Bad King John
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
6.59
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An unusual beer, it is neither a porter nor a stout, but a black ale. It is a proper English pale with the addition of heavily roasted grains. Only English hops are used, some of them later in the boil to leave behind essential oils and hop aroma. This beer tests the drinkers senses – the eyes are saying it’s heavy, the mouth says it’s light, perhaps sometimes dangerously so….
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Tried
on 24 Jan 2023
at 08:27
7/10
Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Pours a very very dark chestnut brown colour with a medium sized thick creamy beige head. Aromas of caramel, nuts, chocolate and roasted malts. Taste has dark fruits, caramel, chocolate, nuts, brown bread, roasted malts and some ashy notes on the finish. Full body, low carbonation and smooth mouthfeel. Nice old fashioned winter beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2022
at 18:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours dark copper. Chocolate, liquorice, fig, toast, biscuit. Nice full body. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2022
at 08:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle 50cl. @home poured into a pint glass. Clear medium amber colour, good creamy off-white head, half-way lasting, good lacing. Aroma roasted malts, dark bread, light chocolate, liquorice, hint of smoke. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, roast, dark chocolate, liquorice, some tar, light retronasal smoke. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, dry sweetbitter aftertaste, lingering roastiness, smooth and tasty, easy to drink, enjoyed this one, good!
Tried
from Bottle
from Drink Online
on 22 Aug 2022
at 15:36
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2021
at 20:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Dark brown/black coloured with golden bubbly head. Quite sticky looking. Aroma is roasted malt, slightly herbal, bit creamy. Taste has a touch of smoke, toffee, chocolate, some liquorice and lots of roastiness again.Touch of bitterness with the sweetness at the end. Much better than I thought it was going to be. Medium bodied and pretty nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bad King John on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:06 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Bottle at home. Dark brown/black coloured with golden bubbly head. Quite sticky looking. Aroma is roasted malt, slightly herbal, bit creamy. Taste has a touch of smoke, toffee, chocolate, some liquorice and lots of roastiness again.Touch of bitterness with the sweetness at the end. Much better than I thought it was going to be. Medium bodied and pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap @YNWA, Kolding. Clear, very dark brown, creamy light beige head. Roasted aroma, light coffe and berry notes. Sweetish flavour, coffee, nuts, a little choc and caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Mar 2019
at 15:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Flasa z Kauflandu. Vona horkasta jemne kavova. Farba kakaova. Pena slaba. Chut horkasta mierne kyselkava kavova.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2018
at 19:24
6/10
Backlog
Tried
on 18 Sep 2018
at 12:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2017
at 10:19