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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."


2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
SQNfan (591) - Wheaton, Illinois, USA - JUL 8, 2008
Deep orange in color with a thick and fluffy white head. The nose had aromas of citrus and soap. In the mouth it was light with some balancing caramel in the mid-palate to add sweetness though overall it was quite dry.

4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Beth101 (444) - West Yorkshire, ENGLAND - JUL 6, 2008
Caramel in colour with a large off white head.Has a smell of flowery hops with a hint of malt. Smooth malty taste.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
weaselkenievil (1089) - Cheshire, ENGLAND - JUL 5, 2008
Dark gold kind of colour with slightly off white head. Finish is quite dry and bitter. Average, drinkable though. I’ve drunk a pint of Crystal though, the beer not the champagne.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
BeerGestapo (754) - Mt.Joy, Pennsylvania, USA - JUL 4, 2008
(England) Pours a nice hazy orange color with a med off white head. Aroma is of spices and citrus with a dry malty taste. The finish is slightly bitter and there is some nice lacing in the glass. Not bad at all, But i was hoping for a bit more here.

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 6/20
chrismwpcs (28) - South Hedland, AUSTRALIA - JUL 1, 2008
Erm well not bad I suppose? You could say it is a gutsy beer. I won’t (unusual) take the piss out of it as it is a pretty reasonable beverage that in my opinion is a one or two bottle drink and not a session beer.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
cellar (507) - Dublin, IRELAND - JUL 1, 2008
Clear deep amber, nice lasting head, notes of fruit, caramalt, dried fruit, grains, yeast. Sweet and bitter in good balance, bitter aftertaste and unfortunately a littte metallic

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
azlondon (1004) - Fribourg, SWITZERLAND - JUN 30, 2008
Appearance: Brown. Nice amount of head. Golden brown. Aroma: Hopsy. Some malt. Aniseed. Taste: Hops and malt. Fresh. Bitter aftertaste. Info: 500ml bottle, 6/9-2006, 88/500

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
JohnnyOS (646) - Golden, Wisconsin, USA - JUN 28, 2008
Pours amber with orange highlights. Minimal head. Citrus and spice aroma with a nice caramel malt flavor.


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