Strangford Lough Bareleg's Brew

Strangford Lough Bareleg's Brew [baron rating 2/5] - 4.5% dark amber ale,roasted caramel smell,thin fruity taste,slightly sweet fruit finishBaron Orm

Thank you to Grace from Strangford Lough for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

Saltaire Triple Chocoholic

Saltaire Triple Chocoholic [baron rating 4/5] - 4.8% black stout,dark chocolate smell,smooth chocolate & roasted bitter taste,bitter finishBaron Orm

Thank you to Richard from myBrewerytap for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

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Holden's Golden

Holden's Golden [baron rating 3/5] - 3.9% golden ale,sweet fruity aroma, fruity & caramel bitter taste & bitter sweet finishBaron Orm

Young's Special London Ale for 94p a bottle in Tesco

Tesco has Young's Special London Ale [baron rating 5/5] reduced to clear at 94p a bottle - shame all my local stores have no stock! :(

Elmtree Dark Horse Stout

Elmtree Dark Horse Stout [baron rating 2/5] - 5% black ale,roasted malt smell,flat sweet malt & juicy hops taste, sweet finish - not a stoutBaron Orm

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

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Brooklyn Lager

Brooklyn Lager [baron rating 5/5] - 5.2% copper ale, citrus hops smell, balanced spicy juicy citrus hops taste, clean bitter finishBaron Orm

Thank you to Richard from myBrewerytap for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

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Fuller's ESB

Fuller's ESB [baron rating 5/5] - 5.9% amber ale,sweet malt & orchard fruit aroma,balanced spicy marmalade taste & spicy bitter finishBaron Orm

myBrewerytap's summer selection of the '52 week beer club'

Chris & I have been a member of myBrewerytap's 52 week beer club since December and so our third quarter's pack arrived a few weeks ago. Due to a 'beer backlog' I've only just found the time to blog about it's contents now, so sorry for the delay!

The box arrived in excellent condition (as always) and the first thing that I noticed was that the box was bigger than previous quarters - it could withstand a missile strike & not disturb the yeast sediment!

Inside there were 13 bottles of ale, some tasting notes and a large bag of Q pork scratchings (award winning ones at that!).

• Acorn Conquest

• Atlantic Gold

• Belvoir Melton Red

• Best Mates Vicar's Daughter

• Cotleigh Barn Owl

• Derventio Emperor's Whim

• Felinfoel Stout

• Hidden Old Sarum

• Oakleaf Hole Hearted

• Ossett Excelsior [baron rating 5/5]

• RCH Pitchfork

• Potton Shambles

• Wold Top Wold Gold

An excellent looking pack full of crisp, hoppy summer ales - a perfect match for the summer pack! I'm really looking forward to getting stuck into these beers over the coming weeks.

If you are not already a member of the "52 week beer club" I would suggest you sign up - just don't forget to say that "the baron made me do it!" ;)

Flying Dog ales offer extended in Tesco until 10th August 2010

Tesco has 355ml bottles of Flying Dog Classic Pale Ale [baron rating 3/5] (£1.40) & Gonzo Porter (£2.06) still on offer until 10th Aug 2010

White Horse Bitter

White Horse Bitter [baron rating 4/5] - 4.1% cloudy copper ale,hoppy & pale malt smell,tasty bitter hops taste & zesty bitter finishBaron Orm

Banks's Lion's Roar

Banks's Lion's Roar [baron rating 2/5] - 3.8% copper ale, slight sulphurous smell, unbalanced bitter taste, unpleasant sulphurous finishBaron Orm

Morrisons July ale & beer offers (12th July - 8th August 2010)

It's July'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:

• Courage Directors [baron rating 3/5]
£1.49 instead of £1.69

• Jennings Sneck Lifter [baron rating 3/5]
£1.24 instead of £1.44

• Marston's Old Empire [baron rating 5/5]
£1.28 instead of £1.48

• Shepherd Neame Spitfire [baron rating 4/5]
£1

• Wells Bombardier [baron rating 4/5]
£1.49 instead of £1.69

• Wells Waggledance
£1.29

There are two winners this month, both below the 'baron bargain' price limit of £1.30 - Marston's Old Empire and Shepherd Neame Spitfire - both crisp hoppy strong ales for a cracking price, stock up!

Worthington's White Shield

Worthington's White Shield [baron rating 4/5] - 5.6% copper ale,sweet spicy hop smell,balanced tangy malt & spicy taste & spicy tangy finishBaron Orm

Summer Wine Holmfirth IPA

Summer Wine Holmfirth IPA [baron rating 2/5] - 4.5% golden ale,sharp yeasty smell, sharp unbalanced bitter hops taste,dry bitter hops finishBaron Orm

Westerham William Wilberforce Freedom Ale

Westerham William Wilberforce Freedom Ale [baron rating 3/5] - 4.8% amber ale,sweet citrus aroma,thin tangy sugar taste,fading citrus finishBaron Orm

Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.

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

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Backyard Brewhouse East India

Backyard Brewhouse East India [baron rating 4/5] - 6.5% pale gold ale,peppery tropical smell,huge spicy pithy taste,sweet spicy fruit finishBaron Orm

Listen to what Chris and the Baron have to say about it.

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This was from the spring pack of the superb '52 week beer club' by myBrewerytap.

Join it now and make sure you say the baron made me do it!
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