I have some knowledge of the Black Sheep brewery as Black Sheep Ale is frequently a guest beer in pubs round here and very nice it is too. It is a comparatively young brewery, having been established in 1992, in Masham in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire. The founder of the company was one Paul Theakston, who is a scion on the Theakston family who own an run the eponymous brewery, which is also based in Masham. I am not sure of the reason for the schism, though it might have been linked to the sale of the family company to Scottish and Newcastle (though Theakstons returned to the independent sector in 2003).
Riggwelter is a strong Yorkshire ale. The name derives from the Old Norse rygg meaning 'back' and velte meaning to overturn. When a sheep is on its back and cannot get up without help, local Yorkshire Dales dialect says it is rigged or riggwelted. This name is probably not unconnected with the fact that the ABV is 5.7%.
It is a fruity bitter, with complex underlying tastes and a long dry and bitter finish. It is in my opinion a very good example of a beer of this type and I liked it a lot.
We are told that the ingredient include malted barley, wheat, sugar and hops (varieties not specified). It is not bottle conditioned.
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