BrewDog Hardcore IPA

BrewDog Hardcore IPA [baron rating 5/5] - 9.2% dark amber ale,tropical fruits smell,candied sweets brutally bitter taste,sweet fruity finish Baron Orm

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

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Three Castles Holly Berry

Three Castles Holly Berry [baron rating 2/5] - 4.4% dark amber ale,cherry & berry smell,fruity tangy bitter taste,dull bittersweet finish Baron Orm

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

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Dark Star American Pale Ale

Dark Star American Pale Ale [baron rating 5/5] - 4.7% gold ale,citrus slight sulphur smell,juicy sweet piny bitter taste,bitter piny finish Baron Orm

Note: This was from a 4 pint carry-out of their cask ale when I visited them over the Christmas break, would love to see this become part of their bottled line-up!

Thank you to James from Dark Star for handing this over to me!

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Butcombe Bitter

Butcombe Bitter [baron rating 4/5] - 4.5% dark amber ale,nutty slightly fruity smell,nutty strong classic bitter taste,dry lingering finish Baron Orm

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

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Bristol Beer Factory Ultimate Stout

Bristol Beer Factory Ultimate Stout [baron rating 5/5] - 7.7% black ale,sweet burnt coffee smell,sweet roasted taste,fruity roasted finish Baron Orm

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Oakham JHB

Oakham JHB [baron rating 5/5] - 4.2% pale gold ale,grapefruit clementine smell,crisp zesty citrus bittersweet taste,pithy tart citrus finish Baron Orm

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

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Thwaites Old Dan

Thwaites Old Dan [baron rating 5/5] - 7.8% dark amber ale,boozy syrupy smell,rich liquidised fruitcake taste,lingering sweet fruity finish Baron Orm

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I love the label on this 'work in progress' beer, so much detail about the brewing of the beer as well as looking very cool:


Thank you to @Daniel_Thwaites from Thwaites for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

McEwan's Champion

McEwan's Champion [baron rating 2/5] - 7.3% dark amber ale,sweet fruity smell,full bodied very sweet plummy taste,lasting very sweet finish Baron Orm

Looking forward to 'baron rating' AlesByMail US ales very soon!

Paul from AlesByMail came up to visit the Baron a few weeks ago to attend my Marble Beers night at Source Deli.  Along with these treats he also brought the following three ales from various US breweries for me to try:

• Indigo Imp Winter Solstice - 5.8% deep amber full bodied ale with spices
• Oskar Blues Ten Fidy - 9.5% imperial stout
• Rogue Mocha Porter - 5.1% ruddy-brown bittersweet porter with natural chocolate flavour

Look out for 'baron ratings' for these beers soon, and a big thank you to Paul from AlesByMail for handing these over to me!

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Kelham Island Riders On The Storm

Kelham Island Riders On The Storm [baron rating 3/5] - 4.5% copper ale,floral caramel smell,caramel tangy apple-like taste,long apple finish Baron Orm

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

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Bristol Beer Factory No 7

Bristol Beer Factory No 7 [baron rating 5/5] - 4.5% dark amber ale,toffee smell,nutty toffee bitter taste,lasting classic bitter finish Baron Orm

Thank you to @BrisBeerFactory from Bristol Beer Factory for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

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Greene King Very Special IPA

Greene King Very Special IPA [baron rating 4/5] - 7.5% amber ale,sweet spicy smell,juicy bittersweet spicy taste,lasting bittersweet finish Baron Orm

Looking forward to 'baron rating' Wadworth 125 Double Stout & Swordfish very soon!

Wadworth recently announced that they had bottled a double stout in celebration of their 125 years of brewing at the Northgate site. I'm more into strong stouts since gaining a stout education from @Christopher_R so I was very interested in this celebration stout.

After a few tweets back and forth a couple of Wadworth ales arrived today:

Wadworth Brewery

• 125 Double Stout - 6% rich dark beer with big complex coffee flavours
• Swordfish - 5% copper ale with added Pussers Rum for a rich smooth full-bodied ale

Look out for 'baron ratings' for these Wadworth beers soon, and a big thank you to @Wadworth for sending these through to me!

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Isle of Purbeck Studland Bay Wrecked

Isle of Purbeck Studland Bay Wrecked [baron rating 4/5] - 4.5% dark amber ale,toffee smell,juicy raisins & toffee taste,gentle bitter finish Baron Orm

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

Bristol Beer Factory Bristletoe

Bristol Beer Factory Bristletoe [baron rating 4/5] - 4.3% ruby ale,citrus choc smell,coffee spicy citrus fruity taste sweetish coffee finish Baron Orm

Thank you to @BrisBeerFactory from Bristol Beer Factory for sending this through for a 'baron rating'!

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Looking forward to 'baron rating' Fyne Hurricane Jack & Jarl very soon!

Received a fantastic parcel today completely out of the blue - a mixed case from Fyne Ales including their two brand new bottled beers: Hurricane Jack & Jarl:

Fyne Ales brew consistently excellent beers and have received great baron ratings so far. A lot of people have mentioned how good cask Jarl is, so I'm really looking forward to trying the bottled version.

Fyne Ales

• Hurricane Jack - 4.4% blonde & fruitily hopped ale
• Jarl - 3.8% hoppy blond session ale

Look out for 'baron ratings' for these Fyne Ales beers soon, and a big thank you to Elaine from @FyneAles for sending these through to me!

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