Blitzen (Bottle)
(Batch of Blitzen)
Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter|
Score
6.48
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Seasonal - Winter.
Ruby Christmas Ale
This cheeky little festive number is made with cascade and goldings hops, orange and mixed peels. A real winter warmer, it’s all you need to survive the holiday season.
Ruby Christmas Ale
This cheeky little festive number is made with cascade and goldings hops, orange and mixed peels. A real winter warmer, it’s all you need to survive the holiday season.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
It sounds more like a bitter than a christmas ale. The taste is dry, bitter, hop and a bit watery. It is not a bad ale, correct, 05.05.17
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2026
at 21:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2025
at 17:32
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Utseende: Sort.
Lukt: Røsta malt, frukter, krydder.
Smak: Kaffe, røsta malt, frukter, krydder.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-6-6-6-6=6.3, Bottle@500ml, ABV@4%, Når@2025.06.19.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Vaaland, Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme.
Navn: Blitzen (Bottle)
Stil: BITTER - ORDINARY / BEST BITTER
Bryggeri: Black Sheep Brewery
Lukt: Røsta malt, frukter, krydder.
Smak: Kaffe, røsta malt, frukter, krydder.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-6-6-6-6=6.3, Bottle@500ml, ABV@4%, Når@2025.06.19.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Vaaland, Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme.
Navn: Blitzen (Bottle)
Stil: BITTER - ORDINARY / BEST BITTER
Bryggeri: Black Sheep Brewery
Tried
from Bottle
from
Vaaland 1889
on 19 Jun 2025
at 19:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from HOTM. Pours a clear dark brown, with small off-white head. Aroma is nutty, roasty malts, brown sugar, light floral hop. Taste has less nuttiness and more chocolate compared to aroma but broadly the same. Not picking up much if any orange peel listed on ingredients which is a shame. Clean tasting, easy drinking. Decent overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle with Saturday lunch because why not! Lovely rich and dark colour in the glass with some lacing. The taste and mouthfeel is that of a dark beer that is well made and very pleasant. Maybe slightly over carbonated, but a perfect lunchtime pint.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2024
at 14:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours clear, red-brown with a small, foamy tan head. Light-medium sweet flavour with notes of toasted bread, some whole grains, a little earth, leaf, dried berries. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with more dry, toasted malts, earth, a little English yeast, hint of dry toffee. Tasty stuff overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2024
at 21:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Fluffy off white head on a dark brown body. Nutty, roasted & malt aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a tingle down the throat & clean aft. Chocolate, liquorice, malt & roasted tastes with fruity finish. Nice easy drinking Pint.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2021
at 21:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Appearance: deep copper with a two finger tall beige head of decent retention. Aroma: caramel, floral hop, honey, distant orange peel. Taste: light sweet and light to medium bitter. Caramel, meadow flowers, citrus fruit, herbal hop. Mouth feel: light plus body, average carbonation. Summary: a decent ale.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2021
at 18:48
7/10
Bottle online from ‘The Trembling Madness’. Pours a clear deep Ruby colour with a medium sized off-white head. Aromas of dark fruits, roasted malts, caramel, toffee, chocolate, brown bread and a little brown sugar. Taste has more dark fruits, caramel, roasty notes, brown bread and chocolate. Earthy hop bitterness on the finish. Nicely balanced. Medium to full body with a smooth oily mouthfeel. Nice winter beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2020
at 14:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
50cl bottle from B&M. Medium creamy beige head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2019
at 16:57