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Ridgeline Amber Ale
Great Divide Brewing Company
- From:
- Great Divide Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Scottish Ale
- ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 10.86%
- Reviews:
- 135
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 28, 2024
- Added:
- Apr 06, 2002
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Lexluthor33 from New York
3.63/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Deep amber color and hazy, big head and lace- wow puffy !
Aroma of malts, caramel and a touch of fruit.
The taste was deep caramel malt, sweet but not too sweet and some fruit hints.
Medium carbonation and body, with a good smooth feel and finish. Very creamy.
Feb 28, 2024Aroma of malts, caramel and a touch of fruit.
The taste was deep caramel malt, sweet but not too sweet and some fruit hints.
Medium carbonation and body, with a good smooth feel and finish. Very creamy.
Reviewed by popery from California
3.48/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.48/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Pretty good beer, but really, it's somewhere between an Amber and a Scottish. Dark amber colored liquid with a good head. Malty with some spice. The flavor and aroma are rather malt-forwardly sweet. There just isn't quite enough flavor from caramelization for a good Scottish ale, so the beer turns out just a tad drab for my tastes. The feel is fairly thick for a beer of this strength. I prefer clean, hoppy Ambers for general drinking, so I can't say that I'd buy more. However, this is still a pretty good beer and I wouldn't turn down a free one.
May 27, 2009Reviewed by jdubjacket from Georgia
3.95/5 rDev +10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3.95/5 rDev +10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Had a bottle left over from a mixed twelve pack. I had been sitting in my fridge for a while so I decided to crack it open. Poured an amber color with a decent head and lacing. Smell is sweeter than I thought it would be. Taste was much more complex than I was anticipating. Bready and sweet. Not your typical watered-down amber ale. Very drinkable. Another good one from Great Divide.
Apr 25, 2009Reviewed by stockingcpl from Ohio
3.91/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.91/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Appearance: From the bottle, this pours as a medium caramel color. The head is medium in thickness and disipates fairly quickly. Lacings are plentiful and adhere well to the glass. Faint cloudiness was observed.
Smell: The aroma is fairly light hop with yeast overtures. Pleasant and has an "ale" feel.
Taste: Taste has a medium flavor curve with hops detected continually through until end of sustain. There is a hops jump early which discipates after a few seconds. This brew has a nice touch on the palate.
Mouthfeel: The flavor is rich. It blends well on the palate. No heavy alcohol presence. Enjoyable and pleasant. Great job. Being a homebrewer, I would be pleasantly happy if this was the result of one of my batches.
Drinkability: Light but not "fluffy". A very nice brew tht left me wishing I had more.
Conclusions" This is a great selection for either a drinking session or for hosting. The microbrewery feel is evident and welcomed. Great brew. Recommended.
Prosit!
Nikki
ps. if anybody has a hombrew recipe for this I would appreciate you sending it to me. Kisses.
Dec 01, 2008Smell: The aroma is fairly light hop with yeast overtures. Pleasant and has an "ale" feel.
Taste: Taste has a medium flavor curve with hops detected continually through until end of sustain. There is a hops jump early which discipates after a few seconds. This brew has a nice touch on the palate.
Mouthfeel: The flavor is rich. It blends well on the palate. No heavy alcohol presence. Enjoyable and pleasant. Great job. Being a homebrewer, I would be pleasantly happy if this was the result of one of my batches.
Drinkability: Light but not "fluffy". A very nice brew tht left me wishing I had more.
Conclusions" This is a great selection for either a drinking session or for hosting. The microbrewery feel is evident and welcomed. Great brew. Recommended.
Prosit!
Nikki
ps. if anybody has a hombrew recipe for this I would appreciate you sending it to me. Kisses.
Reviewed by changeup45 from Florida
3.68/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A solid brewer. Pours a real nice hazy amber color topped with some head but not a lot. There is some lacing pretty much all the way through though. Fruity, mild hop aroma. The flavor is a very nice malt and hop balance. Slightly fruity. Not much of an aftertaste, perhaps a mild bitter malt character. Very easy to drink. I am seldom enamored with this type of beer but this is quite good.
Aug 27, 2008Reviewed by rye726 from Colorado
2.8/5 rDev -22%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.8/5 rDev -22%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
This brew pours an amber color, quite clear, and has a decent light tan head. The nose has some mildly sweet malts and herbal hops. The flavor structure has sweet pale malts up front with some hidden floral hops. The medium body is clean and drinks well. A good session beer, but not very Scottish.
May 21, 2008Reviewed by dsa7783 from New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Single, 12 oz bottle copped from Super Saver in Somerville for $1.79...
Pours a murky, amber-tan colored hue with a modest sized foamy and frothy head that left quite a bit of lacing around the head of the glass...
Very malty, scotchy aroma with obvious grains and a strong earthiness coming through...
Taste likewise was extremely rich and thick with a strong malt backbone along with caramel, sugars, and vanilla essences...
Decent mouthfeel coupled with a good level of drinkability, but nothing above-and-beyond, and certainly not Great Divide's best sample...
Apr 09, 2008Pours a murky, amber-tan colored hue with a modest sized foamy and frothy head that left quite a bit of lacing around the head of the glass...
Very malty, scotchy aroma with obvious grains and a strong earthiness coming through...
Taste likewise was extremely rich and thick with a strong malt backbone along with caramel, sugars, and vanilla essences...
Decent mouthfeel coupled with a good level of drinkability, but nothing above-and-beyond, and certainly not Great Divide's best sample...
Reviewed by Procrastinator from Florida
2.61/5 rDev -27.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.61/5 rDev -27.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
12 oz. brown bottle poured into Sam Adams "pint" glass. Part of a six-pack I purchased. Bottled on 4th week of Feb. with year unknown. Strange way of dating since the year is very important.
Appearance: muddled orange body with soapy off-white head. Lines of carbonation dance off the bottom of my glass. Sediment and debris are in suspension. I'm starting to believe this may be an old bottle.
Smell: caramel sweetness, butterscotch and old oxidized booziness.
Taste: sweet caramel with an underlying wet cardboard. Bitter hops and metallic taste and once again, oxydized booziness.
Mouthfeel: medium body with slight overcarbonation, astringent hop bitterness and no balance whatsoever.
Drinkability: I believe this was possibly old stock, but there's no way to know without understandable dating. Too many things seemed out of place and out of style. Will try again when I know it's fresh.
Apr 04, 2008Appearance: muddled orange body with soapy off-white head. Lines of carbonation dance off the bottom of my glass. Sediment and debris are in suspension. I'm starting to believe this may be an old bottle.
Smell: caramel sweetness, butterscotch and old oxidized booziness.
Taste: sweet caramel with an underlying wet cardboard. Bitter hops and metallic taste and once again, oxydized booziness.
Mouthfeel: medium body with slight overcarbonation, astringent hop bitterness and no balance whatsoever.
Drinkability: I believe this was possibly old stock, but there's no way to know without understandable dating. Too many things seemed out of place and out of style. Will try again when I know it's fresh.
Reviewed by Gehrig from Illinois
4.5/5 rDev +25.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +25.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Another treasure from Great Divide, this seems mis-categorized as a Scottish Ale. Rather, it's more a very malty Amber but better than most I've had. Like so many other offerings from Great Divide, this is a gem.
Two fingers of off-white froth top a slightly cloudy brown-orange body, with ample lacing adorning the pint glass--delightful. The nsoe is really malty, much more than I expected, full of caramel and molasses, and hops as well. Same with the taste, striking a fine balance between malt and hops. Malt wins out in Ridgeline, but the presence and taste of hops are unmistakable. Richly coating the tongue, malt and hops make for a fine double-team, more creamy than gritty. Excellent.
I am admittedly not a big fan of Amber Ale, or Scottish for that matter. This is truly terrific, and one well worth grabbing a sixer for immediately enjoyment or storage. Great Divide continues to move up my list of favorite breweries.
Apr 01, 2008Two fingers of off-white froth top a slightly cloudy brown-orange body, with ample lacing adorning the pint glass--delightful. The nsoe is really malty, much more than I expected, full of caramel and molasses, and hops as well. Same with the taste, striking a fine balance between malt and hops. Malt wins out in Ridgeline, but the presence and taste of hops are unmistakable. Richly coating the tongue, malt and hops make for a fine double-team, more creamy than gritty. Excellent.
I am admittedly not a big fan of Amber Ale, or Scottish for that matter. This is truly terrific, and one well worth grabbing a sixer for immediately enjoyment or storage. Great Divide continues to move up my list of favorite breweries.
Reviewed by avalon07 from South Carolina
3.65/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a bottle to a mug. This one has a bright orange color and a thick, cloudy consistency. Poured a big head and some lacing.
There's a sharp, fruity aroma here, along with some malt. Very tangy.
The taste was solid. Malts, spices, a light fruit tinge (orange?) gives a it a decent complexity. Not as strong on the finish as I would like.
There's a nice amount of carbonation here. Like I said, the finish could be a little stronger. Not a bad mouthfeel, though.
Overall, this a very solidly constructed beer. Its pluses definitely outweigh its minuses.
Mar 14, 2008There's a sharp, fruity aroma here, along with some malt. Very tangy.
The taste was solid. Malts, spices, a light fruit tinge (orange?) gives a it a decent complexity. Not as strong on the finish as I would like.
There's a nice amount of carbonation here. Like I said, the finish could be a little stronger. Not a bad mouthfeel, though.
Overall, this a very solidly constructed beer. Its pluses definitely outweigh its minuses.
Ridgeline Amber Ale from Great Divide Brewing Company
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
145 ratings
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