dragnet101 (5184) reviewed IPA from Ridgeway Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe, online. Pours a clear dark gold, small foamy soap-sud white head, some retention. Aroma of biscuit malts, flora, orange zest and grass. Taste has a floral resinous quality to it but to be fair has some fruitiness and citrus zest, light toastiness in the finish. Fairly bitter throughout. Nice fairly slick medium bodied mouthfeel with a fine carbonation. Good.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Santas Butt from Ridgeway Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from House of Trembling Madness. Pours a dark brown with small beige head Aroma of roasted malts, some chocolate, sweetness, spice. Taste is mainly sweet and roasted malts, dry and chalky middle, some powdered chocolate, fairly bitter. Body a little thin for the ABV. Below average porter but I still enjoyed it.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Warm Welcome from Ridgeway Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from House of Trembling Madness. Pours a deep clear amber-brown with small off-white head. Aroma of roast, damp cardboard, toffee. Taste is sweet with toffee, roast, alcohol, bread, mixed dried fruit. Medium bodied and slightly chewy. It does what it says on the bottle. Its rich with warming malt notes and a minor alcohol kick although not particularly complex. I enjoyed it though!
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Criminally Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from House of Trembling Madness. Clear amber with small off white head. Aroma of sweet malts and fruitiness. Taste has quite a strong herbal bitterness but not astringent, quite boozy, reasonable malts and fruitiness coming through but does lack depth. Below average barley wine but still enjoyed it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from HOTM. Clear dark gold with small white head, decent retention. Aroma is grassy with notes of peach and apricot. Taste is the same including decent bitter finish, some spice. Good body but not keen on the almost frothy carbonation mouthfeel in this. Its ok.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Seriously Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from HOTM. Clear amber with small white head, decent lacing. Malty aroma with fruity notes - picking up toffee, apple, flora. Taste of malts, raisins, toffee apple, strong bitterness but a bit of a nothing finish except sweet malts and booze. Medium bodied, smooth, tons of alcohol warmth on the way down, low carbonation neither adds nor distracts. Its nice enough - but in reality just another mediocre strong Ridgeway beer *hic*
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Black Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from HOTM. Pours dark brown with small beige head. Aroma of sweet malts, light roast, flora, citrus and spice noted hops. Taste is light roast, toast, sticky caramel, grapefruit, citrus, mild bitter ashy finish. Light to medium bodied, dry Its quite nice, a little underrated, although I accept if you are going to put it up against other Black IPAs it is certainly below average.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Reindeers Revolt from Ridgeway Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from HOTM. Clear brown with small white head, some retention. Aroma of malt, brown bread, some toffee, raisins. Taste of malt, light caramel, plum, grassy hops, alcohol. Medium bodied, nice level of bitterness in the finish. Plus points: very drinkable while being warming at the same time, decent finish. Not so good points: lacks some depth and is unremarkable.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Lump of Coal from Ridgeway Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from HOTM @ 7.5%. Pours near black with small fizzy beige head, some retention. Aroma of roasted malts, sweetness, damp cardboard, faint coffee and berry notes. Taste is chocolatey and sweet with roast and coffee notes part balancing, light fruitiness and quite an ashy and meaty finish with a moderate bitterness. Body is slick although a little on the light side for 7.5%. Very drinkable although doesn't stand out amongst other strong stouts.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Very Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from HOTM. Clear amber pour with small white head. Aroma of rye bread, sprinkle of chocolate, toffee, sweetness from the malts. Taste of toffee, dried fruits, earthy-grassy hops, hint of chocolate, good dose of bitterness. Medium bodied, smooth, not harsh alcohol wise, sweet but balanced and not sickly. A good level of depth to the flavour and so I find this the best of the 9 Ridgeway beers I have had so far.