Amber Ales

Microbrewery in Ripley, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2006

Closed in 2019

Contact
Unit 7, Outram Business Centre, Whiteley Road, Ripley, DE5 3QL, England
Description
Always challenging and some say 'audacious' in style, our ales are made by hand using high quality floor malted barley and whole hops.

Brewed for the few, from our tiny five barrel plant in the Amber Valley, Derbyshire, we specialise in full-flavoured traditionally styled ale with a modern twist. We brew beer that we like to drink and we have been fortunate to win many accolades for our beer both locally and nationally.

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7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tried at the Hop and Barley, Lincoln. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Aroma is floral and fruity hops. Taste also light fruity. Medium body.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jan 2017 at 00:00

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Hopology, Nottingham. Aroma citrus, and herby fresh. taste light sweet, to mid bitter. nice fresh brew.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2016 at 00:00

4/10
Tried on 12 Nov 2016 at 14:30

6/10
Tried on 11 Oct 2016 at 15:14

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is light roasty malt. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter with a light watery, roasty, light creamy caramel, light chocolate palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2016 at 13:00

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask. Gravity dispense. Barrow Hill jamboree. Hazy, pale gold. Nose has dank and chewy hop. Minty, herbal and spicy. Taste is chewy sweet and light bitter. Some acidity. Citric finish, with more of the acidity.
Tried from Cask on 09 Jun 2016 at 11:20

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask. Gravity dispense. Barrow Hill jamboree. 7.2%. Nearly black. Tan, bubbly head. Nose has big malts. Caramel. Coffee. Vine fruit. Some liquorice. Taste is light, roast bitter. Drying and vinous bitter finish. Good stuff.
Tried from Cask on 09 Jun 2016 at 11:13

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Rail Ale Festival Chesterfield, 2016. Poured a clear medium amber with a round bubbly white head. The aroma is grassy citrus light floral hop. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a citrus woody hop light spice bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2016 at 09:15

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Rail Ale Festival Chesterfield, 2016. Poured a clear dark brown with a thin light tan head. The aroma is big roasty liqourice malt, light sweet fruit. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter with a light spicy hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2016 at 09:14

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Gravity cask at Rail Ale ’16, 20/05/16 (at 7.2%). Black topped with a decent tan head. Nose is rich chocolate, dark fruit mash, spice, fruit cake, molasses. Taste comprises light roast malts, chocolate, spice, toffee, fruit load. Medium + body, soft carbonation, lght watming alcohol in the close. Decent well rounded impy - one of the better examples of this style on cask that I’ve had.
Tried from Cask on 27 May 2016 at 06:39