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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."


2.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mabel (4129) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - JAN 22, 2008
[1056-20080119] 500mL. Wheaty hay aroma has a bit of wet grains and slightly skunky corn. Clear, dark amber brown body with a quick foamy white head. Grainy bitter floral alcohol flavour. Medium body is bitter. Strange bitter bite.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
oldPeculiarHen (14) - East Yorkshire Coast, ENGLAND - JAN 20, 2008
Very enjoyable beer. Nice malty and hoppy taste. Very ’agreeable’, but not boring. Fantastic bitter taste.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
altonbrownd (3419) - Brussels, BELGIUM - JAN 19, 2008
Bottle in London. Amber colour with big head. Hoppy. Sweet, taste of marsepin. Dry finish. Very smooth and enjoyable.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
dkoonce (905) - People’s Republic of Athens, Ohio, USA - JAN 19, 2008
Bottle. Beautiful clear, copper in color, with a tall creamy head. The aroma is malt and raw wheat, with a fruit hop note. A bit fizzy in the mouth, with a smooth flavor that’s not too heavy. A really good bitter, for a bottled beer. Seems that bottled bitters never seem to live up to the drought versions

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 18/20
JaPe (69) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - JAN 19, 2008
Nice and easy like a plain beer. But not boring - sort of a strong bold bitter beer entrance with a weak beer ending. One expect s bitter and sweet to fight but your just left with a gentle mildly malt flavor in your mouth. Good stuff.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
WillieV (197) - Maryland, USA - JAN 15, 2008
1pt Bottle: Poured a perfect amber color with a light brown head. Head quickly disappeared . Slight malty scent. Taste like scent light malt.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Ethereal (2355) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - JAN 13, 2008
Bottle. Pours clear amber with a small head. Strong malty aroma, mirrored in the taste, but with a strong hop finish. Decent bitter, but didn’t wow me.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
thenick (766) - North Bellmore, New York, USA - JAN 6, 2008
Bottle. Pours a deep red with a wonderful thick head. Aroma is strong malt with slight hop as well, definitely building anticipation of this English ale. Taste is heavy malt and hop, with noticeable spices as well. Beer finishes dry with highly present Cascade hops. Not a spectacular beer, but very solid.


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