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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."


2.1
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 8/20
mesperon (205) - Hillsdale, New Jersey, USA - OCT 31, 2008
foggy amber, medium foamy head. Very faint aroma of mildy swwet malt, hay, and grassy hops. Flavor of bready malt, mild grassy hoppy itterness. Little pepperiness from alcohol. Boring in general, nothing especially pleasant or interesting about it.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
DrDavid (957) - Johnson, Vermont, USA - OCT 31, 2008
(Bottle). Sweet caramel aroma. Hazy orange-amber body with a nice fluffy off-white head. Taste is malty and nutty, and finishes with some pleasant bitterness. Enjoyable.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
terrybail (398) - London, Ontario, CANADA - OCT 28, 2008
500ml bottle from the LCBO A more detailed description will follow on a second tasting I have misplaced my comments for this beer

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
jstraw (1098) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - OCT 22, 2008
Caramel amber with good, foamy beige head / Sweet, cooked, malty nose / Medium body, slightly sticky, with good malts and a touch of hops on the good finish / Sweet, flavors of spun sugar, cooked fruit, and bread / A solid, if unspectacular, bitter.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
rodenbach99 (1750) - Longueuil, Quebec, CANADA - OCT 13, 2008
bouteille de 500ml, belle couleur cuivrée, nez houblonnée, bouche ronde, agréable, sucrée, bonne bitter ronde.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
JK54B (1202) - Helsinki, FINLAND - OCT 6, 2008
A 0.5L bottle from local K-market. Pale beige head. Pale copper brown colour. Dry malty and hoppy taste. A nice bitter.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Bockyhorsey (2590) - Mesa, Arizona, USA - SEP 29, 2008
Bottle. Pasteurised in metal vat aroma. Orange body with white head. Bitter beer and some mild sweet malts but not much more than swill. Ordinary beer on palate.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
kukukakikakekq (3) - INDONESIA - SEP 25, 2008 does not count
A light, refreshing, but thick ale, that has a satisfyingly concentrated aroma. I find it very well balanced in every respect. Or is it maybe a tad too bitter? No, it’s just good.


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