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Item Notes:  Name: Black Sheep Ale
Type: Ale
ABV (Alcohol by volume): 4.4%
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Introduced:
Our most famous bottled beer, Black Sheep Ale is brewed using our traditional and time honoured methods which lead to a bottled beer of the highest quality. As with all Black Sheep beers, it isbrewed in the traditional way and fermented in the unusual Yorkshire Square system to produce a distinctive robust taste.
Brewed with many generous handfuls of choice Golding hops, it is full flavoured premium ale with a rich fruity aroma.
The bittersweet malty taste is followed by Black Sheep's uncompromising long, dry and bitter finish.
Black Sheep Brewery brief history
It is almost impossible to believe that The Black Sheep Brewery is only 16 years old.
In fact it was in October 1992 when our beers first made an appearance in pubs in and around the Yorkshire Dales. The delivery of those first casks of beer all those years ago began a new era for Paul Theakston, whose family has brewed in Masham forsix generations.It also allowed him to put behind him the heartache left by the often acrimonious battles that culminated in the "old" family firm of T & R Theakston Ltd ending up at the time as part of Scottish & Newcastle Breweries. The events that led to the loss of independence of the Theakston brewery had rumbled on since the early 1970s, with Scottish & Newcastle finally seizing power in 1987. Althoughoffereda position in the big company, Paul decided that that style of life wasn't for him. What's more, it would have meant him leaving his beloved Masham.Determined to stay in Masham and being a long, long way from retirement (both age-wise and financially!!) it didn't take long for Paul to conclude that small brewery life was what he wanted.
Black Sheep beer types
 Name: Monty Python's Holy Grail
Type: Premium Ale
ABV: 4.7%
Introduced:
Monty Python's Holy Grail another fine addition to the Black Sheep Brewery range of premium bottled ales, our Holy Grailwas specially commissioned to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Pythons.
It has a distinctive taste with plenty of fruity hops, and is full flavoured with a dry and refreshing bitterness.
 Name: Black Sheep Riggwelter
Type: Strong Ale
ABV: 5.7%
Introduced:
Riggwelter: from the Old Norse words"rigg", meaning back or shoulderand "velte", to overturn. If a sheep rolls over onto its back and can't get up without help, local Dales dialect says it is rigged or riggwelted.
Riggwelter is a full flavoured strong Yorkshire ale brewed using our unusual Yorkshire Square fermentation system. The result is a well balanced, deep chestnut coloured ale.With its distinctive roast malt, Golding hops and banana fruit aromas, Riggwelter has the strongest and most complex flavour of all the Black Sheep beers.
 Name: Golden Sheep
Type: Pale Ale
ABV: 4.7%
Introduced:
Golden Sheep is a fine pale ale brewed using time honoured methods and fermented in our Yorkshire Square vessels, to combine full flavour with a dry and refreshing bitterness.
'Golden Sheep' sprang instantly to mind as it represents the pinnacle of our brewing achievements over the last decade.
 Name: Yorkshire Square Ale
Type: Golden Premium Ale
ABV: 5.0%
Introduced:
Yorkshire Square Golden Premium Ale with a refreshing clean taste with a long dry bitter finish.
Easy to spotwith its superb bright label which was specially designed by famous local artist Mackenzie Thorpe.
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