Ridgeway FES bottle matures in a similar way to vintage port. Roasted malts and leaf hops initally provide an aroma of breakfast coffee and fresh spices that gradually fades to reveal licorice, caramel and raisin notes that are products of the ageing process. Beneath all this change sits a solid and resilient backbone of bitter English hop.
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by oh6gdx from Vaasa, Finland who has tried this beer once. (12/13/2007 12:41:27 PM)
"Bottled. Black beer with huge beigeish brown head. Aroma is milk chocolate, licorice, slightly wooden and also caramelly. Once it warms up some roasted malts and wood also become present. Flavour is mildly roasted malts, big time smoked wood as well as some mild bitterness. Rather sweet flavour overall. Hides the alcohol well in the flavour, but gives a little warming kick when drinking. "
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.9)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[2] Review by bfeldmann from Wilmington, DE, USA who has tried this beer once. (7/13/2007 1:08:36 PM)
"Poured a dark bornw with red edges. Aroma was of roasted chocolate and some dark fruits. Flavor was some licorice chocolate and very malty. Was a little sweet, needed some hops to balance it out. But not bad."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.6)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
[3] Review by eaglefan538 from DE, USA who has tried this beer once. (7/5/2007 7:48:20 AM)
"Dark brown color, short of black, hues of ruby read. Excellent tan head, great retention, solid lacing. Aroma of light roast, licorice, chocolate, perhaps some fruitiness. The flavor was licorice (almost a black patent malt flavor like a schwarz or even a bit of a baltic porter), molasses, milk chocolate, plenty of residual sugars left over, the latter which drowned out any hops I could detect. Mouthfeel was light to medium bodied (not a bad thing at all), as this sucker was surprisingly a bit thinned for the quantity of flavor. A nice brew."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.7)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $5.99 Unit Cost: $5.67 per Pint
[4] Review by Cottrell from Ledyard, CT, USA who has tried this beer once. (6/29/2007 12:14:17 AM)
"Pours dark mahogany with red tinged edges and a thin off white head. Aroma is sweet milk chocolate, toffee, roasted coffee, and raisins. Very smooth mouthfeel, silky and sweet. Starts with a rush of caramel, toffee, raisins and molasses. Sweet espresso and dark chocolate follow before finishing out with some smoke, molasses, and grass. Very tasty and interesting beer. Not quite sure I'd peg it as a FES, but tasty none the less."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.6)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
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(3.9)
