Marble Dobber IPA can

Not can conditioned

Marble Dobber IPA can [baron rating 4/5] - 6.5% gold ale,sweet resinous smell,punchy sugary tropical bitter taste,juicy green apple finish Baron Orm

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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!

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Tiny Rebel Captain Insano

Can conditioned with perfect carbonation

Tiny Rebel Captain Insano [baron rating 5/5] - 10% gold ale,sweet mango resin smell,thick minty sweet resin taste,fruity very bitter finish Baron Orm

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Thank you to Paul Kruzycki from Ales By Mail for sending this through for a baron rating!

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Clay Brow Nano Parkin's Pale Ale

Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

Clay Brow Nano Parkin's Pale Ale [baron rating 2/5] - 4.5% dark amber ale,dark brown sugar smell,malty sugary taste,thin earthy bitter taste Baron Orm

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Thank you to Neil from Clay Brow Nano Brewery for handing this over for a baron rating!

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Sentinel AcW

Not can conditioned

Sentinel AcW [baron rating 5/5] - 5% hazy copper ale,fresh apricot smell,creamy delicate herbal fleshy apricot taste,dry lemongrass finish Baron Orm

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Looking forward to baron rating Hillside Severn Surge

I feel really bad about this one. The lovely people at Hillside Brewery sent through a bottle of beer before Christmas and I've only just got round to saying thank you for it today.  I've been busy but that's no excuse. I've also not really been in the mood recently for 'baron rating' - think it's probably the post-Christmas blues as well as consuming probably far too many beers over the festive period.

Anyway I'd like to thank Hillside for sending through a bottle of their Severn Surge porter:

Hillside Brewery

• Severn Surge - 5.4% porter, black in colour, smokey chocolate, coffee aroma, complex, smokey, roast malt flavour (it's almost like I don't need to baron rate it as the info is all there on the side of the bottle!)

Look out for 'baron ratings' of these beers soon, and a big thank you to Paul (@Hillsidebrewery) from Hillside Brewery for sending these through to me!

Clay Brow Nano Mrs P's

Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

Clay Brow Nano Mrs P's [baron rating 3/5] - 6% black ale,vanilla roasted smell,oily vanilla roasted choc taste,clean short bitter finish Baron Orm

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Tiny Rebel Cali

Not can conditioned

Tiny Rebel Cali [baron rating 5/5] - 5.8% gold ale,pithy fresh smell,smooth grapefruit pithy bitter taste,big dry pithy bitter finish Baron Orm

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Tiny Rebel Bo'Ho

Not bottle conditioned

Tiny Rebel Bo'Ho [baron rating 5/5] - 5% gold beer,strong grassy sweetish smell,fruity sweet lemon bittersweet taste,long dry complex finish Baron Orm

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Thank you to Paul Kruzycki from Ales By Mail for sending this through for a baron rating!

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Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA

Not bottle conditioned

Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA [baron rating 4/5] - 5.3% copper ale,orange peppery resinous smell,orange pithy lime bitter taste,dry peppery finish Baron Orm

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Thank you to  Emanuele from R&R Teamwork for sending this through for a baron rating!

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Fuller's Peat Souper

Not bottle conditioned

Fuller's Peat Souper [baron rating 5/5] - 7% black ale,peat TCP dark choc smell,velvety choc earthy burnt taste,short smoky burnt finish Baron Orm

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Looking forward to baron rating Tiny Rebel ales

We've not had any Tiny Rebel at Baron Towers for quite some time, you don't really see it around in the North West that much and I'd not been ordering that much beer online either recently. Ales By Mail sent through a few beers last week as an early Christmas present and inside was quite a nice selection of Tiny Rebel Brewery ales:

Tiny Rebel Brewery

• Beat Box - 4.5% American Pale Ale
• Bo'Ho -  5% Bohemian Lager
• Hadouken -7.4% Amplified IPA

• Cali - 5.6% American Pale Ale
• Captain Insano - 10% Triple IPA
• Clwb Tropicana - 5.5% Tropical IPA
• Cwtch - 4.6% Welsh Red Ale

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

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Oakham American Pale

Not bottle conditioned

Oakham American Pale [baron rating 4/5] - 4.2% gold ale,floral tropical smell,resinous citrus bittersweet taste,long dusty pithy finish Baron Orm

Oakham Kiwi Gold

Not bottle conditioned

Oakham Kiwi Gold [baron rating 4/5] - 4.2% pale gold ale,zesty tropical herbal savoury smell,citrus very bitter taste,fruity bitter finish Baron Orm

Badger Union Joker

Not bottle conditioned

Badger Union Joker [baron rating 3/5] - 4.4% copper ale,herby berries gentle lemon smell,savoury citrus taste,dry earthy spicy bitter finish Baron Orm

Looking forward to baron rating Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA

I've been extremely fortunate to have been sent a lot of beer over the past eight years of blogging and every now and then a brewery includes a few extras like glassware, bar runners, stickers, etc.

On Friday I received what I consider to be the best and craziest thing ever to have been sent to Baron Towers.

A wooden chest, with clasp and handle looking like something straight out of a Harry Potter movie. On opening the chest I was presented with two bottles of Wychwood's brand new Hobgoblin IPA as well as a very nice looking Spiegelau IPA tasting glass.

A brand new IPA with the perfect glass to taste it with!

Wychwood Brewery

• Hobgoblin IPA -  5.3% India Pale Ale,heftily hopped & aroma packed. Brewed with Fuggles, Goldings & Styrian hops & then amped up by the addition of some mighty American hops (Mosaic, Chinook, Centennial & Citra).

Thank you to Emanuele from R&R Teamwork for sending this through for a baron rating!

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Boss Brave

Not can conditioned

Boss Brave [baron rating 2/5] - 5.5% amber ale,candied toffee fruity smell,candied sweet stewed fruits taste,sweet fruity finish Baron Orm