Black Sheep Ale / Special Ale (Cask)

Brewed by Black Sheep
Style: Bitter
Ripon, England

Cask, Handpump @ Brewery. Dark color with a small white head. Light fruity malty aroma and taste. Medium body and a light bitter finish.

Cask. A fialry standard flavour. Grainy mouthfeel, with some slight nut and caramel flavours, and some lightly bitter, leafy hops. A decent, and drinkable bitter, nothing special.

1. Cask Handpump at the Head Of Steam, Liverpool 22/02/2001 Dark coloured with a woody aroma. 2. Cask Handpump at Netherton Hall, Frodsham 10/05/2001 Dark coloured with caramel malt flavour. 3. Cask Handpump at the Coachman, Hartford 23/09/2005 Golden amber coloured with a fruity aroma. Slightly bitter malt finish. 4. Cask Handpump at the Cock & Bottle, York 20/02/2008 Malt and hop aromas. Small white head. Golden coloured and fruity with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish. 5. Cask Handpump at the Tennyson Arms, Scarborough 07/02/2009 Fruit and malt aromas. White head. Bronze golden coloured with a sour fruit flavour. Crisp and slightly dry malt finish.

I am starting to think about the differencesin the beers according tothe pub, maybe the storage. HTi swas really bitter and not very special as its name says. A medium dark colour.

[Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen] A hazy amber beer with a fine orange head. The aroma is sweet matly with notes of caramel - warm and inviting. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of caramel leading to a dry bitter and woody end.

Cask at Charlies. Clear amber coloured with a lasting off white head. Aroma of fruits and malts. Flavour of malts and hops. Hoppy finish.

[cask at brewery] nose is fruity, some strawberrys, grapefruit and some caramel in the background. not offensive, but bland and a little sweet.

Nothign special, though i think this may have had somethign to do with the pour, got it at the bon accord, terrible terrible pour, i cant believe the owner let the guyz working there distroy the ales with the way they pour.