Ridgeway Brewing
Microbrewery
in South Stoke,
Oxfordshire,
England 🏴
Owned by
Crafty Brewing Co.
Established in 2002
Bought by Crafty Brewing in February 2025.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Criminally Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
2006 bottle consumed (partially) on 2/3/07.
Initially small, off-white head recedes quickly to nothing. Liquid looks still, slightly glassy and quite viscous. A soft amber-auburn color with strawberry highlights and some darker, light-browns. No lacing, nothing (and the bottle is fresh too...)
Phew, they (the Shelton Bros.) certainly missed the boat on this one. Fiery fusels and sharp esters strike at the nose, as a heavy apple and caramel/toffee note seem to make up the backend of the aroma. DMS too? Perhaps. A very slight roasted/smoked edge almost, though more likely it’s just medicinal phenolics. Sweet vanilla and cherry emerge with warming, but the alcohol persists. Cough medicine, anyone?
Undercarbonated, filtered (regardless of the bottle conditioning) body never stood a chance against the sickly sweet adjunct-like sugars, impossibly disruptive alcohol, corn and vanilla notes (probably DMS too) and medicinal, spicy phenols. Tastes like phenolic cough syrup with some alcohol spiciness. Light cocoa, buttercream, toffee and sweet cherry notes cloy in the end. And where is all this obnoxious acidity coming from??? Seems like they were almost trying to make a bad beer.....Couldnt do much more than a few sips.
jhaase (14757) reviewed Bitter / Yorkshire Bitter from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap. Low aroma. Hazy amber Fairly aromatic grassy hops. Medium to light body. Fresh and good.
patrick767 (7131) reviewed Seriously Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
bottle shared with hotstuff and thedm - Smells malty with some mild vinous notes. There’s quite a bit of hops balancing the tasty caramel malts in the flavor along with some mild noticeable alcohol. Medium bodied and lively, it goes down pretty well on a cold evening.
Ibrew2or3 (10793) reviewed Lump of Coal from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Dark brown color with creamy and big bubbled dark tan head. The aroma is a little boozy, a little sweet and a good deal of dates. The flavor pulls in the date aroma but in flavor form that washes over the mouth. I also get roasted malts, streaks of caramel, a flake or two of dark chocolate and there’s also some alcohol. Seems to go down a bit warm.
BoiseBrewBlog (9106) reviewed Bad Elf Dry Hop from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle Pours a slightly hazy deep golden witha nice white head that sticks around, coating the glas with thin sheets of lacing. Aroma is slightly papery, light malts, a bit lemony. Flavor is basic malty pale ale, I supose I can detect the "American Cascade" hops in there, but admittedly not untill after I read about it. Noting special, but managed to finish the "1pt .9 oz" on the wierd Brit bottle.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a deep, clear amber into a snifter. Fluffy medium sized tan head with nice retention. Ocean aromas with well hidden alcohol. Upfront sour then caramel with a lasting alcohol sharpness.
bb (18337) reviewed Warm Welcome from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Copper-amber beer with no head. Low malt aroma. Malty/toffee flavor with some citrus and grass. Lingering sweet caramel malt. Medium body.
bb (18337) reviewed Bad Elf Dry Hop from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a low off-white head. Caramel malt aroma with floral and citrus. Caramel malt flavor with grassy, floral hop backing. Slight bitterness. Medium body. LIngering hops.
bb (18337) reviewed Seriously Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a tan head. Slight citrus aroma with caramel. Citrus (orange, grapefruit, lemon - yeah I just couldn’t pick just one) flavor with caramel and some backing grass and earth. Medium body. Lingering citrus and grass. Please, no more grass - just a bit too much. Gets tiring as you drink more.
JK (8140) reviewed Very Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
An interesting and surprising beer. The aroma has a barnyard character as well as yeast. Cloudy, gold color. Flavor is a little bit sour but there is also sweetness from sugar. The barnyard combined with sour flavor almost makes this like a saison.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.47 |
| Beers | 50 |
| Ticks | 1872 |
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