle @ Esbjerg Festival, 2009. Pours clear golden with a off white head. Sweet and mega buttery aroma and taste. Medium bodied. A butter bomb!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2009
at 05:07