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Einstok Pale Ale

Not bottle conditioned
Einstok Pale Ale [baron rating 3/5] - 5.6% copper ale,biscuity apple smell,balanced bittersweet fruity taste,mild fruity bittersweet finish
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Thank you to Siobhan from Beer52 for sending this through for a baron rating!

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Looking forward to baron rating Beer52 ales




I got sent a box of mixed ales from Beer52 as one of the perks of attending the European Beer Bloggers Conference in Dublin this year. Well I got contacted again recently to see if I would like to review another one of their packs, this time their Autumn pack:




  • Barcelona Cerdos Voladores -6% "Hi, this is #14" our rowdiest beer, made with the finest hops
  • Belhaven Scottish Oat Stout - 7% oat stout, dark, rich and layered with a wonderful silky texture and a lingering finish
  • Einstok Icelandic Toasted Porter [baron rating 5/5] - 6% toasted porter
  • Freigeist Abraxxxas - 6% smoked Lichtenhainer Weisse. Inspired by the easten German tart wheat beer style once known as "Lichtenhainer", Abraxxxas is sour and complex, with a balancing smoky maltiness

  • Medus Blonde - 5% blonde, a light beer which is refreshing while having a full body and a characteristic bitterness
  • Oppigards Golden Ale - 5.2% golden ale with a twist, American Cascade was used late in the boil to give a hint of flora & citrus
  • Mordue Ascendancy - 7.4% Belgian double IPA-weizen hybrid brewed with candy sugar. A head storm of tropical fruit, mango and banana with a hop-forward, resiny finish
  • Redwillow Wreckless [baron rating 5/5] - 4.8% pale ale, when you want a big hit of American hops and aroma, but don't want to fall off your seat

Savory popcorn and a beer mag too!
It also included some tasty-looking savoury popcorn (fiery worcester sauce & sun-dried tomato) from the Propercorn company and issue #4 of Beer52's Ferment mini-mag/newspaper (24 pages of articles about the beers in the box, and interviews/recipes with the beers from the box).

Look out for 'baron ratings' of these beers soon, and a big thank you to Laurie from Beer52 for sending them through to me!

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UPDATE: If you do plan to buy some, make sure you use enter this discount code ORMSKIRK10 entitling you to £10 off your first box. All you have to do is visit beer52.com and click on 'got a special code?' underneath the 'get started' button!
 

Looking forward to baron rating these Beer 52 ales

Beer52 were one of the companies involved in this years European Beer Bloggers Conference offering a sample box to all attendees (awesome!). The offer a Craft Beer Discovery Club, sending you a selection (8 bottles) of quality ales every month. My box arrived well-packed today, here is what was inside:

  • Black Wolf Coulls - 4.2% smooth, contemporary, premium craft lager. Chill for a while and savour the crisp, fresh and peachy flavours
  • Brewers & Union Steph Weiss - 5% weissbier
  • Cumberland Corby Fox - 4.7% full bodied deep reddish brown ale. Smooth with lots of soft fruit flavours
  • Einstok Icelandic Pale Ale - 5.6% pale ale, three kinds of hops combine with pure Icelandic water to create our version of the Pale Ale, where robust flavour meets smooth malt. Cascade hops give it the American character, while Northern Brewer and Hallertau Tradition add just enough bitterness to make this ale refreshingly Icelandic
  • Einstok Icelandic White Ale - 5.2% white ale
  • Hillside Centurion - 7% American IPA
  • Killer Cat Manga - 5% 
  • Highland Orkney IPA - 4.8% IPA, two malts and six different hops compliment each other to create a flavour that is greater than the sum of its parts. Unlike most modern IPAs this has actually been on a sea voyage, albeit only across the Pentland Firth from Orkney
There was also an excellent info pack in the box, giving lots of details about the beers (more than was on some of the labels - see above).

Look out for 'baron ratings' of these beers soon, and a big thank you to Siobhan from Beer52 for sending them through to me!

Buy all these ales from Beer52

Einstok Icelandic Toasted Porter

Not bottle conditioned
Einstok Icelandic Toasted Porter [baron rating 5/5] - 6% black ale,meaty choc smell,velvety toasted grains taste,creamy choc bitter finish
Listen to what Chris, Paul and the Baron have to say about it

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Thank you to Chris (@Christopher_R) for bringing this for a baron rating!

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