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Black Sheep Ale 3.17 593

Black Sheep Ale

Percentile
63
overall
Brewed by Black Sheep
Style: Bitter

Ripon, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5933.18/5.03.17/5.04.4%89.2English pint
Commercial Description:
Bottle; Pasteurised.
"Beers for bottling are drawn from brewery conditioning tanks and transported by road tanker to our bottlers. There they are chilled, stored for ten days, then filtered and bottled. At the end of the bottling process, the bottles are pasteurised, labelled and packed."
"Brewed with many generous handfuls of choice Golding hops, it is full flavoured ale with a rich fruit nose. The bittersweet malty taste is followed by an uncompromising long, dry and bitter finish. This beer was the first, most successful, of all of our bottled beers."
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 henry3r (586), Wichita, Kansas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 19, 2006  
The bottle poured a slightly hazy dark amber colored beverage with an ample off-white smooth head that was mostly lasting and left beautiful lacing on the glass. The aroma was on the malty side of things with a nice fruitiness and notes of bubblegum and cotton candy in the background. The body was medium-full with a smooth medium carbonation and a nice dry texture. The flavor starts off every so slightly sweet. As it matures on the pallet, it takes on a more bitter character. The finish is fairly long and presents a nice bitter and dry character.


 yngwie (5000), Kristiansand, Norway
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Feb 17, 2006  
Bottled. Copper colored beer with an off-white head leaving nice lacings in the glass. Aroma is fruity and piney. Flavor much the same, with a pronounced bitterness and malty sweetness. Medium body and a long piney bitterness in the finish. A pleasant ESB. (060217)


 Jukkabro (3039), Tampere, Finland
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 9, 2006  
Dark coppery color, medium yellow head. Thin to medium bodied. Dry, flowery, hopped, mildly caramel and chocolaty aroma. Flavor has spices and some caramel in start, ends with bitter, fruity and hopped aftertaste. Good basic bitter.


 argo0 (6982), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Feb 8, 2006  
(500ml bottle) Big off-white frothy head atop a clear amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, earthy, floral, some orange, peach. Taste is medium sweet, earthy, some spice, peach, caramel. Watery light body, nicely drinkable.


 JRHBrew (218), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Feb 5, 2006    Updated: Feb 20, 2006
Bottle pours orange with a small white head. Pleasant fruity aroma. Complex and well balanced.


 shrubber85 (2995), Wallhalben, Germany
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 3, 2006  
Bottle. Hay, grass and soil aroma. Orange tan color -hazy with moderate head. Very grassy aroma with lighter malt and hops finish. A nice earthy ale.


 JHunter (247), British Columbia, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/103/512/20
Jan 22, 2006  
a copperhazy colored ale with a creamy solid off white head. Has a slight furity tasted with a bitter lingering after taste on your palate.


 nicholai (101), Helsinki, Finland
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/511/20
Jan 14, 2006  
Copper gold color, with a head that doesn’t linger. A very rich and creamy tasting beer. Hard hitting bitterness.



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