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Adnams Clump Sagin

Not bottle conditioned

Adnams Clump Sagin [baron rating 4/5] - 5% dark amber ale,rye bread mild sugary smell,rye mild glace cherry fruity taste,grainy dry finish

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Thank you to Sarah (@Adnams) from Adnams Brewery for sending this through for a baron rating!

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Adnams Fat Sprat


Perfect condition mini-cask

Adnams Fat Sprat [baron rating 4/5] - 3.8% amber ale,brown bread apple peel smell,toffee banana apple spicy taste,long coriander leaf finish

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Looking forward to baron rating Adnams ales

A completely unexpected package arrived last week from Adnams Brewery, here's what was inside:

Love the cartoon fishing boat & fish on the logo

Fat Sprat (mini-cask) - 3.8% Amber Beer, full-flavoured & refreshing, much more detail is available on the Fat Sprat page on their website

full-flavoured and refreshing

More good looking bottles from Adnams

Clump Sagin - 5% Rye IPA, a fine ale that's robust ,smooth and full bodied (part of their Jack Brand Beers series) - more details on their website
Innovation - arrived for review a few weeks back...
Native Britten - 4.5% Benjamin Britten's Centenary ale, brewed solely from Suffolk ingredients - malted barley and wheat, First Gold hops and a touch of honey and thyme - more details on their website

As you may have noticed there are three versions of the Native Britten ale, all three are the same ale just with different coloured (and styled) labels.

Look out for baron ratings for these Adnams ales soon, and a big thank you to Sarah (@Adnams) for sending them through to me!

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Founders All Day IPA

Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

Founders All Day IPA [baron rating 4/5] - 4.7% copper ale,pine grapefruit caramel smell,fresh hops citrus bitter taste,piney bitter finish

Note: I found the body of this a bit thin, I know it's meant to be a big hitting IPA without the malty (and therefore boozy) body but there are plenty of British ales which are lower ABV than this and have a much fully body. Hence why I've scored it a point down. Don't get me wrong, it's incredibly fresh smelling and tasting and most other UK beer bloggers are raving about it.

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Coniston Bluebird Bitter

Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

Coniston Bluebird Bitter [baron rating 4/5] - 4.2% copper ale,mild flinty sulphurous smell,balanced caramel sultana taste,dry peppery finish

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Thank you to Ian Bradley (@ConistonBrewCo) from Coniston Brewery for sending this through for a baron rating!

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Beavertown 8-Ball

Bottle conditioned with lively carbonation

Beavertown 8-Ball [baron rating 5/5] - 6.2% amber ale,candied grapefruit smell,rye bread candied resinous taste,dusty bittersweet finish

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

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Bridestones Tohunga

Bridestones Tohunga [baron rating 5/5] - 6.3% amber ale,sugary resinous smell,fresh bright piney resin tropical taste,fruity bitter finish

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Elland Ushuaia

Not bottle conditioned

Elland Ushuaia [baron rating 4/5] - 4.6% pale gold ale,very mild fruity smell,vanilla grainy syrupy citrus taste, sweetish vanilla finish

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Thank you to Martin from Elland Brewery for sending this through for a baron rating!

Fordham Wisteria Wheat

Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

Fordham Wisteria Wheat [baron rating 3/5] - 5.1% gold ale,sugary banana clove wheat smell,balanced but muted taste,juicy Opal Fruits finish

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Thank you to Gemma (@SlurpBeer) from Slurp for sending this through for a baron rating!

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Magic Rock Un-Human Cannonball

Not bottle conditioned

Magic Rock Un-Human Cannonball [baron rating 5/5] - 12% copper ale,fresh tropical resinous smell,syrupy tropical taste,fruity bitter finish

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Mayfields Priory Pale Ale

Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

Mayfields Priory Pale Ale [baron rating 5/5] - 4% copper ale,tangy spicy marmalade smell,peppery citrus bitter taste,very dry fruity finish

Note: I first tried this beer in it's non-bottle-conditioned form back in March and was very unimpressed - it was dull, weak and thin and wasn't much for a bottled ale. I'm so please to say that the bottle conditioned version is so much better that my rating for this ale has gone from a 2/5 to a 5/5! Adam should be extremely proud of the job he has done on bringing this bottled beer to us in the way that it should be experienced, really goes to show the difference that different bottling techniques can have!

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