Black Sheep Best Bitter

Brewed by Black Sheep
Style: Bitter
Ripon, England

A good beer, but at only alc 3.6% vol, is a beer for a pub lunch, or a very long session.

Cask. Dark golden colour. Slightly astringent, but suting the beer. Full-bodied for its ABV. Slightly sweet. Probably a very good session beer.

Draught at Pear Tree Inn, Woodhouse Eaves. Very light bitter aroma, some sweet malts. Medium amber clear with thin creamy head. Dull carbonation, watery in body. Starts with dull watery malt flavor, weak apple taste, tea, with a mild bitter finish. Clean smooth after.

Cask@The Harp, Covent Garden, London. Fairly below average best bitter. Some grainy lightly toasty, toffee-y malts. But thin and not much happening, some green earthy hops i suppose. Thin mouthfeel.

The perfect pint hoppy without being too full on, a good width and length of taste. Gorgeous to look at, however I have drunk this beer all over the country, it doesn’t travel well down south. This isn’t because of the beer its just landlords don’t quite keep the beer right the further south you go. Anyone who fails to see the merit in this beer should stick to wine!!!!

Cask: Clear golden hue, good head formation. Malty, biscuit aroma. Predominant malt palate, caramel, mildly fruity, some puckering dryness.

Very standard, a decent pint but nothing special. Looks the part but slightly dissapointing and bland. Cask in North Yorkshire

Cask at various pubs in Nork Yorkshire. A quality session beer. Light brown with white head. Fairly bitter which I like but will not suit everyone. I prefer this to the Special which has less flavour. Seems to be very consistent. Rerate, this is one of my favourite bitters but the last 2 barrels were not good, there seems to be a problem at the moment. The 1st one was flat, insipid, thin and slightly cloudy. The 2nd one was also cloudy but not flat, a bit yeasty.