Waitrose September ale & beer offers (25th August - 21st September 2010)

It's September's new beer & ale offers time in Waitrose, their PR staff had informed me ahead of time what this month's ale offers are:

• Bath Gem
£1.59 instead of £1.99

• Black Sheep Ale [baron rating 4/5]
£1.48 instead of £1.85

• St. Peter's Organic Best Bitter
£1.48 instead of £1.85

• Sharp's Doom Bar [baron rating 4/5]
£1.35 instead of £1.74

• Brains SA Gold
£1.41 instead of £1.89

• Duchy Originals 1905 Ruby Ale
£1.49 instead of £1.99

Sharp's Doom Bar is my winner this month, a very good price (£1,35) for an excellent beer!

Duchy Originals Select Ale

Duchy Originals Select Ale [baron rating 3/5] - 6.2% rich amber ale,spicy aroma,toffee & sweet orchard fruit taste,hoppy bittersweet finishBaron Orm

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

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Thank you to the PR team from Waitrose for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

Buy Duchy Original ales here

Duchy Originals Ale

Duchy Originals Ale [baron rating 2/5] - 5% amber ale,candied sweets & malt smell,sweet malt (not heavy) taste & a sweet finishBaron Orm

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

(On closer inspection of the bottle we found out that it was brewed by Wychwood - so my Hobgoblin reference wasn't too far from the truth!)

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Thank you to the PR team from Waitrose for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

Buy Duchy Original ales here

Looking forward to 'baron rating' these ales from Waitrose soon!

I had a great bottled beer day yesterday, visiting my local Waitrose store (Formby) to collect some sample bottles that their PR team had arranged to be put to one side for me:

The two unboxed bottles are the ales from the Duchy Originals series of products, I've only ever seen these beers in Waitrose stores and so I'm quite excited about 'baron rating' them.

The boxed one is a Fuller's Vintage Ale (2008) which again seems to only be available in Waitrose (at least from the stores that I visit in the north west). Waitrose carry a great range of Fuller's ales, much more than other local supermarkets.

I'm really looking forward to rating these three bottles and would like to say a big thank you to Bethan and Kelly from Waitrose head office in arranging these samples!

Buy these ales here