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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Marble 125 [baron rating /5] - 10.8% black ale,vineous coffee liquorice smell,sweet choc coffee taste,slight sour finish
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Showing posts with label marble. Show all posts
Marble Decadence 2017
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Marble Decadence 2017 [baron rating /5] - 12% black ale,Bovril coffee vanilla smell,vineous rich liquorice taste,choc vineous boozy finish
Marble Portent of Usher
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Marble Portent of Usher [baron rating /5] - 10.4% black ale,smoky vineous boozy smell,soft rich choc fruity taste,boozy firey plummy finish
Marble Valancourt
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Marble Valancourt [baron rating /5] - 10.8% ruby ale,sugary plummy vapour smell,plummy boozy sweet barley wine taste,clean vanilla finish
Marble Dobber IPA can
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| Not can conditioned |
Marble Dobber IPA can [baron rating /5] - 6.5% gold ale,sweet resinous smell,punchy sugary tropical bitter taste,juicy green apple finish
Listen to what we thought of original Marble Dobber [baron rating 5/5].
Thank you to Paul Kruzycki from Ales By Mail for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Marble ales from Ales By Mail
Thank you to Paul Kruzycki from Ales By Mail for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Marble ales from Ales By Mail
Marble Decadence 2011
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| Bottle conditioned with lively carbonation |
Marble Decadence 2011 [baron rating /5] - 8.7% black ale,solvent Belgian smell,smooth choc vineous banana prickly taste,short zingy finish
Buy Marble ales from Source Deli
Looking forward to baron rating Beer Hawk's Champion Bottled Beers of Britain
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The Great British Beer Festival was held back in August and online beer retailer Beer Hawk were one of the sponsors of the event.Apart from being there for the festival they also produced a 15-bottle finalists mixed case of the finalists of CAMRA's 2013 Champion Bottled Beer of Britain award.
They very kindly sent me a box to review, below are the contents (which arrived last week). All these beers are bottle conditioned as that is CAMRA's stipulation for bottled ales.
Buy all these beers from Beer Hawk and get 10% off if you use my discount code "BARON" at checkout!
They very kindly sent me a box to review, below are the contents (which arrived last week). All these beers are bottle conditioned as that is CAMRA's stipulation for bottled ales.
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- Beowulf Dragon Smoke - 5.3% stout
- Conwy Clogwyn Gold - 4% light quaffable golden ale with plenty of hop aroma and a long bitter finish
- Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout - 9% Imperial Russian Stout
- Hopshackle Restoration [baron rating 5/5] - 9.5% Belgian strong ale inspired beer which has been aged for 6 months before bottling
- Marble Chocolate Marble [baron rating 4/5] - 5.5% beer which covers the middle ground between a stout and a porter. A smooth rich and full bodied beer, with a firm backbone of bitterness. Coffee and liquorice aromas are from the chocolate malt, a hint of sweetness and a long bitter finish
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- Marble Lagonda IPA [baron rating 5/5] - 5% clean, hoppy IPA, the beer delivers citrus, fruit and a long crisp finish owing to the use of 6 different hops
- Neath Black - 5.5% superb dark malt flavour is balanced by a refreshing hop bitterness and an outragous amount of aroma hops
- O'Hanlon's Port Stout - 4.8% Our prize-wining stout is blended with a softening measure of rich ruby Port
- Old Bear Black Mari'a - 4.2% wholesome jet black stout, smooth on the palete, blended with two English hops, producing a strong roast malt flavour with a fruity finish
- Spire Sgt. Pepper Stout - 5.5% Our nationally award-winning stout laced with ground black pepper
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- St Austell Proper Job [baron rating 5/5] - 5.5% Cornish IPA, a 'proper' IPA, strong golden ale that's powerfully hopped, bursting with citrus and grapefruit flavours
- Stewart Embra - 5% classic amber beer packed full of flavour. Full in body with a fruit aroma balanced with a full, yet soft bitterness
- Stewart St Giles -5% dark, malty & smooth. A robust, rich and well balanced beer full of body and flavour
- Worthington White Shield [baron rating 4/5] -5.6% finest India Pale Ale for true IPA connoisseurs
- Young's Special London Ale [baron rating 5/5] - 6.4% smooth, rich, malty ale with notes of candied fruit on the palate and a powerful spicy hop finish
Buy all these beers from Beer Hawk and get 10% off if you use my discount code "BARON" at checkout!
Marble Weizen
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| Bottle conditioned with lively carbonation |
Marble Weizen [baron rating /5] - 5.5% gold ale,sweet banana cloves citrus smell,creamy citrus clove taste,long sweet zingy lemon finish
Buy Marble ales from Ales By Mail and Source Deli
Marble/Emelisse Earl Grey IPA
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Marble/Emelisse Earl Grey IPA [baron rating /5] - 6.8% copper ale,peach apricot resin smell,refined fleshy fruit taste,fruity tannic finish
This has also been reviewed on Des de Moor's website, read what he thought about it.
Buy Marble ales from Source Deli
Buy Marble ales from Source Deli
Marble Utility IPA
Marble Utility IPA [baron rating /5] - 6.5% copper ale,mild tropical cordial smell,soft fleshy fruit bitter taste,unsweetened bitter finish
Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Buy Marble ales from Source Deli
Marble Saison Special 2011
Marble Saison Special 2011 [baron rating /5] - 9% copper ale,apple pear funky smell,tangy apricot nectarine taste,dry herbal bitter finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
Download flash to hear the audio review
Subscribe in iTunes
Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Buy Marble ales from Source Deli
Marble Old Manchester
Marble Old Manchester [baron rating /5] - 7.3% amber ale,sultana candied sweets smell,sweet rich caramel peppery taste,sticky bitter taste
This is the collaboration brew between Marble and Fuller's and it's turned out a real treat!
Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Buy Marble ales from Ales By Mail, myBrewerytap & Source Deli
Marble Decadence 2009
Marble Decadence 2009 [baron rating /5] - 8.7% black stout,boozy plumy smell,sweet coffee cherries & smoky taste,juicy sweet smoky finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
Download flash to hear the audio review
Subscribe in iTunesA big thank you to Paul from Source Deli who joined us for this review
Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Just look at the attention to detail on this, not only did they wax seal the cork & cage, they stamped a little Marble pint pot logo in the top of it!
Buy Marble ales from Ales By Mail, myBrewerytap & Source Deli
Marble Vuur & Vlam 2011
Marble Vuur & Vlam [baron rating /5] - 7.2% copper ale,mild tropical fruit smell,big sweet fruity resin taste,serious herbal resin finish
Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Buy Marble ales here
Write-up of my Marble Beers tasting night
Saturday the 29th January saw the first "The Ormskirk Baron presents" beer night hosted at Source Deli. The first brewery to get the Baron treatment was the excellent Marble Brewery from Manchester.
@Christopher_R & I were running the event, we arranged with Source Deli to source the five regular Marble bottled ales as well as giving everyone a taster of the 2009 Special. I've met Colin from Marble a number of times and so asked him if they would like to attend the evening which they said they would love to, and they also mentioned that they should be able to bring something interesting along for people to try as well.
The Saturday arrived and Chris & I made our way down to Source Deli for 7pm (night was starting at 8pm) along with Paul from AlesByMail who came up for the event as well. Paul from Source Deli was sorting the tables out, and generally getting things ready so I placed down my 'group baron rating' cards and bowls (more on these later).
Matt from Source Deli then appeared placing some bowls of 'bar snacks - Source Deli style' duck sausage rolls, veggie crisps, roasted nuts and the most sharp pickled onions you've every tasted!
James & Colin from Marble arrived with Colin sporting a Demijohn of cool looking experimental beer as well as a crate of unlabelled bottles. The Demijohn contained with Lagonda IPA dry hopped with Citra, and the bottles were their Ginger ale brewed with a German yeast instead of an English one.
These beers along with the brewers showing up were not publicised when we were selling the tickets so I was pretty chuffed that we could over deliver on our promise of a Marble beer night!
Doors opened at 8pm and each of the 20 attendees were handed a real marble on entry in exchange for their ticket. The marble was used to 'baron rate' each beer tried as well as a token to swap with Source Deli at the end of the night for a bottle of their favourite Marble beer.
The beer line-up for the evening was: Manchester Bitter,Lagonda IPA, experimental Lagonda IPA dry hopped with Citra, Chocolate Marble, Dobber, Special 2009, Ginger, experimental Ginger hefeweizen-style.
We kicked off the evening by introducing ourselves and explaining what the evening was about, introduce the Marble brewers and explained about the group baron rating and the use of the Marble.
Then it was time to get the caps off the bottles of Manchester Bitter and pour each person around half a bottle whilst James & Colin explained a bit about the beer to everyone. Each beer got pretty much the same treatment: an introduction from the Marble guys, half a bottle to sample then a quick rush to the bowls for people to place their marble to indicate their 'baron rating'.
The dry-hopped Lagonda was excellent, it retained the fresh citrus-ness that Lagonda IPA has but also added an additional lemony lift in the finish, it was really rather nice and the 'baron ratings' for it below indicate that most people thought the same. The experimental ginger was really interesting, Colin explained that it hadn't had the 'gingering to hell and back' that the normal bottled ginger gets but the German yeast really brought in some cloves and banana and gave the whole beer quite a lift.
There were quite a few ladies at the event which was really encouraging as well as quite a few women who classed themselves as non-beer drinkers who didn't like beer! Chris & I were pretty worried about these people, wondering why they bought a ticket to a beer event but they seemed to find a few the really liked including one lady who's favourite was Dobber - not a 'small beer' by any imagination!
Here are the results of the 'group baron rating':
There was an excellent buzz about the place and Paul & Matt from Source Deli were really happy with how the night was progressing. Chris & I too were so happy that everyone appeared to be really enjoying themselves and the brewers were getting some feedback from everyone as well - I think everyone enjoyed themselves which is the main thing!
Hopefully the attendees will remember which ones they enjoyed and come back and clear the shelves in Source Deli so that Marble know that it's a great place to be stocking their beers! :)
I'd like to thank brewers Colin & James from Marble for giving up their Saturday night and coming along to the event (and thanks to their ladies for driving them over!). A big thank you to Matt & Paul for hosting the event and ensuring that everyone was well catered for, and a massive thank you to Chris for being my wingman & partner in beer crime! :)
Source Deli are already talking about the next "The Ormskirk Baron presents" event so watch this space!
@Christopher_R & I were running the event, we arranged with Source Deli to source the five regular Marble bottled ales as well as giving everyone a taster of the 2009 Special. I've met Colin from Marble a number of times and so asked him if they would like to attend the evening which they said they would love to, and they also mentioned that they should be able to bring something interesting along for people to try as well.
The Saturday arrived and Chris & I made our way down to Source Deli for 7pm (night was starting at 8pm) along with Paul from AlesByMail who came up for the event as well. Paul from Source Deli was sorting the tables out, and generally getting things ready so I placed down my 'group baron rating' cards and bowls (more on these later).
Matt from Source Deli then appeared placing some bowls of 'bar snacks - Source Deli style' duck sausage rolls, veggie crisps, roasted nuts and the most sharp pickled onions you've every tasted!
James & Colin from Marble arrived with Colin sporting a Demijohn of cool looking experimental beer as well as a crate of unlabelled bottles. The Demijohn contained with Lagonda IPA dry hopped with Citra, and the bottles were their Ginger ale brewed with a German yeast instead of an English one.These beers along with the brewers showing up were not publicised when we were selling the tickets so I was pretty chuffed that we could over deliver on our promise of a Marble beer night!
Doors opened at 8pm and each of the 20 attendees were handed a real marble on entry in exchange for their ticket. The marble was used to 'baron rate' each beer tried as well as a token to swap with Source Deli at the end of the night for a bottle of their favourite Marble beer.
The beer line-up for the evening was: Manchester Bitter,Lagonda IPA, experimental Lagonda IPA dry hopped with Citra, Chocolate Marble, Dobber, Special 2009, Ginger, experimental Ginger hefeweizen-style.
We kicked off the evening by introducing ourselves and explaining what the evening was about, introduce the Marble brewers and explained about the group baron rating and the use of the Marble.
Then it was time to get the caps off the bottles of Manchester Bitter and pour each person around half a bottle whilst James & Colin explained a bit about the beer to everyone. Each beer got pretty much the same treatment: an introduction from the Marble guys, half a bottle to sample then a quick rush to the bowls for people to place their marble to indicate their 'baron rating'.
The dry-hopped Lagonda was excellent, it retained the fresh citrus-ness that Lagonda IPA has but also added an additional lemony lift in the finish, it was really rather nice and the 'baron ratings' for it below indicate that most people thought the same. The experimental ginger was really interesting, Colin explained that it hadn't had the 'gingering to hell and back' that the normal bottled ginger gets but the German yeast really brought in some cloves and banana and gave the whole beer quite a lift.
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| Painting by Irene Wilson (see more from her in Source Deli) |
There were quite a few ladies at the event which was really encouraging as well as quite a few women who classed themselves as non-beer drinkers who didn't like beer! Chris & I were pretty worried about these people, wondering why they bought a ticket to a beer event but they seemed to find a few the really liked including one lady who's favourite was Dobber - not a 'small beer' by any imagination!
Here are the results of the 'group baron rating':
| Beer | 5/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Bitter | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lagonda IPA | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Lagonda IPA (dry hopped Citra) | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Chocolate Marble | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Dobber | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Special 2009 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ginger 6% | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Ginger (German yeast) | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
There was an excellent buzz about the place and Paul & Matt from Source Deli were really happy with how the night was progressing. Chris & I too were so happy that everyone appeared to be really enjoying themselves and the brewers were getting some feedback from everyone as well - I think everyone enjoyed themselves which is the main thing!
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| Colin & James from Marble talking about Special 2009 |
Hopefully the attendees will remember which ones they enjoyed and come back and clear the shelves in Source Deli so that Marble know that it's a great place to be stocking their beers! :)
I'd like to thank brewers Colin & James from Marble for giving up their Saturday night and coming along to the event (and thanks to their ladies for driving them over!). A big thank you to Matt & Paul for hosting the event and ensuring that everyone was well catered for, and a massive thank you to Chris for being my wingman & partner in beer crime! :)Source Deli are already talking about the next "The Ormskirk Baron presents" event so watch this space!
Thank you to the Manchester Crowne Plaza
I took the Baroness away for a night in Manchester last weekend as an early Christmas present. She's been mentioning about staying in nice hotels for quite a while now (a number of years...) and I thought it was about time I actually pulled my finger out and booked somewhere.
After asking around on Twitter about where is nice (but not too pricey) to stay I got a response from @CrownePlazaManc asking for their hotel to be considered. After a number of tweets and some review checking on TripAdvisor (#5 out of 129!) I booked a room at a very favourable rate especially as it was for the Saturday before Christmas.
We arrived mid-afternoon on a very snowy Saturday to a nice new looking hotel just a few minutes walk from Manchester Victoria station. Upon check-in I was even more pleased with the deal as we received a complementary room upgrade to one on the 'club floor' - the top floor of the hotel with stunning city views and access to the 'club lounge' (read as free drinks and snacks).
Our room was excellent, very spacious with a very large comfortable bed, two easy chairs positioned by a massive window overlooking the city (you can clearly see The Angel pub in the photo). The bathroom was very classy with robes and slippers too with both a shower cubical and a bath which is not that common.
By now the Baroness had the biggest smile on her face ever which meant the whole thing was well worth it! We took a wander around the Manchester Christmas markets and when we got too cold we went back to the hotel to get ready for our evening out in town. It was past 6pm so the 'booze fridge' in the club lounge was available so we were able to enjoy a couple of cold beers as we got ready.
The hotel's location couldn't have been better as we had a couple of hours to kill before our meal and the super Marble Arch pub was no more than five minutes walk away. I sampled the Manchester Bitter, Lagonda IPA & Dobber and all were in tip-top form - absolutely divine!
This was then followed by another five minute walk to the Bem Brazil restaurant (the northern quarter one) where we had an excellent Brazillian 'meat-fest' - the waiters just kept bringing more and more tasty spit-roasted meat until you couldn't move! After that we wandered slowly back to the hotel where we collapsed into the massive bed full & happy and had an excellent night's sleep.
I would like to say a very very big 'thank you' to the Crowne Plaza hotel in Manchester for a wonderful weekend, without them the weekend just wouldn't have had the same Christmas sparkle that it did. My hat goes off to you Crowne Plaza - you really did pull out all the stops for the Baron! :)
P.S. If you ever need a room in Manchester get in touch with @CrownePlazaManc and see what they can do for you, oh and don't forget to say the baron made me do it!
After asking around on Twitter about where is nice (but not too pricey) to stay I got a response from @CrownePlazaManc asking for their hotel to be considered. After a number of tweets and some review checking on TripAdvisor (#5 out of 129!) I booked a room at a very favourable rate especially as it was for the Saturday before Christmas.We arrived mid-afternoon on a very snowy Saturday to a nice new looking hotel just a few minutes walk from Manchester Victoria station. Upon check-in I was even more pleased with the deal as we received a complementary room upgrade to one on the 'club floor' - the top floor of the hotel with stunning city views and access to the 'club lounge' (read as free drinks and snacks).
Our room was excellent, very spacious with a very large comfortable bed, two easy chairs positioned by a massive window overlooking the city (you can clearly see The Angel pub in the photo). The bathroom was very classy with robes and slippers too with both a shower cubical and a bath which is not that common.
By now the Baroness had the biggest smile on her face ever which meant the whole thing was well worth it! We took a wander around the Manchester Christmas markets and when we got too cold we went back to the hotel to get ready for our evening out in town. It was past 6pm so the 'booze fridge' in the club lounge was available so we were able to enjoy a couple of cold beers as we got ready.
The hotel's location couldn't have been better as we had a couple of hours to kill before our meal and the super Marble Arch pub was no more than five minutes walk away. I sampled the Manchester Bitter, Lagonda IPA & Dobber and all were in tip-top form - absolutely divine!
This was then followed by another five minute walk to the Bem Brazil restaurant (the northern quarter one) where we had an excellent Brazillian 'meat-fest' - the waiters just kept bringing more and more tasty spit-roasted meat until you couldn't move! After that we wandered slowly back to the hotel where we collapsed into the massive bed full & happy and had an excellent night's sleep.
I would like to say a very very big 'thank you' to the Crowne Plaza hotel in Manchester for a wonderful weekend, without them the weekend just wouldn't have had the same Christmas sparkle that it did. My hat goes off to you Crowne Plaza - you really did pull out all the stops for the Baron! :)
P.S. If you ever need a room in Manchester get in touch with @CrownePlazaManc and see what they can do for you, oh and don't forget to say the baron made me do it!
The Ormskirk Baron presents Marble Beers
Come down for an evening of beer at Source Deli on Saturday 29th January. Join The Ormskirk Baron and @Christopher_R for a beer-tasting night of one of our favourite UK breweries - Manchester's Marble Brewery
Come and try Marble's regular bottled line-up (half a bottle of each):
You'll get to try a sample of their 'Special (2009)' - a 10.7% barley wine, plus once you've tried all five pick a bottle of your favourite to enjoy in store or alternatively to take home. Bar snacks 'Source Deli style' will be provided by Paul & Matt of Source Deli.
£17.50 per person - get your tickets from Source Deli
Doors open at 8pm on Saturday 29th January
There are only25 0 places available so if you are interested please get yourself down to Source Deli ASAP!
Update 24/01: I may have a spare ticket for sale if anyone is desperate,please email/tweet or leave a comment below...
Come and try Marble's regular bottled line-up (half a bottle of each):
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| Photo by Pete Favelle |
You'll get to try a sample of their 'Special (2009)' - a 10.7% barley wine, plus once you've tried all five pick a bottle of your favourite to enjoy in store or alternatively to take home. Bar snacks 'Source Deli style' will be provided by Paul & Matt of Source Deli.
£17.50 per person - get your tickets from Source Deli
Doors open at 8pm on Saturday 29th January
There are only
Update 24/01: I may have a spare ticket for sale if anyone is desperate,please email/tweet or leave a comment below...
Marble Chocolate Marble
Marble Manchester Bitter
Marble Manchester Bitter [baron rating /5] - 4.2% gold ale,hoppy caramel smell,smooth caramel & citrus taste,slight fruity bitter finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.
Download flash to hear the audio review
Subscribe in iTunes
Thank you to Richard from myBrewerytap for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!
This was also part of the autumn pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.
Join it now and make sure you say the baron made me do it!
Buy Marble ales here or here
Marble Vuur & Vlam
Marble Vuur & Vlam [baron rating /5] - 7.2% copper ale,tropical piney smell,sweet resiny citrus taste,sweet hoppy bittersweet finish
Buy Marble ales here
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