Looking forward to all these Best of British Beers!






I was fortunate to be picked as a beer judge at the recent SIBA Wales & West Region competition down in Ludlow, and bumped into Will and Gill from Best of British Beer. They have been a supporter of the Baron some time ago and it was great to catch up with them both and to find out that they are doing very well. They sold a load of beer in minutes via QVC, sell hand-picked beer selections as well as providing gift packs of ales, wines and spirits.  They said that they would send through some samples from their 'curated packs' and a couple of days later a box arrived in perfect condition:

These six beers were selected as part of their "craft" selection:
  • 360 Degrees Project Gemini v2.0 - 4.3% twin hopped session pale ale
  • Animal Oink! - 4.6% Yakima red rye ale
  • Crate Pale - 4.5% fresh & aromatic, bursting with tropical aromas
  • Electric Bear Livewire - 5.4% IPA, citrus & floral herb notes with perfectly balanced bitterness. It gives a punchy crisp finish
  • Fyne Ragnarok - 7.4% double IPA - imperial Jarl, sweet hoppy aromas followed by citrus and toffee to finish
  • Uprising Treason - 6% West Coast IPA, burning bronze in colour with a big hop aroma that gives way to a lingering spicy bitterness


These six beers are part of their "sub four" selection, all low ABV, but high on flavour:
  • Allendale Pennine Pale - 4% golden ale, brewed with an outstanding trio of bold American hops for a full fruity aroma and flavour, with a refreshing citrus finish
  • Brighton Bier Bier- 4% 'all-rounder' pale, progressive yet balanced, moreish and refreshing
  • Bude Porthbud - 4% pale ale
  • Exeter Avocet - 3.9% pale straw colour with a light citrus taste
  • Peerless Triple Blond - 4% zesty blonde ale, a blonde ale using three malts and three hops. Brewing with a higher than normal percentage of wheat gives this zesty beer its unique flavour
  • Shropshire Brewer The Golden Arrow - 3.9% pale ale, a moderate strength pale gold session ale with an abundance of hop character provided by a blend of New Zealand and British hop varieties
Look out for 'baron ratings' for these Best of British Beer beers soon, and a big thank you to Will & Gill (@bob_beer) for sending them through to me!

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Looking forward to baron rating Salopian Sienna



I was fortunate to be selected to judge at the SIBA Wales & West beer competition down in Ludlow last Friday which was as always an excellent event, some bad beer, mostly good beer and excellent people made for a great day trip from Ormskirk with Chris.

Salopian Brewery are part of that region and it's always good to catch up with the folks from the brewery and especially Jake who always takes time out to have a good chat to us about the brewery, new beers and life in general. He was also very kind and handed over a bottle of the next installment from their 'brown bottle no description' range:

It's a 4.4% something...
Salopian Brewery
  • Sienna - 4.4% ?
Look out for a 'baron rating' for this Salopian Brewery beer soon, and a big thank you to Jake (@SalopianBrewery) for handing it over to me!

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Adnams Triple Knot

Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation
Adnams Triple Knot [baron rating 5/5] - 10% amber ale,brioche smell,balanced warming spicy honey apricot tangerine taste,fruity spicy finish
Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it

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

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Magic Rock High Wire Grapefruit can

Not can conditioned
Magic Rock High Wire Grapefruit can [baron rating 5/5] - 5.5% gold ale,grapefruit smell,sourish sweet grapefruit taste,pithy biscuity finish
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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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Magic Rock High Wire can

Not can conditioned
Magic Rock High Wire can [baron rating 4/5] - 5.5% hazy gold ale,punchy sweet grapefruit smell,pine tropical sherbet taste,bitter dry finish
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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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Shepherd Neame Spitfire Gold can

Not can conditioned
Shepherd Neame Spitfire Gold can [baron rating 3/5] - 4.3% copper ale,citrus medicinal smell,peppery bittersweet taste,spicy creamy finish
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Thank you to John Humphreys (@ShepherdNeame) from Shepherd Neame for sending this through for a baron rating!

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