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Black Sheep Monty Pythons Holy Grail

Black Sheep Monty Pythons Holy Grail - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 Percentile 
38
overall
Brewed by Black Sheep
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Ripon, England

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8982.93/5.02.92/5.04.7%20.5English pint
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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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 NJJereme (262), Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/104/510/20
Oct 14, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a copper color w/ a white head. Virtually no flavor or taste. Nominal hops and malts. Kind of grainy. Really, bland. Light to medium bodied. Easy on the palate. Definitely lacked character.


 travita (1861), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 13, 2009  
Bottle. Copper colored with a small off white head. The smell is malts, floral, dough, bread, and hops. The taste is malts, floral, hops, and some light bitterness.


 floydian1 (257), FNQ, Australia
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Oct 11, 2009  
500ml bottle into pint glass. It pours clear dark orange with a medium off white head that persists. Nose is light toasted malts with an orangey hop presence. Palate is light-medium bodied with a slick texture and low carbonation. Certainly easy to drink. Taste is caramel, brown malts and marmalade with a fruity hop bitterness to the finish. A decent fruity Bitter but not as good as Black Sheep Ale which is this brewery’s signature beer in my opinion.


crhensel (8), New Jersey, USA
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3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/103/514/20
Oct 10, 2009  
(bottle poured into pint glass) Pours a dark amber, light copper color with small quickly diminishing head. Smells of flowers with a hint of citrus. Thin drink with lively carbonation finishes slightly dull and bland. I was hoping for some of the flower and citrus to translate but it did not. Interesting choice for name and label, but there are better examples of the style out there.


 Hermod (251), Vantaa, Finland
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/59/20
Oct 8, 2009  
Bottle. golden color, quite smooth, slighty bitter finish. does not stand out.


Snegurochka (69), Tromsø, Norway
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/511/20
Oct 6, 2009  
Frizzy head. Amber lightly cloudy. Virtually no lacing. Scent of fresh manure and wet pine forest. Lively carbonated- a bit stingy. Round palate and a straight standard beer. I give an extra credit for the design and because I love Monty Python. Now I know how to get the attention from geeky guys at parties;-)


 jcr (1139), Jasper, Indiana, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/59/20
Sep 23, 2009  
Bottle. Clear, deep gold body below an off-white head, mostly diminishing. Light aroma of toast, flowers, dough with a hint of fruit, apricot. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Medium body, smooth though somewhat chalky texture, lively carbonation. An average bitter and it does, as advertised, have a distinctive flavor. That flavor, however, is like licking paper. Not one of the better premium bitters.


stef92 (67), Williamstown, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
Sep 23, 2009  
Golden amber coloring. Light hops but ample flavor. Slight sweetenss in the finish. Plus its tempered over burning witches. I enjoyed it!



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