Details of myBrewerytap's 52 week beer club (Summer 2011)

The summer box of myBrewerytap's excellent "52 week beer club" arrived at the end of last week, here are the details of what's in the box as well as an unboxing video:

Watch Chris & I unbox the latest myBrewerytap beers:


Video recorded on Chris's excellent camera, the Panasonic LX5

• Bitter End Lakeland IPA [ baron rating 3/5] -5.5% ?
• Cotleigh Barn Owl [baron rating 4/5] -4.5% copper coloured premium bitter with hints of toffee & nut
• Dark Star Sunburst [baron rating 4/5] -4.8% gold ale with grapefruit aroma
• Hawkshead Red [baron rating 4/5] -4.4% bitter sweet rich & fruity
• Hewitt's Un-Hung Hero -5% refreshingly bottle conditioned pale ale

• Ilkley Mary Jane [baron rating 3/5] -3.5% crisp & pale with a citrus aroma
• Lymestone Foundation Stone -4.5% biscuit & chewy juicy fruit with spicy peppery taste
• Meantime Wheat -5% with characteristic banana toffee cloves aroma
• Moorhouse's Blond Witch [baron rating 3/5] -4.5% refreshing ale with a sweet citrus dry finish

• Oakham Inferno [baron rating 4/5] -4.4% complex fruits on the tongue with a dry fruity bitter finish
• Ossett Yorkshire Blonde [baron rating 4/5] -4.5% lager coloured ale,full bodied,well rounded & slightly sweet
• Williams Bros Seven Giraffes [baron rating 4/5] -5.1% 7 varieties of malted barley, wild elderflowers & lemon zest to create an aromatic moreish beer
• York Minster Ale - 4.2% premium bitter

Thank you to Richard from myBrewerytap for the complementary membership to the club, I really enjoyed being a paying member of it last year and so far it looks like it's going to be even better!

Join it now and make sure you say the baron made me do it!

Cotleigh Barn Owl

Cotleigh Barn Owl [baron rating 4/5] - 4.5% dark amber ale,rich malty smell,roasted nutty classic bitter taste,juicy malty bitter finish Baron Orm

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This was from the summer pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.

Join it now and make sure you say the baron made me do it!

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myBrewerytap's summer selection of the '52 week beer club'

Chris & I have been a member of myBrewerytap's 52 week beer club since December and so our third quarter's pack arrived a few weeks ago. Due to a 'beer backlog' I've only just found the time to blog about it's contents now, so sorry for the delay!

The box arrived in excellent condition (as always) and the first thing that I noticed was that the box was bigger than previous quarters - it could withstand a missile strike & not disturb the yeast sediment!

Inside there were 13 bottles of ale, some tasting notes and a large bag of Q pork scratchings (award winning ones at that!).

• Acorn Conquest

• Atlantic Gold

• Belvoir Melton Red

• Best Mates Vicar's Daughter

• Cotleigh Barn Owl

• Derventio Emperor's Whim

• Felinfoel Stout

• Hidden Old Sarum

• Oakleaf Hole Hearted

• Ossett Excelsior [baron rating 5/5]

• RCH Pitchfork

• Potton Shambles

• Wold Top Wold Gold

An excellent looking pack full of crisp, hoppy summer ales - a perfect match for the summer pack! I'm really looking forward to getting stuck into these beers over the coming weeks.

If you are not already a member of the "52 week beer club" I would suggest you sign up - just don't forget to say that "the baron made me do it!" ;)