Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle: BB 15th March 2024, drank at home on 2nd November 2023. Clean golden body, white crown. Light citrus front to the aroma and taste, malty base gives a semi-sweet balance, late piney touch in the finish.

Bottle from Waitrose. Pours almost clear golden colour with a large fluffy white head. Aromas of citrus, floral and biscuits. Taste has notes of fruit salad sweets, more citrusy grapefruit, floral and biscuits, some added caramel with a citrus hoppy finish. Medium body, fairly low carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Very decent with good flavour and decent body for the low abv.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

24/8/2023. Cask at the 31st East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival. Pours clear golden with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, tropical, citrus, melon, grass. Medium plus sweetness, moderate developing bitterness. Moderate body, soft carbonation. Nice fruity bittersweet finish. Pretty decent.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Tastes a bit like ghost ship but that's not a bad thing. More soft maltiness than many ipa's but that's how an IPA from blacksheep should be.
A - malty bready light tropical citrus piney resin
F - caramel, bread, similar to aroma hops dont spring out but are nicely balanced with the malt

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Waitrose. Pours clear gold with a small, frothy white head. Lightly sweet with soft tangerine rind notes, bready malts, some piney-grassy bitterness. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Semi-sweet finish, bit more pine and citrus. Easygoing and drinkable.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

[50cl bottle from Waitrose, Bracknell.] A bright pale amber pour with no head and gentle carbonation; malty aroma with a little citrus; sharp herbal bitterness with some nettle and burdock and some caramel malts; then more assertive herbal hops to finish. A pleasant bitter.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

clear dark golden colour, half inch of creamy ivory head; aroma of moderate grapefruity, grape, floral hoppy, grainy and vanilla notes; taste of hoppy bitterness, some grape, other fruity and slight vanilla notes again; refreshing one

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ The Albert, Llandudno. Clear golden with a creamy head. Hoppy brew with a light bitterness and some hints of tropical fruit behind this.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Handpull cask at the Three-Legged Mare, York. Light gold and clear as a bell with a film of off-white head on top. Melon, grapefruit and butter (not in a diacetyl way but pure, fresh, cold butter) in the aroma. Sweet taste, pink grapefruit, agave syrup and a touch of banana leaf. The flavours clock off early and there’s only bettering hop in the finish. Watery body, soft carbonation. Starts off incredible and ends less so, but it’s a decent drink for a worthy cause.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Railway Inn, Greenfield. Pours golden with a white head. Dusty nose. Wet socks and citrus. A bit dull. Not in perfect shape.