Ridgeway Criminally Bad Elf

Brewed by Hepworth
Style: Barley Wine
Horsham, England

Nice amber with a thin white head. Aroma is caramel, alcohol, green apples, faint background hoppiness. Taste is a bit bland and water with light caramel, alcohol, and a light spice at the end.

500ml bottle from Liquid Solutions. Nose is soft toffee, light sweetness, apples, and caramel. Clear copper-orange with a small off white head. Flavor is light fruit, caramel, a light white choclate note, and a light alcohol warmth. Too bad I can’t get this down here in the winter.

Bottle. Amber beer with an off-white head. Light banana and malt aroma with light woodsiness. Caramel flavor with light dark fruit and very light pine. Medium bodied. Caramel lingers with light pine, light fruit, and light yeast,

A- Pours a clear light orange hue, head is a thinner layer of creamy white bubbles that dissipate, very slight lacing on the glass S- Nose is mostly dark fruits, sweet bread malts, alcohol, and apples, some slighter tones of brown sugar, caramel, oak, and winter spices T- Initial taste is sweet malts and apples, interesting transition to a creamy, fluffy light chocolate marshmallow in concert with some dark fruits, finishes with a stiff alcohol warming M- Medium-bodied, creamy texture is very pleasant, prickly carbonation D- This is one interesting barleywine that has a very unique creamy texture, the alcohol is present but not overwhelming, this is an interesting one-shot but I am luke warm about a possible repeat performance

bottle thanks to dad. hmmm. this was a strange one. Poured crystal clear orange copper, with a head that disappeared just as soon as I poured it. Loads of carbonation. Nose is fruity, with some bready notes, and alcohol. Taste is a bit sweet, with a good hop character too back it up. Middle of the road, I think.

hazy coppery orange color, tiny white bubbles rim glass for a head, lacy. milf aroma of sour fruit, trace of malt. flavor is dried fruit, caramel, mildly creamy. kinda oily mouth feel, sweetish, creamy finish. as beer warms, the creamy sweetness seems to be more prominent. interesting, but not a lot of fun in my mouth. bottle from binnys beverage depot in orland park.

Jan22, 09. 500ml bottle.
Malty aromas dominate with carmel and toffee being key. No hop character, slight diacetyl, slight fruity esters of golden raisins
Medium Amber, light off white skim of foam on the top of the beer that never really built up. lots of bubbles in the body. Mostly clear with a slight chill haze.
Sweet start with malty flavors all over (carmel, biscuit, toffee). Moderate bitterness in the middle and a sweet, coating finish. No hop flavor. The malt/bitter balance is definitely toward the malt side, but the bitterness does provide some balance.
Full bodied, Med carb, slight prickliness, but coating in the end. Hint of astringency
This is a very malty winter warmer. Very malty considering the color. Bittered just enough to provide a counterpoint to the sweetness. The coating characteristic gets in the way I think, but otherwise, a very tasty offering.

Bottled. Sweet, caramel malty nose with faint dried bitter orange and alcohol. Flavor is sickly toffee syrupiness, loads of banana liqueur, warming alcohol and little dried fruitiness. Medium bodied, sticky sweet yet smooth palate. Definitely not the most balanced beer, but manages to be nicely warming.