Black Sheep Best Bitter
Cask: Regular.
A well hopped, light golden session bitter with a distinctive, dry, refreshing taste enjoyed through a rich creamy head.
Brewed in traditional cast iron and copper vessels using the finest ingredients.
A well hopped, light golden session bitter with a distinctive, dry, refreshing taste enjoyed through a rich creamy head.
Brewed in traditional cast iron and copper vessels using the finest ingredients.
3.1
207 reviews
Masham, England
Community reviews
Lovely creamy pint
Standard bitter
Cask @ Guildford Arms, Edinburgh. Clear dark golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 160419
On draught at the John Baird in Muswell Hill. Golden colour with a white head. A light session beer with light toffee in the malt flavour and powerfully grassy and herbal hops. Notes of pine. Light mouthfeel, easy drinking and pleasantly bitter.
Cask. Bätnstensfärgad öl med lättare vitt skum. Doft och smak av lätt rostad malt, lätt fruktighet och jordiga toner samt distinkt brittisk humlebeska.
Cask @ Alex Old Pub, Manchester. Pours golden with a white head. A little sloppy hops, citrus and bread with a correct bitter finish. Smooth and dry. Not in super condition but pretty nice.
Cask at The Griffin, Leeds
Deep golden. White head.
Light, grassy aroma and flavour with toffee-notes.
Medium bitterness.
From cask at Turf Tavern, Oxford, on tour to 22 southern counties with OGJ and EE 03.01.18. Clear golden. White head and lacing. Slightly fruity aroma and taste of pale malt, marmalade and fine hops. Hops are lingering on. An excellent bitter!
Cask at Dog & Duck, Soho, London, Engöland. Clear amber. Earthy, sliglty cellary aroma, floral hops. Dry, medium bitterness.
Not a patch on the normal Black Sheep. Thin body. Nitro head. Taste has a light slightly citrus, slightly cereal taste. Finish is bitter with some roasted malts notes. Tried on draught, letdown by the thin palate.
Pours Amber ale with a white head which dissipated. Aroma: pleasantly floral. Taste: toasty caramel with some strong bitter. A good 'bitter'.
Cask at the George IV Inn, Aldwych. Pours golden amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of hop, caramel, malt and flowers. Medium sweetness with moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight watery texture, soft carbonation.
3.8%. gold in colour with a good head, a good standard English draught bitter, had two pints.
Had many times on cask . Great session beer. Smooth and caramel taste with and medium body
Cask at Doctor Duncan's. Pours a clear gold with a white head that lasts throughout the beer and laces. Aroma has earthy grains and leaves with a bit of bread underlying. Flavor has a combination of straw and grains with leaves underlying.
Tap at a pub in Chelsea. Clear golden with no real head. Aroma is citrus, hop and caramel. Taste follows with some bitterness but really not much. A bit watery
Cask at Twickenham BF 2008. (Backlog / historic rating from old records. NO tasting notes taken / kept) (Backlog)
From the tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours intense gold, fairly transparent with very fine white foam. Aroma is delicate fruity, some honey and caramel. Body is a little light, with practically absent carbonation (it was served pump). Taste is low in sweetness, with sensible bitterness. Finish is short.
Cask at Shepherds Tavern in the market. Pours Amber with a white head. Aroma is floral. Med body. Flavor is toasty caramel with some strong bitter. Very good drink.
Fresh Cask, wheatsheaf. Pours pale light Amber with a lovely foam head. Scent is very light notes of crystal malt. Taste is light bitter, fairly standard with a slightly sour finish. Good.
@Cask. Rica pero flojea conforme pasa el tiemo. Dark, malty, complex and satisfyingly thick without being cloying, yet very rrefreshing and all at 3.8%! A stunning beer.
Handpump ar Doggett's Coat & Badge in London. Orange bright semi clear pour, ivory little foam so much retention. Nose: roast, hint of oxidation some minor flaws but not bad at all. Almonds too. Mouth: lovely! Watery with soft and silky notes of almonds and a roast and cherry like finish.
Oscar’s wine Bar; York. This was the only non macro on draught, and in fact it is on cask. The beer is in very good condition. Copper color and a thick, lacig head. Smooth creamy palate. Light aroma with grain and hops. Flavor is dry and bitter, and the hop flavor is more prominent here. My first cask bitter of my 2016 travels l, and I enjoyed this more than I expected after seeing the previois ratings.
Cask at The Wickstead Arms, Nantwich. A clear pale amber colour with a medium white head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, some fruits, slight butter and subtle bready malts. Taste of caramel, toffee, bready malts, slight butter, a little fruit and subtle spicy hops. Light bodied and soft carbonation. A dry, slightly buttery, malty bitterness in the finish. Not a bad bitter overall but quite buttery, a dry finish too.
Cask @ Blue Pig. Amber, slightly have with a thin white head. Fruity aroma, taste is citrus hoppy, with a little sweetness too. Ok
Dark amber beer with a white head and faint fruity aroma. Flavour is a bit hoppy, a touch of fruit. It’s slightly sickly and I’m not convinced it’s especially well kept in here but it’s okay.
Light amber beer, light-medium carbonation. A little oily on the palate. Nice caramel maltiness, followed by crisp citrus and peppery hops. Bit of a wierd doughy, buttery finish.
On Cask in Mayfair. Golden body with slight head. Nose is caramel, malts and lots of hop. Taste is clean and bitter. Lots of spices and good stuff. Dry finish.
Cask at the Holloway Pub, London. Clear amber, malty caramel and hops. Bitter end, easily drinkable
Cask at the cavern pub Liverpool . Dark amber with a creamy white head. Good lacingAroma is malty, with some fruits and diacetyl. Taste of malts, butter and bread.A bit too much diacetyl imo, buttery.