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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."


3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
KyotoLefty (3480) - Kyoto, JAPAN - AUG 29, 2008
500ml bottle, bought in Toronto. Medium to dark copper color with a bit of a lacy head. Lightish aroma of caramel malt, good hops, a touch of citrus, apples. Grass and pine as well. Hops dominate. Flavor also quite hoppy. Decent light fruits, citrus, grass and pine as well as apples. Slightly herbal. Light caramel malts. Dry, bitter, hoppy finish. A nice light best bitter. Not much that is original or attention-grabbing here, but not much to fault either. Good hopping. Not quite as complex as some of the bottled best bitters I have had. The malt is rather weak tasting.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
esox (686) - Oulu, FINLAND - AUG 21, 2008
Bottled. Orange to amber beer with a thin white head. Aroma has dryish hops, slightly roasted maltiness and some raisins or dates. Some herbal spiciness too. The aroma is quite interesting but somehow it doesn´t open properly. Flavor woody dry, a bit sour and bitter. Light to medium bodied and smoothly carbonated palate. A pretty good one.

2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
urnamesucks (92) - New York City, New York, USA - AUG 20, 2008
Dark copper color with a nice head. Not the best but not the worst I’ve tasted. A little sour for my tastes.

2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
timsilvia32 (449) - from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA - AUG 15, 2008
Amber pour, kind of creamish head. Kind of malt in the nose. Really not much going on here. Some earthiness with slight malt and nearly no hop prescense. Maybe just a hint of fruit, not sure what though. Slightly sour. Would drink for free, that’s about it. EXTREAMLY basic English ale.

0.8
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
zappafan99 (463) - ASCENSION ISLAND - AUG 9, 2008
Taste 8/8 Bottle. Looks: Iced tea with no head. Aroma: Sour yeast. Taste: Nasty, flat, iced tea with no body. Powdered yeast on my tongue. Hope this combination of flavors never enters my mouth again.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Bart (2332) - Brussels, BELGIUM - AUG 9, 2008
Amber coloured beer with an average off-white head an average carbonation. Sweeter, little roasted aroma. Full palate. Finish is light bitter, roasted with some crispy herby touches. Rather special one. not bad.

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
stfrancis (56) - Heffingen, LUXEMBOURG - AUG 8, 2008
light head over rich brown colour, slightly tart first impression followed by a smooth tast of honey and malt. will appreciate this beer again

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Bragesnak (3671) - Aarhus, DENMARK - AUG 3, 2008
Glasgow, Scotland. Cask, 270708. Copper with small head. Aroma of malt and hop spices. Flavor of caramel and hop fruits. Ok bitterness.


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