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Love em or Hate them you have to admit that the ‘Spoons has brought Real ale to the unwashed masses (and me, who washes sometimes)

Today is the start of their 30th anniversary Beer festival (28 Oct–15 Nov 2009) and around the country they will be having up to 50 beers on I hope some of my favourites are served in the pubs of Cardiff , I have had a few of these already this week (O’HANLON’S RED ALE and COTLEIGH LONG-EARED OWL) as they have put them on – but looking forward to the Porters.. I will tweet later #SpoonsBeer to say which ones my locals have, so if you are on twitter why not say which of the list below your local has as well..

01 ADNAMS PALE CHAMPION ALE 3.4% ABV
02 JW LEES SUPERNOVA 3.5% ABV
03 GALBRAITH’S MR G’S LUNCHEON ALE 3.7% ABV
04 CLARK’S RESURRECTION ALE 3.8% ABV
05 PURITY PURE GOLD 3.8% ABV
06 TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH ALES RED TORPEDO 3.8% ABV
07 EXMOOR ANTLER 4% ABV
08 NAMYSLOW ORIGINAL PLUM BEER 4% ABV
09 TOM WOOD’S SCARECROW 4.0% ABV
10 BATEMANS IRON LADY 4.1% ABV
11 GREENE KING BOSS HOGG BITTER 4.1% ABV
12 LANCASTER BLONDE 4.1% ABV
13 ST AUSTELL GEORGE’S TIPPLE 4.1% ABV
14 BUTCOMBE OLD VIC 4.2% ABV
15 COACH HOUSE OLD WHARF BITTER 4.2% ABV
16 HARVIESTOUN DEER HUNTER 4.2% ABV
17 THORNBRIDGE PIONEER 4.2% ABV
18 SPINNING DOG BRASS IN POCKET 4.3% ABV
19 YORK COPPERGATE 4.3% ABV
20 BANKS & TAYLOR BAT’S HAT 4.4% ABV
21 LEEDS GATHERING STORM 4.4% ABV
22 SHEPHERD NEAME DAMBUSTER 4.4% ABV
23 TOSHI’S AMBER ALE 4.4% ABV
24 WOODFORDE’S DRAGON HALL BITTER 4.4% ABV
25 DAVENPORTS LAST MINUTE 4.5% ABV
26 OAKLEAF OLD NAVY CUSTOM 4.5% ABV
27 O’HANLON’S RED ALE 4.5% ABV
28 THWAITES LIBERATION ALE 4.5% ABV
29 TITANIC ANOTHER PINT IN THE WALL 4.5% ABV
30 WELLS BANANA BREAD BEER 4.5% ABV
31 WOOD’S HOLY COW 4.5% ABV
32 CALEDONIAN DOUBLE DARK 4.6% ABV
33 EVAN EVANS SBA 4.6% ABV
34 HILDEN SCULLION’S IRISH ALE 4.6% ABV
35 JENNINGS COCKER HOOP 4.6% ABV
36 BATH HEFEWIEZEN HARED 4.7% ABV
37 MORDUE NEWCASTLE COFFEE PORTER 4.7% ABV
38 RINGWOOD FILLY DRIFT 4.7% ABV
39 BURTON BRIDGE DAFT BURTON ALE 4.8% ABV
40 MOORHOUSE’S BLACK PANTHER 4.8% ABV
41 PURKMISTR BOHEMIAN SCHWARZBIER 4.8% ABV
42 COTLEIGH LONG-EARED OWL 4.9% ABV
43 CAINS FINE RAISIN BEER 5.0% ABV
44 PORT GRUMPY’S PALE ALE 5.0% ABV
45 JRCH PIER ALE 5.0% ABV
46 WADWORTH FAIRPORT FIVE 5.0% ABV
47 WHITE HORSE VOLUND’S HAMMER 5.0% ABV
48 EVERARDS OLD ORIGINAL 5.2% ABV
49 DALESIDE MOROCCO ALE 5.5% ABV
50 ANKER GOUDEN CAROLUS AMBRIO 8.0% ABV

Breweries

1. Adnams Brewery, Suffolk | www.adnams.co.uk
2. JW Lees Brewery, Manchester | www.jwlees.co.uk
3. Galbraith’s Brewery, New Zealand | www.alehouse.co.nz
4. Clark’s Brewery, West Yorkshire | www.hbclark.co.uk
5. Purity Brewery, Warwickshire | www.puritybrewing.com
6. Traditional Scottish Ales, Stirlingshire | www.traditionalscottishales.co.uk
7. Exmoor Ales, Wiveliscombe, Somerset | www.exmoorales.co.uk
8. Browar Namyslow, Poland | www.namyslow.com.pl
9. Highwood Brewery, Lincolnshire | www.tom-wood.com
10. Batemans Brewery, Lincolnshire | www.bateman.co.uk
11. Greene King Brewery, Suffolk | www.greeneking.co.uk
12. Lancaster Brewery, Lancashire | www.lancasterbrewery.co.uk
13. St Austell Brewery, Cornwall | www.staustellbrewery.co.uk
14. Butcombe Brewery, Somerset | www.butcombe.com
15. Coach House Brewery, Cheshire | www.coach-house-brewing.co.uk
16. Harviestoun Brewery, Clackmannanshire | www.harviestoun.com
17. Thornbridge Brewery, Derbyshire | www.thornbridgebrewery.co.uk
18. Spinning Dog Brewery, Herefordshire | www.spinningdogbrewery.co.uk
19. York Brewery, Yorkshire | www.york-brewery.co.uk
20. B & T Brewery, Bedfordshire | www.banksandtaylor.com
21. Leeds Brewery, West Yorkshire | www.leedsbrewery.co.uk
22. Shepherd Neame Brewery, Kent | www.shepherd-neame.co.uk
23. Toshi Ishii, Japan | no Web site at present
24. Woodforde’s Brewery, Norfolk | www.woodfordes.co.uk
25. Highgate Brewery, West Midlands | www.highgatebrewery.com
26. Oakleaf Brewery, Hampshire | www.oakleafbrewing.co.uk
27. O’Hanlon’s Brewery, Devon | www.ohanlonsbeer.com
28. Thwaites Brewery, Lancashire | www.thwaites.co.uk
29. Titanic Brewery, Staffordshire | www.titanicbrewery.co.uk
30. Wells & Young’s Brewery, Bedfordshire | www.wellsandyoungs.co.uk
31. Wood Brewery, Shropshire | www.woodbrewery.co.uk
32. Caledonian Brewery, Edinburgh | www.caledonian-brewery.co.uk
33. Evan Evans Brewery, Carmarthenshire | www.evan-evans.com
34. Hilden Brewery, County Antrim | www.hildenbrewery.co.uk
35. Jennings Brewery, Cumbria | www.jenningsbrewery.co.uk
36. Bath Ales, Bristol | www.bathales.com
37. Mordue Brewery, Tyne and Wear | www.morduebrewery.com
38. Ringwood Brewery, Hampshire | www.ringwoodbrewery.co.uk
39. Burton Bridge Brewery, Staffordshire | www.burtonbridgebrewery.co.uk
40. Moorhouse’s Brewery, Lancashire | www.moorhouses.co.uk
41. Purkmistr Brewery, Czech Republic | www.purkmistr.cz
42. Cotleigh Brewery, Somerset | www.cotleighbrewery.com
43. Cains Brewery, Merseyside | www.cainsbeers.com
44. Port Brewery, California | www.portbrewing.com
45. RCH Brewery, Somerset | www.rchbrewery.com
46. Wadworth Brewery, Wiltshire | www.wadworth.co.uk
47. White Horse Brewery, Oxfordshire | www.whitehorsebrewery.com
48. Everards Brewery, Leicestershire | www.everards.co.uk
49. Daleside Brewery, North Yorkshire | www.dalesidebrewery.com
50. Brouwerij Het Anker, Belgium | www.hetanker.be

You can download the tasthing notes from the ‘spoons website (PDF here)