7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
0.50l bottle. Aroma of caramel, dark fruit, grass and flowers. Pours clear golden color with large soapy white head and sparkling appearance. Taste starts with medium sweet toasted malt and fruity acidity, following is herbal and medicinal, mouthfeel is smooth, while finish is pretty bitter. Medium body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate.
Nice refreshment…
Nice refreshment…
Tried
from Bottle
from Drinkshop.sk
on 27 May 2026
at 17:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Clear amber, mid sized head. Leafy nose. Dryish with light body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Near thin biscuity malt. Spicy leafs. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2026
at 20:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Roasted malt with caramel, tobacco, a touch of liquorice and a little chocolate. Moderate bittersweet flavour, medium body. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl
on 19 Apr 2026
at 21:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Biscuity malt and piney/flowery hop, some orange. Medium bitter with a light sweetness. Medium body. Overall pleasant English style IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl
on 19 Apr 2026
at 20:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Dark malt and liquorice with roast, leafs, some spicy notes. Mild to medium sweet, moderate bitter. More liquorice than I like.
Tried
from Bottle
from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl
on 17 Apr 2026
at 21:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Bitter and malty with notes of dark bread, caramel, light earthy. Mild sweet with a long bitter finish. Medium body. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl
on 12 Apr 2026
at 19:11
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 15 Feb 2026) Golden colour with foamy white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, lemon peel, tropical fruit, pineapple and grass. Fruity, slightly malty taste with notes of citrus, lemon peel, pineapple, resin, grass, wheat crackers and a balanced citric/grassy bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Refreshing. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Akkurat
on 04 Apr 2026
at 21:22
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From Bine and Vine, bb looks like 2026, can't read month and day because of a sticker.
It pours reddish gold with a finger of foam that lasts. Lacing is excellent.
Smell is a nice mix of malty sweetness and hop bitterness. Earthy notes popped in my nose.
The taste is English malt that brings sweet and earthy
notes, nice English hop bitterness that provides balance, little bit of grass. I'm digging this ESB..
Medium bodied, I would drink this again.
It pours reddish gold with a finger of foam that lasts. Lacing is excellent.
Smell is a nice mix of malty sweetness and hop bitterness. Earthy notes popped in my nose.
The taste is English malt that brings sweet and earthy
notes, nice English hop bitterness that provides balance, little bit of grass. I'm digging this ESB..
Medium bodied, I would drink this again.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Bine & Vine Bottle Shop
on 14 Mar 2026
at 12:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
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You:3.98 | rDev +7.3% | From:Ridgeway Brewing England, United KingdomStyle:English Bitter
Ranked #71ABV:4%Score:84
Ranked #31,674Avg:3.71 | pDev: 11.32%Ratings:103 | reviews: 80Status:ActiveRated:Yesterday at 08:57 PMAdded:Dec 10, 2004 by brewdlyhooked13Wants: 3Gots: 0
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Ridgeway BitterRidgeway Bitter
This bottle conditioned ale portrays all that is best about the traditional British bitter - hoppy bitterness on the palate and the nose is married with the full body of the beer. Ridgeway bitter uses an unusual aphid-resistant hop variety Boadicea. A golden beer with an aroma of floral hops and a little orange marmalade.
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Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
3.98/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
500ml bottle, and yeah, 4.0%abv Bitter so that make it an official Session beer. Label has this on it: BBF 24 6 10 so I'm thinking that translates to best before June 24, 2010.
A slightly hazy light gold colour with about an inch of foam. There's not much of any bubble activity.
The smell is a nice balance between sweet malts and light citrus hops(the label says Challenger & Boadicea, the latter I've never heard of) Bottom line re the smell is that it smells very much a brew coming from the UK. I'm expecting good things with the taste.
The taste has a very nice hoppy bitter flavour that is countered by some sweetish notes from the malt and a light fruitiness that I'm guessing is very cherry like. I notice it more when I swish the beer in my mouth but without swishing, it is still there. I'm liking this English Bitter. Plenty of flavour for the abv.
It borders on medium bodied but I'd still call it light, the carbonation is medium..could be restrained just a tad more but works. Good mouthfeel.
Drinkability? Great drinkability and why the hell not! Low in alcohol and plenty of flavour. What's not to like? I wish I had picked up more than 1 bottle.
May 16, 2010
Update. I drank a bottle this morning and was very disappointed. Near zero malt presence and the hops came across as astringent.
I will rate from my first experience.
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You:3.98 | rDev +7.3% | From:Ridgeway Brewing England, United KingdomStyle:English Bitter
Ranked #71ABV:4%Score:84
Ranked #31,674Avg:3.71 | pDev: 11.32%Ratings:103 | reviews: 80Status:ActiveRated:Yesterday at 08:57 PMAdded:Dec 10, 2004 by brewdlyhooked13Wants: 3Gots: 0
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Ridgeway BitterRidgeway Bitter
This bottle conditioned ale portrays all that is best about the traditional British bitter - hoppy bitterness on the palate and the nose is married with the full body of the beer. Ridgeway bitter uses an unusual aphid-resistant hop variety Boadicea. A golden beer with an aroma of floral hops and a little orange marmalade.
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Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
3.98/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
500ml bottle, and yeah, 4.0%abv Bitter so that make it an official Session beer. Label has this on it: BBF 24 6 10 so I'm thinking that translates to best before June 24, 2010.
A slightly hazy light gold colour with about an inch of foam. There's not much of any bubble activity.
The smell is a nice balance between sweet malts and light citrus hops(the label says Challenger & Boadicea, the latter I've never heard of) Bottom line re the smell is that it smells very much a brew coming from the UK. I'm expecting good things with the taste.
The taste has a very nice hoppy bitter flavour that is countered by some sweetish notes from the malt and a light fruitiness that I'm guessing is very cherry like. I notice it more when I swish the beer in my mouth but without swishing, it is still there. I'm liking this English Bitter. Plenty of flavour for the abv.
It borders on medium bodied but I'd still call it light, the carbonation is medium..could be restrained just a tad more but works. Good mouthfeel.
Drinkability? Great drinkability and why the hell not! Low in alcohol and plenty of flavour. What's not to like? I wish I had picked up more than 1 bottle.
May 16, 2010
Update. I drank a bottle this morning and was very disappointed. Near zero malt presence and the hops came across as astringent.
I will rate from my first experience.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2026
at 20:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
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from Bottle
from
Hop Cask & Barrel
on 07 Mar 2026
at 02:20