Monty Python's Holy Grail
(has 2 batches)
Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.91
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Draught 4.0% / Bottle 4.7%
Another fine addition to the Black Sheep flock of premium bottle ales. This ale was specially commissioned to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Monty Python in 1999.
Ten years later on the 40th anniversary Holy Grail is still going strong. With more hops than a killer rabbit, it's a full-flavoured golden ale with a distinctively fruity flavour followed by the Black Sheep signature dry finish.
We brew Holy Grail with Maris Otter malt, an old and expensive variety that is renowned for the taste and the quality of the beer it produces.
A mixture of old English Hop varieties including a touch of WGV hops gives Holy Grail its lovely fruity nose.
We use a touch of wheat which helps deliver the lovely creamy head and lacing down the glass - just what you would expect from a proper Yorkshire beer!
Another fine addition to the Black Sheep flock of premium bottle ales. This ale was specially commissioned to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Monty Python in 1999.
Ten years later on the 40th anniversary Holy Grail is still going strong. With more hops than a killer rabbit, it's a full-flavoured golden ale with a distinctively fruity flavour followed by the Black Sheep signature dry finish.
We brew Holy Grail with Maris Otter malt, an old and expensive variety that is renowned for the taste and the quality of the beer it produces.
A mixture of old English Hop varieties including a touch of WGV hops gives Holy Grail its lovely fruity nose.
We use a touch of wheat which helps deliver the lovely creamy head and lacing down the glass - just what you would expect from a proper Yorkshire beer!
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
From Mar 2006
Poured from bottle(room temp) a medium gold with a huge head of foam that dissipated slowly leaving s solid layer that lasted throughout the session.
The smell is of sweet malt and some faint fruitness.
The taste up front was a malt sweetness, almost honey like but shortly after, the bitterness from the hops come in and pretty much took over but that's temporary as well as the finish, imo, is a very nice balance between the 2 tastes . Yum...what a nice session brew!
Bottom line: Here's another session English Ale that delivers nicely in the taste department. I'll certainly buy this again.
Poured from bottle(room temp) a medium gold with a huge head of foam that dissipated slowly leaving s solid layer that lasted throughout the session.
The smell is of sweet malt and some faint fruitness.
The taste up front was a malt sweetness, almost honey like but shortly after, the bitterness from the hops come in and pretty much took over but that's temporary as well as the finish, imo, is a very nice balance between the 2 tastes . Yum...what a nice session brew!
Bottom line: Here's another session English Ale that delivers nicely in the taste department. I'll certainly buy this again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2017
at 09:57
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle, 0.50l. Pours cloudy amber color with large frothy off-white head and good lacing with average sparkling appearance. Aroma of berries, grass, cereals,yeast and toffee. Taste starts with mild sweet toffee, following is grassy and mild fruity, while finish is medium bitter. Light to medium body, thin texture and average carbonation in palate. No fun at all...
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2017
at 06:50
6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 4
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style 12A). Bottle 50 cl - Batch LB7086 (BBF 27.MAR.18). AROMA: medium-low to low hop aroma with an herbal character (starting to show oxidation), low diacetyl. very faint to none slightly sweet malt background. APPEARANCE: golden color and clear. medium-low ivory head with good retention. TASTE: medium-low hop flavor with a dry grass character (slight oxidation). almost neutral and slightly sweet malt background. medium to medium-high bitterness with a dry and bitter finish. slight diacetyl and cardboard. PALATE: medium-low body with medium-low carbonation. OVERALL: a golden ale with too little malt character on the flavor and starting to show some oxidation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2017
at 11:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at The Fullers pub in Paddington station. Clear golden brown colour lasting cream head. Goodcondition and temperature. Some ywast character some good digestive biscuit flavour I thoughg pretty good. Excellent condition fresh as fresh.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2017
at 03:39