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Brewed by Black Sheep
Style: Bitter
Ripon, England
Serve in English pint

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 702   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.18   EST. CALORIES: 132   ABV: 4.4%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle; Pasteurised.
"Beers for bottling are drawn from brewery conditioning tanks and transported by road tanker to our bottlers. There they are chilled, stored for ten days, then filtered and bottled. At the end of the bottling process, the bottles are pasteurised, labelled and packed."
"Brewed with many generous handfuls of choice Golding hops, it is full flavoured ale with a rich fruit nose. The bittersweet malty taste is followed by an uncompromising long, dry and bitter finish. This beer was the first, most successful, of all of our bottled beers."


3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
yespr (20653) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - FEB 20, 2009
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off-white head. Mild yeasty and delicate fruity hops note in the aroma. Mild fruity initial flavoured with a subdued sweetness quickly turning into a more grassy and bitter hops flavour with a light citrusy note. Bitter, citrusy, light grassy and dry finish.

3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
beerledgend (1050) - Waterloo, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND - FEB 16, 2009
Clear orange colour with a firm white head. Apricot fruity aroma. Sweet apricot flavours with mild bitterness.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Swalden28 (2541) - McKinney, Texas, USA - FEB 12, 2009
Bottle from Kegs & Barrels in Plano. Pours a nice hazy amber with thick off-white head. Aroma is floral, fruit. Flavor is nice, caramel, fruit, hops, with nice hop bitter. Mouthfeel is medium body with medium-high carbonation....not bad.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
daniele (2529) - ITALY - FEB 9, 2009
ambrata buona schiuma piuttosto persistente note leggermente luppoololate discreto malto in bocca il mato all’inizio è smorzata dalla disreta dose di luppolo piuttosto secca leggermente frizzante

2.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
kiwibt (55) - , NEW ZEALAND - JAN 28, 2009
BB 28 Sep 09 Pours light ruby brown with medium head and slight haze. Aroma slight aged malt, toffee and earthy hop background.Taste of toffee,crystal malt with a mineral mid earthy bitterness, finishes mineral dry. Overall a ok bitter, a bit to toffee and burnt cystal for me.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
cfrancis (1223) - Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA - JAN 28, 2009
Amber brown colour with a fruity, hop nose. Taste is some bitter and caramel. Overall not a standout but a good pour.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
fidelis83 (1262) - Clinton, Iowa, USA - JAN 26, 2009
Pours a clear medium orange amber witha tall chunky light tan head that has great retention and leaves nice lacing. Aroma is apple peel, citrus hops, kiwi, straw and a bit of caramel. Flavor is buttered sourdough toast, straw, grainy malt, bitter apple peel, bitter orange, and some bitter hops to finish. Palate has a light creamy yet dry quality that makes me feel like drinking a million of these. Really nice beer

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Pinball (7771) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - JAN 26, 2009
Bottle, thanks faroeviking for sharing. appears amber, thick offwhite head. very fruity and spicy aroma. quite strong. flavor is bitter, slight citrus and flowery.


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