Amber Ale
Black Sheep Brewery PLC
- From:
- Black Sheep Brewery PLC
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 11.02%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 17, 2026
- Added:
- Nov 04, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.98/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Can best by 2026/03/24
Can erupts a bit when I crack it, making a mess. Pours a foamy fluffy bubbly 1 finger head with good retention, whispy lacing, crystal clear amber to copper color
Nose brings mild herbal earthy hops, sweet toasted biscuity malt with a bit of caramel, toffee, fruity,
Taste brings more mild sweet toasted copper biscuity malts, bread crust, sweet mild caramel toffee, more herbal earthy hops, very UK noble hops, herbal tea, a little forest floor and almost mushroomy, fruity esters, fair bitterness, drier finish with a med hop bitterness turning a touch spicy
Mouth is med bod, med to a bit lower carb
Overall not bad, very British style bitter, nice malt profile, good hops and fruity esters, decent beer
Jan 17, 2026Can erupts a bit when I crack it, making a mess. Pours a foamy fluffy bubbly 1 finger head with good retention, whispy lacing, crystal clear amber to copper color
Nose brings mild herbal earthy hops, sweet toasted biscuity malt with a bit of caramel, toffee, fruity,
Taste brings more mild sweet toasted copper biscuity malts, bread crust, sweet mild caramel toffee, more herbal earthy hops, very UK noble hops, herbal tea, a little forest floor and almost mushroomy, fruity esters, fair bitterness, drier finish with a med hop bitterness turning a touch spicy
Mouth is med bod, med to a bit lower carb
Overall not bad, very British style bitter, nice malt profile, good hops and fruity esters, decent beer
Reviewed by KleinSchwein from England
3.76/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 500ml bottle . 4.4% and bought at Tesco ,yet I'm sure it's the same ( if slightly modified )beer others have reviewed. Black Sheep Amber Ale , here we go .
Pours a deep reddish brown with a finger of off white head that reduces in time to a ring , decent lacing . The smell is almost absent , faintly metallic and the slightest hint of yeast , that's it . Thankfully the taste is nothing like the smell , rich and malty. Medium hops , a hint of fruitiness and toffee with a nice mellow bitter finish . It feels okay in the mouth , a little cloying but not awful .
Overall, good . Quaffable for sure , tasty with it . Nice and refreshing. Shame about the brewery .
May 08, 2023Pours a deep reddish brown with a finger of off white head that reduces in time to a ring , decent lacing . The smell is almost absent , faintly metallic and the slightest hint of yeast , that's it . Thankfully the taste is nothing like the smell , rich and malty. Medium hops , a hint of fruitiness and toffee with a nice mellow bitter finish . It feels okay in the mouth , a little cloying but not awful .
Overall, good . Quaffable for sure , tasty with it . Nice and refreshing. Shame about the brewery .
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bottled and possibly bottle conditioned
Part of a range of brewed under licence beers for the Morrisons supermarket chain
Not a terrible ale but a barely competent one
Jul 02, 2014Part of a range of brewed under licence beers for the Morrisons supermarket chain
Not a terrible ale but a barely competent one
Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England
3.45/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
500ml Brown bottle: BBD 28 Aug 14, poured into a UK pint sleeve at my daughters house on 03 Nov 13.
Clear body of mahogany with a red hue: on top an off-white covering that hung around.
Fruity malts (and fruity hops maybe) fill the nose along with semi-sweet malty molasses.
The taste follows the nose, but it isn't as sweet as the smell suggested: the hops come alive in the mouth and impart a good dry bitterness, especially towards the end of each sip.
Body depth was fine and the beer was a better than I expected from a supermarket brew.
Nov 04, 2013Clear body of mahogany with a red hue: on top an off-white covering that hung around.
Fruity malts (and fruity hops maybe) fill the nose along with semi-sweet malty molasses.
The taste follows the nose, but it isn't as sweet as the smell suggested: the hops come alive in the mouth and impart a good dry bitterness, especially towards the end of each sip.
Body depth was fine and the beer was a better than I expected from a supermarket brew.
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