Imperial Red Ale
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.82
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In this beer we have fused the best bits of Red Ale with the best bits of Barley Wine styles and then zipped them up a bit from the usual Barley Wine 8% strength to 10%. The main characteristic comes from using crystal malt, our signature late and dry hopping and a lengthy fermentation prior to bottling. This is the softest and least obviously alcoholic in our Imperial range.
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7/10
Tried
on 03 Aug 2018
at 15:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared at Leightons place, 19/01/2017. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A clear amber copper coloured pour with no head. Aroma is sweet nutty malts, jammy fruits, little toffee, little caramel, papery. Flavour of semi sweet, amber malts, jammy fruits, raisin, dusty. Palate is semi sweet. Moderate carbonation. . Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2017
at 15:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in London - sourced from Kris Wines. Pours clear copper-ruby with a creamy, off-white head. The aroma has some dried berries, leather, crusty bread, faint pine. Medium sweet flavour with some creamy toffee, ripening berries, more bready malts. Medium to full bodied, creamy, with fine carbonation. Sweet, sticky and lightly warming on the finish, with more gooey toffee, ripe berries, bready male. Drinks pretty good for the ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2017
at 17:10
6/10
Tried
on 19 Jan 2017
at 16:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
DØE. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit and light alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 190516
Tried
on 10 Jun 2016
at 09:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. 2012 vintage. Pours hazy dark orange with small, off white head. Yeasty, lightly boozy caramel aroma and taste with some sweet red fruit notes. Quite one dimensional and overly sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2016
at 13:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Draught @ YNWA, Kolding. Pours amber with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, yeast, caramel, sweet fruit, wood, berries. Flavor is rather sweet, malty, caramel, wood, fruit, berries, alcohol. Medium body, lively carbonation that dont fit with the beer that well, sweet finish with quite some alcohol. Not that balanced. 110915
Tried
on 14 Sep 2015
at 14:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (backlog). Reddish amber colour, small foamy white head. Aroma is sweet malts, caramel, alcohol and quite rich on berries and floral notes as well. Flavour is caramel, sweet malts, berries and some alcohol as well. Also mild toasted notes to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2015
at 10:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours deep amber, nose is caramel, woody, taste is sweet caramel, dry and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2015
at 08:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
from a 330ml bottle on 5/1/2015. Pours a murky reddy brown with the brest of heads. Has a nice strong sweet toffee malt aroma. Take a sip and you get more sweet toffee, caramel, golden syrup, as well as some tart fruity booziness, finishing with a medium dry lingering bitterness. The palate is a little oily and the carbonation soft. Does present more as a barley wine than a red ale, but regardless, it’s a very pleasant and moreish sipper. I’m quite surprised this is not rated more highly on here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2015
at 03:20