Oxfordshire Blue - Ridgeway Brewing

DaveHS

California

3.28/5  rDev -9.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a Wells Bombardier pint glass.

A-Pours slightly hazy chestnut amber with a thin, foamy off white head. Soapy lacing.

S-Sweet, almost reminiscent of Belgian candi sugar sweetness. A hint of bittersweet citrus rind, oats.

T/M-This just came in, and yet it doesn't really taste fresh. There's a resiny sweetness where the "whole leaf hops" advertised on the bottle should be. A possible indication of freshness issues. The Maris otter malts create a nice base, but it's not enough to get past the sweetness, which is excessive for the style and a little off putting without some nice Fuggles or East Kent Goldings to provide some balance.
Medium bodied with low carbonation.

O-Bottle is not dated, and it's the first I've seen of it in the United States, but I suspect it's not very fresh. If it is fresh, it would benefit from some grassy dry hops to cut the sweetness.

Serving type: bottle

08-05-2011 01:09:11 | More by DaveHS