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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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 NJBeerman013 (768), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 3, 2007  
Bottle. By the way, Favorite Movie. Anyhow.. pours a copper color, with a rapidly fading head. Plenty of hops provinding quite the bitter kick. Its a very dry beer so the kick is swift and quick and fades quickly. Full mouthfeel makes this an enjoyable drink.


 cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 3, 2007    Updated: May 14, 2008
How could one resist such a named beer. Its light ruby in colour, with a light malt fruit and a little bitter. We are the Knights who say "I’ll have a another"


 JDUB (170), Beautiful Venice Beach, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Feb 26, 2007  
lasting frothy head over clear copper pour. Really yeasty (that kind that would smell bad on its own but it’s objectionably acceptable in a beer) and a bit citrussy aroma. A wierd flavor combo of chocolate and lemons.


TheBarGuy (2), Auckland, New Zealand
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3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 25, 2007  
An interesting novelty brew. A nice full aroma which no offencive bitterness. A good colour, although not as Dark as I would have guessed. Good full bodied flavour. Overall, above average.


Dsnutz (71), dallas, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Feb 24, 2007  
1pint 0.9oz. bottle pours a dark amber orange head, with a good light tan head. Overall it was a descent beer for the price, but I wish it was a little stronger.


 ekstedt (2411), Göteborg, Sweden
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Feb 23, 2007  
Bottle. Golden amber color with medium off-white head. Plain malt aroma with earthy hops. Medium bodied. Very bitter flavour. This is the only character of this beer, bitterness, not anything more.


 mgermani (862), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 16, 2007  
Pours a golden amber with a great head. Nice roasty, hoppy aroma. Very interesting taste - starts out sweet, but then bitters and dries out nicely. There’s that ferric (blood, iron) taste again that seems to pop up from time to time in certain beers (La Maudite) but I suspect this is either a storage method or something in the hops I’m tasting. The hops are really well balanced against the malt. Great carbonation, body is light and almost creamy (although it could be that fantastic head meddling with the mouthfeel!) Nice beer. What is that iron I’m tasting? No matter, this is a real beer, and an excellent example of a bitter.


Ridedom33 (37), Valdosta, Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 12, 2007  
Wow. very surprising brew. i was surprised at the first taste. Great palate! Sweet up front and super dry ending. Nice balance!



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