Ridgeway Foreign Export Stout
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 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. Satisfyingly foreign. You might even imagine the glow of the peat fire?
3.5
308 reviews
North Heath, England
Community reviews
330ml bottle. Gluten Free. Dark brown colour, beige foam head leaving lacing and aroma of dark malt, roasted, chocolate, coffee. Taste is malty, roasted, coffee, chocolate, liquorice with nutty, earthy bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonatiom, tangy roast bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
0.5 bottle
C: dark brown, coca cola
N: coffee cream, creme fraiche, toffee, liquorice, burdock and dandelion
P: root beer, creamy, pasty, caramel, toffee, sultanas, milk chocolate
0.5l bottle from supermarket. aroma: coffee, caramel, alcohol, licorice, chocolate. Dark color with brown notes, small beige head, oily texture, medium to full body. Taste: sweet, slightly roasty, licorice, caramel. Good one.
From Apr 2008
This pours a reddish dark brown with a 1 finger head of tannish foam. It quickly shrinks to a fine broken layer with almost no lacing.
The smell has notes of dark fruit, some chocolate, and a wee bit of coffee.
The taste is very light and very thin. I get some plum, some chocolate, very little coffee, maybe some fig but...they are all very minor players in the taste. The alcohol is hidden pretty well but too bad the flavours are also.
I've liked all of the Ridgway beers I've tried until this one came along. This is definitely a one of.
Price: US$5.99
Brewer code: F08 349
0,5l from bottle at Klubovna, Banska Bystrica. BB 07.05.2018. almost black colour, small tan head. smells earthy, licorice, ripe fruits, some coffee, light bitter chocolate. not overly special smell, but I very much enjoy it. Full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, bit ashy, licorice, light sweetness, light coffee, lightly boozy, ripe fruits, peppery. finishes lightly sweet with notes of ripe fruits, earthy and licorice notes. nice one maybe a bit old schoolish (duh) could be a bit more bold I rather rate bit still quite good one.
Fra fat på Cafe Viking (København), sammen med Børge: ibenholt med kort sku. Portvinsvinøs aroma og smak med mørke malter, svisker, rosiner, dessertsjokolader og vanilje. Meget myk, og med stor munnfylde. Farlig lettdrikkelig i solveggen utenfor C.Viking. Streif av luxuskaffe. Mild bitterhet med hint av mørke bær. Superfed.
Bottle; pours dark brown with a thin beige head; aroma of roast malt, licorice, dark fruits, and a hint of coffee; taste is light sweet with roast malt licorice, chocolate, dark fruits, and a hint of coffee; finish is dry with a light coffee bitterness
Bottle. Dark Brown, almost Black, in colour. Very malty; lots of espresso coffee, dark dusty chocolate, roasted malts, caramel. Fruity; dark fruits, berries. Hoppy; leafy spicy hops. Rich, smooth, full-flavoured. Very coffee, very chocolate. Moderately sweet roast malty with a mild sour hoppy edge. Drying finish. Very nice stout! (2009-06)
Bottle from Beers of Europe, Kings Lynn. Pours black with a short lasting beige head. Aroma of liquorice, coffee, chocolate, malt. Quite sweet, moderate roasted bitterness. Towards full bodied, sticky texture, soft carbonation. Finish is dry.
Bottle. Low head, strong coffee and malt aroma. Tastes of coffee, malt, nice on palate. Very dark brown or black colour
Tap @ Cockney, 8%. Very dark brown with medium beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, liquorice, caramel, hop and a little bread. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, liquorice, caramel, little bread, medium sweet, little salt liquorice, hop and medium bitter.
An english, black stout with low head and with Maris Otter Malt. Taste is malt, coffee, roasted malt, light chokolate, light prune, light liqourice. Taste is bitter.
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen - dark brown to black with beige head. Roasted and sweet malty with notes of coffee, cocoa, dark dried fruit, sweet roasty finish.
17-JUN-2016, draft @Taphouse with Morten.
Black with a low off-white head.
Sweet molasses, caramel, soft roast. Full body, soft carbonation. Boring and pretty standard British Foreign Export Stout.
Bottle, 8% at KØ16. Cloudy dark brown colour. No head. Fruity flavour, salty with a good isotonic mouthfeel. Roasted finish.
500 ml bottle. Dark brown colour with small head off which disapeared really soon. Aroma of yeasts, nuts. Taste of roasted coffee,cacao, yeasts,dark chocolate, sweet aftertaste.
Brown beer, small beige head. Nose is roasty, slight acidity, malt, fruity notes, some metal. Flavor is roasty, chocolate, mild hops, spice notes. Lovely hoppy-roasty finish, slight acidity in the roast. Feels a bit thin, but not distractingly so. Hides the booze remarkably well. Pretty nice.
500ml bottle. Dark brown color. Medium size, thick brown head, stays. Looks nice. Sweet, malty, berries, raisins, touch of plums, bit metallic notes in aroma. Sweet, malty, grainy, plum, slightly metallic in taste. Sweet malts with plums in aftertaste. Nice round body. Ups didn’t realize it’s 8% so very well done sir.
Bottle (from Koht). Pours dark brown with beige-light brown head. The small head stays for some moments. Aroma is sweet, fruits, chocolate. Flavor is sweet, malt, chocolate, fruits, roast, and some ash. Finish is roast bitter. No sign of alcohol, body feels even watery. Overall: ok.
Sweet vineous aroma, bit of fruit toffee. A bit much soy in taste good balance between sweetness and bitterness.
I suspect this beer I tried was beyond its peak freshness. Pour was exceptionally flat at flavor had strong oxidation (metallic taste). Aside from that it was nice with chocolate and sweet alcohol flavors.
Bottle @ home. Pours with a pitch black colour, small off-white head. Aroma is very rich in roasted malts, coffee and some slighr notes of vanilla and licorice; some hops too. Taste is slightly sweet, quite bitter, very slightly sour; balanced stout-like, a little bitter. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Very good stout.
50 cl. bottle. Black with a beige head. Aroma and flavour of roasted malt, licorice, chocolate, fruit, caramel, raisin and coffee
Black colored, small non lasting tan head. Aroma is chocolate, licorice and roasted malt, touch of alcohol when warmer. Taste is medium sweet chocolate, licorice, coffee, hint of alcohol with a roasted dry finish, bit of roasty bitterness but not much. Slightly warming. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, milky. Very drinkable for an 8% brew!
Pours brown color and small head. Aroma of caramel, cocoa, chocolate . Flavor is coffee and toffee. Nice and dry.
500 ml Bottle. Pours dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma malt, prunes and caramel. Flavor is sweet and malty with some chocolate, caramel, malt and raisins.
Worlds better than the lump of coal. Roasty, with some chocolate and light coffee. Thick consistency. Medium bitter finish. Tap at Churchkey.
Bottle. Clear maroon color, small tan head. Aroma of vinous dark fruit. Taste is fruity, earthy. Decent.
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours mahogany with no lasting head. Rich, sweet and fruity with notes of blackcurrant and coffee. A ice bitter finish. Very tasty and far too drinkable for the ABV.
Bottle. Pours a deep red color with a fine white head. Aroma of mostly just of roasted malt with a hint of caramel. Taste of roasted malt, flat coffee, chocolate, caramel, spices, nuts, wood, dark fruits and a hint of chocolate. Very sweet and mild with a dry slightly bitter aftertaste - although that being said I don’t really taste hops. Medium body and below medium carbonation. Not bad, but nothing too special either.