Ale
Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.51
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Premium Amber Ale | 4.4%
Black Sheep Ale: The One and Only
The product of 200 years of brewing experience and a family rebellion, brewed to challenge convention. Born iconic: proper beer, done properly.
The embodiment of Black Sheep: quality ingredients brewed in a unique way – distinct flavour characteristics come from our now-rare Yorkshire Square fermenting vessels. Malt character leads with sweet biscuit and caramel, complementing fruity raisin and pear drop notes from our house yeast. Goldings hops finish off the fruitcake-like flavours with hints of earthy bitter orange. Complex, balanced and incredibly drinkable.
Black Sheep Ale: The One and Only
The product of 200 years of brewing experience and a family rebellion, brewed to challenge convention. Born iconic: proper beer, done properly.
The embodiment of Black Sheep: quality ingredients brewed in a unique way – distinct flavour characteristics come from our now-rare Yorkshire Square fermenting vessels. Malt character leads with sweet biscuit and caramel, complementing fruity raisin and pear drop notes from our house yeast. Goldings hops finish off the fruitcake-like flavours with hints of earthy bitter orange. Complex, balanced and incredibly drinkable.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from somewhere. A classic malty British ale. highly in malts. nice colours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2019
at 07:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - deep copper with a generous fluffy white head. Nose - toffee and metallic, though that could possibly be a dry herb note. Taste - toffee, brown bread. Light plant stalk and biscuit bitterness on the finish. Palate - medium bodied, crunchy and dry through the finish. Overall - the nose is not as good as the taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2019
at 17:08
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2019
at 21:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle into shaker. From Aldi, Riverwood. Crystal clear bronze beer with light carbonation and a foamy white head. Dark caramel nose, some citrus and biscuit. Flat mouthfeel with bitter taste. Finish is bitter lemon with lingering earthy, grassy notes. Nice bitter with an excellent hop profile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2018
at 11:28
6/10
Tried
on 21 Nov 2018
at 16:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: big, bit tan, average retention. C: coppery, clear. A: caramel malty, bit bready, floral, toast. T: caramel malty, dry long lasting bitterness, toast, bready, bit grassy, floral, medium body and carbonation, good balanced, enjoyed, 50cl bottle from Auchan Market in Luxembourg.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2018
at 13:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0.5 l bottle from 'The English Shop' (Dortmund), bottled in October 2017. Clear, amber with a medium large, foamy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, floral, slightly grassy and a little fruity aroma of hay, tangerine, tea leaves and some grains. Slightly sweet, moderately bitter, floral, moderately grassy and slightly fruity taste of grains, hay, tangerine, tea leaves, some marmelade and traces of honey, followed by a short, moderately bitter, grassy and slightly dry finish. Almost medium-bodied, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Good balance, easily drinkable, very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2018
at 19:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Many of these drunk in the past, but the first time to review a bottle. Poured nicely with a lasting head and lacing and an appealing colour in the tankard. Not much of an aroma, but I served it too cold. The taste was all about those lovely bitter hops that cut across the palate and left the taste buds jangling. There was length to the bitterness too and this was backed up by the malts. Very English in its bitterness and it would probably frighten those who like a sweet beer. I forgot how lovely this is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2017
at 02:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
From Jun 2007
Purchased at Poplar Wine & Spirits in Casper for US$3.65
This pours from 16.9oz bottle a cloudy light gold with a huge head of foam that settles down but it hangs around for the entire session as a solid 2 finger layer. A very attractive brew in my glass.
The smell is all malty and fruity and nice.
The taste is a good mix of sweet malt and fruit and I'm talking pear. A few more sips in and I get some roasted malt and some hoppiness that shows up as lemon tang that dominates mostly near and through the finish. Plenty of flavour here and at its low abv, this is one heck of a session brew.
Bottom line: Here's a session Ale that really hits well on all marks and I can *only* recommend it. Very good stuff!!
Purchased at Poplar Wine & Spirits in Casper for US$3.65
This pours from 16.9oz bottle a cloudy light gold with a huge head of foam that settles down but it hangs around for the entire session as a solid 2 finger layer. A very attractive brew in my glass.
The smell is all malty and fruity and nice.
The taste is a good mix of sweet malt and fruit and I'm talking pear. A few more sips in and I get some roasted malt and some hoppiness that shows up as lemon tang that dominates mostly near and through the finish. Plenty of flavour here and at its low abv, this is one heck of a session brew.
Bottom line: Here's a session Ale that really hits well on all marks and I can *only* recommend it. Very good stuff!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2017
at 10:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle in Bermuda. Aroma is mild malt and caramel. Clear orange copper with retained tan head. Taste is a little too much retained sugar, but malt there as well though not balanced. Slight orange late on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2017
at 22:36