Cheddar Totty Pot

Cheddar Totty Pot [baron rating 3/5] - 4.7% black porter,rich roasted fruit smell,sweet tangy juicy hoppy taste,tangy sweet finish Baron Orm

Tesco Finest American Double IPA - 3 for £4 in Tesco (6th Oct - 2nd Nov 2010)

Tesco has 330ml bottles of their 9.2% Tesco Finest American Double IPA on offer:3 for £4 until 2nd Nov.It's relabelled BrewDog Hardcore IPA!

Looking forward to 'baron rating' Young's Double Chocolate Stout very soon!

A wonderful parcel arrived today just in time for the end of National Chocolate Week - some bottles of Young's Double Chocolate Stout:

I don't know about you, but is the purple label meant to compliment the purple wrappers of Cadbury's Dairy Milk (my favourite chocolate)?

Young's Brewery

• Double Chocolate Stout - 5.2% silky rich & creamy smooth stout

Look out for 'baron ratings' for these Young's beers soon, and a big thank you to YoungsBeers for sending these through to me!

Ascot Anastasia's Imperial Stout

Ascot Anastasia's Imperial Stout [baron rating 4/5] - 8% black ale,dark cherry boozy smell,rich roasted bittersweet taste,roasted dry finish Baron Orm

Buy Ascot ales here

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!

Red Fox Wily Ol' Fox

Red Fox Wily Ol' Fox [baron rating 4/5] - 5.2% golden ale,hoppy spicy citrus aroma,tangy spicy bitter taste,slightly sweet bitter finish Baron Orm

Young's Special London Ale

Young's Special London Ale [baron rating 5/5] - 6.4% amber ale,spicy sweet orange smell,spicy hop orange pith taste,citrus sweet malt finish Baron Orm

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

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Thank you to Young's for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

Hardknott Granite 2009

Hardknott Granite 2009 [baron rating 5/5] - 10.4% deep ruby ale,roasted fruity smell,boozy complex spicy fruity taste,spicy roasted finish Baron Orm

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

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Watch us open the bottle!




Thank you to Richard from myBrewerytap for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

Buy Hardknott ales here

Williams Bros Red

Williams Bros Red [baron rating 4/5] - 4.5% dark amber ale,spicy fruity malt smell,balanced smooth fruity sweet malt taste,dry fruity finish Baron Orm

Thank you to Williams Bros. for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

Buy Williams Bros. ales here

Summer Wine Elbow Grease

Summer Wine Elbow Grease [baron rating 4/5] - 4% golden ale,citrus honey smell,honey & citrus hoppy bitter taste,slight pithy dry finish Baron Orm

Thank you to James from Summer Wine for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

Fischer Tradition

Fischer Tradition [baron rating 2/5] - 6% pale gold ale,slightly spicy aroma,frothy caramel & slightly spicy taste,slight caramel finish Baron Orm

This beer was 'baron rated' whilst on my summer holiday down in the Ardeche region of Southern France. We were fortunate enough to be invited to stay at a friend's holiday home - it's an amazing house and the location is perfect, oh and the pool is to die for!

Take a look round the house: Le Mas du Gros Cailloux

Note: If you book the house please make sure you say the baron made me do it!

Sierra Nevada Porter

Sierra Nevada Porter [baron rating 5/5] - 5.6% dark ruby ale,roasted dark choc smell,smooth sweet roasted taste,roasted bittersweet finish Baron Orm

Thank you to Richard from myBrewerytap for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

Buy Sierra Nevada ales here

Badger Cricket

Badger Cricket [baron rating 4/5] - 4.4% copper ale,lemon & slight ginger sweet smell,light fresh lemon taste,tangy bitter citrus finish Baron Orm

Buy Badger ales here

Sierra Nevada Torpedo

Sierra Nevada Torpedo [baron rating 5/5] - 7.2% copper ale,pine & citrus smell,fresh bitter & very hoppy taste,neverending herbal hop finish Baron Orm

Thank you to Richard from myBrewerytap for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

Buy Sierra Nevada ales here

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'!

Buy Penlon ales here

Looking forward to 'baron rating' Wold Top ales very soon!

When we were reviewing the last of the myBrewerytap '52 week beer club' summer pack we found the cap on the Wold Top Wold Gold was loose and the beer had been leaking out for a few weeks. When we opened the beer it was completely flat and off and so we couldn't 'baron rate' it.

I emailed Wold Top about this and they offered to send some through, what they didn't say was quite how many samples they would send! Check out this great selection of Wold Top ales:

Wold Top Brewery

• 5 Wold Rings - 5% amber beer

• Against The Grain - 4.5% wheat free ale

• Centenary Way - 3.5% mild ale

• Falling Stone - 4.2% best bitter

• Golden Summer - 4.4% fruity amber beer

• Mars Magic - 4.6% dark beer

• Merry Christmas - 6% dark beer

• Summer Holiday - 5.5% rich dark beer

• Veteran Ale - 4.2% armed forces charity ale

• Wold Gold - 4.8% blonde beer

• Wold Top - 3.7% bitter

• Wolds Way - 3.6% pale ale

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