Black Sheep Brewery Riggwelter (Bottle)

Riggwelter (Bottle)
(Batch of Riggwelter)

 

Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Strong Ale - English Regular
Score
6.98
ABV: 5.7% IBU: - Ticks: 145 Ticks (all batches): 194
Riggwelter Ale takes its name from a local Yorkshire Dales farming term which has Norse roots; “rygg” meaning back, and “velte” meaning to overturn. A sheep is said to be rigged or ‘riggwelted’ when it has rolled onto its back and is unable to get back up without assistance.

Riggwelter has a wonderfully complex palate with hints of coffee, bananas and liquorice combining for a classic Golding hop finish.
 
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crit200 (5396) reviewed
Riggwelter (Bottle) from Black Sheep Brewery
23 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Brown,thick lasting beige head.Slightly stale beery dry malt nose.Carmel and malt taste with coffee overtones. Lingering hop end. Great Belgian lace
Tried on 08 Jan 2003 at 18:09
fiulijn (28377) reviewed
Riggwelter (Bottle) from Black Sheep Brewery
23 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Dark red / amber color, beautiful head and lace. Very nice aroma: malt, caramel, roasted malt, coffee. Rich mouth feeling, strong caramalt; it turns quickly in a very bitter ale, prelude to a long and strong final. Bitterness is the most evident character, followed by caramel and finally by some hop aroma; would be better if more balanced (less bitter, more hop-aromatic).
Tried on 10 Nov 2002 at 02:43
RichTigers (5280) reviewed
Riggwelter (Bottle) from Black Sheep Brewery
24 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Dark, rich beer with a coffee/chocolate flavour. The texture of the beer is very smooth and thick on the palate. A good English beer.
Tried on 11 Sep 2002 at 16:02
pilsnerrogge (4915) reviewed
Riggwelter (Bottle) from Black Sheep Brewery
24 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Fullbodied & rasted. Somwhat sweet with some notes of alcohol...............
Tried on 24 Jun 2002 at 08:54
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Riggwelter (Bottle) from Black Sheep Brewery
25 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
This tasty English strong ale has a complex, earthy flavour.................
Tried on 01 Mar 2001 at 12:00
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