Never found Black Sheep to be that world beating. Possibly because I was expecting something a lot darker given its name, not something the same colour as Pride or Pedigree. But that's somantics, pretty much all ale is good and welcome.robmastaflex said:Ah, Spitfire, my favourite non-Yorkshire beer. Old Peculiar and Black Sheep are better though.
Black sheep is AWESOME... shame it's not too common where I am, but I respect your tastes there.lostzombies.com said:I dont normally touch lager unless I want something sharp on a hot day, vast, VAST majority of the time its a real ale (blacksheep) or a porter (guinesse) ie something with taste as opposed to lager which is just fizzy cold liquid
I couldn't really explain why I like it to be honest, I just do. But yeah, the name does suggest it should be a dark ale. Maybe I'm just biased as a Yorkshire man...Megalodon said:Never found Black Sheep to be that world beating. Possibly because I was expecting something a lot darker given its name, not something the same colour as Pride or Pedigree. But that's somantics, pretty much all ale is good and welcome.robmastaflex said:Ah, Spitfire, my favourite non-Yorkshire beer. Old Peculiar and Black Sheep are better though.
Im in northumberland at the moment (usually in derbyshire) and it is on draft everywhere, its fantastic!ScruffyTheJanitor said:Black sheep is AWESOME... shame it's not too common where I am, but I respect your tastes there.lostzombies.com said:I dont normally touch lager unless I want something sharp on a hot day, vast, VAST majority of the time its a real ale (blacksheep) or a porter (guinesse) ie something with taste as opposed to lager which is just fizzy cold liquid
ah the name is because the owner of the brewery broke from the family tradition (foget what it was, lawyer or something) and set up the brewery, so named his first beer after himself, the black sheep of the familyrobmastaflex said:I couldn't really explain why I like it to be honest, I just do. But yeah, the name does suggest it should be a dark ale. Maybe I'm just biased as a Yorkshire man...Megalodon said:Never found Black Sheep to be that world beating. Possibly because I was expecting something a lot darker given its name, not something the same colour as Pride or Pedigree. But that's somantics, pretty much all ale is good and welcome.robmastaflex said:Ah, Spitfire, my favourite non-Yorkshire beer. Old Peculiar and Black Sheep are better though.
One of the bars at my student union has it. It's the only one I ever go to there now.lostzombies.com said:Im in northumberland at the moment (usually in derbyshire) and it is on draft everywhere, its fantastic!ScruffyTheJanitor said:Black sheep is AWESOME... shame it's not too common where I am, but I respect your tastes there.lostzombies.com said:I dont normally touch lager unless I want something sharp on a hot day, vast, VAST majority of the time its a real ale (blacksheep) or a porter (guinesse) ie something with taste as opposed to lager which is just fizzy cold liquid
Entirely possible, I know I'm biased towards Hampshire brews, Wychwood brewery being the main exception. But not being able to adequately explain why you like a given beer is a perfectly valid stance, one I have taken on many occasions.robmastaflex said:I couldn't really explain why I like it to be honest, I just do. But yeah, the name does suggest it should be a dark ale. Maybe I'm just biased as a Yorkshire man...Megalodon said:Never found Black Sheep to be that world beating. Possibly because I was expecting something a lot darker given its name, not something the same colour as Pride or Pedigree. But that's somantics, pretty much all ale is good and welcome.robmastaflex said:Ah, Spitfire, my favourite non-Yorkshire beer. Old Peculiar and Black Sheep are better though.