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3519
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Brewed by Black Sheep
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Ripon, England
Serve in English pint

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RATINGS: 1155   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.88   EST. CALORIES: 141   ABV: 4.7%
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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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2.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
gizmo_ber (116) - - NOV 9, 2012
Grassy aroma with similar earthy flavor, not much bitterness, mostly malty with some chocolaty undertones and nuttyness. A little bland, but not horrible.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
rbrazell (1013) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - OCT 26, 2012
Medium golden pour with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of bland English malts, touch of honey and earthiness. Flavor is dull throughout and nothing more than boring malts with a subtle bitter finish. Skip this one.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Proeferius (72) - Delft, NETHERLANDS - OCT 20, 2012
Bottle@home, pours gold with fast disappearing head.Slightly sweet and bitter. Not shocking but a oké beer.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
Brandman (1456) - Helsinki, FINLAND - OCT 6, 2012
Golden body, white head. Aroma has bitter maltiness, grassy hops. Flavour is semi bitter with hops and grainy malts. Quite alright, but can’t taste the witches.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Shink (177) - Portland, Oregon, USA - SEP 30, 2012
Out of the bottle from Uptown after a taste on tap. Pours a dark color with a decent white head. Smells slightly malty. The taste is slightly malty and a little stale like a Budwiser. Not outstanding, but a decent light beer.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Darwenus (405) - Virginia, USA - SEP 26, 2012
It pours a deep amber with a demure head and smells a little like a mild barley wine. The taste is crisp, there’s not much body, no real mouth feel. Just a tiny, hoppy fizzle and then it’s gone. I won’t have it again, but I did finish this glass.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
DeliriumT (332) - Brisbane, AUSTRALIA - SEP 25, 2012
Aroma of grass, straw, pepper and the mildest hints of caramel. Flavour is initially bitter but sweet the more you get into it.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Russo (1311) - Campinas, BRAZIL - SEP 16, 2012
Bottled. Clear orange coloration with a fizzy white head. Aroma is malty and hints of hops. Taste is dry with some sweet notes.Dry end..

1.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 1/20
BlackEyePA (547) - USA - SEP 15, 2012
sweet wort aroma. Looks thin pale golden. Taste is malty sweet with a cherry finish. Palate is white choc cherry. Overall is pretty good, tasty.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Holmen1 (1187) - NORWAY - SEP 11, 2012
Flaske fra ICA: gylden farge og godt skum som varer (litt). Tilbakeholden aroma. Smaken heller mot det vegetale, med en bitter avslutning. Smakern blir rundere og rikere når temperaturen stiger, men jeg trenger allikevel ikke prøve denne på nytt.


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