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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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Morrisons, Moston. Golden with a small frothy head. Has a pretty good mix of malts and tropical fruits, with the former a little more impactful exuding a pseudo-grittiness to the brew
Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2023 at 17:53

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
330ml can. Black with a thick tan head. Roasted malt aroma, flavour is roasted malt, liquorice. Lovely
Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2023 at 21:53

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can at the Corstorphine Inn. Pours clear pale yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light lemon and biscuit. Taste is more of the same. Light bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 03 Dec 2023 at 20:24

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can from ASDA.Nose is pine, hint of citrus, lots of malt and soft yeast; strong aroma of mash tun wierdly. Taste is surprisingly malty, sweet malt, lots of yeast, leading to a light pine. It's passable but not at all a West Coast.
Tried from Can on 25 Nov 2023 at 01:39

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clear golden pour with a small white head. Aromas of pine, citrus, malt, some flowers as well. Taste is citrus, hops, exotic fruits, herbs for a decent bitter finish. Not bad, especially given the lower ABV. Thumbs up for bein carbon neutral, too.
Tried on 18 Nov 2023 at 22:13

6/10
Tried from Cask on 13 Nov 2023 at 18:25

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Dark amber/brown pour with a somewhat stable white head. Aromas of roasted malt, faint cocoa and coffee. Flavour is (roasted) malt, dired fruit berries, cocoa, milk/cream. Interesting, but in a god way.
Tried on 12 Nov 2023 at 20:56

6/10
Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2023 at 12:57

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle bought at Gulating Ølutsalg in Bodø. Close to clear warm golden body, persistent white head leaving spotty lacing on the glass. Inviting malt-fruity aromas, grass, ripe citrus, and pale malt. Well balanced taste character of ripe citrus, leafy hops, and bread-like malts. Soft ending with fair bitterness to it. Like it. (Bodø Panorama, 10.11.2023).
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2023 at 14:05

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Flasche 0,5l: Schwarz, klar, stabiler mittelporiger beiger Schaum; sehr fruchtige + würzige Nase, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, schwarze Beeren, leichte florale Hopfennoten, eher trocken, Röstaromen, Röstmalz, Malzzucker, dunkles Karamell, leichte Hefearomen, nussig, etwas Kaffee, malzig-würzige Bitterkeit; würziger + trockener Körper, kräftige Röstaromen, dunkle/getrocknete Beeren, kräftige trockene Hopfennoten, grasig/floral, leichte trockene Säure, Röstmalz, Getreide, dunkles Karamell, cremig, moderate Kohlensäure, Haselnussschalen, Kaffee; würzig-trockener Nachgang
Tried on 06 Nov 2023 at 08:21