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!

Brakspear Bitter offer: 8 cans for £5 in B&M Bargains (Ormskirk)

B&M Bargains in Ormskirk has 500ml cans of Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5] on offer: 8 cans for £5 = 63p/can (best before 30/09/2010)

Brakspear Bitter & Marston's Burton Bitter for £1/bottle in Iceland (Ormskirk)

The new Iceland in Ormskirk has 500ml bottles of Brakspear Bitter[baron rating 5/5] & Marston's Burton Bitter[baron rating 2/5] for £1

Home Bargains latest ale offers (10th February 2010) (Maghull)

Home Bargains (Maghull) has bottles of Courage Best[2/5],Brakspear Bitter[5/5],Marston's Burton Bitter[2/5] & Wychwood Goliath[3/5] for 99p

Asda's latest ale offers (20th Jan)

Checked the Asda website tonight and spotted that all the following ales are on for a £1 a bottle at the moment (no indication of when the offer will end):

• Badger Fursty Ferret [baron rating 4/5]

• Badger Tanglefoot [baron rating 4/5]

• Black Sheep Riggwelter [baron rating 4/5]

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5]

• Marstons Pedigree [baron rating 3/5]

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

• Newcastle Brown Ale [baron rating 3/5]

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

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5]

• Theakston Old Peculier [baron rating 4/5]

• Wells Bombardier [baron rating 3/5]

• Wychwood Goliath [baron rating 3/5]

I'm going to go down to the Aintree store tomorrow to see if I can pick up some Brakspear, Fursty Ferret and Old Peculier...

Update (21/01/2010) : The above are all on offer and in plentiful supply at the Aintree Asda store, all bottles £1 each (except the Brakspear Bitter at £1.03 a bottle)

Get down there and stock up!

Booths December ale offers (31st Dec)

Booths have got some great ales on offer at the moment for one a quid a bottle, here are the details:

• Adnams Gunhill [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.60
  

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5]
  £1 instead of £1.23
  

• Jennings Cumberland Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.73
  

• Marstons Double Drop [baron rating 4/5]
  £1 instead of £1.88
  

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5]
  £1 instead of £1.50
  

• Wychwood Goliath [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.59
  

• St. Peter's Best Bitter
  £1 instead of £1.50
  

• Greene King IPA [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.49
  

• Lancaster Brewery Amber
  £1 instead of £1.50
  

• Lancaster Brewery Blonde
  £1 instead of £1.50
  

• Holt Humdinger
  £1 instead of £1.35
  

• Moorhouses Blond Witch
  £1 instead of £1.72
  

• Badger Original Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.10
  

• Wold Top Bitter
  £1 instead of £1.50
  

• Courage Best Bitter [baron rating 2/5]
  £1 instead of £1.29
  

• Jennings Bitter [baron rating 2/5]
  £1 instead of £1.29
  

• Holdens Golden Sunset
  £1
  

More cheap (£1/bottle) ale in Asda (Aintree)

Spotted that Brakspear Bitter[5/5] & Badger Original Ale[3/5] are both £1 a bottle at the moment, along with these other offers

Morrisons December ale & beer offers (29th Nov - 3rd Jan) (Ormskirk)

It's December's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.  There is nothing that special reduced this time round which is a shame as a cracking deal at Christmas time could clear their shelves.  They have the same beers on offer as last month with a few more added at about the same price.

Here are the details:

• Black Sheep Riggwelter [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.39 instead of £1.59

• Black Sheep Yorkshire Square Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.39 instead of £1.59

• Courage Directors [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.59 instead of £1.79

• 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 [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.59 instead of £1.79 

• Wells Banana Bread Beer
  £1.39 instead of £1.59

• Wells Bombardier [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.39 instead of £1.59

• Young's Kew Gold
  £1.59 instead of £1.79

They also had a rather interesting 12-bottle 'Classic Ales of England' box which I've not seen before, contain two bottles of the following beers for £14 (£1.17 per bottle):

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5]
  

• Brakspear Oxford Gold [baron rating 3/5]

• Jennings Cumberland Ale [baron rating 3/5]

• Marston's Pedigree [baron rating 3/5]

• Ringwood Old Thumper [baron rating 2/5]

• Wychwood Hobgoblin [baron rating 4/5]

All of these offers are valid until 3rd January so I'll check back then to see what's next!

Badger Original Ale for £1/bottle in Asda (Aintree)

Spotted Badger Original Ale for Asda (Aintree) at the weekend, just £1 a bottle (along with Brakspear Bitter[5/5]) - baron rating soon...

Brakspear Triple

Brakspear Triple [baron rating 2/5] - this 7.2% amber ale has a peachy smell, a sweet, smooth, peachy taste and no bitterness at all

Asda's latest ale offers ( 6th Oct - 16th Nov)

Looks like Asda have extended their '4 for £5' beer deal since the last time I reported. They now appear to have 26 different bottled ales - each bottle working out at £1.25 (this is an 'acceptable' baron price for beer - anything cheaper than £1.33 is candidate for the baron, although the aim is £1 or less).

The 26 beers are:

• Badger Fursty Ferret [baron rating 4/5] 

• Badger Golden Champion [baron rating 3/5]

• Badger Golden Glory [baron rating 2/5]

• Badger Tanglefoot [baron rating 4/5]
  

• Black Sheep Ale

• Black Sheep Riggwelter

• Brakspear Oxford Gold [baron rating 3/5]

• Brakspear Triple [baron rating 2/5]

• Caledonian Deuchars IPA [baron rating 2/5]
  

• Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Ale [baron rating 1/5]

• Jennings Sneck Lifter [baron rating 3/5]

• Marston's Old Empire [baron rating 5/5]

• Nethergate Old Growler

• Robinsons Old Tom 

• Shepherd Neame Bishop's Finger [baron rating 2/5]

• Shepherd Neame 1698 [baron rating 3/5]

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5]

• St. Austell Tribute

• St. Peters Organic Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  

• Theakston Old Peculier [baron rating 4/5]

• Wells Banana Bread Beer
  

• Wells Bombardier [baron rating 3/5]
  

• Wells Bombardier Satanic Mills
  

• Wychwood Goliath [baron rating 3/5] 

• Wychwood Hobgoblin [baron rating 4/5]
  currently cheaper in Morrisons - £8 for 8 bottles
  

• Wychwood Wychcraft [baron rating 3/5]

 Overall this is quite a good selection at not a bad price, with quite a few beers in the 3+ baron rating - check it out and report back!

Brakspear Oxford Gold

Brakspear Oxford Gold [baron rating 3/5] - this 4.6% golden ale is fruity & hoppy in smell, has a pleasant taste & a bitter finish

Asda's latest ale offers (6th Oct - 19th Oct) (Aintree)

Apart from spotting a couple of ales still at £1 a bottle I also noticed that Asda have just started a new '4 for £5' ale offer (£1.25/bottle) which covers the following beers:

• Badger Golden Champion [baron rating 3/5]

• Badger Fursty Ferret [baron rating 4/5]

• Badger Golden Glory [baron rating 2/5]

• Brakspear Oxford Gold [baron rating 3/5]

• Caledonian Deuchars IPA [baron rating 2/5]

• Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Ale [baron rating 1/5]

• Jennings Sneck Lifter [baron rating coming soon]

• Marston's Old Empire [baron rating 5/5]
  

• Shepherd Neame Bishop's Finger [baron rating 2/5]

• Shepherd Neame Celebration 1698 [baron rating coming soon]

• Theakston Old Peculiar [baron rating coming soon]

• Wychwood Goliath [baron rating 3/5]

• Wychwood Hobgoblin [baron rating 4/5]
  (currently cheaper in Morrisons - £8 for 8 bottles)

• Wychwood Wychcraft [baron rating 3/5]

I picked up some Celebration 1698 & Old Peculiar as these still require baron ratings, would have picked up some more Old Empire[5/5] too but I have enough beer in stock at the mo!

This offer appears to be on until the 19th Oct and only started this week. It reminds me of the old Morrisons offer of '4 for £5' which when it was increased in price to £5.50 caused the baron to start hunting out cheap quality ale, but that's a story for another day...

Asda (Aintree) still have Brakspear Bitter & Marston's Pedigree for £1/bottle

Popped down to Asda (Aintree) at lunchtime today, saw that they still have Brakspear Bitter[5/5] & Marston's Pedigree[3/5] for £1/bottle

Brakspear Bitter for 99p/bottle in Netto

Starting on Monday (28th Sept) Netto are selling bottles of Brakspear Bitter [baron rating: 5/5] for just 99p a bottle (normally £1.54)

Details of Asda's great premium ale discount

I popped into Asda (Aintree) today to find some excellent ale discounts (reading via Twitter? click this link for more: http://bit.ly/lWEZz)

They have a massive number of quality ales at £1/bottle and they had loads of stock (I bought 56 bottles for myself and a couple of friends), below is the full list included in the offer, all bottles are 500ml unless otherwise stated:

• Badger Tanglefoot [baron rating 4/5]
  

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5]
  

• Guinness Original (330ml)

• Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Ale (330ml) [baron rating 1/5]

• Marston's Pedigree [baron rating 3/5]
  

• McEwans No.1 Champion

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

• Newcastle Brown Ale (550ml) [baron rating 3/5]

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

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5]
  

• St. Peter Organic Ale [baron rating 3/5

• Wells Bombardier [baron rating 3/5]

• Wychwood Goliath [baron rating 3/5]

I picked up a load of Tanglefoot, Spitfire and OSH along with one sample bottle of Innis &Gun, Newcastle Brown Ale, St. Peter's and Bombardier. They will be sampled over the next few days to see if they are worth stocking up on - expect Baron Ratings soon.

I also noticed that the Tanglefoot bottles had a cardboard bottle collar indicating that if you play an online game you get 50p off a future Badger ale purchase.  I've played the game a few times & now have a number of vouchers so I'll see if I can use them against the already reduced Tanglefoot.  If it works then the Tanglefoot is going to end up at effectively 50p/bottle... Now that would make the Baron very very happy!

Brakspear Bitter

Brakspear Bitter [baron rating: 5/5] - this 3.4% dark amber ale has a spicy malt aroma,bitter caramel malty taste & lasting bitter finishBaron Orm

Oh and in cans it's still [baron rating 5/5], it's a little less spicy & a touch more 'juicy'.