Marston's (Morrisons) IPA

Not bottle conditioned

Marston's (Morrisons) IPA [baron rating 3/5] - 5.8% gold ale,flinty mild floral smell,balanced bittersweet flinty taste,earthy floral finish Baron Orm

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Titanic (Morrisons) American Red Ale

Not bottle conditioned

Titanic (Morrisons) American Red Ale [baron rating 2/5] - 4.5% dark amber ale,earthy smell,leafy toffee bitter taste,spicy astringent finish Baron Orm

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Morrisons April ale & beer offers (21st March - 17th April 2011)

It's Aprils new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch this week to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Adnams Broadside [baron rating 5/5]
  1.45 instead of 1.85
• Jennings Sneck Lifter [baron rating 3/5]
  1.45 instead of 1.65
• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  1.49 instead of 1.69
• Castle Rock Kiss Me Kate
  1.50 guest ale
• Springhead The Leveller
  1.75 new in
• Titanic Iceburg
  1.75 new in

The Adnams Broadside [baron rating 5/5] is probably the best offer on, I've not tried a few of these but there was nothing that was forcing me to buy it!

Morrisons March ale & beer offers (28th February - 20th March 2011)

 It's March's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch last week to check them out. (sorry they are late!)

Here are the details:

• Brains SA [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.75
• Brains SA Gold [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.75
• Innis & Gunn Oak-Aged Beer [baron rating 1/5]
  £4 for 3 bottles
• Marston's Double Drop [baron rating 3/5]
  £1 instead of £1.75
• Marston's VSOP [baron rating 3/5]
  £2 instead of  £2.35
• Shepherd Neame Early Bird
  Guest ale £1.29

Not a great deal on offer this month but I couldn't help but pick up a few bottles of Brains SA Gold - I really like this beer as an unfussy unthinking ale which has a lovely citrusy bittersweet taste.

Morrisons February ale & beer offers (24th January - 27th February 2011)

It's February's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons (or rather it was last week) so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch yesterday to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Badger Fursty Ferret [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.65

• Badger Golden Champion [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.29 instead of £1.69

• Badger Golden Glory [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.65

• Badger Tanglefoot [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.65

• Brains SA [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.75

• Brains SA Gold [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.75

• Marston's Strong Pale Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.50 instead of £1.85

• Ringwood Boondoggle
  £1.25 instead of £1.75

• Timothy Taylor Landlord [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.79 instead of £1.99

Most of this month's offers are within the 'baron bargain' price range (£1.30 or less), if I was in a beer-buying mood I'd probably go for some Fursty Ferret & Tanglefoot. I did notice that unlike other months, Ormskirk Morrisons had full shelves for each of the ales on offer so at least if you like the ale on offer you've a chance of actually buying some!

Morrisons January ale & beer offers (3rd January - 23rd January 2011)

It's January's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons (or rather it was last week) so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Marston's The Ashes
£1 (guest ale)

• Marston's Pedigree [baron rating 2/5]
£8 for an 8-bottle box

• Shepherd Neame Master Brew [baron rating 4/5]
£1 (guest ale)

I bought a bottle of the Master Brew as it's not a bad tipple at all,nothing to fancy and very "Shepherd Neame" but nice none the less. I didn't bother with Marston's The Ashes brew as it looked almost identical to their Victorious Ale [baron rating 1/5] which wasn't very nice at all!

Morrisons December ale & beer offers (29th November 2010 - 2nd January 2011)

It's December's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Morland Old Crafty Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  £2 instead of £2.59

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.35 instead of £1.65

• Greene King Abbot Reserve [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.53 instead of £2.03

• Greene King Suffolk Springer
  £1.53 instead of £2.03

• Jennings Cumberland Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.29 instead of £1.69

• Jennings Snecklifter [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.23 instead of £1.58

• Wychwood King Goblin [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.89 instead of £2.19

Looks like Morrisons have picked some of the stronger richer more wintery ales to be on offer this time round. I'm a fan of a pint of Old Speckled Hen with chicken or turkey roast dinners I find the spiciness of the beer goes well with the white meat.

As the Suffolk Springer is the only one I've not 'baron rated' I would have bought one, but it was all gone (or rather they'd had no stock of it for around a month already...)

Morrisons November ale & beer offers (8th - 28th November 2010)

It's November's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Adnams Broadside [baron rating 5/5]
  £1.50 instead of £1.75

• Badger Golden Champion [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.67

• Brains SA Gold [baron rating coming soon]
  £1.25 instead of £1.67

• Brains SA [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.67

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5]
  £1 instead of £1.69

• Greene King Abbot Reserve [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.53 instead of £2.03

• Greene King Suffolk Springer
  £1.53 instead of £2.03

• Morland Old Crafty Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  £2 instead of 2.59

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.35 instead of £1.65

• Morrisons (Titanic) Green Hop Beer [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.50

• Ringwood Old Thumper [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.36 instead of £1.76

A long list of offers this month and most are pretty good, there's quite a deduction on the strong ales, I think my 'baron pick' is the Adnams Broadside, it's so rich & smooth - perfect for long cold nights at home!

Wychwood Hobgoblin 8 for £8 in Morrisions (19th October - 7th November 2010)

Morrisons has 8-bottle (500ml) boxes of Wychwood Hobgoblin [baron rating 4/5] for just £8 until 7th Nov.Best before 31/10/2011 #baronbargain

Morrisons October ale & beer offers (4th October - 7th November 2010)

It's October's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Batemans XXXB [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.25 instead of £1.69

• JW Lees Coronation Ale
  £1.25 guest ale

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  4-bottle pack: £5.19 instead of £6.19

• Scottish & Newcastle Newcastle Brown Ale [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.50 instead of £1.67

Batemans XXXB is the 'baron bargain' of the month, this tasty 4.8% classic bitter is a lovely drink and rarely on offer, get some stocked up!

Morrisons September ale & beer offers (6th September - 3rd October 2010

It's September's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch on Wednesday to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
£1.41 instead of £1.67

• Jennings Sneck Lifter [baron rating 3/5]
£1.24 instead of £1.43

Yeap, that's it. Sneck Lifter is within the 'baron bargain' price range of £1.30 but it's not one I'm going to be stocking up on.

Morrisons August ale & beer offers (9th August - 5th September 2010)

It's August's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch on Tuesday to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Black Sheep Yorkshire Square Ale [baron rating 3/5]
£1.43 instead of £1.63

• Holts Humdinger
£1.19 instead of £1.69

• Marston's Strong Pale Ale [baron rating 3/5]
£1.55 instead of £1.75

• Marston's Pedigree VSOP [baron rating coming soon]
£1.95 instead of £2.25

• Ringwood Old Thumper [baron rating 2/5]
£1.56 instead of £1.76

• Wothington's White Shield [baron rating 4/5]
£1.59 instead of £1.89

• Wychwood King Goblin [baron rating 2/5]
£1.89 instead of £2.19

The winner this month is Worthington's White Shield, it's a quality bottle conditioned ale with a superb mouthfeel, so light & frothy and very balanced as well.

Morrisons July ale & beer offers (12th July - 8th August 2010)

It's July's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Courage Directors [baron rating 3/5]
£1.49 instead of £1.69

• Jennings Sneck Lifter [baron rating 3/5]
£1.24 instead of £1.44

• Marston's Old Empire [baron rating 5/5]
£1.28 instead of £1.48

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5]
£1

• Wells Bombardier [baron rating 4/5]
£1.49 instead of £1.69

• Wells Waggledance
£1.29

There are two winners this month, both below the 'baron bargain' price limit of £1.30 - Marston's Old Empire and Shepherd Neame Spitfire - both crisp hoppy strong ales for a cracking price, stock up!

Some price cuts & a new addition in Morrisons

Popped into Morrisons today and spotted a couple of new price cuts and a new addition to their line-up:

• Badger Fursty Ferret [baron rating 4/5]
£1.43 instead of £1.60

• Badger Golden Glory [baron rating 2/5]
£1.41 instead of £1.70

• Sierra Nevada Pale Ale [baron rating 5/5]
£1.64

It's great to see new beers appearing in Morrisons, their ale line-up has been quite stagnant recently but with the addition of Worthington's White Shield and now Sierra Nevada Pale Ale it's starting to get interesting!

Morrisons May ale & beer offers (7th June - 11th July 2010)

It's June's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Black Sheep Riggwelter [baron rating 4/5]
£1.50 instead of £1.70

• Greene King Abbot Reserve [baron rating 3/5]
1.55 instead of £2.05

• Greene King Suffolk Springer
£1.55 instead of £2.05

• Marston's Burton Bitter [baron rating 2/5]
£1.19 guest ale

• Marston's Strong Pale Ale [baron rating 3/5]
£1.55 instead of £1.75

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
£1.51 instead of £1.71

• Ringwood Old Thumper [baron rating 2/5]
£1.55 instead of £1.75

The Burton Bitter is the only ale within the 'baron bargain' price range (£1.30 or less) but I find it very thin and watery hence the [baron rating 2/5]. The Suffolk Springer is probably this month's winner have a decent discount on a high ABV ale.

Let's just say the baron didn't stock up on anything today :(

Morrisons May ale & beer offers (10th May - 6th June 2010)

It's May's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Badger Golden Champion [baron rating 3/5]
£1.50 instead of £1.70

• Badger Fursty Ferret [baron rating 4/5]
£1.38 instead of £1.58

• Holts 1849 [baron rating 2/5]
£1 instead of 1.69

• Ridley's Old Bob [baron rating 3/5]
£1.35 (guest ale)

• Badger Tanglefoot [baron rating 4/5]
£1.50 instead of £1.70

• Badger Golden Glory [baron rating 2/5]
£1.50 instead of £1.70

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
4 bottles for £4.98 instead of £5.48

I'm not overly impressed with the offers this month, although they have a bottle at £1 it's the rather dire Holts 1849 which was bland and watery. The Old Speckled Hen is the best offer, working out a 'baron bargain' of around £1.25 per bottle.

As always I'll check back next month...

Wells Bombardier for £1 a bottle in Morrisons until 25th April (Ormskirk)

Morrisons (Ormskirk) has 500ml bottles of Wells Bombardier [baron rating 4/5] for £1 rather than the normal £1.70 until 25th April 2010

Morrisons April ale & beer offers (12th April - 9th May 2010)

It's April's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Black Sheep Riggwelter [baron rating 4/5]
£1.53 instead of £1.73

• Black Sheep Yorkshire Square Ale [baron rating 3/5]
£1.39 instead of £1.59 

• Jennings Sneck Lifter [baron rating 3/5]
£1.27 instead of £1.47 

• Marston's Old Empire [baron rating 5/5]
£1.28 instead of £1.48 

• Marston's Pale Ale [baron rating coming soon]
£1.50 instead of £1.70 

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
4 for £4.25 instead of £5.25 

• Ringwood Old Thumper [baron rating 2/5]
£1.53 instead of £1.73 

• Wells Banana Bread Beer
£1.23 instead of £1.43 

• Young's Kew Gold [baron rating 3/5]
£1.65 instead of £1.85

A good set of offers this month, four within the 'baron bargain' range (less than £1.30 per bottle). The winner this month by far is the Old Empire offer, this is one of my favourite beers and at £1.28 for a tasty strong ale it's a great offer!

As always I'll check back next month...

Morrisons March ale & beer offers (8th March - 11th April 2010)

It's March's new beer & ale offers time in Morrisons so I popped into the local Ormskirk branch today to check them out.

Here are the details:

• Greene King Abbot Reserve [baron rating 3/5]
  £1.49 instead of £1.99

• Morland Old Crafty Hen [baron rating 4/5 ♫]
  £1.99 instead of £2.49

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.45 instead of £1.65

• Greene King Ruddles Best [baron rating 2/5]
  £1.29

• Greene King Suffolk Springer
  £1.49 instead of £1.99

• Timothy Taylor's Landlord [baron rating 4/5]
  £1.65 instead of £1.85

• Classic Ales of England 12-bottle pack
  £14

So for another month there's nothing amazing - the discount on the Landlord is ok and the (un-rated) Ruddle Best is within the 'baron bargain' price of less than £1.33, as is the Classic Ales of England pack but there's nothing here that I'm going to stock up on.

As always, if I notice any changes before the 11th of April I'll let you know, otherwise there'll be a new post around then of April's offers!

Morrisons (Titanic) Chocolate & Vanilla Stout

Morrisons (Titanic) Chocolate & Vanilla Stout [baron rating 1/5] - this 4.5% black stout has a vanilla smell, burnt dark choc taste & finish