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The Black Sheep Brewery is a brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire, England.
[edit] HistoryThe Black Sheep brewery was established by Paul Theakston in 1991. Following a successful launch as a Business Expansion Scheme, it became a public limited company (plc) in 1992. Paul Theakston had been managing director of Theakstons brewery, also in Masham, since 1968. He began at the age of 23, taking over from his father, Frank Theakston. Theakstons brewery was bought by Matthew Brown following disagreements between members of the family and other shareholders, and in 1987 Matthew Brown was in turn taken over by Scottish and Newcastle. Paul Theakston left in 1988, and after a hiatus of more than a year purchased the former Lightfoot's brewery (and North Yorkshire Maltings Company) site from an animal feed company, in order to start a new brewery in Masham. Theakston wanted to use the Lightfoot name to bring back an old brewing tradition; however it was discovered that this name had already been trademarked by Scottish and Newcastle. The associations of Masham with sheep led Theakston to come up with the name "Sheep Brewery" which later became "Black Sheep" at his wife's suggestion.The first and Original Black Sheep Ale was sold at the Bruce Arms by its Landlord, David Young. The brewery produces a range of well-hopped bitters, to distinguish itself from Theakston's range of fruity and yeasty beers. The brewery quickly became successful after formation, and now produces over 75,000 barrels a year. The brewery has capitalised on its popularity with a shop, brewery tours and the "Black Sheep Bistro and Baa...r". Many pubs in Yorkshire Dales display the Black Sheep logo, even if they do not sell the beer. The brewery offers pub signage free of charge to publicans who regularly stock Black Sheep beers. However, removal of signage from lapsed customers is less certain. The brewery re-launched their Emmerdale Ale as a lower-alcohol beer (formerly 5%) on 27 January 2006 at The Crown in Manfield for the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The launch party saw Chris Chittell (Eric Pollard from the Emmerdale TV series) pull the first pint of the new brew. Sadly, Emmerdale Ale is no longer brewed. The night also marked the rebranding of Black Sheep's Special Ale (in cask form) as Black Sheep Ale, the name that it has been sold as in bottles since 1992, bringing both into line.[1] [edit] Cask beers
According to the website, "...Riggwelter takes its name from the local Yorkshire Dales dialect – when a sheep is on its back and can’t get up without help, local dialect says it is riggwelted.[3] This dialect word comes from the old Viking words: ‘rigg’ meaning back and ‘velte’ to overturn."[4] Riggwelter is also popular in Sweden, being in the top 20 of bottled ales sold in that country.[5] [edit] Bottled beers
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