Black Sheep Ale

Brewed by Black Sheep
Style: Bitter
Ripon, England

500 ml bottle from Liquid Solutions. Aroma of malt, caramel, maybe nuts, and that wonderful fruity floral hop of the English bitters. Nice amber color with an off-white head that laced and stayed. Thin to medium bodied, near creamy carbonation. The flavor starts with floral hop, quickly followed by biscuit and caramel malt. The finish is malty, but not all that sweet, fruity, and bitter. In the end it’s dry and bitter. Wonderful stuff.

Appearance: Russet/amber coloured whith thick fluffy white head. Aroma: Straw, crystal malt, Nutty, caramel, taosted bread, floral hop aromas and pear fermentation ester. Flavour: Bittersweet, lots of hops and malt character, Caramel, dark crystal malts, roasty, toasted bread and biscuity. Straw, dried grass. LIght oxidation character - dusty. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied fluffy and mineral drying character in the mouth. Overall: Bittersweet with lots of both hops and malt balanced crytal malt sweetness finishing dry and minerally with a long hang. Pear fermentation esters. Light oxidation - low fill and maybe old bottle.

Name: Black Sheep Ale
Date: 08/03/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

Appearance: hazy dark yellow, frothy white head,
Aroma: lightly sweet malt aroma,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor with carmel sweetness and a touch of butterscotch, nice light bitter finish,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

poured a cloudy amber color with almost no head that dissipates to nothing but a ring that lingers along the wall of the glass. starts off with lots of carbonation and ends with a few bubble trails here and there. great aroma of hops, fruit maybe apricot or apple, toffee, caramel, and i think a kind of nut. mouth feel is nothing special almost like water and in the end it disappoints with an okay start of flavor that transitions into somewhat but not very bitter hops and gets drowned out by a very strong water taste. if i wanted water i would have bought a lager. sad.

500 ml bottle. Light brown colour. Tall off-white head that clings to the glass. Nutty Northern Brewer-like aroma. Some sweet malts and some roasted malts. Nicely balanced. Crisp hop flavours with a solid hop bitterness that lingers a while. Medium-bodied and a little oily on the tongue. Nice bitter.

watery and acidy is what i get. there has been a bit of fruit (punch) and licorice added in -for whatever purpose-. there is a decent carbonation and the flavors offer a degree of complexity. the palate is a bit slick and somewhat refreshing. not bad and not memorable. yes there is a sweetish and typical english type nutty albiet watery taste in there.

Amber coloured with aroma of caramel, various fruit, and toffee, maybe licourice? Quite a bitter and dry aftertaste. Quite a tasty bitter. Far from my favourite though.

Pours with a nice thick and sudsy head with large bubbles throughout. Copper colored. Not much perfume: a mild aroma with hints of hop. However, the flavors are more assertive. A complex blend of fruity and bitter flavors, with the bitterness winning in the end. An apple-like, almost squash like nuttiness more apparent at the beginning is balanced by the hops at the end. A fun, perky palate. Overall, a supremely pleasant ale. I feel this one is underrated by Ratebeerians because of the general preference here for bigger beers.