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“Coffee and burnt toast notes… wine-like aromas”

Very strong and very sweet. But besides that… Contains barley.

Ridgeway Brewing, Oxfordshire, England. 10.0% alcohol.

“2015 Vintage ale”

Very sweet, very strong, and not that interesting. Contains barley.

Ridgeway Brewing, South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England. 11.2% alcohol.

“Black pale ale”

Just another ale.

Ridgeway Brewing, Oxfordshire, England. 4.5% alcohol.

“nutty”

Just another ale, quite sweet; I can't say about the nuttyness. Contains barley.

Ridgeway Brewing, South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England. 5.8% alcohol.

“three different yeast strain”

Very sweet, very strong, not that interesting. Contains barley malt.

Ridgeway Brewing, South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England. 12.0% alcohol.

“a mixture of Maris Otter variety pale ale malt, pilsner malt, crystal malt, amber malt, black malt, roasted barley and malted oats… Challenger, Golding and Progress [hops]”

Sweet and very strong, with something like apple juice. Contains barley and oats.

Ridgeway Brewing, South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England. 8.0% alcohol.

“brew with Scottish peated whisky malt, English pale ale and roasted malts and boil with onlu whole leaf Goldings hops.Querkus is then cold matured over pieces of old French oak barrels. The flavours from the toasted wood then slowly seep into the beer. Bottle conditioned beer”

Definitely smokey and roasted. Contains barley.

Ridgeway Brewing, South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England. 4.5% alcohol.

“If Maris Otter malt is the body of uour 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.”

Just another ale. Contains malted barley.

Ridgeway Brewing, South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England. 4.0% alcohol.

“Organically grown barley malt is difficult stuff to brew with. Unpredictable at best. Organically grown hops are a different matter. Harvests are poor, the hops often look terrible, but their brewing quality can be spectacular! Perhaps it's like grapes and terroir – The plants that have the toughest time produce the most flavour.”

Smells very nicely, but the tastes has something of a cold ashtray. Contains malted barley.

Ridgeway Brewing, Oxfordshire, England. 4.3% alcohol.

“sweet like California raisins, but bitter and pungent like a freshly peeled grapefruit”

I'm not sure about the raisins, but the smell has something of grapes, the taste is a bit grapefruity and quite bitter. Contains barley.

Ridgeway Brewing, Oxfordshire, England. 4.7% alcohol.

“Ridgeway FES bottle matures in a similar way to vintage port. Roasted malts and leaf hops initially provide an aroma of breakfast coffee and fresh spices that gradually fades to reveal licoricem caramel and raisin notes that are products of the aging process. Beneath all this change sits a solid and resilient backbone of bitter English hops.”

Smells of fresh dark bread. Tastes maybe of coffee, but definitely of caramel. Very sweet and strong. Made of barley (Marris Otter malt) and oats.

Ridgeway Brewing, South Stokes, Oxfordshire, England. 8% alcohol.

“Roast malts, whole English aroma hops and bottling with live yeast…”

The first sip tastes strongly of fresh white bread. It is slightly bitter. Otherwise, it's just another ale. Made of malted barley and wheat.

Ridgeway Brewing, South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England. 5.2% alcohol.

“Distinctively hoppy… Blue is the first bottle conditioned ale brewed deliberately to taste great chilled. Try serving shared in two stemmed glasses. For drinking cold (but it's not compulsory :-)”

Very flowery smell, not bitter. Made of barley.

Ridgeway Brewing, South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England. 5.0% alcohol.

“Bad King John is black… bitter… intense… Like the ruthless man it honours, do not come here looking for subtlety!”

Bitter, with an after taste of coffee. Otherwise, just another (dark) ale. Made of barley.

Ridgeway Brewing, South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England. 6.0% alcohol.

“Barleywine-Style Ale”

Very sweet, very strong too, with a strong malt flavour. Otherwise just another ale. Made of barley, wheat, rye and oats.

Ridgeway Brewing, Oxfordshire, England. 10.5% alcohol.

Very flowery smell, but I can't put a name on the flowers. Very sweet and quite bitter. Made of barley, wheat and oats.

Ridgeway Brewing, Oxfordshire, England. 6.0% alcohol.

“Authentic IPA would have been a live beer… made with pale malts … and unprocessed whole leaf hops with moderate bittering power but pungent aromas of spice and resin.

Bottle conditioned beer is bottled with live yeast sediment and undergoes further fermentation in the bottle.”

The taste is quite bitter, but also fruity. Made of malted barley.

Ridgeway Brewing, Oxon, England. 5.5% alcohol.

“… a hearty amber-brown color and a warm, rounded nutty taste.”

Mild and tasting a bit like nuts, maybe. Made of barley, wheat, rye and oats.

Ridgeway Brewing, Oxfordshire, England. 6% alcohol.

“… brewed to an original 1795 Thames Valley recipe, with a very special pale amber malt that is rarely used nowadays, and balanced by a modest addition of English Fuggle aroma hops.”

Very flavourful, quite mild. Very good.

Ridgeway Brewing, Oxfordshire, England. 7.5% alcohol.

“Yet another bummed-out holiday? Lump of Coal Dark Holiday Stout is liquid consolation. It's a deep, rich, sweetly rewarding stout to take the edge off of that grim family gathering, that cheerless annual festival of alienation. This brew is as dark as it gets, as black as the lump of coal you'll be getting for Christmas. Because, let's face it, you've been pretty bad this year.”

Very sweet and very strong.

Ridgeway Brewing, Oxfordshire, England. 8% alcohol.