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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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 Quevillon (1518), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/59/20
Nov 3, 2007  
Bouteille de 500 ml, acheté au LCBO d’Ottawa (Rideau et King Edward). Blonde dorée, petit collet. Très faible arome d’houblon peu amère, avec un légé soupson sûrette. Goût faible, peu houblonné, sûr et pate. Vraiment pas la grale de la bière!


 dankman38 (228), Somewhere in, Ohio, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Oct 28, 2007  
Lighter bodied hoppy English beer, what else can be said. Not a bad beer but far from stellar.


 dkazuk (247), winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/103/54/20
Oct 27, 2007  
500ml bottle.
Pours a clear dull burnt orange with some sparkly highlights and a decent white head. Aroma of alcohol, wine, and fruity hops. Flavour follows closely behind. I wasn’t much of a fan of this one.


 Wulfstan (509), California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Oct 23, 2007    Updated: Feb 8, 2008
This is a very nice, smooth, bitter with a light but nice hoppy bitterness. It is coppery gold, with some bubbles, a thick, lasting off-white head and fairly good lacing. The aroma is of pine, lemon, and bread. The taste has great balance of sweet and bitter, malts and hops, is very smooth and well blended, and has a nice, smooth biscuit-pine finish. While it does not knock you over with flavour, it has subtle complexities and is light, crisp, and very clean. It is almost tart in the end.


 markas101 (541), Fargo, North Dakota, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/510/20
Oct 20, 2007  
50 cl bottle, Winnipeg. Gold colour, faint malt aroma. bitter taste, nothing too memorable, but certainly drinkable.


 Gpnterojd (162), Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Oct 18, 2007  
Pours copper with a silky off-white head. Aroma of sweet malts, with a noticeable hop presence. Taste of dates, prunes, and oranges -- definitely a sour tang. A tad nutty. The finish is dry and hoppy. On the full end of medium bodied. Interesting beer.


 yarry (370), Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/54/102/58/20
Oct 18, 2007  
*Rating Number 200!* 500ml bottle, 4.7% a/v Pours a beautiful copper red colour with a nice tan head. Aroma is unusual, hops, roast.. i dont know how to explain the aroma. The taste is unusual as well, malty caramel, and definite alcohol taste, odd for such a low alc beer. Finish is almost like a red wine, very dry and earthy.. unusual. Not bad, not great.


 mmmbeer (737), Austin, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 15, 2007  
From 500ml bottle- Aroma a little odd- has a slighty roasted malt with some hops, very pleasant. Appearance of amber/copper color, good head. Hits the mouth with with a slight caramel overtone with a medium malt body, finish of hops. Nice.



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