oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Bitter / Yorkshire Bitter from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled@SBWF2007. Golden colour, huge bubbly head. Aroma is bitter hoppy with a nice fruity tweak to it. Flavour is hoppy, slightly wooden and quite salty in the finish. Different bitter.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Warm Welcome from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Early 2007 bottle drunk on 9/13/07
Initially a large, foamy, beige head rises up, only to settle back down to cover, rather quickly, while providing little/no lacing. Clear, sterile filtered, no doubt.
Sweet caramel and nuttiness is backed by cream and vanilla sweetness. A soft liqueur-like flavor stands in the background, like butterscotch and rum, though not terribly overt. Peppery hops, maybe? They certainly have no flavor to them, but I dont know what else would account for the slight peppery notes. The malts are very simple, not much depth at all, while the butterscotch isnt particularly pleasant. Some light fruitiness as it warms (cherries, dates, plums), but mostly just filtered out, dull, notes. Medium strength of aroma.
If the aroma is a little lackluster, than the flavor is just downright insipid. Brown sugar, caramel, sweet cream and light butterscotch are all too sweet and quite hard is the texture (very filtered, with a somewhat aggressive carbonation). No malt suppleness. Excessively clean, hard and dull tasting. Light alcohol warmth on the end grows as it breathes. Poured most of it out.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Transluscent dark brown color with reddish hues. Small tan head. Wonderful sweet roasted malt aroma of coffee and treacle. Wow, this is really good! Complex dark malt flavor with notes of dried fruit, licorice, root beer and molasses. There is an unlying hop character that balances this stout nicely, but the malt is the real star here. The long flavorful warming finish is sublime. This truly is a World Class Stout!.
gnoff (11188) reviewed Bitter / Yorkshire Bitter from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Sampled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007) Shady golden color, tan head. Malty sweet fruity scent. Fruity malty taste. Spritzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Ivanhoe from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours light copper into a shaker. White head quickly recedes to skim surface leaving slight lacing. Slightly sour aromas. Crisp and well balanced with upfront caramel and a dry, bitter hop finish with medium retention. Didn’t see any yeast in the final pour...sparkling clear.
yespr (55501) reviewed Foreign Export Stout from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
1 pt 9 fl oz bottle thanks to brewfiend! Pours black with a little brown head. Roasted malt aroma, slight chocolate, dried fruit and whiff of liqourice. Light to medium body. Dried fruity flavour with an underlying and persisting malt flavour. Finish is malt dry, not much bitterness just a lasting malt flavour. Nice with a not too heavy stout which has it’s benefits.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Shared with Cab!: Pitch black with brown bubbly head. Slight roasted malts - caramel & coffee. Smooth. Light sweet with some alcohol notes & burn. Very drinkable!
Hibba (858) reviewed Very Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Amber/ copper, more copper hues....nice fluffy head that diminishes to a thin coating....malts and mild hops on the sniff..hmmmm malt covered cherries on a further nasal exploration........thin and mildly creamy, the finish is a biter hop taste....it goes well on a piece of deck....deck feck wreck pleck treck deflect protect your beer!!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Aroma of floral hop. Golden color. The head quickly filmed. Medium bodied, with gentle, fine carbonation. Starts with malt, always accompanied by floral hop. Arguably a little citrus. The finish is bitterly delicious with enough malt to balance. It is just marvelous. Seems very underrated.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Ivanhoe from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Fruity yeasty malty aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet malty and fruity bitter yeasty flavor. Fruity bitter finish with a slightly yeasty aftertaste.