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 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled@SBWF 2007
Hazy orange color, small white head. Citrusy, bready hoppy (like in APA). Fizzy carbonation. Sweet citrus estery flavor. Estery, a bit sweet in the edges. Nice. Not really a Christmas beer, but good - suprised to see this so low rated here (3.0).
Hazy orange color, small white head. Citrusy, bready hoppy (like in APA). Fizzy carbonation. Sweet citrus estery flavor. Estery, a bit sweet in the edges. Nice. Not really a Christmas beer, but good - suprised to see this so low rated here (3.0).
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2007
at 13:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@SBWF2007. Hazy orange colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is fruity hops, slight grass and nice caramel malts. Also some slight malts. Flavour is spices, fruits and some grass. Pleasant and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2007
at 12:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Aroma of floral, maybe citrus, something sharpish, and I think malt. Amber color with a departing head; bubbles at the edge. Medium mouthfeel. Something spicy; some malt. Definitely citrus hop. Very nice stuff, and the malt seems to not be overcome by the hop. After a few mouthfuls the hop seems to gain more floral character. Pretty good stuff.
Tried
on 15 May 2007
at 20:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pou is a dark orange with a white head. Aroma is a little hard to come by but there are some bready malts if you think hard enough. Flavor is much better. The hops really come out and balance with the strong malts. Finish is bitter and a bit sour. Pretty tasty and should get a better review on here.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2007
at 19:50
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle Pours a slightly hazy deep golden witha nice white head that sticks around, coating the glas with thin sheets of lacing. Aroma is slightly papery, light malts, a bit lemony. Flavor is basic malty pale ale, I supose I can detect the "American Cascade" hops in there, but admittedly not untill after I read about it. Noting special, but managed to finish the "1pt .9 oz" on the wierd Brit bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2007
at 21:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a low off-white head. Caramel malt aroma with floral and citrus. Caramel malt flavor with grassy, floral hop backing. Slight bitterness. Medium body. LIngering hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2007
at 10:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle: Darker gold pour with a smaller white head and very little lacing. Aroma was mostly malt with some floral bitters. Taste is clean, but not very itense. Some malt sweetness with a floral hops tail. Very basic, very mediocre, and not exciting at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2007
at 14:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
First rating(50 cl bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) Clear golden color, white head. Some hops mixed with cheeze scent. Hoppy and bitter taste. Nice hop bitterness. Bitter aftertaste.6/3/7/3/14=3.3Second rating (2007)[i](50 cl bottle, from Systembolaget. Thanks for sharing ekstedt!)[/i]Clear amber color, white head. Hoppy and sweet scent, fruity and nice. Hoppy, fruity and sweet taste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterenss. Very very nice his one.8/4/8/3/15=3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2006
at 20:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Oxford Beer Festival 2003, (retrospectivel added from notes taken at time). This was a new brewery in 2003 and made it’s debut at the Oxford Beer Festival in October, this beer ran out quite quickly and one can see why. Copper coloured beer with some good malty and hoppy notes, flavour again both quite hoppy and malty but with nice underlying toffee sweetness very tasty and very moreish.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Oct 2006
at 01:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8
A really big spicy hop nose is the first to great you here, with some lemon rind notes as well. Light golden with a fair head. Clean with a sweet yet somewhat bland malt palate, somewhat soapy with lemon rind and resiny hop flavorings skirting all around. Medium bitter finish with a light bite. Light to medium bodied.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2006
at 19:11