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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Titanic Iceberg

Not bottle conditioned

Titanic Iceberg [baron rating 4/5] - 4.1% gold ale,mild lemon smell,sweet citrus mild tangerine taste,slightly harsh dry lemon bitter finish Baron Orm

Titanic Stout

Titanic Stout [baron rating 5/5] - 4.5% black stout,liquorice smoky choc smell,tart berries smoky burnt bitter taste,charcoal smoky finish Baron Orm

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Note: Not bottle conditioned

Thank you to @bob_beer from Best of British Beer for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

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Looking forward to baron rating Best of British Beer ales

Best of British Beer have sent through a few ales which either feature in their Award Winners mixed case or are new breweries that they might be stocking soon:

Best of British Beer

• Driftwood Spars Alfie's Revenge - 6.5% beer named after a stuffed squirrel. Formed from a blend of pale, crystal, brown & chocolate malts with northdown hops
• London Fields Hackney Hopster - 4.9% ale, their first beer hopped with new world Nelson Sauvin & Motueka for a great tropical fruity flavour
• Titanic Stout - 4.5% dark combination of malt & roast with true hop character. Strongly flavoured and well balanced,real old fashioned stout.

Look out for 'baron ratings' for these Best of British Beer beers soon, and a big thank you to @bob_beer for sending them through to me! 

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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!

Titanic Captain Smiths

Titanic Captain Smiths [baron rating 4/5] - 5.2% amber ale,slightly nutty smell,balanced tangy juicy malt taste,tangy bitter finish Baron Orm

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Thank you to Paul from AlesByMail for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

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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!

Looking forward to 'baron rating' more AlesByMail ales soon!

I received an amazing heavy box of ale today from Paul at AlesByMail, twenty four different bottles to 'baron rate'! Check out the packaging (and the two Eat Natural bars!):

Look at them all, peeping out at me!

The box contained the following:

• Atlantic Blue - 4.8% rich porter

• Atlantic Fistral - 5.2% strong smooth & dry premium beer

• Bavik-De Brabandere Petrus Blond - 6.6% blond beer

• Het Anker Gouden Carolus Ambrio - 6% belgian beer

• Het Anker Maneblusser - 8% belgian beer

• Conwy Rampart -4.5% premium bitter

• Crouch Vale Brewers Gold - 4% pale hoppy beer

• Crouch Vale Essex Boys - 4% best bitter

• Crouch Vale FPA - 5.9% fine pale ale

• Crouch Vale Willie Warmer - 6.4% strong dark ale

• Downton Chimera Dark Delight - 6% complex dark ale

• Downton Chimera IPA - 7% india pale ale

• Hobsons Town Crier - 4.5% crisp golden ale

• Itchen Valley Wat Tyler - 5% dark brown hoppy ale

• Laverstoke Park Real Ale - 5% organic ale

• Laverstoke Park Real Lager - 4.5% organic lager

• Leek Dark Peak Ale - 9% strong stout

• Meantime Chocolate - 6.5% chocolate beer

• Meantime London Pale Ale - 4.3% pale ale

• Orkney Dragonhead - 4% stout

• Penlon Torwen - 4.5% dark fruit beer

• Titanic Captain Smiths - 5.2% red-brown full-bodied beer

• Wentworth Oyster Stout - 4.8% full bodied oyster stout

• Wentworth Rampant Gryphon - 6.2% strong pale ale

Look out for 'baron ratings' for these AlesByMail beers soon, and a big thank you to Paul from AlesByMail for sending these through to me!

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

Morrisons (Titanic) Green Hop Beer

Morrisons (Titanic) Green Hop Beer [baron rating 2/5] - this 4.5% golden ale has a medical smell & too strong on the bitter hop aftertaste

Morrisons (Titanic) Green Hop Beer reduced to £1/bottle

My local Morrisons (Ormskirk) has bottles of Morrisons (Titanic Brewery) Green Hop Beer [baron rating 2/5] reduced by 59p to just £1