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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."


3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mile (1221) - Helsinki, FINLAND - SEP 27, 2011
Bottle. Amber, small to average and and fully diminishing head. Moderate, malty and sweetish aroma, some caramel, faint roasted malt. Body is medium, malty and sweetish flavor, some caramel, faint roasted malt and hoppyness. Finish is average, malty and lightly sweetish, faint roasted malt faint and hoppyness. Lightly sweetish bitter with light roasted malt.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
worldbeertaste (404) - Lancashire, ENGLAND - SEP 10, 2011
Copper with white head, fruity and earthy smell. Crisp feel with a dry bitter aftertaste. Ale Sweetness, malt grass, dirt and nutty. Refreshing and tasty. But the bitterness get tiring.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
steadyj (68) - Kentucky, USA - SEP 4, 2011
Pours a light copper color with a white head. Aroma is dark fruit and bready mal, but a little weak. Taste is quite bitter and has a malty finish. A tad on the watery side. Seems thin.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
thepegjett (919) - Cambridge (via Winnipeg), Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND - AUG 27, 2011
A - Malty with fruity citrus A - Golden orange with lasting white head T - Light sour, with strong harsh bitter P - Medium, O - An alright bitter

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Vignale (783) - Malmö, SWEDEN - AUG 24, 2011
Theakstons svarta får gör ingen besviken. En fyllig bitter med stor ganska mörk kropp, bra beska och lång eftersmak. En av de bästa engelska bittrarna.

1.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
StuffWine (42) - Perth, AUSTRALIA - JUL 23, 2011
Bottle. Aroma of flowery hops. Taste... good grief... bitter as hell, like licking that fingernail biting stuff. My brain kept concentrating on the bitterness and didnt stop to identify other flavours. Watery on palate. Wont drink again, but at least it HAS a flavour...

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
rcasta (686) - EL SALVADOR - JUL 23, 2011
Ein leckeres Bier, dezent malzig im Mittelteil, erfrischend und verdammt süffig. Im Nachgeschmack angenehm bitter, dennoch recht zurückhaltend.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
teorn88 (567) - Rimini, ITALY - JUN 29, 2011
Bottle. A dark amber with a light foamy off-white head. Flower malt aroma with a light sweet malt falvor, mildly bitter, smooth and easy drinking. Not much flavor, but that is the style.


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