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| Not bottle conditioned |
Skinner's Porthleven [baron rating /5] - 4.8% pale gold ale,grapefruit smell,zingy zesty bitter citrus taste,refreshing bitter lemon finish
Black Wolf Coulls
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Black Wolf Coulls [baron rating /5] - 4.2% pale gold lager,grassy smell,crisp balanced peachy smooth taste,pretty dry mild fruity finish
Thank you to Siobhan from Beer52 for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Black Wolf ales from Beer52
Buy Black Wolf ales from Beer52
Butcombe IPA
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Butcombe IPA [baron rating /5] - 5% amber ale,caramel spicy apple smell,balanced spicy peppery prickly bitter taste,dry bittersweet finish
Bristol Beer Factory Ultimate Stout v2
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Bristol Beer Factory Ultimate Stout v2 [baron rating /5] - 7.5% black ale,vineous mild choc smell,smooth winey choc taste,bit thin finish
Thank you to Paul Kruzycki from Ales By Mail for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Bristol Beer Factory ales from Ales By Mail
Buy Bristol Beer Factory ales from Ales By Mail
Thwaites Crafty Dan
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Thwaites Crafty Dan [baron rating /5] - 6% copper ale,spicy zingy tropical smell,peppery spicy lime taste,lingering caramel bitter finish
RedWillow Heartless
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
RedWillow Heartless [baron rating /5] - 4.9% black ale,70% dark choc smell,berries burnt mild astringent taste,long black coffee finish
Fourpure Pils
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| Not can conditioned |
Fourpure Pils [baron rating /5] - 4.7% gold beer,grassy herbal smell,creamy strong herbal almost minty taste,very herbal finish
Thank you to Paul Kruzycki from Ales By Mail for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Fourpure ales from Ales By Mail
Buy Fourpure ales from Ales By Mail
Valhalla White Wife
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Valhalla White Wife [baron rating /5] - 4.5% copper ale,sweet honey smell,honey sultana bittersweet taste,mild orange barley water finish
Thank you to Chris for bringing this round for a baron rating!
Buy Valhalla ales direct
Guinness Dublin Porter
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Guinness Dublin Porter [baron rating /5] - 3.8% black ale,earthy roasted cola smell,dark roasted bittersweet taste,mild burnt bitter finish
Buy Guinness ales from Morrisons
Natural Selection Mutiny on the Beagle
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Natural Selection Mutiny on the Beagle [baron rating /5] - 5.8% amber ale,citrus smell,wheat zingy citrus balanced taste,long fruity finish
Nobby's T'owd Navigation
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Nobby's T'owd Navigation [baron rating /5] - 6.1% dark brown ale,sweet molasses smell,full bodied fruitcake taste,earthy bittersweet finish
Thank you to Andrew (@TheAleRoom) from The Ale Room for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Nobby's ales from The Ale Room
Buy Nobby's ales from The Ale Room
Beavertown Neck Oil
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| Not can conditioned |
Beavertown Neck Oil [baron rating /5] - 4.3% gold ale,floral citrus fresh hop smell,mild herbal citrus bitter taste,fruit squash finish
Thank you to Paul Kruzycki from Ales By Mail for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Beavertown ales from Ales By Mail
Buy Beavertown ales from Ales By Mail
Shepherd Neame Barley Wine
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Shepherd Neame Barley Wine [baron rating /5] - 10% dark amber ale,boozy port smell,dark treacle gingery sweet bourbon taste,mellow finish
Thank you to John Humphreys (@ShepherdNeame) from Shepherd Neame for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Shepherd Neame ales direct
Buy Shepherd Neame ales direct
Salopian Kinetic
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| Bottle conditioned with lively carbonation |
Salopian Kinetic [baron rating /5] - 6.5% copper ale,all citrus fruits esp blood orange smell,zingy zesty bitter taste,fruity bitter finish
Thank you to Jake (@SalopianBrewery) from Salopian Brewery for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Salopian ales from Holborn Ales
Buy Salopian ales from Holborn Ales
Looking forward to hosting Ales By Mail's live twitter tasting featuring Okell's ales
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On Wednesday evening at 8pm I'll be hosting the next live twitter tasting for Ales By Mail. They got in touch a couple of weeks ago and asked if I was familar with Okell's and would I like to run the session.I am quite familiar with Okell's, the Isle of Man's largest brewery as I've been to the IOM a number of times, and make a point of hunting out some cask pints of Olaf or MPA (two fantastically tasty sub-4% ales). My initial pick of Okell's bottled range was Aile & 1907 but supply issues of 1907 meant that we've gone with my backup plan of their IPA.
Okell's Brewery
If you've taken advantage of the free bottle codes then I'm looking forward to you joining me at 8pm on Wednesday night as we walk through the two beers, I plan to start with the lighter IPA and then move into the slightly stronger in alcohol but much stronger in taste Aile.
If you've got them in the fridge (I have), make sure to take them both out around 15 minutes before we start, you want the IPA to be coldish and refreshing but not so cold that the subtle balanced of flavours is lost, make sure the Aile comes out at the same time as you want that to be a bit warmer to really let those peated smokey aromas open up.
See you on Twitter at 8pm Wednesday, please use the hashtag #beerybits so that we can all follow along and see what everyone is posting. Oh and make sure you are following @AlesByMail as not only will they be joining in but they might be running some competitions as well! Also you might like to follow @OkellsAles which is the account for Dr. Mike Cowbourne, head brewer at Okells who will be joining us online for the evening.
Thanks to Chrissie Saunders from Ales By Mail for asking if I would like to host the tasting session and sending through the bottles and glassware.
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| Nice clean branded bottles and a lovely pint glass! |
Okell's Brewery
- IPA - 4.5% "extremely light-coloured beer with a surprising full-bodied taste. The sweetness is offset by a very strong hopping rate. That gives the finished beer an overall roundness with very spicy, lemony notes and a fine dry finish to counteract the initial sweetness"
- Aile - 4.7% smoked porter, "Aile is the Manx Celtic word for Fire and this crafted Okell's beer has delicate, smokey aromas derived from the careful addition of peated malt. This malt is made from selected barley that uses burning peat during the malting process"
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If you've got them in the fridge (I have), make sure to take them both out around 15 minutes before we start, you want the IPA to be coldish and refreshing but not so cold that the subtle balanced of flavours is lost, make sure the Aile comes out at the same time as you want that to be a bit warmer to really let those peated smokey aromas open up.
See you on Twitter at 8pm Wednesday, please use the hashtag #beerybits so that we can all follow along and see what everyone is posting. Oh and make sure you are following @AlesByMail as not only will they be joining in but they might be running some competitions as well! Also you might like to follow @OkellsAles which is the account for Dr. Mike Cowbourne, head brewer at Okells who will be joining us online for the evening.
Thanks to Chrissie Saunders from Ales By Mail for asking if I would like to host the tasting session and sending through the bottles and glassware.
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