Black Sheep Monty Python’s Holy Grail

Brewed by Black Sheep
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Ripon, England

Serve in English pint

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Amber color. Aroma is malty with suprising blackcurrant notes. Taste has berries also and good malt base. Bitter finish last long.

The aroma of this brew is subtle with hints of toasted malts and sour bread yeast, and the appearance is a yellowish orange with a large fleeting head that dissipates to a thin layer of white foam on top of the liquid. The taste is mildly sour, slightly sweet, and slightly bitter, and the palate combines a medium body, average carbonation, either a thin or slick texture (it’s hard to discern because of the carbonation), and an abrupt finish.

Had it out of a bottle, poured a clear amber hue with a slight head and no lacing. The aroma is a bit hop sour, and the taste is bitter malt flavor similar to macro brews. Kitshy label and great color, so I guess she’s pretty to look at, but not much else.

500ml bottle. Clear dark golden amber colour, foamy off-white head that quickly dissipates away and a malt mash aroma. Initial fizzy dry hoppy bitterness that lingers, layered against a thin malt taste with earthy & fruity notes. Light bodied, well carbonated. OK.

Got the bottle at Giant Eagle for less than $2.50 in Pittsburgh. While the beer was not awful, it simply lacked any taste. I should have been suspicious when I found out it wasn’t made in England.

This is truly a terrible beer. Corn in aroma and mouth. Unpleasant malts and barely any hop character. Bleh!

0,5l bottle. Aroma is hops and some malt, and taste is pretty much hops. Medium bitterness. Overall, it is very good beer.

Bouteille 500ml. De couleur ambrée-orangée et voilée. Nez malté de caramel butterscotch avec des notes de grains de céréales sucrées, de miel, de houblon floral et terreusx. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture légèrement huileuse et aqueuse. Goût légèrement amer de houblon terreux aux notes herbeuses (présent en arrière-goût toute la gorgée) avec de faibles notes fruitées lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de butterscotch doux avec des notes de grains sucrés et quelques traces de toffee et de miel puis en finale, l’on retrouve une amertume de houblon légèrement plus sèche et herbeuse. Post-goût moyen et légèrement sec, léger-moyen amer de houblon herbeux aux notes terreuses.

50 cl bottle @ Nurmo. Rated on 29.12.2008 Aroma is slightly sweet with toffee, English hops, some malt and butter. Flavour is somewhat sweet and malty with toffee, some honey, fruity and floral notes. Good.

This beer has a crisp taste, yet goes down remarkably smooth with a slightly bitter after taste. Has a traditional brown ale color. The aroma is slightly fruity with a malty background. This beer reminds me of drinking in an English country side pub.