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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."


3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
cAPSLOCK (154) - Dallas, Texas, USA - SEP 5, 2006
Light brown color. Interesting armoma: Hoppy malty and some tropical fruit. Malty, but dry up front. Fairly yeasty. It finishes long and bitter. Overall quite unusual. Certainly English, but not like another beer at all.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Enniskillen (2008) - Salinas, California, USA - SEP 5, 2006
Body is a golden amber, with a nice bubbly white head. Aroma is slightly hoppy, along with a touch of caramel, honey, and light grapefruit. Taste has a nice hoppy background, a light amount of caramel, almost like a wheat note too.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
BeerMountie (106) - Bonavista, Newfoundland, CANADA - AUG 29, 2006
500 ml bottle. Pours a nice red colour with a thick white head. Taste of Malt with a nice hop finish to the beer. I enjoyed it and would look for it again.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Sputerbug (113) - Nacogdoches, Texas, USA - AUG 22, 2006
500ml bottle.A very dark amber with a fluffy off white head.Aromas of malt and hops are quite evident.Smooth and well balanced with just enough hops to keep it from being to malty.A good brew but I would not ask for this very often.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
goldtwins (4320) - Nesconset, New York, USA - AUG 13, 2006
Poured a hazy amber color with a thin off-white head. Caramel malty aroma and flavor. Light erthiness. Mild bitter finish. Light to medium bodied.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
savitska (163) - Smyrna, Georgia, USA - AUG 13, 2006
This, to me, is the prototypical British Bitter. An exemplary example of the style. Copper, cool and quaffable. Great lacing in the head, a refreshing aroma of fresh-mown hay and a balanced blend of hop spiciness and malty fullness. Buy a pint now!

2.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
redave (165) - squaw valley, California, USA - AUG 9, 2006
Interesting very heavy bottle 1 pt .9 oz bottle. Very heavy! Seems darker than usual, but i suppose if it’s thicker, then it would be darker.... Cloudy orangish amber. Very thick head creamy off white. Thick lacing with a extra strip of lace at the top. Strange very dry grain smell NOT sweet. Cant’ quite pinpoint the smell, [spice of some sort] not unpleasant, but not like any pale ale I’ve had before. Mouth-feel is somewhat thin and light, with some hoppy back bitterness. That smell is present at the back flavors but still unidentifiable. Since I haven’t had much [recently anyways] exposure to an *English* pale ale, this might be more *spot* on, but at the moment, its a little different. Drinkable, ale that I’ll have to try again. [ as is usual with most liquor stores i go to, this one might be old, and been overly warmed up]

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
gunnfryd (6517) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - JUL 23, 2006
Bottle. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma malt and apple. Flavour is fruity roasted caramel malt with a hint of apple.


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