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Black Sheep Ale 3.17 592

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
5923.18/5.03.17/5.04.4%89.1English 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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 BeerandBlues2 (3225), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/102/514/20
Oct 7, 2004  
Pours nut brown with a foamy off-white head. Aromas of hops and vanilla. Sweet flavor, then bitter with vanilla notes. Watery palate.


brberry (16), USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 1, 2004  
relatively odorless, week pour, almost no head. flavor is a little lacking, decent hope taste, almost no malts, generally a poor offering.


 bb (2930), Martinez, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Sep 30, 2004  
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a very big white head. Aroma of caramel and a bit of spice. Hops, a bit of a citrus undertone, some malt backing that stays sweet after beginning a little bitter. A hint of soap. OK, but nothing to go searching for.


 Pigfoot (2226), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 28, 2004  
clear, amber color, a gilded peach, under a massive mess of creamy froth, leaving lace...aroma, a bit sour, citric, musty, at first (a surprise), loaded with lemon and orange, with hints of ginger, and pepper, unusual, arousing, ... Smooth on the tongue, easy off the palate, and perhaps a bit thinnish, ultimately. Hoppy, citric character bounces a bit in the mouth, but it’s stay is short, and the rest of the drink is pleasant, but bland. That may be the point, actually, but it doesn’t work for me. Yeah, don’t listen to me, it’s a fine ale...sweet, and bitter, citric, and smooth...quite a nice little brew...go knock ourselves out...


 Kinz (2211), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Sep 27, 2004  
Medium orange with an OK head. Faint aroma, slight earth. Flavor is balanced malt and hop, but nothing stands out with this bitter. Some slight buttery note when it hit room temperature. Carbonation bit a bit. Not impressed.


 Cornfield (4963), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 26, 2004  
This poured a deep amber color with a thin white head that laced the glass nicely for the duration. Has an earthy, malty aroma with a hint of grassiness. Creamy mouth-fill. A mild yet bitter malt taste with an underlying touch of sweetness. Slighty bitter finish. A comfortable drink.


 Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 26, 2004  
Poured nice amber orange with rocky white head...smells of bread dough, grass, caramel...tastes mildly bitter with sweetness of molasses and caramel...a little chewey...finish is grassy and bitter...good one...


 jbrus (4883), Delft, Netherlands
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/515/20
Sep 19, 2004  
Buttery, cookie aroma. Amber color, beige head, very nice lace. Sweet, creamy start, well hopped, little roasted, caramel, grass, dry finish.



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