Black Sheep Riggwelter (Bottle)

Brewed by Black Sheep
Style: Old Ale
Ripon, England

Bottle. Clear red brown coloured with a huge off white head. Aroma of malts, caramel and fruits. Flavour of malts, fruits, caramel and hops. Hoppy finish.

Bottle pours dark amber with a big creamy offwhite head that stays very well and laces the glass in weblike patterns. Aromas of toasted malts, caramel, and maybe even a touch of toffee. Flavor is good caramel, toffee, toasted malts, a touch of bannana, and some light hops on the finish. Good soft creamy mouthfeel. Well carbonated. This is pretty drinkable and certainly worth a try.

Rich deep amber pour. The nose is all roasted malt and a dried fruity highlight. Flavors of roasted malt, caramel, dried fruits, light touch of alcohol. The palate is fairly light with a decent amount of carbonation. Pleasant straight-forward brew, especially warming as the fall weather begins to draw near.

Poured from the bottle, a strong clear brown colour with a large beige rocky head with some good lacing. A rich, sweet malty aroma with hints of nutmeg spice. Rich earthy malt flavours with a smooth mouthfeel at first, though the finish is a little rough.

shallow head. bitter and spicy on the initial taste, but hops do not linger long. sweet malty-caramel flavour. some depth. for colour - approaches dark. probably won’t make you overturn (velte) on your back (rygg) as the Old Norse name implies.

On the palate it isn’t powerful and moving, but it does give a somewhat smooth, sweet, and deep flavor. And overall, that is enough for me to enjoy it. It won’t take a place among my all time favorites, but it is worth trying for the smooth flavor in itself. And on a total sidenote, the cap has a cool design I thought (I collect them).

Bottle. Dark. Very roasty malts with a dry hoppy bite. Seriously malt dominated. Liked this very much.

Clear redwood colour a thin lasting creamy off-white head, aroma is malty and liquoricey with similar tastes but with a hoppy finish.