Bitter End Lakeland Golden

Bitter End Lakeland Golden [baron rating 3/5] - this 4.3% copper ale has a hoppy yeast smell,strong bitter taste & fading soft sweet finish

Update (11/03/2010): This is the old recipe for this beer, the new Lakeland Golden is rated here: Bitter End Lakeland Golden

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Quartz Blonde

Quartz Blonde [baron rating 4/5] - this 3.8% golden ale has a gentle pale malt aroma,light crisp orchard fruit taste & slight caramel finish

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Penlon Cardi Bay

Penlon Cardi Bay [baron rating 2/5] - this 4% amber ale has a yeasty aroma,smooth caramel gentle bitter taste & a light sweetness to finish

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Sadler's Thin Ice

Sadler's Thin Ice [baron rating 3/5] - this 4.5% pale gold ale has a lemon zest smell, zesty hoppy cutting taste & a sharp clean finish

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Best Mates Midsummer Madness

Best Mates Midsummer Madness [baron rating 1/5] - this 3.9% copper ale has a very sweet malt smell,sour fruits taste & a yeasty sweet finish

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Update (01/02/2010): I now feel that this bottle of Best Mates Midsummer Madness had gone off or was from a bad batch after a similar message from @BeerReviewsAndy. I'm going to leave the score until I get a chance to re-sample the ale...

Adnams Tally-Ho

Adnams Tally-Ho [baron rating 5/5] - this 7.2% mahogany ale has a smoky roasted smell,rich fruity sweet taste & dark chocolate bitter finish

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This is such a wonderful rich winter beer, and it's best served with some chunks of fine vintage cheddar - it's a match made in heaven!

Best served with vintage cheddar & a roaring fire!

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Arundel ASB

Arundel ASB [baron rating 3/5] - this 4.5% dark amber ale has a spicy malt smell, a fruity malt taste & a sweet bitter finish

Asda's latest ale offers (20th Jan)

Checked the Asda website tonight and spotted that all the following ales are on for a £1 a bottle at the moment (no indication of when the offer will end):

• Badger Fursty Ferret [baron rating 4/5]

• Badger Tanglefoot [baron rating 4/5]

• Black Sheep Riggwelter [baron rating 4/5]

• Brakspear Bitter [baron rating 5/5]

• Marstons Pedigree [baron rating 3/5]

• Morland Old Speckled Hen [baron rating 4/5]

• Newcastle Brown Ale [baron rating 3/5]

• Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger [baron rating 2/5]

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5]

• Theakston Old Peculier [baron rating 4/5]

• Wells Bombardier [baron rating 3/5]

• Wychwood Goliath [baron rating 3/5]

I'm going to go down to the Aintree store tomorrow to see if I can pick up some Brakspear, Fursty Ferret and Old Peculier...

Update (21/01/2010) : The above are all on offer and in plentiful supply at the Aintree Asda store, all bottles £1 each (except the Brakspear Bitter at £1.03 a bottle)

Get down there and stock up!

Meantime India Pale Ale (IPA)

Meantime India Pale Ale [baron rating 4/5] - this 7.5% copper ale has a high ABV hop aroma,a creamy malt spicy hop taste & spicy hop finish

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Netto has Newcastle Brown Ale for £1/bottle this weekend (23rd-24th Jan)

This weekend (23rd-24th Jan) Netto have 550ml bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale[3/5] for just £1 each - there's a 12 bottle limit per customer

Purity Mad Goose

Purity Mad Goose [baron rating 4/5] - this 5% copper ale has a gentle hop aroma, a tangy citrus hops taste & a dry bitter finish

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Marston's Pedigree for £1.29/bottle in Netto (from Monday 18th Jan)

Starting on Monday (18th Jan) Netto are selling 500ml bottles of Marston's Pedigree [baron rating: 3/5] for £1.29

Great cheap ale selection from Booths (Windermere)

Mike Nolan (you are a star) picked up a great selection of ales on offer for me from Booths in Windermere. He was up there for the weekend, saw the cracking deals and got in touch with me via Twitter!

Here is my selection which cost just £11 for 9 bottles:

• Adnams Bitter [baron rating 4/5]
  

• Black Sheep Holy Grail [baron rating 5/5]

• Holden's Golden
  

• St. Peter's India Pale Ale (IPA)

• Wentworth WPA

• Wold Top Falling Stone

The Adnams Bitter and Wold Top Falling Stone were just £1/bottle (until the 19th Jan), not sure about the others but Mike did say that all fell under the baron-friendly price of £1.33.  A nice selection with nearly half that I've not tried before, Mike personally recommended the St. Peter's IPA so I'm looking forward to that! As always, 'baron ratings' will follow once they have been sampled...

Thanks again Mike!

JW Lees Brewer's Dark

JW Lees Brewer's Dark [baron rating 2/5] - this 3.5% dark brown ale has a chocolate malt aroma, a thin roasted malt taste & no real finish

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Badger England's Gold for £1/bottle in Tesco until 2nd February (Southport)

Tesco (Southport) has 500ml bottles of Badger England's Gold [baron rating coming soon] for £1/bottle from 6th January until 2nd February

Nice Adnams Bitter on in the Hayfield pub (Ormskirk)

Had a few nice pints of Adnams Bitter last night in the Hayfield (Ormskirk), a nice bitter bitter, they also had (untried) Bishops Finger on