Mallinsons Hopped

Mallinsons Hopped [baron rating 5/5] - 3.9% gold ale,tropical fruity smell,fresh citrus mild resin taste,prickly fresh bitter finish Baron Orm

Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

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Windsor & Eton Conqueror

Windsor & Eton Conqueror [baron rating 5/5] - 5% black ale,citrus roasted smell,balanced burnt liquorice citrus taste,dry bitter finish Baron Orm

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Note: Not bottle conditioned

Thank you to Paul Kruzycki from Ales By Mail for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

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White's Garter Star 1344

White's Garter Star 1344 [baron rating 2/5] - 4.9% copper ale,sweet honey smell,thin butterscotch taste,mild sugar water finish Baron Orm

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Note: Not bottle conditioned

This was part of the autumn pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.

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Prospect Blinding Light

Prospect Blinding Light [baron rating 4/5] - 4.2% gold ale,grassy lager-like smell,crisp lemon refreshing pilsner taste,fresh spicy finish Baron Orm

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Note: Not bottle conditioned

Thank you to Prospect Brewery for handing this over for a 'baron rating'!

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BrewDog Paradox Smokehead

BrewDog Paradox Smokehead [baron rating 2/5] - 10% black stout,smoky TCP iodine smell,sweet then very bitter taste,smoky sweet fruity finish Baron Orm

Note: I gave it a 2/5 as I don't like whisky and so don't like this (any my buying preference is the whole point of this blog), Paul gives it a 3/5 and Chris gives it a 4/5 bordering on 5/5 - I'll let you figure out if you would like it...

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Note: Not bottle conditioned

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

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Details of my International beerswap with PintsAndPanels

The Baroness recently disappeared off to Eugene, Oregon and as it happened PintsAndPanels, a comic-strip beer reviewer also very recently moved out to Eugene from the East coast of the states to work at the excellent-sounding 16 Tons beer store. When I found this out I just knew that we had to do an international beerswap - after all it's a big WIN for both of us to be able to try beers that we can't normally pick up.

Here's a photo of my 'package':

And here's the line-up:

•  Adnams Tally-Ho 2009 [baron rating 5/5] - 7.2% bottle-conditioned barley wine style beer
• Dark Star Imperial Stout 2009 [baron rating 5/5] - 10.5% bottle-conditioned complex beer with a big flavour
• Magic Rock Human Cannonball [baron rating 5/5] - 9.2% double IPA, massive pine & candied orange aromas,with bitter/sweet grapefruit & mango flavours
• Stringers IPA [baron rating 5/5] - 5.5% bottled version of their Victoria IPA

And this is what came back:

And here's the line-up:

• Avery Ellie's Brown Ale - 5.5% deep russet brew,dominated by chocolate & brown sugar maltiness with hints of vanilla & nuts,producing a very smooth, well-balanced & quaffable brown ale [ratebeer 90%]
• Bear Republic Racer 5 - 7% aggressive styled India Pale Ale. This golden, well hopped, bottle-conditioned ale demands your attention [ratebeer 99%]
• Fort George Vortex IPA - 7.7% IPA. We didn't want to make an IPA that would rip the taste buds off your tongue,but something that harnessed the power of Simcoe, Amarilla, and Cascade hope to the gentleness of 2-row barley in a vortex of extreme lupulin ecstasy. [ratebeer 94%]
• Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale - 6.5% Rocky Mountain pale ale [ratebeer 98%]
• Oskar Blues Old Chub - 8% Scotch ale [ratebeer 97%]

I am sooooo looking forward to trying these beers, American canned craft ales is one of my interests and I've also really wanted to try Racer 5 since so many other bloggers raved on about it - I can't wait to get stuck in!

A massive thank you to PintsAndPanels for agreeing to a beerswap, please follow her at @PintsAndPanels to see what she thinks of our British ales!

If you fancy some cartoon-style reviews of beers then make sure you check out the PintsAndPanels website.

Okells Aile

Okells Aile [baron rating 4/5] - 4.7% black porter,smoky TCP/bandages smell,smooth oily peaty liquorice taste,oily peaty liquorice finish Baron Orm

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Note: Not bottle conditioned

Thank you to Mike from Okells Brewery for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

Williams Bros March of the Penguins

Williams Bros March of the Penguins [baron rating 4/5] - 4.9% black stout,smoky choc smell,creamy bitter taste,berries smoky bitter finish Baron Orm

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Ilkley Ilkley Black

Ilkley Ilkley Black [baron rating 3/5] - 3.7% dark ruby mild,roasted choc smell,bit thin flat cheap cola taste,slightly burnt choc finish Baron Orm

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Note: Not bottle conditioned

This was part of the autumn pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.

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Shepherd Neame Spooks Ale

Shepherd Neame Spooks Ale [baron rating 4/5] - 4.7% dark amber ale,dried fruits plumy smell,nice sweetness fruity taste,spicy fruity finish Baron Orm

Note: Not bottle conditioned

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Marble Old Manchester

Marble Old Manchester [baron rating 5/5] - 7.3% amber ale,sultana candied sweets smell,sweet rich caramel peppery taste,sticky bitter taste Baron Orm

This is the collaboration brew between Marble and Fuller's and it's turned out a real treat!

Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

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Tom Wood's Harvest Bitter

Tom Wood's Harvest Bitter [baron rating 3/5] - 4.3% copper ale,nutty caramel smell,mild carmel bit burnt fruity taste,dry mild tangy finish Baron Orm

Note: not bottle conditioned

Prospect One-Twenty

Prospect One-Twenty [baron rating 4/5] - 4% gold ale,earthy smell,floral citrus golden syrup taste,dry citrus finish Baron Orm

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Note: Not bottle conditioned

Thank you to Prospect Brewery for handing this over for a 'baron rating'!

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Wooden Hand Cornish Mutiny

Wooden Hand Cornish Mutiny [baron rating 3/5] - 4.8% dark amber ale,caramel raisin smell,biscuity raisin taste.mild fruity bitter finish Baron Orm

Note: Not bottle conditioned

Marble Decadence 2009

Marble Decadence 2009 [baron rating 5/5] - 8.7% black stout,boozy plumy smell,sweet coffee cherries & smoky taste,juicy sweet smoky finish Baron Orm

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Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

Just look at the attention to detail on this, not only did they wax seal the cork & cage, they stamped a little Marble pint pot logo in the top of it!



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Nogne O India Pale Ale

Nogne O India Pale Ale [baron rating 5/5] - 7.5% copper ale,soft fresh tropical smell,sweet fruits soft piney taste,long piney bitter finish Baron Orm

Note: Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation

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