Caledonian Flying Dutchman

Not bottle conditioned

Caledonian Flying Dutchman [baron rating 2/5] - 4.5% copper ale,caramel musty faint citrus smell,spicy biscuity taste,strange sweet finish Baron Orm

Caledonian Deuchars IPA

Caledonian Deuchars IPA [baron rating 3/5] - 4.4% gold ale,slight citrus aroma,balanced citrus slight floral taste,long slight floral finish Baron Orm

Caledonian Golden Promise

Caledonian Golden Promise [baron rating 2/5] - 5% golden ale,sulphur & spiced apple smell,tangy sweet toffee taste,spicy bittersweet finishBaron Orm

Lovely Deuchars IPA in the Queens Head (Ormskirk)

Had a few excellent pints of Caledonian Deuchars IPA Thursday night in the Queens Head pub (Ormskirk), miles better than the bottled version

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!

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...