Ridgeway Brewing

South Stoke, Reading

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All beers · Ridgeway Brewing

  • Ridgeway Santa's Butt Winter Porter

    Porter · 6.0% ABV

    This special holiday porter is made for winter - rich and warming, the way they like it at the North Pole.
  • Ridgeway Criminally Bad Elf

    Barleywine · 10.5% ABV

    Silently contemplating the future and straining to remember why he got into this particular line of work in the first place.
  • Ridgeway Reindeer's Revolt

    English Strong Ale · 6.0% ABV

    A golden-amber, hop-accented, English "winter warmer" brewed without spices. It's lighter on the palate than the other Ridgeway holiday beers.
  • Ridgeway Seriously Bad Elf

    English Strong Ale · 9.0% ABV

    "A Rather Serious English Double Ale"
  • Ridgeway Bitter

    Ordinary Bitter · 4.0% ABV

    If Maris Otter malt is the body of our beer then hops are its spirit. Each year we choose our hops not just by farm but by individual garden & time of harvest.
  • Ridgeway Insanely Bad Elf 2016

    Red Ale · 11.2% ABV

  • Ridgeway Ivanhoe

    ESB · 5.2% ABV

    "A subtle red beer dominated by neither malt sweetness nor extreme hops."
  • Ridgeway Reindeer Droppings

    Blonde Ale · 6.0% ABV

    Each one is sweet like California raisins, but bitter and pungent like a freshly peeled grapefruit, lip-smackingly tasty...then 'pow!' it's gone.
  • Ridgeway Foreign Export Stout

    Imperial Stout · 8.0% ABV

    Ridgeway Foreign Export Stout bottle matures in a similar way to vintage port. Beneath all this change sits a solid & resilient backbone of bitter English hop.
  • Ridgeway Imperial Barley Wine

    Barleywine · 10.0% ABV

    Bottled, Special;
  • Ridgeway + Shelton Brothers Curious Christmas Collection

    Variety Pack

    The Curious Collection packs are filled with 4 select 500ml Ridgeway Christmas beers. Enjoy such beers as Reindeer Droppings, Santa's Butt Winter Porter, and Bad Elf.
  • Ridgeway A Rather Curious Collection of Holiday

    Variety Pack

    English Ale/Bitter, Winter/Holiday Beer 4 x 500ml bottle gift packs Four different hand-crafted English holiday ales in an attractive carrying case.
  • Ridgeway ESB

    ESB · 5.2% ABV

    Extra Special Bitter is an English style, which first became popular in London. We are faithful in our use of exclusively whole English hops – Challenger and Wye Target, exactly as it should be...
  • Ridgeway Lump Of Coal

    Stout · 7.5% ABV

    This 7.5% bittersweet chocolate stout is the best you could hope for in these dark times...
  • Ridgeway Oxfordshire Blue

    ESB · 5.0% ABV

    Blue is the first bottle conditioned ale brewed deliberately to taste great chilled. Maris otter malt and whole leaf hops.
  • Ridgeway Bad King John

    Porter · 5.8% ABV

    Bad King John is black, bitter, and intense. Like the ruthless man it honors. Do not come here looking for subtlety!
  • Ridgeway Imperial Russian Stout 2014

    Russian Imperial Stout · 10.0% ABV

    Ridgeway Imperial Russian Stout is a wonderfully complex beer that famously keeps for many years and changes with age.
  • Ridgeway IPA

    IPA · 5.5% ABV

    Fruity with spicy floral hop character. Full bodied, balance is towards sweetness. Bitterness is moderate and lingers in aftertaste.
  • Ridgeway Querkus Smoked Oaked Porter

    Porter · 5.8% ABV

    To get a subtle smokiness we brew with Scottish peated whisky malt, English pale and roasted malts and boil only whole leaf goldings hops.
  • Ridgeway Warm Welcome

    Brown Ale · 6.0% ABV

    The malts used to make Warm Welcome are roasted to give a hearty amber-brown color and a warm, rounded nutty taste.

About the brewery

Established in 2003, Ridgeway was set up by ex-Brakspear head brewer Peter Scholey. It specialises in bottle-conditioned beers but equivalent cask beers are also available (usually only available in South Oxfordshire). All beers listed are available cask and bottle-conditioned. Six strong (ABV 6-9%) bottle-conditioned Christmas beers are produced annually, principally for export to the U.S.

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