Bad Shepherd Beer Company
Microbrewery
in
Charleston,
West Virginia,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2017
Contact
Description
Bad Shepherd Beer Company is the brewery for Black Sheep Burrito & Brews restaurant and is located at their Charleston location. There are Black Sheep locations in Charleston and Huntington West Virginia. Eleven house-brewed beers on tap means that aside from flagship beer The Loud, and popular How Ewe Doin? Cream Ale, there are new brews constantly rotating through the other taps. A barrel program turns out a variety of sour ales and the occasional whiskey-barrel aged stout.
5.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at Blacksheep Charleston. Black with medium off-white head. Aroma is light dark malt, medium/light body, lower carbonation, and pretty good lacing. Taste is dark malt and light herbal hops. Pretty underwhelming.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2017
at 19:43
6.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
On tap at Blacksheep Charleston. Dark brown with small off-white head. Aroma is a little spice, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is light pumpkin and a little spice. Better as it warms.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2017
at 19:40
7.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Black Sheep Charleston. Hazy orange with medium white head. Aroma is citrus hops, medium body, syrupy texture, lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is rich citrus, bitter hops, and dank hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2017
at 19:34
7.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bad Shepherd Charleston. Opaque reddish medium brown with small white head. Aroma is red wine, medium body, lower carbonation, and a little lacing. Taste is red wine, cherries, some wood, and tart. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2017
at 19:28
6.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
On tap at Black Sheep Charleston. Hazy deep golden with small white head. Aroma is lactose, medium body, low carbonation, and pretty good small-bubble lacing. Taste is lactose and some fruity hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Sep 2017
at 19:15
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Black Sheep Charleston. Hazy deep golden with small white head. Aroma is fruity hops, medium body, low carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is fruity hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Sep 2017
at 19:11
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Black Sheep Charleston. Clear light Amber with medium bright white head. Aroma is fruity, medium body, lower carbonation, and pretty good small-bubble lacing. Taste is fruity and malty.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Sep 2017
at 19:05
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Black Sheep Charleston. Hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is lime, medium body, lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is lime, lemon, and esters. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Sep 2017
at 19:00
6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at Black Sheep. Cloudy deep golden, medium body, low carbonation, and very little lacing. Taste is light wheat grain and some herbal hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Aug 2017
at 13:15
6.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Black Sheep. The bartender says the brewmaster blended a lower ABV red wine barrel aged golden and a red wine barrel aged American strong ale. Aroma is light oak. Medium body, medium/lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is oak, red wine, and caramel malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Aug 2017
at 13:10