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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 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
ontbeermaker (1261) - Ontario, CANADA - JAN 18, 2011
Lighter bitter, I could tell this is a bitter from the aroma, it has the taste of bitter. Overall it is pretty easy drinking

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Grima (1200) - Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, GERMANY - JAN 18, 2011
500ml bottle from bierzwerg! The beer has a beautiful dark yellow color. The smell is very sweet. The beer starts good spicy and very unusually harsh. Tha aftertaste shows very long-drawn bitter hoppy. Dry and very hoppy-spicy finish!

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Finhead (654) - OFallon, Illinois, USA - JAN 16, 2011
A hazy copper-brown pour with a white head. The aroma is floral but also with some apple fruitiness. The light body has lively carbonation. The beginning is slightly sweet but it quickly becomes dry and bitter. It leaves a cotton feeling in the throat.

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
JRock72 (788) - - JAN 16, 2011
Big bottle. Pours golden brown that retains. Very sweet. Would try again.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
dmac (2509) - Toms River, New Jersey, USA - JAN 12, 2011
500 ml bottle from Jonathan Ron Brielle. Poured a clear reddish/orange body with a few large clinging bubbles on the bottom of my New Belgium tulip and an average sized rocky off white head. Aroma is nutty, fruit skins, grainy bread and a hint of copper. The body is very thick and full and although the carbonation is only of average strength the carbnoation is made up of extra large bubbles so the carbonation is slightly overpowering. Flavor of nutts, dough, lots of dry grains and a slight hint of dry chocolate powder. Sessionable.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Bontus (481) - Waasmunster, BELGIUM - JAN 1, 2011
Bottle, London. Pours clear copper. Nice sparkling fontain. Shiny white head. Good retention. Nose has hints of caramelized bread, Overall watery and thin but very clean toast flavours and very clean bitterness as well. Well balanced and a good style example.

3.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fsbw21086 (225) - New Jersey, USA - DEC 27, 2010
Long dry and bitter. Alittle metallic and synthetic but Has a clean crisp bite. A cold beer that lacks much warmth and drinks like hoppy spring water. Smells of minerals and grapefruit. An interesting beer due to it’s carbonation. Kind of reminds me of the mouthfeel of a stout but with completely different taste.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
phaleslu (3182) - Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - DEC 1, 2010
500 ml bottle at The Royale. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel malts, dank, leafy hops, yeast, butter, and bread. Flavor of caramel malts, wood, grass, grains, minerals. Light-bodied, with sharp carbonation and a grassy, woodsy mouthfeel. English bitter without much smoothness.


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