TBone (30139) reviewed Very Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Copper brown, bronze color, small creamy white head. Aroma of leather, just like in "Lump of Coal" - propably hops that is. Also a bit grassy, alcoholic. Full bodied, grassy hoppy, pale malts as description says, bitterness with some alcohol. Long bitter aftertaste. Toffeish palate. Like the mix of strong bitter and Scotch ale.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Very Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Orangeish golden colour, small beige head, lacing. Aroma is hops, caramel and earth. Flavour is spices, caramel, toffee, fruity hops and even a bit candy sugarish. Hides it’s alcohol well. Smooth and easy to drink. Also a lot of banana.
TBone (30139) reviewed Lump of Coal from Ridgeway Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Very dark ruby color, small firm tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, leather, some hops, maybe some spices too. Toasted malts, some alcohol, cumin, licorice. Alcohol and toasted notes are dominating the aftertaste. Interesting flavors and aromas, I wonder if some spices have been used or it is just combination of used malts and hops.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Bitter / Yorkshire Bitter from Ridgeway Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 7 Oct) Golden yellow colour with small white head. Malty nose with fruity notes of citrus. Fruity taste with citrus, mandarin, apricots. Bready, dry finish with grassy hops. Enjoyable, but hardly exciting.
Fin (18365) reviewed Bad Elf Dry Hop from Ridgeway Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Oxford Beer Festival 2003, (retrospectivel added from notes taken at time). This was a new brewery in 2003 and made it’s debut at the Oxford Beer Festival in October, this beer ran out quite quickly and one can see why. Copper coloured beer with some good malty and hoppy notes, flavour again both quite hoppy and malty but with nice underlying toffee sweetness very tasty and very moreish.
Fin (18365) reviewed Oxfordshire Blue from Ridgeway Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle conditioned, Tesco, Cowley, 20-10-06. Golden coloured with small white head quite an aromatic beer with floral notes and some summer fruits. Taste was initially peachy and apricots but softening and a pleasant bitterness coming through, this reminded me a little of Badgers Golden Glory.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Bitter / Yorkshire Bitter from Ridgeway Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft. Medium brown color with small off-white head. Aromas of hops, malts, and a slight nose of nuts. Flavor is hoppy, with a sweet malt taste.
fonefan (84534) reviewed IPA from Ridgeway Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Pale yellow color with no head. Aroma was a mix of American and British hops. Smooth flavour of hops, flowers and hay with slight citrus, lime.
pivnizub (12821) reviewed Oxfordshire Blue from Ridgeway Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Big floral hoppy, resinous nose with a dry citrus-fruitiness; hazy, amber coloured, medium-sized fluffy head, that diminishes slowly; modrerate to strong bitter flavour, hidden sweetness, light to medium bodied, quite soft MF; lingering resinous, hoppy, slightly tart and fruity finish. A spicy, well made brew.......
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel and fruitish hops. Flavour is vegetably, malts and hops. Not much Bitter in the flavour...