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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."


2.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
davegore (215) - liverpool, Merseyside, ENGLAND - JAN 17, 2007
500ml bottle from sainsburys, poured a dark amber with not much head to speak of. sweet caramel on the nose and the smell is pretty much translated into the mouth too, some maltiness but not that much, slight bitterness on the finish

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
BigBen2120 (688) - Derry, New Hampshire, USA - JAN 7, 2007
500ml bottle from Ron’s in Farmington. Slightly murky orange-amber body with less than an inch of off-white head. Smells kind of fruity with some caramel. Tastes fruity, caramelly, with a little roast and alcohol (oddly enough). Medium bodied. Honestly, I’m not that impressed with this one. It’s okay, but not sure it’s something i’d buy again...

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Hoser (365) - Cowtown, Alberta, CANADA - JAN 6, 2007
UPDATED: JAN 7, 2007 Hopped with one of my favourite hops "big dry and smooth sums it up. A well made English Ale. Page 60 of Michael Jackson’s GBG and only 463 Classic Brews to go.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
BeerloverEJ21 (131) - Georgia, USA - JAN 1, 2007
I’ve seen this ale all over the place and I had to try it. On the pour, thick frothy head, tight bubbles, showing carb content. Head dinimishes after about 10 seconds. Dark brown color. Smell is vinous, sharp. Initial taste is hoppy, bitter on the back end, and all over really. Just a typical bitter English ale in general. Flavor is decent, nothing to write home about but ok. Aftertaste lingers for a few second. Once your palate adjusts to the taste, its actually pretty good. A little harsh, but very drinkable.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
Dezzilu (226) - Whitmore Lake, Michigan, USA - DEC 21, 2006
I have to admit, I admired this beer in the bottle and found the caption on the lable quite compelling: I had high hopes for this beer. It poured a nice looking copper color with little to no head, but I found the smell to be really quite hoppy and uninteresting. The texture was smooth and the flavor was ’dry and bittersweet’, but overall nothing stood out except the bitterness of the aftertaste. In short, I was mostly disappointed by the beer and would only buy it again to impress by British friends.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
UselessGdTaste (365) - Long Beach, California, USA - DEC 21, 2006
Sweet flavor with not much else happening. Tasted almost watered down. I could understand this after drinking more robust beers, but this was the first tasting of the night. Very weak on just about everything...

4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
elav8 (4) - Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA - DEC 17, 2006 does not count
Moderate head, little darker than an average ale. has some tastesof caramel and nuts. good flavor, good beer

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
ABUSEDGOAT (1937) - California, USA - DEC 9, 2006
Darker amber, moderate head, average lacing. Aroma is fruity with notes of nuts and caramel. Flavors don’t jump out at you, but what is here is good... just came off as limited.


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