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Black Sheep Golden Sheep Ale

Black Sheep Golden Sheep Ale

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A Premium Bitter/ESB brewed by
Black Sheep

Ripon, England

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543.05/5.03.04/5.04.7%33.9English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Bottle: Pasteurised. Exclusive to Tesco. Now termed "Tesco Finest Golden Ale"
Ingredients: Water from brewery well; Marris Otter barley; Wheat; 10% Demerara sugar; Hops.
Strong pale ale brewed using time honoured methods and fermented in our Yorkshire Square vessels, to give full flavour and a dry and refreshing bitterness.

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 omhper (10950), Stockholm, Sweden
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/59/20
Feb 5, 2007  
<i>Bottled. </i> Amber colour, rich firm head. Yeasty grassy nose. Sweet and medium bodied. Some honey. Lingering grassy finish.


 fonefan (5507), Ulfborg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jul 6, 2007  
Bottle. Clear copper amber color with a average off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dried fruit and moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft.


 harrisoni (5474), Ashford, Kent, England
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/59/20
Nov 14, 2005  
500ml bottle from Tesco. Quite clearly this is copper coloured, so not sure why it is called Golden. Thin off white head. Nice white flesh fruit aroma. Apple and peach are distinguishable. Bit of fartyness as well. Bit thin and tinny in mouth with too much carbonation. Shame this is pasteurised and too carbonated, because it could have been a good bitter. Finish has some tingly hop and more orchard fruit, but frankly I can’t get over that mouthfeel and the metallic deadness


 duff (5407), Sydney, Australia, Surrey, England
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/510/20
Jun 28, 2004  
Bottle. Pretty thin, i suppose, but i actually thought the flavour was alright. Bready, lemony, some toffee. Hops were a bit green. But it wasn’t that bad, tasted fresh, even though it was from the bottle &#40;pasteurised&#41;.


 Maria (4725), Thisted, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jul 2, 2007  
It’s a dark golden beer with a nice head and the aroma holds notes of roasted malt and aroma hops. I find the same in the flavour, that has a nice citrussy bitterness. A nice ale.



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