Ruddy Darter (Cask)
Andwell Brewing Co. in Hook, Hampshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.45
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Brown with red tinges. Caramel, toffee and dried fruit in the aroma. Fruity and slightly roasted taste with toffee, nuts and dried fruit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Redh. Pours clear ruby brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of toffee, nuts, mixed spice. Taste is toffee, snickers, light spice again. Sweet nutty finish.
McCash (16021) reviewed Ruddy Darter (Bottle) from Andwell Brewing Co. 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Redh. Appearance - deep amber to brown with a cream to tan head. Nose - toffee, nuts and honey. Taste - nuts and bread with honey following them in. Palate - medium bodied, quite sweet and needed some hop or malt bitterness to round it off, but not there. Overall - ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Crockford Bridge Farm Shop, Addlestone. Aroma of malts and dark berries, with a hint of sour milk. Light chestnut. Frothy but thin off-white head. Medium bitter. Dark fruit. Burnt caramel. Malts. Medium bodied. Slick with a sticky mouthfeel. Average carbonation. Long low key finish. Quite a fruity characterful ESB.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Ruddy Darter (Bottle) from Andwell Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
4/4/2018. Bottle at Cobbetts, Dorking. Poured dark amber with a small lasting off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, fruit, hops and rye. Medium plus sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Ruddy Darter (Bottle) from Andwell Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle @ Cobbetts, Dorking. Clear brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and toffee. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. 140218
saxo (29721) reviewed Ruddy Darter (Bottle) from Andwell Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Drink in bottle @ Cobbetts, Dorking. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, flowers, malt and hops. Sweet finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask at Swan, Farnborough. Light floral aroma. Light chestnut. A very healthy off-white head. Sweet with some umami hints. Berries and maltyness. In fact gets progressively sweeter but not too much so. Light to medium bodied. Quite soft. Long finish, slightly astringent. Hasn’t had this for a while. Had written it off as a standard bland END but glad I was incorrect. Really nice pint.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Ruddy Darter (Cask) from Andwell Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask handpump at the Castle Tap - Reading. Pours clear reddish-brown with a frothy light tan head. Pleasant aroma with notes of toasted brown bread, light earth, ripening berries. Light sweet flavor with more toasted bready malts, light earthy bitterness, hints of dry toffee and cocoa. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Nicely balanced on the finish, with yet more brown bread, earth, some leaves, hints of cocoa. Solid ESB.