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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."


4.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
09maso3 (70) - vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - SEP 24, 2008
I don’t know why this has such a low rating, this is like my favourite beer

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
lumpsowers (285) - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA - SEP 24, 2008
Malty and thick, smooth, dry, and highly carbed. Slightly bitter, somewhat dry.Tasty, 16.9 oz. bottle.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
gnoff (4830) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - SEP 20, 2008
(50 cl bottle from Systembolaget)
On November 26, 2005.
Clear copper color, off-white head. Malty scent, sweet malty taste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterenss.

3.1
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
dwh50 (46) - Clay, New York, USA - SEP 15, 2008
I did not find this aromatic nor did I get the thick white head others have written about. Poured cloudy yellow-orange with a thin white head that quickly dissapeared leaving no lacing. Easy to drink. A bit of carbonation bite and a bitter after taste.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
WallyWalrus (205) - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - SEP 13, 2008
500ml bottle. Pours a cloudy amber-orange with a huge off-white head. Aroma is thick and malty, dominated by roasted malt with some added components of earth, bread, caramel, and floral hops. Taste is creamy and fairly full, with an initial flavor of dry hoppiness and roasted malt giving way to a long dry finish of earth, yeast, and grains. A pleasant and drinkable bitter.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
MrAleman (111) - Wiltshire, ENGLAND - SEP 2, 2008
UPDATED: SEP 6, 2008 Really high quality beer this one. Has a dark bitter taste, in fact bittersweet and pleasing in general. the dry part is possibly the only downside, if there is a downside, though its an excellent ale especially in winter, does not quite feel like a summer beer, but thats ok.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
MBison (548) - Southern Highlands, AUSTRALIA - AUG 31, 2008
Bottle (500ml). Poured orangey copper with a good sized, thick, frothy off-white head which lasted well. A good malty/caramel aroma with earthy hops, English yeast, tangerines, some bread and just a hint of butterscotch. Flavor was a good hop bitterness with hazelnuts, dry biscuity malts, caramel, English style marmalade, some light woody notes and a dry/earthy finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation, a dry mouthfeel and a good finish. Very sessionable.

3.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mirjukka (748) - LOHJA, FINLAND - AUG 30, 2008
bottle 500ml from S-market EXP 28 Dec 08 light brown transparent head creamy and lace Scent: sweet Taste :pleasant fruity bitterness malty and bit spicy as well. dryish longlasting aftertaste


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