Brains Boilermaker

Not bottle conditioned

Brains Boilermaker [baron rating 4/5] - 6.5% amber ale,toffee vanilla smell,caramel very malty balanced taste,smooth fading finish Baron Orm

Brains Organ Morgan

Not bottle conditioned

Brains Organ Morgan [baron rating 3/5] - 4% gold ale,mild satsuma smell,mild spicy juicy citrus taste,bittersweet slightly watery finish Baron Orm

Thank you to whoever got me this for my birthday!

Brains Barry Island IPA

Not bottle conditioned

Brains Barry Island IPA [baron rating 3/5] - 6% copper ale,floral citrus nutmeg smell,floral spicy bubblegum taste,citrus floral finish Baron Orm

Buy Brains ales from Morrisons

Brains The Rev. James

Not bottle conditioned

Brains The Rev. James [baron rating 3/5] - 4.5% dark amber ale,fruity caramel smell,fruity spicy burnt caramel taste,sweet tart berry finish Baron Orm

Morrisons March ale & beer offers (28th February - 20th March 2011)

 It's March's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch last week to check them out. (sorry they are late!)

Here are the details:

• Brains SA [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.75
• Brains SA Gold [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.75
• Innis & Gunn Oak-Aged Beer [baron rating 1/5]
  £4 for 3 bottles
• Marston's Double Drop [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.75
• Marston's VSOP [baron rating 3/5]
  £2 instead of  £2.35
• Shepherd Neame Early Bird
  Guest ale £1.29

Not a great deal on offer this month but I couldn't help but pick up a few bottles of Brains SA Gold - I really like this beer as an unfussy unthinking ale which has a lovely citrusy bittersweet taste.

Morrisons February ale & beer offers (24th January - 27th February 2011)

It's February's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons (or rather it was last week) so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch yesterday to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Badger Fursty Ferret [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.65

• Badger Golden Champion [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.29 instead of £1.69

• Badger Golden Glory [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.65

• Badger Tanglefoot [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.65

• Brains SA [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.75

• Brains SA Gold [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.75

• Marston's Strong Pale Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.50 instead of £1.85

• Ringwood Boondoggle
  £1.25 instead of £1.75

• Timothy Taylor Landlord [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.79 instead of £1.99

Most of this month's offers are within the 'baron bargain' price range (£1.30 or less), if I was in a beer-buying mood I'd probably go for some Fursty Ferret & Tanglefoot. I did notice that unlike other months, Ormskirk Morrisons had full shelves for each of the ales on offer so at least if you like the ale on offer you've a chance of actually buying some!

Brains SA Gold

Brains SA Gold [baron rating 4/5] - 4.7% gold ale,slight citrus & biscuit malt smell,clean slightly spicy citrus taste,mild hoppy finish Baron Orm

Buy Brains ale here

Morrisons November ale & beer offers (8th - 28th November 2010)

It's November's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Adnams Broadside [baron rating 5/5]
  £1.50 instead of £1.75

• Badger Golden Champion [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.67

• Brains SA Gold [baron rating coming soon]
  £1.25 instead of £1.67

• Brains SA [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.67

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5]
  £1 instead of £1.69

• Greene King Abbot Reserve [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.53 instead of £2.03

• Greene King Suffolk Springer
  £1.53 instead of £2.03

• Morland Old Crafty Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  £2 instead of 2.59

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.35 instead of £1.65

• Morrisons (Titanic) Green Hop Beer [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.50

• Ringwood Old Thumper [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.36 instead of £1.76

A long list of offers this month and most are pretty good, there's quite a deduction on the strong ales, I think my 'baron pick' is the Adnams Broadside, it's so rich & smooth - perfect for long cold nights at home!

Waitrose October ale & beer offers - part 2 (13th October - 3rd November 2010)

Waitrose have an amazing second batch of ale offers for October, their PR staff informed me ahead of time what this month's offers are:

Beer Showcase - Buy 2 for £3 on the following beers:

• Adnams Bitter [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.75

• Adnams Broadside [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.89

• Adnams Gunhil [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.83

• Adnams Lighthouse [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.73

• Bath Barnstormer [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.91

• Bath Dark Hare normally £1.84

• Bath GEM normally £1.99

• Bath Wild Hare normally £1.95

• Black Sheep Black Sheep Ale [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.85

• Black Sheep Golden Sheep [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.89

• Black Sheep Yorkshire Square Ale [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.94

• Brains Dark normally £1.85

• Brains Reverend James normally £1.81

• Brains SA Gold normally £1.89

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5] normally £1.92

• Brakspear Oxford Gold [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.91

• Brakspear Triple [baron rating 2/5] normally £2.12

• Courage Directors [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.79

• Duchy Originals Old Ruby Ale normally £1.99

• Fuller's 1845 normally £2.36

• Fuller's Bengal Lancer [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.99

• Fuller's Chiswick Bitter [baron rating coming soon] normally £1.80

• Fuller's Discovery [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.85

• Fuller's ESB [baron rating 5/5] normally £1.95

• Fuller's Golden Pride normally £2.59

• Fuller's London Pride [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.80

• Fuller's London Porter [baron rating coming soon] normally £2.05

• Fuller's Organic Honey Dew normally £1.92

• Greene King Abbot Ale [baron rating 5/5] normally £1.79

• Greene King IPA [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.73

• Greene King IPA Export Strength [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.93

• Greene King Ruddles County [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.69

• Greene King Suffolk Springer normally £2.14

• Greene King Very Special IPA [baron rating coming soon] normally £1.99

• Hook Norton Hooky Bitter [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.94

• Hook Norton Double Stout normally £1.99

• Hook Norton Hooky Gold [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.94

• Hook Norton Haymaker [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.94

• Hook Norton Old Hooky [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.89

• Hook Norton Twelve Days normally £1.94

• Innis & Gunn Original [baron rating 1/5] normally £1.79 - £1.50

• Innis & Gunn Rum Cask [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.99 - £1.50

• Jenning's Cumberland Ale [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.96

• Jenning's Snecklifter [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.96

• Marston's Pedigree [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.81

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.82

• Ringwood Fortyniner normally £1.92

• Ringwood Old Thumper [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.93

• Scottish & Newcastle Newcastle Brown Ale [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.91

• Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.81

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.84

• Skinners Bitter Betty Stogs normally £1.85

• Skinners Bitter Cornish Knocker normally £1.85

• Skinners Bitter Heligan Honey normally £1.85

• St Austell Admirals Ale normally £2.04 - £1.50

• St Austell Tribute [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.85 £1.50

• St. Peter's Fruit beer - Grapefruit normally £1.94

• St. Peter's Golden Ale normally £1.84

• St. Peter's India Pale Ale [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.99

• St. Peter's Mild normally £1.62

• St. Peter's Old Style Porter normally £1.85

• St. Peter's Organic Best Bitter [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.85

• St. Peter's Ruby Red Ale normally £1.85

• Thwaites Double Century [baron rating 5/5] normally £1.99

• Thwaites Flying Shuttle normally £2.12

• Thwaites Lancaster Bomber [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.95

• Thwaites Thoroughbred Gold [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.72

• Thwaites Very Nutty Black [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.79

• Thwaites Wainwright [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.85

• Wells Bombardier [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.78

• Wychwood Hobgoblin [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.84

• Young's London Gold [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.91

An excellent selection of offers, I can't even imagine which ones I'm going to stock up on yet!

Waitrose September ale & beer offers (25th August - 21st September 2010)

It's September's new beer & ale offers time in Waitrose, their PR staff had informed me ahead of time what this month's ale offers are:

• Bath Gem
£1.59 instead of £1.99

• Black Sheep Ale [baron rating 4/5]
£1.48 instead of £1.85

• St. Peter's Organic Best Bitter
£1.48 instead of £1.85

• Sharp's Doom Bar [baron rating 4/5]
£1.35 instead of £1.74

• Brains SA Gold
£1.41 instead of £1.89

• Duchy Originals 1905 Ruby Ale
£1.49 instead of £1.99

Sharp's Doom Bar is my winner this month, a very good price (£1,35) for an excellent beer!

Brains SA ales on offer in Ocado (until 8th June 2010)

Ocado has 500ml bottles of Brains SA Gold for £1.25 & Brains SA Dark for £1.33 - on offer until the 8th June

Brains SA

Brains SA [baron rating 3/5] - 4.2% amber ale,fruity toffee smell,spicy sweet slightly tart fruit taste,bittersweet toffee finish Baron Orm

Morrisons November ale & beer offers (2nd Nov - 28th Nov) (Ormskirk)

It's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch yesterday to check them out. Overall the discounts are not great (most can be picked up in other places for similar or cheap prices) & it was funny how they had no stock of the freshly heavily discounted Brains SA...

Here are the details:

• Brains SA [baron rating 2/5]
  £1 instead of £1.67

• Greene King Abbot Reserve [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.49 instead of £1.99

• Greene King Suffolk Springer
  £1.49 instead of £1.99
  

• Jennings Sneck Lifter [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.39 instead of £1.59

• Marston's Old Empire [baron rating 5/5]
  £1.39 instead of £1.59

• Marston's Strong Pale Ale
  £1.39 instead of £1.59

• Morland Old Crafty Hen
  £1.99 instead of £2.49

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.39 instead of £1.59

• Ringwood Old Thumper
  £1.59 instead of £1.79

All of these offers are valid until 28th November so I'll check back then to see what's next!