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Black Sheep Monty Pythons Holy Grail

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

Ripon, England

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9012.92/5.02.92/5.04.7%20.8English pint
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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 thefederalist (226), Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 15, 2007  
Pours golden brown, with a smallish head. Aroma is nice and malty. Flavor is balanced but lacks a little bit of hop bite. Finish is dry and enjoyable. Nice bitter.


 benpickens (130), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 15, 2007  
Cloudy copper bronze with medium carbonation and a cloudy white frothy head. Earthy and madeira like aromas. Sweet raisiny malt with a hit of hops.


 jainsv (112), USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/510/20
Jan 13, 2007  
Pours a light amber-brown color with a fully frothy head. It has an overpowering hops smell. It tastes slightly sweet at first with a bit of fruit but then quickly degrades to a strange bitterness. Overall, an average bitter.


 detroiter (958), Euphoria, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 13, 2007  
Pours a bright clear copper, topped by an inch of sudsy cream colored foam. Adequate head retention and webby lacing. Sweetish malty aroma, with caramel and slight butterscotch. Nice blend of sweet caramel and dry biscuit malt. Tangy and lightly herbal hops for balance and a pleasant residual bitterness. Seems to have more alcohol than the 4.7% listed. Smooth and mellow


 LyndaNova (493), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/53/102/58/20
Jan 12, 2007  
Cold 16.9oz bottle: Pours a cloudy copper color with a nuggetty ivory head. Aroma is of rich malts, light fruits, caramel and lemon with floral notes. Taste is of rich malts, caramel, lemon and floral hops with some light fruit notes. Light to medium body, crisp and well carbonated. Ending is earthy and dirty.


 Jukkabro (3005), Tampere, Finland
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jan 10, 2007  
(BBE 10/06) Dark coppery colored, medium sized yellow head. Aroma is sweet with caramel and strawberries, some bitter hops also there. Medium bodied. Flavor is more bitter with fruits and caramel, some lemony tones too. Aftertaste is dry with strawberries and some lemon.


 Foxbush (454), Richmond, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/511/20
Jan 3, 2007  
This is the Black Sheep bitter that was a Christmas gift. This was an umimpressive bitter. Monty Python is a cool name fo the ale.


 biznizness (934), Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Jan 2, 2007  
Yep, standard bitter but I enjoyed this one, cool bottle, hey gotta love Monty Python. Just saw Spamalot a few weeks ago so I am on a kick.



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