Tag Archives: Ruby Ale

Charnwood Brewery Fox Tale (4.6%)

Charnwood’s Ruby Ale is very nice indeed, even if it’s not particularly Ruby in colour. Pouring more of a Best Bitter amber, the beer has a nice little frothy head and smells of toffee and strawberries. There’s a very good … Continue reading

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Moncada Brewery Ruby Rye (5.2%)

What a joy this is, deep and red and fruity, it smells of plums and fresh rolling tobacco. The malting is big and round and rich, full of treacle tart, honey, plum compote, strawberries and the loveliest of earthy kicks … Continue reading

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Atlantic Brewery Pilgrim (4.4%)

My second attempt at an Atlantic beer and my second disappointment. Pilgrim is grim. It’s a Ruby Ale that has a really nasty sickly bile aftertaste and smells of damp beermats the morning after a night in the pub. The … Continue reading

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The Durham Brewery Red Velvet (6.2%)

This is my first Durham Brewery beer for a very long time and it immediately reminds me why I loved them so much. Red Velvet is a Ruby Ale and it’s marvellous. Sitting a deep red in my glass, the … Continue reading

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Wye Valley Brewery Dorothy Goodbody’s Country Ale (6%)

As much as I enjoy Wye Valley’s Dorothy Goodbody Range, I have a big problem with the name and label. I mean, it’s the 21st Century. There’s surely no need for this kind of chauvinist branding to sell your beer … Continue reading

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