St Peter's Plum Porter

Not bottle conditioned

St Peter's Plum Porter [baron rating 1/5] - 5% black ale,plummy soda stream smell,astringent dandelion & burdock taste,strong menthol finish Baron Orm

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St Peter's English Lager

Not bottle conditioned

St Peter's English Lager [baron rating 3/5] - 5.2% gold beer,earthy caramel smell,cloying sweet earthy taste,mild herbal biscuity finish Baron Orm

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St Peters Cream Stout

St Peters Cream Stout [baron rating 2/5] - 6.5% black stout,berries red wine smell,creamy black currants & berries taste,smoky berry finish Baron Orm

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St Peter's Suffolk Smokey

St Peter's Suffolk Smokey [baron rating 3/5] - 4.8% copper ale,sulphurous TCP mild citrus smell,sugary smoky taste,bitter harsh TCP finish Baron Orm

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Note: Not bottle conditioned

Thank you to @StPetersBrewery from St. Peter's Brewery for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

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St Peter's The Saints

St Peter's The Saints [baron rating 3/5] - 4.8% copper ale,rounded TCP iodine smell,balanced smoky peaty taste,TCP/Islay whisky peaty finish Baron Orm

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Looking forward to baron rating St. Peter's ales

Chris got a welcome surprise recently, St. Peter's Brewery had been trawling The British Guild of Beer Writers website and found his address and a neat little box of two St. Peter's beers arrived:

St. Peter's Brewery

• Suffolk Smokey - 4.8% peated beer, a balance of malt sweetness & hop bitterness in complemented by 'peaty' overtones
• The Saints - 4.8% whisky beer,superb balanced beer with 'smokey' overtones from peated malt

Look out for 'baron ratings' for these St. Peter's beers soon, and a big thank you to @StPetersBrewery for sending these through to Chris!

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Waitrose October ale & beer offers - part 2 (13th October - 3rd November 2010)

Waitrose have an amazing second batch of ale offers for October, their PR staff informed me ahead of time what this month's offers are:

Beer Showcase - Buy 2 for £3 on the following beers:

• Adnams Bitter [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.75

• Adnams Broadside [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.89

• Adnams Gunhil [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.83

• Adnams Lighthouse [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.73

• Bath Barnstormer [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.91

• Bath Dark Hare normally £1.84

• Bath GEM normally £1.99

• Bath Wild Hare normally £1.95

• Black Sheep Black Sheep Ale [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.85

• Black Sheep Golden Sheep [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.89

• Black Sheep Yorkshire Square Ale [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.94

• Brains Dark normally £1.85

• Brains Reverend James normally £1.81

• Brains SA Gold normally £1.89

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5] normally £1.92

• Brakspear Oxford Gold [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.91

• Brakspear Triple [baron rating 2/5] normally £2.12

• Courage Directors [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.79

• Duchy Originals Old Ruby Ale normally £1.99

• Fuller's 1845 normally £2.36

• Fuller's Bengal Lancer [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.99

• Fuller's Chiswick Bitter [baron rating coming soon] normally £1.80

• Fuller's Discovery [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.85

• Fuller's ESB [baron rating 5/5] normally £1.95

• Fuller's Golden Pride normally £2.59

• Fuller's London Pride [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.80

• Fuller's London Porter [baron rating coming soon] normally £2.05

• Fuller's Organic Honey Dew normally £1.92

• Greene King Abbot Ale [baron rating 5/5] normally £1.79

• Greene King IPA [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.73

• Greene King IPA Export Strength [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.93

• Greene King Ruddles County [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.69

• Greene King Suffolk Springer normally £2.14

• Greene King Very Special IPA [baron rating coming soon] normally £1.99

• Hook Norton Hooky Bitter [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.94

• Hook Norton Double Stout normally £1.99

• Hook Norton Hooky Gold [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.94

• Hook Norton Haymaker [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.94

• Hook Norton Old Hooky [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.89

• Hook Norton Twelve Days normally £1.94

• Innis & Gunn Original [baron rating 1/5] normally £1.79 - £1.50

• Innis & Gunn Rum Cask [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.99 - £1.50

• Jenning's Cumberland Ale [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.96

• Jenning's Snecklifter [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.96

• Marston's Pedigree [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.81

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.82

• Ringwood Fortyniner normally £1.92

• Ringwood Old Thumper [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.93

• Scottish & Newcastle Newcastle Brown Ale [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.91

• Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.81

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.84

• Skinners Bitter Betty Stogs normally £1.85

• Skinners Bitter Cornish Knocker normally £1.85

• Skinners Bitter Heligan Honey normally £1.85

• St Austell Admirals Ale normally £2.04 - £1.50

• St Austell Tribute [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.85 £1.50

• St. Peter's Fruit beer - Grapefruit normally £1.94

• St. Peter's Golden Ale normally £1.84

• St. Peter's India Pale Ale [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.99

• St. Peter's Mild normally £1.62

• St. Peter's Old Style Porter normally £1.85

• St. Peter's Organic Best Bitter [baron rating 2/5] normally £1.85

• St. Peter's Ruby Red Ale normally £1.85

• Thwaites Double Century [baron rating 5/5] normally £1.99

• Thwaites Flying Shuttle normally £2.12

• Thwaites Lancaster Bomber [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.95

• Thwaites Thoroughbred Gold [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.72

• Thwaites Very Nutty Black [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.79

• Thwaites Wainwright [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.85

• Wells Bombardier [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.78

• Wychwood Hobgoblin [baron rating 4/5] normally £1.84

• Young's London Gold [baron rating 3/5] normally £1.91

An excellent selection of offers, I can't even imagine which ones I'm going to stock up on yet!

St. Peter's IPA

St. Peter's IPA [baron rating 2/5] - 5.5% amber ale,malt & herbal hops smell,slight fruit malt & lemon hops taste & too strong bitter finishBaron Orm

Waitrose September ale & beer offers (25th August - 21st September 2010)

It's September's new beer & ale offers time in Waitrose, their PR staff had informed me ahead of time what this month's ale offers are:

• Bath Gem
£1.59 instead of £1.99

• Black Sheep Ale [baron rating 4/5]
£1.48 instead of £1.85

• St. Peter's Organic Best Bitter
£1.48 instead of £1.85

• Sharp's Doom Bar [baron rating 4/5]
£1.35 instead of £1.74

• Brains SA Gold
£1.41 instead of £1.89

• Duchy Originals 1905 Ruby Ale
£1.49 instead of £1.99

Sharp's Doom Bar is my winner this month, a very good price (£1,35) for an excellent beer!

St Peter's Best Bitter

St Peter's Best Bitter [baron rating 2/5] - 3.7% dark amber ale,sweet caramel playdoh smell,harsh sharp bitter taste,dry quite bitter finishBaron Orm

Waitrose June ale & beer offers (9th June - 6th July 2010)

It's June's new beer & ale offers time in Waitrose, their PR staff have informed me ahead of time what this month's ale offers are:

• St. Peter's Golden Ale
£1.38 instead of £1.84

• Skinners Bitter Betty Stogs
£1.48 instead of £1.85

• Skinners Bitter Heligan Honey
£1.48 instead of £1.85

• Skinners Bitter Cornish Knocker
£1.48 instead of £1.85

• Well's Bombardier [baron rating 4/5]
£1.42 instead of £1.78

• Courage Directors [baron rating 3/5]
£1.43 instead of £1.79

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
9x 355ml bottles: £9.59 instead of £11.99

• Wychwood Hobgoblin [baron rating 4/5]
£1.38 instead of £1.84

• Jennings Cumberland Ale [baron rating 3/5]
Buy 3 bottles save £1.50 normally £1.96

• Jennings Snecklifter [baron rating 3/5]
£1.40 instead of £1.96

• Innis & Gunn Rum Cask [baron rating 2/5]
£1.59 instead of £1.99

• Marston's Head Brewers Choice
4x 500ml bottles: £5.08 instead of £6.40

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5]
£1.47 instead of £1.84

• Fuller's London Pride [baron rating 2/5]
£1.56 instead of £1.95

• Fuller's Organic Honey Dew
£1.56 instead of £1.95

Great cheap ale selection from Booths (Windermere)

Mike Nolan (you are a star) picked up a great selection of ales on offer for me from Booths in Windermere. He was up there for the weekend, saw the cracking deals and got in touch with me via Twitter!

Here is my selection which cost just £11 for 9 bottles:

• Adnams Bitter [baron rating 4/5]
  

• Black Sheep Holy Grail [baron rating 5/5]

• Holden's Golden
  

• St. Peter's India Pale Ale (IPA)

• Wentworth WPA

• Wold Top Falling Stone

The Adnams Bitter and Wold Top Falling Stone were just £1/bottle (until the 19th Jan), not sure about the others but Mike did say that all fell under the baron-friendly price of £1.33.  A nice selection with nearly half that I've not tried before, Mike personally recommended the St. Peter's IPA so I'm looking forward to that! As always, 'baron ratings' will follow once they have been sampled...

Thanks again Mike!

Booths December ale offers (31st Dec)

Booths have got some great ales on offer at the moment for one a quid a bottle, here are the details:

• Adnams Gunhill [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.60
  

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5]
  £1 instead of £1.23
  

• Jennings Cumberland Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.73
  

• Marstons Double Drop [baron rating 4/5]
  £1 instead of £1.88
  

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5]
  £1 instead of £1.50
  

• Wychwood Goliath [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.59
  

• St. Peter's Best Bitter
  £1 instead of £1.50
  

• Greene King IPA [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.49
  

• Lancaster Brewery Amber
  £1 instead of £1.50
  

• Lancaster Brewery Blonde
  £1 instead of £1.50
  

• Holt Humdinger
  £1 instead of £1.35
  

• Moorhouses Blond Witch
  £1 instead of £1.72
  

• Badger Original Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.10
  

• Wold Top Bitter
  £1 instead of £1.50
  

• Courage Best Bitter [baron rating 2/5]
  £1 instead of £1.29
  

• Jennings Bitter [baron rating 2/5]
  £1 instead of £1.29
  

• Holdens Golden Sunset
  £1
  

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!

St. Peter's Organic Ale

St. Peter's Organic Ale [baron rating 3/5] - this 4.5% golden ale is crisp & refreshing but nothing out of the ordinary, cool bottle though!

Details of Asda's great premium ale discount

I popped into Asda (Aintree) today to find some excellent ale discounts (reading via Twitter? click this link for more: http://bit.ly/lWEZz)

They have a massive number of quality ales at £1/bottle and they had loads of stock (I bought 56 bottles for myself and a couple of friends), below is the full list included in the offer, all bottles are 500ml unless otherwise stated:

• Badger Tanglefoot [baron rating 4/5]
  

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5]
  

• Guinness Original (330ml)

• Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Ale (330ml) [baron rating 1/5]

• Marston's Pedigree [baron rating 3/5]
  

• McEwans No.1 Champion

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]

• Newcastle Brown Ale (550ml) [baron rating 3/5]

• Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger [baron rating 2/5]

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5]
  

• St. Peter Organic Ale [baron rating 3/5

• Wells Bombardier [baron rating 3/5]

• Wychwood Goliath [baron rating 3/5]

I picked up a load of Tanglefoot, Spitfire and OSH along with one sample bottle of Innis &Gun, Newcastle Brown Ale, St. Peter's and Bombardier. They will be sampled over the next few days to see if they are worth stocking up on - expect Baron Ratings soon.

I also noticed that the Tanglefoot bottles had a cardboard bottle collar indicating that if you play an online game you get 50p off a future Badger ale purchase.  I've played the game a few times & now have a number of vouchers so I'll see if I can use them against the already reduced Tanglefoot.  If it works then the Tanglefoot is going to end up at effectively 50p/bottle... Now that would make the Baron very very happy!