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Black Sheep Monty Pythons Holy Grail

Black Sheep Monty Pythons Holy Grail - Premium Bitter/ESB

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A Premium Bitter/ESB brewed by
Black Sheep

Ripon, England

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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8672.93/5.02.93/5.04.7%20.9English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Bottled - pasteurised.
Another fine addition to the Black Sheep Brewery range of premium bottled ales, our Holy Grail Bitter was specially commissioned to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Monty Python. It has a distinctive taste with plenty of fruity hops, and is full flavoured with a dry and refreshing bitterness.
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 topherh (675), Kearney, Missouri, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/104/510/20
Jul 1, 2009  
Pours orangeish golden with a thin white head. Aroma of sweet malt and fruitiness. Flavor is light malt and floral hops.


 nefarious (197), Clarkston, Michigan, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/55/103/514/20
Jun 29, 2009  
ooooooooo.....this looks nice. golden copper color...with a small white head. very mild flavor and finish clean great summer beer.


 nate2g (814), Brisbane, Australia
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 27, 2009  
Bottle. Golden with a small white head. Aroma and flavour of malt, fruit and metallic notes. The flavour is malt and fruit. Low bitterness and finishes dry. Great name but the beer is disappointing.


 thechandler (260), West Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/513/20
Jun 24, 2009  
Better than I expected. Tastes like a Belgian-style beer. Alcohol flavor. Sweet and malty. Vanilla, etc. Very solid.


 gunnar (290), Sandnes, Norway
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/58/20
Jun 20, 2009  
Pours golden with a moderate frothy off-white head. Not much noticeable aroma here, malt perhaps...Most fun to read the label, taste is very hoppy, no coconut there, surely no swallows either. Boring


jtodd5dot1 (9), Marina, California, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Black Sheep Monty Pythons Holy Grail does not count
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/510/20
Jun 15, 2009  
This brew poured a light copper yellow with basically no head at all. Lots of carbonation that lasted through the end of the glass. Flavor was watery with a little bit of malt sharpness and a very understated hops bite


 Vertical Bacon Strips (581), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/510/20
Jun 14, 2009  
And now - a man with TWO recorders up this nose!.....hahah Python nerdiness...A brilliant orange brew that produced a huge light tan cap with excellent retention and leaving a fairly dirty glass. Zero effervecence. The aroma come quick with a very soft peach / orange mix, bready malts, hops and honey (?). Fragrant and floral as well. Once warmer, the smell is mainly malts. Taste for me was obvious - floral hops. Some sourness and so-so malt content. Too bad that I find the sour flavour annoying enough to leave a negative impression. Light medium bodied with ok carbonation. The bitterness is almost metallic. Bitter finish as expected. The mouthfeel is pretty good but the underlying sourness has really turned me of of this beer.


 CanIHave4Beers (561), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 12, 2009  
An old favorite from years gone by, lets see how I like it now. Pours as I remember with the big fluffy white head and a decent lace, clear with a deep golden color. Aroma is soft and malty with a bit of herbal hop presence. Flavor has a nice bright maltiness, there is an odd familiar flavor, sweet and fruity that I can’t put my finger on, like an odd candy that I like but I just can’t identify at the moment! The hoppiness is very present and somewhat herbal in a sort of grassy way but it’s fairly well muted and seems to be more in the mix for balance than for a particular hop character. This is a nice little subtle beer, nothing to flip a lid over but I like it about as much as I ever did.



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