Felinfoel Double Dragon

Felinfoel Double Dragon [baron rating 3/5] - 4.2% dark amber ale,candied apple smell,balanced standard bitter taste,metallic zingy finish Baron Orm

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This was from the autumn pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.

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Beams British Ales pack for £3.99 in B&M Bargains

Was doing my weekly browse of the Ormskirk B&M Bargains today, looking for any cheap un-'baron rated' ales to pick up to add to my ever growing beer box. Found an interesting looking mixed pack called "British Ales" from Beams International:

It was priced at £3.99 and contains four 275ml bottles of:

• Cotswold Farm Ale - 3% ale

• Felinfoel Double Dragon - 4.2% full drinking premium Welsh ale

• Ridgeway TVA - 3.4% Thames Valley Ale

• Young's Light Ale - 3.2% light refreshing bitter

An interesting selection of low ABV ales from real breweries, not the usual nameless rubbish that normally fills these types of Christmas gift packs.

For £4 I thought it was reasonable value as a basic ale gift pack (not sure if they are any good though) - I found the same pack on the Boots website selling for a quite unreasonable £8!

myBrewerytap's autumn selection of the '52 week beer club'

Chris & I have been a member of myBrewerytap's 52 week beer club since December and our 4th quarter's pack arrived a this week. It arrived in perfect condition as always.

This pack is a bit of a special one as it's the end of mybrewerytap's first year of the club so Richard has pulled out all the stops to make sure it's a cracking pack. Chris & I have been very fortunate to sample some of the beers in this pack over the past year and there are some real winners in here.

Here are the details:

• BrewDog Punk IPA [baron rating 5/5]

• Crouch Vale Brewers Gold

• Felinfoel Double Dragon

• Hawkshead Lakeland Gold [baron rating 5/5]

• Hogs Back TEA

• Inveralmond Ossian

• Mallinsons Station Best Bitter

• Marble Manchester Bitter [baron rating 5/5]

• Meantime Chocolate

• RCH Ale Mary

• Saltaire Cascade Pale Ale [baron rating 5/5]

• Thornbridge Jaipur [baron rating 5/5]

• Williams Bros Good Times [baron rating 5/5]

As you can see from the above, there are some absolute crackers in this pack!

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Felinfoel Stout

Felinfoel Stout [baron rating 2/5] - 4.1% black stout,licorice & roasted malt smell, thin roasted licorice taste,lasting burnt finishBaron Orm

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This was from the summer pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.

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Buy Felinfoel ales here

myBrewerytap's summer selection of the '52 week beer club'

Chris & I have been a member of myBrewerytap's 52 week beer club since December and so our third quarter's pack arrived a few weeks ago. Due to a 'beer backlog' I've only just found the time to blog about it's contents now, so sorry for the delay!

The box arrived in excellent condition (as always) and the first thing that I noticed was that the box was bigger than previous quarters - it could withstand a missile strike & not disturb the yeast sediment!

Inside there were 13 bottles of ale, some tasting notes and a large bag of Q pork scratchings (award winning ones at that!).

• Acorn Conquest

• Atlantic Gold

• Belvoir Melton Red

• Best Mates Vicar's Daughter

• Cotleigh Barn Owl

• Derventio Emperor's Whim

• Felinfoel Stout

• Hidden Old Sarum

• Oakleaf Hole Hearted

• Ossett Excelsior [baron rating 5/5]

• RCH Pitchfork

• Potton Shambles

• Wold Top Wold Gold

An excellent looking pack full of crisp, hoppy summer ales - a perfect match for the summer pack! I'm really looking forward to getting stuck into these beers over the coming weeks.

If you are not already a member of the "52 week beer club" I would suggest you sign up - just don't forget to say that "the baron made me do it!" ;)