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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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 larsga (2980), Oslo, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/105/516/20
Dec 7, 2005  
Huge, offwhite, creamy head; clear, brown body with ongoing carbonation. Faint, harmonic aroma of resiny hops and some malts, maybe some bready notes. Taste is extremely smooth, of slightly roasted, faintly smoky malts, with a lovely, crisp aftertaste of resiny hops, and maybe some citrus hops. The taste is very balanced, and nice. Some bitterness. Not the most complex, or fancy-tasting beer I’ve had, but exceptionally well made, and highly drinkable. Highly recommended!


 illinismitty (1800), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 7, 2005  
A british ale typical of what you would find at countryside pubs in England. Pours light brown, with little head or carbonation. Light fruity and sweet malt aroma. Not a very bitter beer when compared to american standards. Pretty even balance of hops and malt, with a mild hop and pepper finish. Not much body, but that is typical of many english regional ales. Us American beer drinkers are used to much more body. But I enjoyed this beer. Very smooth. Reminded me of my last visit to Stratford upon avon.


 TheGrandMaster (1872), Auckland, New Zealand
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Dec 4, 2005  
Poured from the bottle, a light brown with a head that disappeared very quickly. A rick malty/flowery aroma. Malty again in the flavour with a little carbonation in the mouth.


 Hendo (110), Sint Anthonis, Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Nov 29, 2005  
Top brew this. A good feet up and relaxed drinking beer, but as a few other reviewers have said it needs more body.


 PhillyBeer2112 (2089), Orange Park, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Nov 20, 2005  
Enjoyable british ale. A nice lightly fruity aroma, hint of persimmon and caramel. Flavor well balanced with a nice easy palate. Just a kiss of spicy hops. I almost feel like I get a touch of smokiness in the finish. True amber color, full head.


 Nekronos (2265), Xalapa, Mexico
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Nov 12, 2005    Updated: Feb 9, 2006
Not much to say about this, only that it was not a bad ale, amber colour and not as bitter as some may think. IT was nice.


 SudsMcDuff (1704), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Nov 9, 2005  
Poured with a beutiful healthy glimmering head, Dark golden Orange color, and this brew has great lacing qualities! Bitterness is very nicely done, nice fruity smell, good pleasing after taste, all in all...enjoyable.


 Otje (668), Leiden, Netherlands
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Nov 9, 2005  
nice ale. fruity, hoppy smelling golden beer. tastes citrussy, grassy, bitter, sweetish and caramel malty. finishes bitter and fairly long. nicely balanced, but it could use more body (that would make it really great).



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