Glastonbury Mystery Tor [baron rating /5] - 3.8% gold ale,overcarbonated faint citrus smell,zingy clementine taste,fruity dry bitter finish
Note: Bottle conditioned with lively carbonation
Exmoor Gold
Exmoor Gold [baron rating /5] - 5% gold ale,biscuity lemon citrus smell,balanced citrus caramel bitter taste,dry fruity bitter finish
Note: Not bottle conditioned
Glastonbury Hedge Monkey
Glastonbury Hedge Monkey [baron rating /5] - 4.6% amber ale,apple toffee smell,spicy toffee slightly burnt taste,dry bitter finish
Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Finchley's India Pale Ale
Finchley's India Pale Ale [baron rating /5] - 4.5% copper ale,spicy caramel smell,bready spicy caramel taste,dry bitter finish
Wooden Hand Cornish Buccaneer
Wooden Hand Cornish Buccaneer [baron rating /5] - 4.3% copper ale,tart berries smell,unbalanced tart sweet fruity taste,dry bitter finish
Note: Not bottle conditioned
Fuller's London Porter
Fuller's London Porter [baron rating /5] - 5.4% ruby ale,roasted chocolate smell,balanced smooth roasted taste,creamy burnt finish
Buy Fullers ales here
Kernel IPA S.C.C.A.NS
Kernel IPA S.C.C.A.NS [baron rating /5] - 7.5% copper ale,tropical resinous smell,big chewy piney apricot taste,bittersweet resinous finish
Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Thank you to Paul from AlesByMail for sending this through for a 'birthday treat / baron rating'!
Buy Kernel ales here
Holts Fifth Sense
Holts Fifth Sense [baron rating /5] - 4.3% copper ale,slight citrus honey smell,nutty slightly sweet caramel taste,short caramel finish
Fuller's 1845
Fuller's 1845 [baron rating /5] - 6.3% dark amber ale,syrupy fruitcake smell,balanced rich raisin & sweet fruits taste,dried fruit finish
Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Moorhouse's Blond Witch
Moorhouse's Blond Witch [baron rating /5] - 4.5% gold ale,spicy sulphourous smell,crisp spicy citrus taste,weak biscuity bitter finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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This was part of the summer pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.
Join it now and make sure you say the baron made me do it!
Buy Moorhouse's ales here
Finchley's Golden Pale Ale
Finchley's Golden Pale Ale [baron rating /5] - 4.2% gold ale,slight fruity sulpur smell,light spicy citrus taste,watery mild bitter finish
Buy Finchley's ales (Batemans actually) here
Adnams New Zealand Pale Ale
Adnams New Zealand Pale Ale [baron rating /5] - 4% copper ale,tropical fruit smell,tropical & grapefruit taste,long fruity bitter finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Cask-conditioned with perfect carbonation on the first day, starts to subside after that
Thank you to Fergus from Adnams for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Adnams ales here
Looking forward to baron rating Green Jack Gone Fishing ESB
Green Jack are one of those breweries which don't get much talk on twitter and blogs but consistently produce great bottled beers (I've not had the chance to try any cask stuff yet).
Their Baltic Trader Export Stout [baron rating 5/5] is a strong weighty dark beer and by contrast their Canary Pale Ale [baron rating 5/5] is a light but full of taste pale ale.
We recently tried their bottle-conditioned Mahseer IPA [baron rating 5/5] and loved it so I was over the moon when they said that a big bottle of their Gone Fishing ESB was in the post. It arrived today perfectly packaged and looking amazing:
Green Jack Brewery
Buy Green Jack ales here
Their Baltic Trader Export Stout [baron rating 5/5] is a strong weighty dark beer and by contrast their Canary Pale Ale [baron rating 5/5] is a light but full of taste pale ale.
We recently tried their bottle-conditioned Mahseer IPA [baron rating 5/5] and loved it so I was over the moon when they said that a big bottle of their Gone Fishing ESB was in the post. It arrived today perfectly packaged and looking amazing:
Green Jack Brewery
- Gone Fishing ESB - 5.5% Extra Special Bitter, a strong, deep amber-coloured ale, fruity and malty very drinkable for it’s strength
Buy Green Jack ales here
Okells Mac Lir
Okells Mac Lir [baron rating /5] - 4.4% gold unclouded ale,mild citrus smell,sweet floral citrus taste,sugary juicy bitter finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
Thank you to Mike from Okells Brewery for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
McMullen Stronghart
McMullen Stronghart [baron rating /5] - 7% ruby ale,plumy raisin smell,rich sweet slightly burnt fruitcake taste,fruity bitter finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
Thank you to @SainsburysPR for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy McMullen Stronghart here
Cumbrian Legendary American Invasion
Cumbrian Legendary American Invasion [baron rating /5] - 5% gold ale,mild citrus smell,juicy citrus bitter taste,long pithy bitter finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
Thank you to Cumbrian Legendary Ales for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Cumbrian Legendary ales here
Magic Rock High Wire
Magic Rock High Wire [baron rating /5] - 5.5% gold ale,tropical resin smell,fruity very bitter taste,clean mild sweet clementine finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
Thank you to Richard from Magic Rock Brewery for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Magic Rock ales here
Everards Tiger
Everards Tiger [baron rating /5] - 4.5% amber ale,mild sweet bready smell,thin mild caramel bittersweet taste,mild caramel metallic finish
Note: Not bottle conditioned
Williams Bros Caesar Augustus
Williams Bros Caesar Augustus [baron rating /5] - 4.1% gold ale,savoury tangerine smell,fruity floral bready taste,soft mildly sweet finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
Thank you to Williams Bros. for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Williams Bros ales here and here
Waen Janner's Pride
Waen Janner's Pride [baron rating /5] - 4.6% amber ale,spirity toffee smell,balanced sugary spicy bitter taste,fruity slight watery finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Thank you to Sue from The Waen Brewery for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Waen ales here
Looking forward to baron rating Salopian Oracle
I baron rated Salopian Brewery's Darwin's Origin [baron rating 4/5] some time ago and had a chance to meet Jake from the brewery at the SIBA Wales & West beer judging competition.
We did a video review of Oracle with the legendary Real Ale Guide (forward to 4:25 for the review) near the end of the night so it was great when Jake contacted me last week to say that it's been bottled and on it's way to Baron Towers:
Salopian Brewery
We did a video review of Oracle with the legendary Real Ale Guide (forward to 4:25 for the review) near the end of the night so it was great when Jake contacted me last week to say that it's been bottled and on it's way to Baron Towers:
Salopian Brewery
- Oracle - 4% new world ale with a fusion of hops that caress the palete. The bottle version of their popular cask ale.
Looking forward to baron rating Adnams Ghost Ship
Adnams have been very good to the Baron lately, sending the first ever mini-casks for review and then last week a bottle of their new Ghost Ship:
Adnams Brewery
Buy Adnams ales here
Adnams Brewery
- Ghost Ship - 4.5% ghostly pale ale, assertive pithy bitterness with a malty backbone and a lemon & lime aroma
Buy Adnams ales here
Green Jack Mahseer IPA
Green Jack Mahseer IPA [baron rating /5] - 5% copper ale,citrus resin smell,smooth spicy bitter marmalade taste,spicy bitter peel finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Thank you to @greenjackbrew from Green Jack brewery for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Green Jack ales here
York Minster Ale
York Minster Ale [baron rating /5] - 4.2% amber ale,raisin smell,raisins, citrus & classic bitter taste,bitter dried fruit finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
This was part of the summer pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.
Join it now and make sure you say the baron made me do it!
Buy York ales here
Meantime Wheat
Meantime Wheat [baron rating /5] - 5% cloudy gold ale,pineapple banoffee pie smell,clean lemon white grape taste,dry bitter lemon finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
This was part of the summer pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.
Join it now and make sure you say the baron made me do it!
Buy Meantime ales here
Mallinsons Lynx
Mallinsons Lynx [baron rating /5] - 4.4% pale gold ale,zesty citrus smell,sharp tropical with soft bitter taste,dry tropical bitter finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Bottle conditioned with lively carbonation
Thank you to Tara from Mallinsons for handing this over for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Mallinsons ales here and here
Stringers XB
Stringers XB [baron rating /5] - 4.2% dark amber ale,dried fruit smell,balanced classic English Best Bitter taste,burnt fruit bitter finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
Thank you to Jon from Stringers Beer for handing this over for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Stringers ales here and here
Magic Rock Cannonball
Magic Rock Cannonball [baron rating /5] - 7.4% copper ale,sweet resin citrus smell,sweet tropical bitter taste,syrupy resin bitter finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
Thank you to Richard from Magic Rock Brewery for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Magic Rock ales here
Williams Bros Seven Giraffes
Williams Bros Seven Giraffes [baron rating /5] - 5.1% copper ale,spicy elderflower smell,floral sweet lemon taste,grainy herbal finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
Thank you to Williams Bros. for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
This was also part of the summer pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.
Join it now and make sure you say the baron made me do it!
Buy Williams Bros. ales here and here
Hewitt's Un-Hung Hero
Hewitt's Un-Hung Hero [baron rating /5] - 5% copper ale,marmalade mandarin smell,zingy citrus grainy taste,bitter prickly citrus finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
This was part of the summer pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.
Join it now and make sure you say the baron made me do it!
Buy Hewitt's ales here
Looking forward to baron rating Sainsbury's Great British Beer Hunt 2011 ales
As I said earlier, it's been a very good week for the baron, as not only did Williams Brothers send their entries to the Sainsbury's Great British Beer Hunt 2011 but also Sainsbury's PR also send a few bottles through:
Buy Sainsbury's ales here
- McMullen Stronghart - 7% bitter, "liquid Christmas pudding"
- Ridgeway Bad King John - 6% very English black ale
- Sadler's Worcester Sorcerer - 4.3% golden English bitter,crisp grassy aromas with warm toffee apple fruitiness & gentle bitter finish
Buy Sainsbury's ales here
Adnams Green Bullet
Adnams Green Bullet [baron rating /5] - 4.6% copper ale,grassy lemon resinous smell,soft lemon mild caramel taste,long dry resinous finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
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Note: Cask-conditioned with perfect carbonation on the first day, starts to subside after that
Thank you to Fergus from Adnams for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Adnams ales here
Looking forward to baron rating Williams Bros ales
There's been a bit of a beer drought in Ormskirk this summer but it looks like the gods are happy with the baron again as this week has been quite something for ale deliveries!
Williams Brothers have a couple of their beers in the Sainsbury's Great British Beer Hunt 2011 and these were included along with their March Of The Penguins stout:
Williams Bros Brewery
Buy Williams Bros ales here and here
Williams Brothers have a couple of their beers in the Sainsbury's Great British Beer Hunt 2011 and these were included along with their March Of The Penguins stout:
Williams Bros Brewery
- Caesar Augustus - 4.1% lager/IPA hybrid, cold fermented with lager yeast then add chock loads of classic IPA style hops
- March Of The Penguins - 4.9% smooth creamy stout, chocolate & roasted barley with a spicy fruity finish
- Profanity Stout - 7% rich, dark & dry hopped, blend of rich coffee & intensely fruity aromas with a velvety malty mouthfeel
Buy Williams Bros ales here and here
Carnegie Porter
Carnegie Porter [baron rating /5] - 5.5% black porter,black berries smell,smooth balanced roasted chocolatey fruity taste,soft choc finish
Thank you to Richard from myBrewerytap for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Carnegie ales here
Hardknott Aether Blaec 2010 (27 & 28 year old versions)
Hardknott Aether Blaec 2010 (27yr) [baron rating /5] - 7.2% black stout,whisky smoky smell,tart black currant taste,tart fruity finish
Note: Bottle conditioned with lively carbonation
Hardknott Aether Blaec 2010 (28yr) [baron rating /5] - 7.7% black stout,choc berries smell,smooth rounded fruity taste,fruity smoky finish
Note: Bottle conditioned with lively carbonation
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
Download flash to hear the audio review
Subscribe in iTunesThank you to Dave and Ann from Hardknott Brewery for handing this over for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Hardknott ales here and here
Looking forward to baron rating Adnams mini-casks
Two mini-casks from Adnams arrived out of the blue this week (it was so cool being handed this heavy box with Adnams on the side and not having a clue about what was in it!):
Adnams Brewery
Look out for 'baron ratings' for these Adnams beers soon, and a big thank you to @SoleBear & @Adnams from Adnams for sending these through to me!
Buy Adnams ales here
Adnams Brewery
- Green Bullet - 4.6% Spicy, lemon, grassy aromas, good sweetness & mouthfeel to balance the lemon rind bitterness with a dry finish
- New Zealand Pale Ale - 4% A crisp, dry, blonde beer. Nelson Sauvin adds fantastic gooseberry flavours to the beer similar to a Sauvignon Blanc.
Look out for 'baron ratings' for these Adnams beers soon, and a big thank you to @SoleBear & @Adnams from Adnams for sending these through to me!
Buy Adnams ales here
Greene King IPA Export
Greene King IPA Export [baron rating /5] - 5% amber ale,spicy butterscotch smell,spicy slighty sweet caramel taste,mild bitter finish
Williams Bros Cock o'The Walk
Williams Bros Cock o'The Walk [baron rating /5] - 4.3% red ale,citrus smell,zingy citrus sweet berries taste,fruity caramel malty finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
Download flash to hear the audio review
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Note: Not bottle conditioned
Thank you to Williams Bros. for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
Buy Williams Bros ales here and here
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