Ridgeway Lump of Coal

Not bottle conditioned

Ridgeway Lump of Coal [baron rating 4/5] - 8% black ale,vineous dark choc smell,treacle vanilla cola coffee taste,long slightly sweet finish Baron Orm

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Ridgeway TVA

Ridgeway TVA [baron rating 3/5] - 3.4% amber ale,very slightly sweet toast smell,grassy mild caramel bitter taste,slightly fruity finish Baron Orm

Ridgeway Bad King John

Ridgeway Bad King John [baron rating 4/5] - 6% dark ruby ale,burnt treacle smell,spicy controlled sweet treacle taste,burnt fruity finish Baron Orm

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Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

This was the winner of Sainsburys Great British Beer Hunt 2011!

Thank you to @SainsburysPR for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

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Looking forward to baron rating Sainsbury's Great British Beer Hunt 2011 ales

As I said earlier, it's been a very good week for the baron, as not only did Williams Brothers send their entries to the Sainsbury's Great British Beer Hunt 2011 but also Sainsbury's PR also send a few bottles through:

•  McMullen Stronghart - 7% bitter, "liquid Christmas pudding"
• Ridgeway Bad King John - 6% very English black ale
• Sadler's Worcester Sorcerer - 4.3% golden English bitter,crisp grassy aromas with warm toffee apple fruitiness & gentle bitter finish

Look out for 'baron ratings' for these Sainsbury's beers soon, and a big thank you to @SainsburysPR for sending these through to me!

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Beams British Ales pack for £3.99 in B&M Bargains

Was doing my weekly browse of the Ormskirk B&M Bargains today, looking for any cheap un-'baron rated' ales to pick up to add to my ever growing beer box. Found an interesting looking mixed pack called "British Ales" from Beams International:

It was priced at £3.99 and contains four 275ml bottles of:

• Cotswold Farm Ale - 3% ale

• Felinfoel Double Dragon - 4.2% full drinking premium Welsh ale

• Ridgeway TVA - 3.4% Thames Valley Ale

• Young's Light Ale - 3.2% light refreshing bitter

An interesting selection of low ABV ales from real breweries, not the usual nameless rubbish that normally fills these types of Christmas gift packs.

For £4 I thought it was reasonable value as a basic ale gift pack (not sure if they are any good though) - I found the same pack on the Boots website selling for a quite unreasonable £8!