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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5.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 2
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle brought back to Norway from the Easter crusade to Alko in Hätta, Finland and shared with my beer companions and fellow historians Konstantin, Rune and Stefan 29.apr.09. We (obviously) all loved the bottle and label. Aroma of malt and chocolate cookies. Quite dry in the mouth and surprisingly thin. Yeast, spruce and malt flavour. Coffee-like finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2009
at 04:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle as shown. Pours a clear dark ruby with a small frothy light tan head that leaves decent spotty lacing along the glass. The aroma is a fruity malt with light roast raisin and caramel. Thin mouthfeel with a smokey roasted malt with a nice coffee finish. A good stout from Hepworth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2009
at 01:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Bishops Arms, Malmö. Pours a dark amber/brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty dark fruit aroma with hints of caramel. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hints of hops and dark fruit. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2009
at 09:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Red-black color. Taste is more Black Ale than a Stout, albeit a thin line. I really like this one. Medium bodied, quite smooth and mellow. Lots of toffee-caramel flavor. Rich, but completely relaxed on the palate. Some mild roast in the finish. Excellent beer, the Euro Rbers are spoiled.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2009
at 01:33
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle conditional ale bought at Alko in Hætta, Finland. Courtesy of Elisabeth. Nice bottle design and label. Dark-brown body. Low off-white head. Light roasted coffee malt in aroma. Woody and roasted taste of caramel malts Glimpses of yeasts. Bittersweet end. Dry in the mouth. Does not carry a lot of weight, but fair enough (29.04.2009).
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2009
at 05:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
I liked this quite a bit. Loads of malt and no hop presence. Roasted malt is in there, as well as dirt and peat, with just a little smoke. A little fruit, and a hint of sweetness.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2009
at 12:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 6.0%. Clear very dark brown colour, red shine. Roasted flavour, good creamy coffee note. Slightly vinous. High carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2009
at 17:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours deep brown with a huge and light tan head. Mild roasted and slight fruity aroma. Flavour too is medium sweet and fruity. Mild yeasty note and light toasted malt. Easy and clean.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2009
at 03:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[500ml bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring.] slightly hazy mahogany body with a thick cream head with good retention; rich, smoky, roasted malt aroma; light body with good coffee and chocolate flavours then developing a powerful bitterness leaving a dry nutty finish. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2008
at 17:35
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours deep mahogany into an English pint. Off-white head quickly recedes to skim surface. Dark smoky caramel aromas. Thin yet tingly. Dry, bitter cocoa finish.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2008
at 18:56