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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."


3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
CharlesDarwin (2570) - Peace Dale, Rhode Island, USA - NOV 19, 2010
Bottle poured at RIFT English Pale Ale tasting. Strong mineral nose, hop oriented. Pours a moderate gold-amber, with lots of quick-fading head. Heavy carbonation is most noticeable. The flavors seem very bland to me. Some dry malt, a bit of hops in maybe the lemon vein, but nothing outstanding. Bitter finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 12/20
UnDecaf (67) - New York, USA - NOV 17, 2010
Light aroma but definitely some orange and dried fruit. Yellowish head. Creamy and a little sour, but very mild. Slight bitter finish.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
tommann (1224) - Dudley, West Midlands, ENGLAND - NOV 15, 2010
500ml bottle. Pours dark golden with a large frothy head. Aroma is some citrus hops and bready, caramel malt. Bread to stat. Very bitter, malty finish.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
pumpmaster (810) - Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA - OCT 24, 2010
16.9 ounce bottle purchased at Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for $3.99 Very good.

2.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 9/20
iNBe (100) - USA - OCT 21, 2010
Had this in the bottle. I’d say it was just as the bottle says, crisp. Very satisfied with this one.

3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Keg_Juggler (151) - New Jersey, USA - OCT 15, 2010
cloudy amber color with creamy head, notes of chocolate, bread and caramel, slightly bitter finish, not bad but not great either

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
glennmastrange (1547) - hobe sound, Florida, USA - OCT 10, 2010
Bottle. Moderate malt and hop notes of grain, caramel, and herbs, with cherry, wood, honey and some spice in the background. Head is small, frothy/fizzy, off-white with some slippery lacing and is mostly lasting. Color is clear light copper. Flavor starts lightly sweet and moderately acidic, then finishes moderately acidic and bitter and a touch salty and tart. Palate is light to medium, between dry and watery has a lively carbonation and finishes lightly astringent and dry. Pretty simple, but straightforward, this is a very easy drinking Bitter.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Metalchopz (1173) - Quebec, CANADA - OCT 6, 2010
Originally rated August 2004. Sampled from one of their very beautiful 500ml bottle (with hops embossed in it). Poured a nice golden-amber colour with a creamy off-white head that left a thick foamy head. The majority of smell is malt, with a hint of fruits. The mouth starts off very creamy, then leads into a world of bitterness, to then finish on a smooth level. An awesome ale with character !


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