Black Sheep Monty Pythons Holy Grail

Bottle. Pours a thin amber with a light frothy head. Aroma is a little mix of, I cant think what it is, a little like an amber, Killians or something like that and mixed John Cleese’s farts. Now that you mention, that’s what it tastes like too. But seriously, the taste is sharp ESB taste, but the aftertaste is awful and metallic. Reminds me of Boddingtons.

if you want to drink esb, go buy the rogue brutal bitter. its even easier to find that this and much much better.

Amber pour with medium head. Very small amount of hops not bad for a english ale.

Pretty good English style ale. Nice light malt-toffee and a dusting of hops. GREAT session beer.

Bottle from supermarket in NZ, poured a clear amber with a bubbly yellowish head. A warming malt aroma with a slight tartness and a touch of ginger (this could be the result of the travel). A strong earthy malt flavour with a full mouthfeel and a smooth palate. The finish becomes more dry and hoppy with the malt giving more toffeeish characteristics. Good enough to make me wish I had tasted a less travelled version.

Pours amber with small creamy head. Malty grainy aroma with some woodiness and maybe a tad of hop fruitiness. Flavor is fairly weak with some grainy maltiness and bitter hops. Palate is dry and fades very quickly. Drinkable, but not what I look for in a good ESB.

5oomL bottle: Light amber, fizzy, decent head. Flavor is bitter, dry like grapefruit juice. Lends itself well to salted stuff. Refreshing and crisp.

500ml bottle from K-Citymarket, Vantaa, Finland. I didn’t come all the way to Helsinki just to find this beer, but it was a pleasant surprise to find it in the supermarket.

Gold with a loose white head; intense grapefruit aroma; sweet caramel body, thick and chewy with rich fruit - dates and figs; tghe finish is long and bitter but not overpowering. An excellent Yorkshire bitter.