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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
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Cletus (6025) - Connecticut, USA - AUG 1, 2008
Pours copper with a thin tan head. Sells of caramel and earthy. Tastes earthy and basic with some stray malty hints.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
unclemike (1363) - Ft. Riley, Kansas, USA - JUL 28, 2008
bottle - Pours a dark copper color with a large head that quickly fades to thin. English malts and mild hops dominate the aroma. Caramel malts and mild hops hold up the flavor of this ale that starts too watery, but as expected improves as it warms. It’s lightly carbonated and has a dry, moderately bitter finish. Pretty good ale

2.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
CQC (224) - Sydney, AUSTRALIA - JUL 26, 2008
Bitterish, Darlisk ale-ish - can taste the roast. Bugger all smell, a bit apple-ish. Ok. Nothing outstanding. A drinkning for drink... drink

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
BarossaLuke (419) - AUSTRALIA - JUL 16, 2008
A lovely malty ale with generous Goldings hop aromas, goes down very smoothly. Had it in bottle, available around Adelaide. Would definately drink again.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
punainen6 (93) - FINLAND - JUL 13, 2008
Deep red color with nice foamy head. Smell is quite mild, with some smoky and malty notes. Taste is quite sweet but developes to a nice round bitter finish.Overall its nice ale but nothing spectacular.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
fredandboboflo (1570) - East Setauket, New York, USA - JUL 13, 2008
Bottle. Aroma of toast and fleshy, just turned ripe fruit (maybe some melon, mango, raspberry, very interesting mixture). Flavor goes along and is very juicy, refreshing. I found this to be quite full-bodied, with all that juiciness, for a bitter. Solid stuff.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
LilBeerDoctor (2568) - East Setauket, New York, USA - JUL 12, 2008
Bottle. Pours a clear orange with a thick tan head. Aroma of toast, roasted/burnt malt, light fruits (blackberry, strawberry, apple). Flavor of light fruits, toast, some jam, apple. Very light and easy to drink. Palate was a little weak and watery. Decent, enjoyable, nothing too exciting though.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
MaHackaney (1) - , Colorado, USA - JUL 11, 2008 does not count
Had the pint bottle at home. Interesting brew. Copper with a nice head, lacing on the glass. Malty nose with caramel, hops aroma following. Light body. Carbonation tingles on the front of the tongue. Ends very dry with hops bitterness that lingers. Unfortunately, there is a metallic taste that is more apparent the more you drink. Wouldn’t be my first choice for a bitter, but it’s alright.


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