Aroma: Roasted malt, hops and banana-fruit.
Taste: This strong, velvety ruby brown beer really is a wolf in sheep's clothing. It is deceptively clean drinking, with a wonderfully complex palate of coffee, bananas and liquorice which rewards you with a long, dry Goldings hop finish.
Ingredients: A̴ base of Maris Otter malted barley, but add plenty of Pale Chocolate malt to give Riggwelter its rich dark colour, espresso nose and roasted malt flavours. A touch of wheat which helps deliver the lovely creamy head and lacing down the glass - just what you would expect from a proper Yorkshire beer!̴Ì_
What's in a name?
Riggwelter Ale is born of a local Dales farming idiom - the Old Norse 'rygg' for "back" and 'velte' for "overturned". A sheep is "rigwelted" when it flips onto its back and needs a helping hoof to get back on its feet. This cheeky name from the vaunted Black Sheep Brewery is the perfect way to salute Yorkshire.
Vegan.
