Samuel Adams Boston Lager for less than 99p a bottle in Costco

Costco now have 24-bottle packs of Sam Adams Boston Lager [baron rating 5/5] as part of the permanent beer line-up. Each box is just £22.26!

Morrisons October ale & beer offers (4th October - 7th November 2010)

It's October's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Batemans XXXB [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.69

• JW Lees Coronation Ale
  £1.25 guest ale

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  4-bottle pack: £5.19 instead of £6.19

• Scottish & Newcastle Newcastle Brown Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.50 instead of £1.67

Batemans XXXB is the 'baron bargain' of the month, this tasty 4.8% classic bitter is a lovely drink and rarely on offer, get some stocked up!

Young's Brewery

Website www.youngsbeers.co.uk
Twitter @YoungsBeers

Bottled Beers

• Young's Bitter
  [baron rating 4/5]

• Young's Champion Live

• Young's Double Chocolate Stout
  [baron rating 5/5] ♫

• Young's Kew Gold
  [baron rating 3/5]

• Young's Light Ale
  [baron rating coming soon]

• Young's London Gold
  [baron rating 3/5] ♫

• Young's Ram Rod

• Young's Special London Ale
  [baron rating 5/5] ♫

Other Information

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Young's London Gold

Young's London Gold [baron rating 3/5] - 4.8% golden ale,slight yeasty orchard smell,delicate balanced light bitter taste,long bitter 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 Aether Blaec 2009

Hardknott Aether Blaec 2009 [baron rating 4/5] - 8% black stout, boozy sweet smell,smooth rich roasted sweet whisky taste,smoky sweet finish Baron Orm

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

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

Buy Hardknott ales here

Dark Star Brewing Company

Website www.darkstarbrewing.co.uk
Twitter @Darkstarbrewco

Bottled Beers

• Dark Star Espresso
  [baron rating 4/5] ♫

• Dark Star Imperial Stout 2007
  [baron rating coming soon]

• Dark Star Imperial Stout 2008
  [baron rating coming soon]

• Dark Star Imperial Stout 2009
  [baron rating 5/5] ♫

• Dark Star Imperial Stout 2010
  [baron rating coming soon]

• Dark Star Porter 2010
  [baron rating coming soon]

• Dark Star Sunburst
  [baron rating 4/5] ♫

Other Information

• Baron on Tour: Dark Star
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The Dark Star Brewing Company was born in 1994 in the cellar of The Evening Star Pub, in Brighton. With a brew plant only marginally bigger than an enthusiastic home-brew kit the characteristic style of hoppy beers was developed and tried out on the willing guinea pigs at the bar.

Within a few hard working years, in 2001 the brewery relocated to a new purpose-built, 15 brewers barrel brewery in Ansty, near Haywards Heath, then in January 2010 we moved to our new home in Partridge Green, West Sussex, where we plan on staying for a while.

Williams Bros Ebulum

Williams Bros Ebulum [baron rating 4/5] - 6.5% black ale,fruity roasted smell,full smooth sweet berry fruit taste,fruity bittersweet finish Baron Orm

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

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

Buy Williams Bros. ales here

Dark Star bowling anyone?

I just had to post this picture after I managed to get hold of some of the rather elusive & delicious Dark Star Imperial Stout [baron rating 5/5]:

Now all I need is a Dark Star bowling ball...

St. Sylvestre 3 Monts

St. Sylvestre 3 Monts [baron rating 2/5] - 8.5% pale gold ale,candied sweets smell,fizzy cloying sweet almond boozy taste,dry sweet 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!

Summer Wine Treason

Summer Wine Treason [baron rating 4/5] - 5% dark ruby stout,sweet roasted smell,sweet frothy roasted chestnuts taste,roasted bitter finish Baron Orm

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

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

Summer Wine Houblon

Summer Wine Houblon [baron rating 5/5] - 4.5% golden ale,piney citrus smell,pithy bitter grapefruit taste,zingy pithy citrus finish Baron Orm

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

Ascot Alligator Ale

Ascot Alligator Ale [baron rating 4/5] - 4.6% pale gold ale,butter & tropical fruits smell,sweet fruity citrus taste,dry sweet citrus finish Baron Orm

Buy Ascot ales here

Crouch Vale Apollo

Crouch Vale Apollo [baron rating 4/5] - 4.3% copper ale,pine & fresh hops smell,tangy juicy bitter hoppy taste,very hoppy dry finishBaron Orm

Buy Crouch Vale ales here

Williams Bros Roisin

Williams Bros Roisin [baron rating 1/5] - 4.2% gold ale,raspberry smell,fizzy sour raspberry taste, lasting sour finishBaron Orm

Buy Williams Bros ales here

Summer Wine Invictus

Summer Wine Invictus [baron rating 3/5] - 4.7% copper ale,sweet malty smell,over-carbonated toffee with a sour note taste,dry hoppy finishBaron Orm

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

Download flash to hear the audio review

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

Summer Wine Teleporter

Summer Wine Teleporter [baron rating 4/5] - 5.2% black porter,fruit & sweet roasted smell,full smooth bitter roasted taste,burnt malt finishBaron Orm

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