Black Sheep Brewery

Regional Brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Black Sheep Brewery Visitor Centre

Established in 1992

Contact
The Black Sheep Brewery, Wellgarth, Masham, HG4 4EN, England
Subsidiaries
Black Sheep Brewery owns 3 breweries:
Description
In 1992, Paul Theakston took a daring leap into the unknown. As a fifth generation brewer of his family company, he chose to leave T&R Theakstons following its sale to a national brewery. Instead, he chose to champion independent brewing in Yorkshire and built his own brewery in the very same town, Masham. The brewhouse contains a mixture of tradition and innovation, using the Yorkshire Square Fermentation system which we hold dearly. Our original brewhouse was built from reclaimed equipment which we still use to this day.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear light amber body with a large frothy off-white head. Sweet malty caramel aroma with some light floral hops. Sweet caramel and dry malt flavor. Light floral hops.
Tried on 07 May 2007 at 15:33

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Morrissons, Banbury 20-04-07. Pours a ruby colour and has a good fruity and malty nose, good malty and full bodied beer some sweetness but strength whilst apparent isn’t overpowering. Nicely bittered and all in all thoroughly decent beer.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2007 at 22:44

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Devonshire Arms, South Normanton. Sparkling gold colour with a soapy white head; initially caramel and malt dominate with some traces of fruit, but then a full bodied bitterness develops. An excellent pint of bitter.
Tried from Cask on 19 Apr 2007 at 03:11

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
(50 cl bottle form Systembolaget) Clear dark red color, big lasting fluffy tan head. Sweet and hoppy scent, also a bit chocolate. Sweet, roasted malt and hops taste. Coffee and roasted malt aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Apr 2007 at 16:49

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tempered over burning witches. 500ml bottle from Centra, Majorstuen in Oslo. Clear, dark amber coloured body. Dense white head quickly reduced to a filmy layer. Caramel malty to the nose. Initial caramel flavour followed by almond, wheat and kiwi fruit with adding bitterness from the hops. Dry ending. The downside is a much too foamy mouthfeel (07.04.2007).
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2007 at 15:31

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Hoop and Grapes, Aldgate. Light fruity hop aroma. Amber gold color with a firm white head. Starts fruity, followed by malt, followed by bitter. Not quite medium mouthfeel. The finish is very well balanced. Almost a peach hint in the finish. Otherwise fairly astringent at the end.
Tried from Cask on 30 Mar 2007 at 13:23

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle from Morrisons. Pours a clear gold colour with an off-white head; sour, fruity aroma; chewy, full, malt flavour; with a gently bitter finish with a touch of biscuit. Nothing special, but a well-constructed English bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2007 at 14:09

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Aroma of floral/citrus hop. Light amber color with a white head that didn’t stay long. Starts with fruit; stone fruit; maybe some kiwi berry. Followed by malt, and getting balancing hop in at the finish. Finishes quite dry. Really complex interplay of components. Firm mouthfeel that hardly thins at all.
Tried on 11 Mar 2007 at 18:35

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, caramel. Flavour is fruit, sweet, caramemel. Thin.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2007 at 02:43

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
golden orange colour, with a sweet malt nose. sweet honeyish malt with a little bitter in linger
Tried on 03 Mar 2007 at 03:56