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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%89English 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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 Muggus (193), Sydney, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Jul 29, 2004  
500mL bottle. It recommended to serve this thing around 13 degrees C, unfortunately it’s colder than that in here, so I did my best. I get some interesting notes on the nose; citrus, yeast, dark malts. Pours clear amber with a big fluffy head. Quite a solid mouthful, dry with metallic bitterness. Has a bready, caramalt flavoured body with citrus hop notes. A nice full bodied bitter. Again, not really my style, but was worth a try.


 pintbypint (1028), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 28, 2004  
Sample taken from 500ml brown bottle. Pours amber with a rough short lasting head. Malty aroma. Dry, somewhat hoppy finish.


 tupalev (2618), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 18, 2004  
Bottle, as Black Sheep Ale. Cloudy orange appearance with a great fruity nose and huge off white head that went away quickly. Little carbonation but a nice mix of malt and fruit flavours (malt being more dominant). Very short finish with a little hoppy bite at the end. This was pretty good - a nice surprise given the pasteurized bottle.


 KAggie97 (2482), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 15, 2004  
This is not a bad offering. A light, enjoyable beer that doesn’t leave too heavy of a load on your belly.


 Skip (206), Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Jul 14, 2004  
Hoppy, fresh nose with just the right touch of malt. Medium-heavy mouthfeel.


 Jedsbrew (465), Rhineland, Missouri, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Jun 28, 2004  
Slightly hazy copper color with a minimal head and an aroma that hinted at maple syrup with a metallic note. On the light side in body with a dryish malty flavor, a faint flowery sweetness and a touch of acidity. Medium and lightly bitter finish. Delicate but quite refreshing. Bottled.


 cigarsnbeer (146), Valley City, North Dakota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/512/20
Jun 27, 2004  
A very nice amber, with a beautiful full head. It has a very nice light hop flavor and somewhat of a fruity taste. This one fits nicely in the "Its really hot out and I could use GOOD, cold beer" line of beers. This one isn’t bad, but its not really that good either.


 lachesis (759), St Idesbald, Belgium
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 26, 2004  
Nice dark-amber beer with a good aroma off hops.This beer is low in alcohol but it has a nice full taste.In the taste there is a noble bitterness off good selected hops.The afthertaste is dry and has a fine bitter touch.



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