Ringwood Brewery

Microbrewery in Ringwood, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Carlsberg Britvic
Associated Venue: Ringwood Brewery Shop and Bar - Out of business

Established in 1978

Closed in 2024

Contact
138 Christchurch Road, sirore@ringwoodbrewery.co.uk, Ringwood, BH24 3AP, England
Description
The brewery was founded by craft beer pioneer Peter Austin. In 2007, Ringwood was purchased by Marston's. Marston's stated that they would keep the brewery in operation and continue producing the full range of Ringwood beers.

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5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

From 50 cL bottle. Pours orange only slight hazy. Aroma is fruity, apple and orange. Flavour is hoppy, candy/floral and a good dark bitterness into the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2007 at 14:50


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Tesco, Camberley. Golden with a creamy off-white head; malty aroma; smooth and nutty in the mouth with a slightly bitter warming finish.

Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2007 at 14:11


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Tesco at 5.6% ABV. Rich copper colour with a thin yellowish head; aroma of toffee and apples; sweet in the mouth with raisins and sultanas providing a deep fruitiness over a strong malty body; slightly dry finish with residual sweetness. A full-bodied, warming, ESB. 19-May-2007 - 7/3/7/3/16=3.6

500ml bottle from Waitrose at 5.1% ABV. Golden amber with a thin white head; toffee apple aroma; sweet fruity taste with a malty body; and a burnt toffee finish giving some warmth.15-Feb-2014 - 6/4/6/3/14=3.3

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2007 at 17:32


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Deep ruby colour, Rich malt fruit nose with bit of fizz, Rich malt with bitter undertones.

Tried on 22 Apr 2007 at 04:44


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Deep brown colour, with a small head.Deep malt fruit nose, rich rounded malt with little bitter smokeyness.

Tried on 22 Apr 2007 at 04:38


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

A golden orange, with a little hop in nose, short hop hit before rounding into sweet floral hop.

Tried on 22 Apr 2007 at 04:37


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Scoring cask as i think cask is much better. Golden orange, little hop nose, with ashort hop hit before rounding into a sweet fruit with a littler bitterness in the finish.

Tried from Cask on 22 Apr 2007 at 04:35


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

A light ruby colour, with a sweet malty nose, and a rich maltyness thats not too heavy.

Tried on 22 Apr 2007 at 04:32


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

A light ruby colour, with a sweet malty nose, and a deep rich but slightly bitter linger.

Tried on 22 Apr 2007 at 04:30


5.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask at GBBF 2006. A hazy dark yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet malty combined with notes of hops. The flavor is sweet malty with light flowery notes from the hops combined with notes of honey, leading to a dry hoppy bitter end.

Tried from Cask on 11 Apr 2007 at 14:57