Daleside Ripon Jewel Ale

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Dark golden, small dissapearing white head Metallic (skunky) aroma with hints of toffee and lemon. Metallic flavour of toffee, and slight chocolate. metallic finish. This comes from a clear bottle...

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bottle. Copper coloured with a thick white head. Hoppy and bready aroma. Flavours are fruity, hoppy and grassy with some metal in the finish. medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Flawed, but reasonably good beer.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

The aroma is malty with sweetness and maybe some spice with some very slight grain present. The appearance is a nice rusty to orange-amber in color with a nice, frothy head on top that is off-white and remains throughout consumption leaving nice lacing. The mouthfeel is rather full-bodied and nice as well as crisp with good complexity with some hoppy balance that leaves a nice coating on the pallet. The flavor is tasty and creamy and smooth as well as crisp with nice hops coming through with some malt present as well as some spice with a nice and dry finish that is hoppy bitter to some extent and very refreshing. Overall, this brew surprised me and was very good and highly drinkable even with the slightly higher alcohol content with nice dry-hoppy characteristics. I will come back to this brew; I liked it very much.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

A very nice dark copper color with good head and lacing. The aroma is caramel, cherries, and toffee. The flavor is loads of toffee, peaches, and oranges. It has an oakey feel to it. This is very well balanced and I agree it would accompany certain foods well. A very nice session ale