St. Peter's Organic Ale

St. Peter's Organic Ale [baron rating 3/5] - this 4.5% golden ale is crisp & refreshing but nothing out of the ordinary, cool bottle though!

More Booths offers from the Duke of Windemere

The Duke of W also reported that Booths have some others expensive ales reduced to £1.50: Brakspear Triple Drop & Marston's Owd Roger

Latest offers in Booths (expires 3rd October?)

The Duke of W has reported in that Booths have some ales for £1/bottle: Adnams Lighthouse, Marston's Oyster Stout[3/5] & Wychwood White Wych

Details of Asda's great premium ale discount

I popped into Asda (Aintree) today to find some excellent ale discounts (reading via Twitter? click this link for more: http://bit.ly/lWEZz)

They have a massive number of quality ales at £1/bottle and they had loads of stock (I bought 56 bottles for myself and a couple of friends), below is the full list included in the offer, all bottles are 500ml unless otherwise stated:
  • Guinness Original (330ml)
  • McEwans No.1 Champion
I picked up a load of Tanglefoot, Spitfire and OSH along with one sample bottle of Innis &Gun, Newcastle Brown Ale, St. Peter's and Bombardier. They will be sampled over the next few days to see if they are worth stocking up on - expect Baron Ratings soon.

I also noticed that the Tanglefoot bottles had a cardboard bottle collar indicating that if you play an online game you get 50p off a future Badger ale purchase.  I've played the game a few times & now have a number of vouchers so I'll see if I can use them against the already reduced Tanglefoot.  If it works then the Tanglefoot is going to end up at effectively 50p/bottle... Now that would make the Baron very very happy!

Reduced bottled ale in Asda

It appears (via their website) that Asda have quite a few ales reduced to £1/bottle, will be checking this out in person in the day or two

Aldi (Batemans) 'Specially Selected' IPA

Aldi (Batemans) 'Specially Selected' IPA [baron rating 3/5] - this 5.0% pale amber ale is crisp, refreshing & very easy to drink, nice!

Aldi (Batemans) 'Specially Selected' Treble XB English Bitter

Aldi (Batemans) 'Specially Selected' Treble XB English Bitter [baron rating 2/5] - this 4.7% amber ale is good but not good enough for 3/5

Aldi (Batemans) 'Specially Selected' Golden Pale Ale

Aldi (Batemans) 'Specially Selected' Golden Pale Ale [baron rating 2/5] - this 4.2% ale has a pleasant smell but the taste is too thin

Aldi's ale is going to be rated very soon

I bought 3 different Aldi own-brand ales (http://bit.ly/10K1Xi) today for £1.19/bottle (brewed by Batemans) so expect a Baron Rating soon

Morrisons latest offers (9th Sept) - nothing that great really!

Popped into Morrisons (Ormskirk) today to view this month's ale offers. The Baron was most disappointed, 20p-50p off some overpriced bottles

Wychwood mix packs on offer at Netto

Netto have 4-bottle Wychwood packs for £4.99, with CircleMaster[3/5], Fiddler's Elbow[3/5], Hobgoblin[4/5] & Wychcraft[3/5] (£1.25 each)

Marston's mix packs on offer at Costco (til 20th September)

Costco have 12-bottle Marston's packs on offer at £11.49, Burton Bitter[2/5], Old Empire[5/5], Oyster Stout[3/5], Pedigree[3/5] (96p each)

Wychwood mix packs available at Costco

Costco have 12-bottle Wychwood packs for £13.79, with CircleMaster[3/5], Fiddler's Elbow[3/5], Hobgoblin[4/5], Wychcraft[3/5] (£1.15 each)

Wychwood Fiddler's Elbow

Wychwood Fiddler's Elbow [baron rating: 3/5] - this 4.5% amber ale has a fruity taste & smell & a mild hoppy aftertaste (£1.15 Costco)

Wychwood Wychcraft

Wychwood Wychcraft [baron rating: 3/5] - this 4.5% blonde beer has a citrus smell & a heavily hoppy taste (£1.15 Costco)


Wychwood CircleMaster

Wychwood CircleMaster [baron rating: 3/5] - this 4.7% smooth pale ale is pale amber in colour with a bitter aftertaste (£1.15 Costco)