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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Fles 50cl thuis. Fruitig, honingtonen, wat grainy, hoppig, orange peel, wat crisp, caramel, licht droog, malttonen, zoetje, bloemig. (15-10-2022).
Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2022 at 15:59

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
From bottle at Knights Tower 14.10.22. Clear orange amber. Foamy beige head. Very fine aroma and taste of pale malt, rye bread and tawny Sevilla marmalade. Very drinkable. Decent hop bitterness is lingering on.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2022 at 22:07

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Fles 50cl thuis. Roasted malts, noot, fruitig, bittertonen, hoppig, citrustonen, wat chocolade, licht oily, redelijk droog. (14-10-2022).
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2022 at 15:15

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Mørk amber. Litt lacing. Lavt skum med litt farge. Aroma av karamell & sjokolade. Smaken det samme. Lett kirsebærpreget. Tørr, lett bitter avslutning.
Tried on 14 Oct 2022 at 08:48

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A dark reddish chestnut pour with a tight cream head; cocoa powder aroma; smooth and chocolatey in the mouth with a thin dry body; and a cocoa aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 11 Oct 2022 at 14:59

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sample from bottle at SBWF 2022. Poured black in color. Smooth body and mouthfeel, milk chocolate and light roastedness, milky sugary. Not too sweet. Pretty good.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2022 at 12:13


7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Drewton's Farm Shop, drunk at our lodge near Skirlaugh. Clear gold pour, large white frothy head. Floral nose. Fresh floral feel overall, plenty of nelson sauvin coming through, subtle juicy moments, perhaps a hint of gooseberry but overall clean, fresh, floral and pintworthy with a nice bitter close.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2022 at 21:19

6/10
Tried from Can on 23 Sep 2022 at 00:18

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Dark cocoa, chocolate with a bitter coffee bite. Fairly dry finish. Slight liquorice aroma.
Tried on 16 Sep 2022 at 19:36