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Ridgy Didge
Brooklyn Brewery
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- From:
- Brooklyn Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- 7.4%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 9.79%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 29, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 26, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 14
We’d heard of Australia, of course: that it was a land of great surfing, sharks of unfortunate size, Vegemite (?!), and friendly people carrying very large knives. But until a few years ago, no one told us about all the great Australian craft brewing happening, much of it done by our friends at Mountain Goat Beer. So, Brooklyn brewer Al Duvall and lab manager Tom Price went down to Australia to visit Mountain Goat and collaboratively brew the cross-breed named Hopfweizenbock.
Now it’s the Goat Crew’s turn for the 24-hour airplane trips to Brooklyn, as we bring you Ridgy-Didge, a strong saison with a distinctly Australian edge. We start the party with malt and a little candy sugar, and then rev it up with two native Australian flavors— startlingly aromatic lemon myrtle leaves, and kicky Tasmanian pepperberries. After fermentation by our house Belgian yeast, the final touch is a light dry-hopping with the Australian hop variety Super Pride of Ringwood. The tasty result is a honey-colored beer with a lean, dry, hoppy palate and a bright, refreshingly lemony finish. This beer is a superstar at the summer dinner table, especially with grilled chicken, shrimp, salmon, and burgers.
Now it’s the Goat Crew’s turn for the 24-hour airplane trips to Brooklyn, as we bring you Ridgy-Didge, a strong saison with a distinctly Australian edge. We start the party with malt and a little candy sugar, and then rev it up with two native Australian flavors— startlingly aromatic lemon myrtle leaves, and kicky Tasmanian pepperberries. After fermentation by our house Belgian yeast, the final touch is a light dry-hopping with the Australian hop variety Super Pride of Ringwood. The tasty result is a honey-colored beer with a lean, dry, hoppy palate and a bright, refreshingly lemony finish. This beer is a superstar at the summer dinner table, especially with grilled chicken, shrimp, salmon, and burgers.
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
3.48/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
**
08/06/14
Tap to tulip glass, George St Ale House.
Aroma: fruit, ether, banana pumpkin, touch of yeast. A
ppearance: hazy orange yellow. Big head. Legs throughout.
Taste; taste is citrus, sourish,but sweet,
Feel. Moderate Bubbly, but less than expected for saison.
Good beer. Good lunch.
**
Jan 10, 201708/06/14
Tap to tulip glass, George St Ale House.
Aroma: fruit, ether, banana pumpkin, touch of yeast. A
ppearance: hazy orange yellow. Big head. Legs throughout.
Taste; taste is citrus, sourish,but sweet,
Feel. Moderate Bubbly, but less than expected for saison.
Good beer. Good lunch.
**
Reviewed by founddrama from Vermont
3.74/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.74/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Strong saison. Those pepperberry & lemon notes not coming through super strong. Maybe that's a good thing? Awesome color; so red. It's not what I think of in a saison but OK.
Mar 24, 2015
Ridgy Didge from Brooklyn Brewery
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
123 ratings
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