Pirates Gold (Wooden Hand Brewery)

Name: Pirate's Gold
Label: "Brewed & bottled in Truro Cornwall"
Brewery: Wooden Hand Brewery
ABV: 4.0%

Tasting notes: "Easy drinking pale coloured ale, a tempting hop aroma with light fruit notes. Strong malt and hop flavours with a dry tangy fruit finish."

Game: Xbox Live Games with Gold time! This fortnights freebie is Gone Home. It's a walk-em-up. It's about a girl who comes home and the house is empty and her sister has left lots of diary entries around so you build up a story of what's happened. Nothing interesting has happened from what we could tell [maybe you just didn't get it? - Ed]. The game can also be completed in less than 1 minute. There's an achievement for it and everything.

Rating: 5 slow strolls out of 10

Press Gangs Arrival (Baytown)

Name: Press Gang's Arrival
Label: "Robin Hood's Bay - Pale Ale"
Brewery: Baytown
ABV: 3.8%

Label notes: "The Press Gang was a constant threat throughout the 18th century. Baytown's residents used subterfuge and brawn to thwart the Navy's recruitment process. Celebrate triumph over adversity. Be Resilient!"

Game: Still waiting for Assassin's Creed Origins, and it's still just under two weeks away until release!  So here's Arno from Assassin's Creed Unity Notre Dame Edition box set.

Rating: 8/10

Golden Bolt (Steam Box Brewery)

Name: Golden Bolt
Label: "Beautifully Engineered in Wiltshire - A straw coloured hoppy bitter"
Brewery: Steam Box
ABV: 3.8%

Tasting notes: "Golden Bolt is a straw-coloured bitter with a tropical fruit nose and a light but satisfying hoppy aftertaste"

Game: Still waiting for Assassin's Creed Origins, but look what just arrived in our display cabinet!  This is Aya combined with the figurine of Bayek to form a unique Assassin’s Creed Origins diorama. We've not read much about them lest there be spoilers for the game. But again, more quality figurine goodness from Ubicollectibles!

Rating: 9/10

Cornish Buccaneer (Wooden Hand Brewery)

Name: Cornish Buccaneer
Label: "Brewed & bottled in Truro Cornwall"
Brewery: Wooden Hand Brewery
ABV: 4.3%

Tasting notes: "A golden coloured quenching beer with great hop character. Full fruit in the mouth with good hop balance and a long dry finish."

Game: Assassin's Creed Origins is less than two weeks away! To go with this Cornish Buccaneer beer, here's Captain Edward Kenway from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Buccaneer edition. Another classic figurine from Ubicollectibles. Currently a steal at only £19.99!

Rating: 9/10

Snowdon (Great Orme Brewery)

Name: Snowdon
Label: "Craft Lager"
Brewery: Great Orme
ABV: 4.7%

Tasting notes: "Flavoursome craft lager brewed with European noble hops and Snowdonia Water."

Game: Part two of yet another Eaglemoss Alien and Predator collection delivery! Issue 15: Red Xenomorph Figurine. We haven't read the comics so we'll hang our heads in shame whilst looking at this fabulously rendered nasty. And then go buy the comics!

Rating: 9/10

Issue 15 Red Xenomorph Figurine

Double Stout (Shepherd Neame)

Name: Double Stout
Label: "Classic stout"
Brewery: Shepherd Neame
ABV: 3.8%

Tasting notes: "A classic Irish stout combining the flavours and characteristics of three coloured malts and additional roasted barley, generously bittered with choicest East Kent hops."

Game: Yet another Eaglemoss Alien and Predator collection delivery! Issue 14: Prometheus Engineer Figurine. Great figure, been looking forward to this one for a while because Prometheus is GREAT and this bad boy looks spot on!

Rating: 8/10

Issue 14 Prometheus Engineer Figurine

Welsh Black (Great Orme Brewery)

Name: Welsh Black
Label: "Champion Mild - A truly awesome mild. GBBF Mild Champion and multiple winner of CAMRA Mild of Wales"
Brewery: Great Orme Brewery
ABV: 4.0%

Tasting notes: "Brilliant with beef and, believe it or not, chocolate."

Game: Special edition figurine time - this is the Alien Xenomorph Queen. Part of the Alien and Predator Figurine Collection but numbered as Special Edition 1. One of the best figurines so far, amazing paint work and a great size considering the prize. The pose is from the bit at the end of Aliens and get away from me you bitch!

Rating: 10/10

Special Edition 1 Alien Xenomorph Queen 

Black Sheep IPA (Black Sheep)

Name: Black Sheep IPA
Label: "A bold Yorkshire IPA full of fresh juicy hop character."
Brewery: Black Sheep Brewery
ABV: 5.1%

Tasting notes: "A classic English hopped Yorkshire IPA full of fresh, juicy hop character from Progress & Goldings. Brewed in homage to the original highly hopped IPAs sent on the slow boat to India."

Game: Figurine time, this is from Assassin's Creed III, Connor: The Last Breath and depicts Connor killing a dude. Well detailed, probably one of my favourite pieces. Ubisoft did do a Premium Edition of this which was twice as big I think but cost around £420. Missed out sadly.

Rating: 9/10

Assassin's Creed® III: Connor - The Last Breath Figurine

Castle (Arundel)

Name: Castle
Label: "Tawny Bitter - Malty, Fruity & Hoppy - Armed with taste"
Brewery: Arundel Brewery
ABV: 3.8%

Tasting notes: "A tawny beer with a hoppy aroma. A good balance of malt, fruit & hops with a dry, hoppy finish."

Game: Sometimes Gameseek's Cyclonic deals SUCK though. Attempted to buy Wolfenstein 2 but it wouldn't let me so I thought I'd cry about it like a baby. Anyway, where were we [you were crying like a baby - Ed], ah yes, we're replaying The Evil Within. One thing I forgot about was the interesting camera angle (3rd person but with most of the person blocking the screen), letterbox view, and grainy visuals. All help to provide a very claustrophobic, atmospheric experience. Next up, the DLC!

Rating: 9/10

Ynys Mon (Great Orme Brewery)

Name: Ynys Mon
Label: "Ynys Mon (Anglesey in English) is the largest island in England and Wales with 75% of its population Welsh speaking"
Brewery: Great Orme
ABV: 4.5%

Tasting notes: "Style - best bitter. Colour - Mahogany. Bitterness - Low. Hopped - Medium"

Game: Revisiting The Evil Within this week in preparation for The Evil Within 2 in a couple of weeks (pre-ordered for £29.99 with Gamseek's Cyclonic deals). Shit, which reminds me Wolfenstein 2 is on a deal in a few minutes! Back laters...