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| Not bottle conditioned |
Slater's Top Totty [baron rating /5] - 4% gold ale,wheaty slight sweetcorn smell,crisp mild sweet lemon bitter taste,bittersweet finish
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale [baron rating /5] - 7.2% dark amber ale,raisins brown sugar smell,coffee dark sugar taste,roasted bitter finish
Note: 140 characters just isn't enough to describe this beer - it's got a wonderful balance of medium to dark brown sugars with a touch of coffee and dried fruit but balanced by a super powerful bitterness which makes this quite sweet beer so very moreish!
Buy Stone ales from Ales By Mail
Southport Carousel
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Southport Carousel [baron rating /5] - 4% copper ale,leafy wheaty smell,floral fruity caramel bitter taste,dry floral bitter finish
Buy Southport ales from Holborn Ales
Stevens Point Point IPA
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Stevens Point Point IPA [baron rating /5] - 5.6% amber ale,fruity floral smell,caramel citrus bitter taste,long harsh bitter finish
Buy Stevens Point ales from Morrisons
Siren Broken Dream
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Siren Broken Dream [baron rating /5] - 6.5% black ale,choc burnt smell,rounded roasted choc milky taste,mellow milky finish
Thank you to eeBria (@eeBriaUK) for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Siren ales from EeBria
Buy Siren ales from EeBria
Beavertown Gamma Ray
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Beavertown Gamma Ray [baron rating /5] - 5.4% copper ale,fresh mango smell,freshly squeezed orange & tropical taste,piney dry bitter finish
Buy Beavertown ales from Ales By Mail
Marston's (Morrisons) IPA
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Marston's (Morrisons) IPA [baron rating /5] - 5.8% gold ale,flinty mild floral smell,balanced bittersweet flinty taste,earthy floral finish
Buy Morrisons own-brand ales direct
Birra Moretti Grand Cru
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Birra Moretti Grand Cru [baron rating /5] - 6.8% gold beer,honey apricot smell,peppery mild medicial slight caramel taste,bitter finish
Bought whilst on holiday in Lake Garda, Italy
Looking forward to baron rating Honest Brew ales
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Honest Brew are a fairly new brewery only starting to commercially brew sometime in 2013, they've got big plans though and have already set themselves up with an online shop selling not only their beers but also a range of other breweries which they consider deserve a place on their site. Andrew from Honest Brew contacted me recently to ask if I would like to try a number of their beers by placing a complementary order on their website. The beers arrived promptly and well-packaged, here is my 'order':
Honest Brew
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| Very smart, consistent looking labels |
Honest Brew
- Cool For Cats -6% milk stout, sweet milk & velvety dark chocolate. Brewed with London home brewer Darren Walker
- Knotted Stem -5.3% cherry stout, Punchy Morello cherry is complemented by chewy mouthfeel & lingering bitterness. Brewed with Tom & Sam from Signature Brew
- Riwaka Hop Mule -5.3% India Pale Ale, a tropical explosion, pinching your palate with the passionfruit & lychee goodness coming from the rarest of New Zealand hops
- Smuggler's Gold -7.1% Black IPA, slick, warming black IPA that leaves you craving that next sip. The richness of this style-defying brew is courtesy of a stolen dash of rum added during maturation
- Southern Stars - 5% India Pale Ale, full of the best hops from down under & staple English malts. Huge late hopping has given this beer a stern bitterness and a taste of the southern stars. Brewed with Chris Kay from Bristol Beer Factory
Buy Honest Brew ales direct
Conwy Clogwyn Gold
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Conwy Clogwyn Gold [baron rating /5] - 4% gold ale,grassy herbal floral smell,lemon & lime citrus bitter taste,citrus bittersweet finish
Thank you to Chris France (@TheBeerHawk) from Beer Hawk for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Conwy ales from Beer Hawk
Buy Conwy ales from Beer Hawk
Ilkley Joshua Jane
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Ilkley Joshua Jane [baron rating /5] - 3.7% amber ale,earthy caramel smell,peppery spicy mild burnt caramel taste,nutty bitter finish
Thank you to Chris France (@TheBeerHawk) from Beer Hawk for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Ilkley ales from Beer Hawk
Buy Ilkley ales from Beer Hawk
Buxton Jaw Gate
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Buxton Jaw Gate [baron rating /5] - 5.6% amber ale,piney citrus smell,caramel fruity mild syrupy chewy bitter taste,fruity bitter finish
Buy Buxton ales from Holborn Ales
Black Sheep All Creatures
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Black Sheep All Creatures [baron rating /5] - 4% copper ale,savoury grassy blackberry smell,mild pithy chalky taste,chalky bitter finish
Hawkshead IPA
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Hawkshead IPA [baron rating /5] - 7% copper ale,tropical aroma,fresh resinous sweet tropical fruit taste,fruity bitter finish
Thank you to Gemma from Hawkshead Brewery for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Hawkshead ales direct
Buy Hawkshead ales direct
Williams Bros Chieftain Pale Ale
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Williams Bros Chieftain Pale Ale [baron rating /5] - 4% gold ale,lemon cereal smell,citrus honey bittersweet taste,fruity bitter finish
Buy Williams Bros ales direct
Beartown Bearskinful
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Beartown Bearskinful [baron rating /5] - 4.2% amber ale,sugary leafy smell,sweet sultana balanced bittersweet taste,mild bittersweet finish
A Dark Star Imperial Stout journey (2007, 2008 & 2009)
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| Bottle conditioned in various states but all fine! |
Thank you to James (@darkstarbrewco) from Dark Star Brewing Co. for handing me these at various points, I've been hoarding them until it was the right time to share them!
Buy Dark Star ales direct or from Ales By Mail
Buy Dark Star ales direct or from Ales By Mail
Mastri Birrai Umbri Cotta 21
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Mastri Birrai Umbri Cotta 21 [baron rating /5] - 5% pale gold ale,grassy peach smell,mild fruity bittersweet taste,dry mild fruity finish
Bought whilst on holiday in Lake Garda, Italy
BrewDog Libertine Black Ale
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| Not bottle conditioned but lively carbonation |
BrewDog Libertine Black Ale [baron rating /5] - 7.2% black ale,roasted choc sweet fruity smell,oily coffee blackcurrant taste,fruity finish
Thank you to Chris France (@TheBeerHawk) from Beer Hawk for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy BrewDog ales from Beer Hawk
Buy BrewDog ales from Beer Hawk
Looking forward to baron rating Hawkshead's new ales soon
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Gemma from Hawkshead got in touch just before Christmas asking if I would like a little beery package to arrive in the New Year, just perfect to cheer me up after all the festive season is over and packed back in the loft...
These three lovely looking bottles arrived on Tuesday this week, all are bottled in-house using their new micro-bottling plant (I wonder just how micro it is?). The Brodie's Prime Export and the Dry Stone Stout are bottle conditioned and the IPA is un-filtered (hopefully retaining a lot of the lovely freshness and hoppy goodness).
Hawkshead Brewery
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These three lovely looking bottles arrived on Tuesday this week, all are bottled in-house using their new micro-bottling plant (I wonder just how micro it is?). The Brodie's Prime Export and the Dry Stone Stout are bottle conditioned and the IPA is un-filtered (hopefully retaining a lot of the lovely freshness and hoppy goodness).
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- Brodie's Prime Export - 8.5% The original ruby brown premium beer, Brodie's Prime, brewed to export strength & bottle conditioned to create a rich, complex, strong dark ale
- Dry Stone Stout - 4.5% dry oatmeal stout. Aroma of chocolate & coffee, complex rich deep flavours from a blend of 7 malts, moderate bitterness and a long dry finish
- IPA - 7% modern IPA, amber in colour, with huge, complex hop flavours from a blend of American & New Zealand hops, including Cascade, Columbus & Motueka, and balanced by sweet malt
Buy Hawkshead ales direct
Siren Limoncello IPA
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Siren Limoncello IPA [baron rating /5] - 9.1% pale gold ale,lemon sweet grapefruit smell,huge bitter lemon taste,sour lemon finish
Note:I didn't like this very much, Chris on the other hand had different views. We also pulled in Chris's wife as she's a bit of a cocktail person and is familiar with the real Limoncello liquor
Thank you to eeBria (@eeBriaUK) for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Siren ales from EeBria
Buy Siren ales from EeBria
BrewDog Riptide
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| Not bottle conditioned |
BrewDog Riptide [baron rating /5] - 8% black ale,vanilla coffee choc peaty smell,vanilla custard smoky choc taste,choc liquorice finish
Buy BrewDog ales direct