Penlon Torwen

Penlon Torwen [baron rating 4/5] - 4.5% black fruit beer,roasted blackcurrant smell,frothy very fruity smooth taste,tart blackcurrant finish Baron Orm

Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.

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Watch us open the bottle! (skip to 60secs in for the crazy bit)



Thank you to Paul from AlesByMail for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

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Looking forward to 'baron rating' more AlesByMail ales soon!

I received an amazing heavy box of ale today from Paul at AlesByMail, twenty four different bottles to 'baron rate'! Check out the packaging (and the two Eat Natural bars!):

Look at them all, peeping out at me!

The box contained the following:

• Atlantic Blue - 4.8% rich porter

• Atlantic Fistral - 5.2% strong smooth & dry premium beer

• Bavik-De Brabandere Petrus Blond - 6.6% blond beer

• Het Anker Gouden Carolus Ambrio - 6% belgian beer

• Het Anker Maneblusser - 8% belgian beer

• Conwy Rampart -4.5% premium bitter

• Crouch Vale Brewers Gold - 4% pale hoppy beer

• Crouch Vale Essex Boys - 4% best bitter

• Crouch Vale FPA - 5.9% fine pale ale

• Crouch Vale Willie Warmer - 6.4% strong dark ale

• Downton Chimera Dark Delight - 6% complex dark ale

• Downton Chimera IPA - 7% india pale ale

• Hobsons Town Crier - 4.5% crisp golden ale

• Itchen Valley Wat Tyler - 5% dark brown hoppy ale

• Laverstoke Park Real Ale - 5% organic ale

• Laverstoke Park Real Lager - 4.5% organic lager

• Leek Dark Peak Ale - 9% strong stout

• Meantime Chocolate - 6.5% chocolate beer

• Meantime London Pale Ale - 4.3% pale ale

• Orkney Dragonhead - 4% stout

• Penlon Torwen - 4.5% dark fruit beer

• Titanic Captain Smiths - 5.2% red-brown full-bodied beer

• Wentworth Oyster Stout - 4.8% full bodied oyster stout

• Wentworth Rampant Gryphon - 6.2% strong pale ale

Look out for 'baron ratings' for these AlesByMail beers soon, and a big thank you to Paul from AlesByMail for sending these through to me!

Reviews of the remaining 6 ales of myBrewerytap's 52 Week Beer Club (December pack)

As you may already know,  Chris Routledge & I joined myBrewerytap's 52 Week Beer Club in December last year and received our first quarter's ales a week before Christmas.  We decided to split the tasting of the 13 bottled ales into two sessions, the first of which was at the beginning of January.  On Wednesday last week we decided to try the remaining six bottles.

Here are links to the six ales that we've 'baron rated':

• Best Mates Midsummer Madness [baron rating 1/5 ♫]

• Bitter End Lakeland Golden [baron rating 3/5 ♫]

• Penlon Cardi Bay [baron rating 2/5 ♫]

• Quartz Blonde [baron rating 4/5 ♫]

• Sadler's Thin Ice [baron rating 3/5 ♫]

• Stroud Budding [baron rating 5/5 ♫]

The Stroud Budding was by far the best ale of the night, really nicely balanced, a truly lovely beer. The Best Mates Midsummer Madness was the worst but after hearing another beer blogger's comments on his bottle from the club we feel that the bottle was probably off and not necessarily a fair representation of Best Mates ale.

We recorded some short (1-2 mins) MP3 audio reviews of us discussing the beer a little more than the 140 twitter-friendly limit allows, click each beer review link to find the audio player. 

myBreweryTap's 52 week beer club is well worth the money, at around £1.50 per bottle it's a great way to get to try loads of different ales from small and hard to get breweries - click here to join the club

Penlon Cardi Bay

Penlon Cardi Bay [baron rating 2/5] - this 4% amber ale has a yeasty aroma,smooth caramel gentle bitter taste & a light sweetness to finish

Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.

Part of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap
join it now and make sure you say "the baron made me do it"!

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