Riggwelter: from the Old Norse: rigg-back and velte – to overturn. When a sheep is on its back and cannot get up without help, local Yorkshire dialect says it is rigged or riggwelted.
Riggwelter is a full flavoured strong Yorkshire ale brewed using the unusual Yorkshire Square fermentation system. The result is a well balanced, deep chestnut coloured ale.
With it's distinctive roast malt, Golding hops and banana fruit aromas, Riggwelter has a strong and refreshingly dry finish of hops and roasted barley malt.
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by mitchforgie from Kamloops, Canada who has tried this beer a couple times. (5/31/2010 4:13:54 AM)
"Pretty decent dark ale, super easy to drink, nice coffee/tobacco aromas, relly seem to be set of by perhaps a bit too much carbonation, especiialy for a english ale. hoppier than expected, but not bitter. Alcohol is apparent and not well encorpoarted, that said it is refreshing and drinkable. One of the top 20 available at Tesco, but wouldn't go looking for this one"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[2] Review by rainman from Alexandria, VA, USA who has tried this beer once. (11/29/2009 4:32:45 PM)
"OK, let's make some sense here. There is NO aroma. While it IS dark, there is a head but it dissipates quickly and is gone nowhere to be found. It IS watery. The overwhelming flavor is burnt ashtray. So essentially, this tastes like a watery ashtray with no head and no aroma. Can we all get real here, this is absolute crap and its only redeeming quality is that it is better than Budweiser."
Aroma:
3/10
Appearance:
5/10
Mouthfeel:
4/10
Flavor:
2/10
Overall:
5/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(1.9)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 16.9oz @ $3.99 Unit Cost: $3.78 per Pint
[3] Review by Mike T from Toronto, Canada who has tried this beer once. (6/11/2009 7:41:19 PM)
"Best before Nov 09. Pours a clear but dark red/brown with a medium vanilla head and good lacing. Smells of coffee, hops, and toffee with a little bit of a wine hint. mouthfeel is creamy with medium carbonation and a nice warm alcohol feeling after the swallow. The taste starts with some hops followed by coffee, caramel malt, roasted nuts and then it transitions beautifully into this chocolaty/coffee (mocha) finish that just finishes the sip off perfectly. Overall this is a well balanced beer with lots of flavours to detect. Very good beer overall. Ill be buying this again soon."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
9/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
9/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.2)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $3.01 Unit Cost: $2.85 per Pint
[4] Review by mmmmBeer from Edmonton, Canada who has tried this beer once. (4/9/2009 2:47:55 PM)
"Very dark brown crystal clear with some red elements. Cap is thick and nipple shaped , has very good retention. Lots of banana, caramel, milk chocolate, and mild hops show up in the aroma. After a minute all aroma seems to vanish. First sip seemed watery but then coffee and malty wood, with the some bitter hops starts showing up. Taste is so clean not a single trace of the beer lingers. Hops are very noticeable but I can’t seem to nail down what they taste like. Ok beer to have but I’ll most likely never purchase again"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
4/10
Flavor:
5/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.9)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $4.23 Unit Cost: $4 per Pint
[5] Review by beercronic from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who has tried this beer once. (3/13/2009 11:52:43 PM)
"Excellent first impressions on taste and aroma. Poured out a very nice looking crystal clear deep mahogany beer with a small white cap that leaves a bit of ropy lacing. There is still lots to love for aroma here but after letting it breathe for 10 minutes much of the early charm has hidden itself. Well defined roasted malts and nuts are the most forward but now it's quickly joined by something that is reminiscent of sweat and corn. OK, I've left it for 10 minutes more and things are slowly returning to Happyland. Background coffee, some fruit that seems to be raspberry in nature. I actually think the aromas I though sucked are actually tobacco related and now I accept it. The taste is still pretty fine though: good roast balanced nicely with perfectly strengthed bitterness, slight slight coffee, corn husks, interesting spice that comes out later, mild caramel. Well carbonated, good bitter finish with lingering dull malts. A lot of these would be nice. I did get bored after awhile though..."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $4.23 Unit Cost: $4 per Pint
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(3.5)
