Special Ale
Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
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6.14
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At times referred to as just Black Sheep Ale (cask).
Our second ever beer. A complex, premium bitter.
Back in the day, Best Bitter was lonely, it needed a companion. We knew we needed a quality, premium strength beer that would stand alongside our cracking session Bitter... we present to you, Black Sheep Ale.
Black Sheep Special Ale is a powerfully flavoured pint that packs a punch with rich fruit aromas and a distinctively smooth, bittersweet taste. As well as the popular cask version, we started bottling this in 1993 and today it is one of the best-selling bottled beers nationally; available in all major supermarkets!
Our second ever beer. A complex, premium bitter.
Back in the day, Best Bitter was lonely, it needed a companion. We knew we needed a quality, premium strength beer that would stand alongside our cracking session Bitter... we present to you, Black Sheep Ale.
Black Sheep Special Ale is a powerfully flavoured pint that packs a punch with rich fruit aromas and a distinctively smooth, bittersweet taste. As well as the popular cask version, we started bottling this in 1993 and today it is one of the best-selling bottled beers nationally; available in all major supermarkets!
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours fairly hazy, amber, with a good head of very fine, fluffy and persistent white foam. Aroma is fairly malty and caramel. Body is very smooth, kind of thin, with modest carbonation. Taste is moderate in both sweetness and bitterness. Finish is short, even too much.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2019
at 17:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: Cask.
Where: SBWF 2018.
Appearance: Amber colour with a small off-white head.
Aroma: Fruit, malt, hops.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, malt, caramel.
Where: SBWF 2018.
Appearance: Amber colour with a small off-white head.
Aroma: Fruit, malt, hops.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, malt, caramel.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Nov 2018
at 17:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a clear dark amber colour with a small frothy off white head. Aroma is malty, caramel and ripe fruit. A moderately sweet caramel malt taste, some ripe fruit flavours and a hop bitter finish.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2018
at 12:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Guildford arms, as special ale. Pours clear amber, nose is toffee, floral, caramel, buttery, taste is sweet, dry toffee, floral.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Nov 2016
at 01:46
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the Horse and Jockey. Waddington. Ruby brown colour with an off white head. Aroma stewed fruit and chocolate. Taste light bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 May 2016
at 23:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Free Press, Cambridge. Copper, clear with a flimsy cream head and mega-lacing. Plentiful carbonation though. One-dimensional but by no means disappointing smell: malt, malt and more malt. The sturdy sweetness of the malt asserts in the sip, with plenty of buttering hop near the end. Bitter finish is fairly long. Some caramel, toast, hazelnut, rubbing alcohol in the aftertaste. Well above the average bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jul 2015
at 11:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
7th July 2015: hand-pulled cask pint in the Kings Heath Cricket Club, Birmingham. Smooth feel to the brew, deep amber body, creamy head that stayed around. Nice blend of flavours: fruity, malty and semi-sweet in the mouth, the aroma hinting of what is to come. The hops come into play towards the end of each sip giving a mildly dry and slightly bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2015
at 04:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
4.4% Cask gravity at Planet Thanet BF 2015. Clear brown amber colour lasting beige head. Caramel yeasty aroma. Some hop on finish. Good balance of yeast malt and hop. Good drying peppery hop.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2015
at 07:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Woodmans Rest, Solihull. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head and lots of clingy lace. The aroma is malt, light hop. The flavour is medium to light bitter with a light, slightly watery malt, strong hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation. Not so keen on the hop combo here.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2014
at 11:35
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Goose, Bracknell. Hazy golden amber with a dense white head; simple malty aroma; soft and malty in the mouth with some treacle toffee; then a light bitterness before a biscuity finish. A pleasant, straightforward Yorkshire bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 May 2013
at 02:22