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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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Morrisons. Clear amber/ruby body with a tight off-white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of toffee, rust and dried fruit. Flavour of Dr Pepper and salted caramel. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. It’s quite boozy but there’s lots of flavour.
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2025 at 05:30

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Toasted malt aroma. Toasted malt and light citrus flavor. Medium bodied. Toasted malt and light citrus linger.
Tried on 02 May 2025 at 21:16

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft. Nitro. Black beer with a tan nitro head. Chocolate aroma. Chocolate and roast flavor with light lactose. Medium bodied. Chocolate and roast linger.
Tried on 02 May 2025 at 20:44

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
was personnaly disappointing about this beer. The body is copper, white foam. The taste is metallic, unpleasant, some hop.

25 Apr 16
Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2025 at 16:12

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Old rating from 2014 - from the cask. Pours brown with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of bread, peaches, pears, hints of spice, grain & malt. Medium body. Dry moderate bitter finish
Tried from Cask on 18 Apr 2025 at 15:38

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Black body with a thin beige head. No visible carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of roasted malt and Marmite. Flavour of nuts, prune and dark chocolate. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. Easy to drink for the ABV but it’s not as complex as I hoped it would be.
Tried from Bottle at House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate) on 26 Mar 2025 at 21:39

7/10
Spoons Spring Fest 2025 - Roasted and sweet malty with notes of chocolate, fudge and caramel, getting the tart to sweet cherry chiming in (well balanced), soft smooth cask carb, chocolate and cherry accented lingering malty finish. Nice one.
Tried from Cask on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:05

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 5
Fog on the Tyne could probably be covered as Smog on the Wear if the Sunderland massive ever felt so inclined. I doubt they'll rekindle my suggestion. This same named brew is pretty bland. Hoppy but flavourless.
Tried from Cask at Head of Steam Leeds on 21 Mar 2025 at 20:51

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Cask at the picture house. Pours black, nose is chocolate, cherry, vanilla, taste is toffee, almond, cherry, chocolate. 8/7/7/7/7
Tried on 19 Mar 2025 at 15:04

7/10
Tried from Cask at Briar Rose on 15 Mar 2025 at 11:13