Black Sheep Yorkshire Square Ale

Brewed by Black Sheep
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Ripon, England

Black Sheep never lets me down. Dig the label art with squared cow. deep apricot/bronze colour, topped by a big lumpy head that leaves nice lacework as you go. spicy, floral, caramel nose. didn’t get a lot of fruit in this like omhper, i got more fresh green veges, not unlike their holy grAle. Big herbal, spicy hop flavour dominates, but there’s enough white chocolateish sweet barley to soften things out, as well as an earthy bitterness and a bit of nuttiness. Light textured and very easy to drink. Mine was 3 months past the ’best by’ date: I reckon this would be pretty damn good fresh after a bracing stroll along the moors.

Impressive fluffy, foamy pour even from bottle. Aroma is a lightly toasted malt with hints of hops and smooth caramel. Light to medium bodied palate is smooth with a biscuity caramel malt. Some comparisons of butter smoothness to its more famous relative. A little toasty dryness balances well as does the mild hop bitterness in the finish. Rounds out satisfyingly smooth with a good complexity of subtley lingering flavors. A close friend told me that one of his friends designed the label for this one. I’d already mentioned that I thought it was tacky before I found out.

Orange coloured. Malty, fruity, nutty, funky & complex.

Amber coloured, somewhat hazy. Light toffee-flavour. Chewy bitterness.

I agree with the lemony hop aroma, like mutant says, has a resiny, citrusy bittersweet flavour,malty, quite bitter and almost quite acidic finish aswell, actually quite complex and interesting, and even though i had it from the bottle, i reckon it almost had a kind of cask character to it.

sweet malty nose, amber hue, moderate head, sweet malty taste, hints of raisins

More body than an average pale ale this is pleasantly malty with gentle citrus flavours making for a an allround well balanced beer.

Lovely malty ale with a typical English beer head. Palatable and flavoursome.