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Ridgeway Bitter 3.03 135

Ridgeway Bitter

Percentile
49
overall
Brewed by Hepworth
Style: Bitter

Horsham, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1353.04/5.03.03/5.04%71.4English pint
Commercial Description:
If Maris Otter malt is the body of our beer then hops are its spirit. Each year we choose our hops not just by farm but by individual garden and time of harvest. One older variety, Challenger, and one new,Boadicea,used as unprocessed whole leaf hops. Extravagant, perhaps, but delicious.
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 Sregnar35 (730), Rotterdam, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Dec 1, 2005  
Cask at Mahars. Nice sour flavor with this one. Dark color, head was gone fast. Surprising sour flavor that was very pleasant and easy to drink, good stuff.


 asheft (1438), Marburg, Germany
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 19, 2005  
[on cask at Spuyten Duyvil] Hazy copper with nice white suds that last and form nice lacing. Aroma: a fresh blend of hops--perhaps british and US--but still kind of weak with no malt character. Biscuity malt with gentle hops up front (bitterness and flavour) with subtle malt in good balance with the hops characteristics. Very fresh tasting. The thing about this beer I didn’t like was how mild it was. Light to medium body with very low carbonation and a clean finish.


 PorterPounder (3147), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 15, 2005  
Whole Foods, Baton Rouge, La. - 500 ml bottle. Bright, medium orange pour with a sticky white head, good thick lacing. Tangy aroma, a bit of sweet cake mix, some yeastiness in there as well. Flavor has some malty biscuity sweetness. Subtle, sweet and sour bitterness. Finishes strong with some maple syrup notes. Decently thick mouhtfeel. An above average bitter.


 JensenTaster (1588), Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 18, 2005  
(cask, marked with 3,2 %)Orange, clear, with a small, lasting, white head. Sweet snet of marbelsyrup and maltbonbons.Soft mouthfeel, gentle carbonation.Odd, but atractive taste. Not bitter, but kind of sour like applejuice. Nice fuity finish, wit notes of apple and rønnebær.


 larsam (127), Southampton, Bedfordshire, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/102/511/20
Oct 7, 2005  
Rated @ Stockholm beer festival. Clear golden with firm white head. Dry hoppy aroma. Small body and a slightly acidous mouthfeel. Not a very interesting beer.


 omhper (12247), Stockholm, Sweden
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20
Oct 2, 2005    Updated: Oct 4, 2005
<i<Bottled. Golden colour, rich head. Sweet and fizzy with medium body. Lightly minerally, otherwise neutral flavourwise and wíth near industrial character. Hepworth appears to be much better marketers than brewers.


 sloth (1678), Ceciltucky, Co., Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Oct 2, 2005  
Large tight beaded white head, good retention with abundent sticky lace, lasting. Nose is hop spicey with citrus whiffs. Body is light/medium, spry, good mouthfeel. Dry malts are lightly blanketed by the spicey hop flavors but still manage to shine through with a nice breadyness and toast. Flavors are fairly well balanced. Finish is dry, a bit earthy and a pleasent hop bite.


 DougShoemaker (2856), Toronto, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Sep 29, 2005  
Hoppy, malty aroma, copper, pours a large billowy, off-white head, lot’s of carbonation, some fine malts. Beautiful malt start, boisterous hops accent. Really well balanced, woody, leafy and bitter! Terrific! A marvelous Session Ale!



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