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Wetherspoon Real Ale & Cider Festival October 5 – 23 October Beer List

There is talk of American craft ale in the spoons upcoming Autumn fesitval. Here is the full list

 

1
BRAINS DARK 3.5% ABV
Brains Brewery, Cardiff. Est. 1882
2
HARVIESTOUN NUMBER OF THE BEAST 3.6% ABV
Harviestoun Brewery, Clackmannanshire. Est. 1985
3
BATEMANS XB 3.7% ABV
Batemans Brewery, Lincolnshire. Est. 1874
4
EVERARDS WHAKATU 3.7% ABV
Everards Brewery, Leicestershire. Est. 1849
5
JW LEES THE GOVERNOR 3.8% ABV
JW Lees Brewery, Manchester. Est. 1828
6
BANKS & TAYLOR’S ALBION ALE 4.0% ABV
B & T Brewery, Bedfordshire. Est. 1981
7
KALAMAZOO BLACK SILK 4.0% ABV
Bell’s Brewery, Michigan, USA. Est. 1985
8
SALOPIAN VAPOUR TRAIL 4.0% ABV
Salopian Brewery, Shropshire. Est. 1995
9
THORNBRIDGE BROTHER RABBIT 4.0% ABV
Thornbridge Brewery, Derbyshire. Est. 2005
10 WADWORTH OCTOBERZEST 4.0% ABV
Wadworth Brewery, Wiltshire. Est. 1885
11
COACH HOUSE WHIPLASH 4.1% ABV
Coach House Brewery, Cheshire. Est. 1991
12
SHEPHERD NEAME WHITSTABLE BAY 4.1% ABV
hepherd Neame Brewery, Kent. Est. 1698
13 WELLS NAKED GOLD 4.1% ABV
Wells & Young’s Brewery, Bedfordshire. Est. 2006
14
BUTCOMBE RARE BREED 4.2% ABV
Butcombe Brewery, Somerset. Est. 1978
15
COTLEIGH COMMANDO HOOFING IPA 4.2% ABV
Cotleigh Brewery, Somerset. Est. 1979
16
DOUBLE MAXIM ANDERSONS BEST SCOTCH 4.2% ABV
Double Maxim Brewery, County Durham. Est. 2007
17
TRING PUDDING PORTER 4.2% ABV
Tring Brewery, Hertfordshire. Est. 1992
18
ROOSTER’S LAST STAND 4.3% ABV
Rooster’s Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1993
19
VALE LONG DARK NIGHTS 4.3% ABV
Vale Brewery, Buckinghamshire. Est. 1995
20 WOODFORDE’S KETT’S REBELLION 4.3% ABV
Woodforde’s Brewery, Norfolk. Est. 1980
21
OAKLEAF 10 LITTLE ACORNS 4.4% ABV
Oakleaf Brewery, Hampshire. Est. 2000
22 WHARFEBANK TREACLE TOFFEE STOUT 4.4% ABV
WharfeBank Brewery, West Yorkshire. Est. 2010
23
BOX STEAM PISTON BROKE 4.5% ABV
Box Steam Brewery, Wiltshire. Est. 2004
24
MORDUE RED RYE RIWAKA 4.5% ABV
Mordue Brewery, Tyne and Wear. Est. 1995
25
OKELLS SAISON 4.5% ABV
Okells Brewery, Isle of Man. Est. 1850
26
STONE SAN DIEGO SESSION IPA 4.5% ABV
Stone Brewery, California, USA. Est. 1996
27
TITANIC FIT-OUT 4.5% ABV
Titanic Brewery, Staffordshire. Est. 1985
28 WYCHWOOD GINGER BEARD 4.5% ABV
Wychwood Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 1983
29
EVAN EVANS 1767 4.6% ABV
Evan Evans Brewery, Carmarthenshire. Est. 2004
30
HEREFORD WYVERN WARRIOR 4.6% ABV
Hereford Brewery, Hereford. Est. 2000
31
HILDEN TWISTED HOP 4.7% ABV
Hilden Brewery, County Antrim. Est. 1982
32
ST PETER’S GOLDEN ALE 4.7% ABV
St Peter’s Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1996
33
ADNAMS AMERICAN STYLE IPA 4.8% ABV
Adnams Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1872
34
BEND ECLIPSE CASCADIAN DARK ALE 4.8% ABV
Bend Brewery, Oregon, USA. Est. 1995
35
BREWSTER’S AMERICAN CHOPPER 4.8% ABV
Brewster’s Brewery, Lincolnshire. Est. 1998
36
EXMOOR HART 4.8% ABV
Exmoor Ales, Wiveliscombe, Somerset. Est. 1980
37
BELHAVEN ST ANDREWS ALE 4.9% ABV
Belhaven Brewery, East Lothian. Est. 1719
38
FAT HEAD’S YAKIMA SUN 5.0% ABV
Fat Head’s Brewery, Ohio, USA. Est. 2007
39
MOORHOUSE’S PENDLE PORTER 5.0% ABV
Moorhouse’s Brewery, Lancashire. Est. 1865
40
RCH FIREY LIZ 5.0% ABV
RCH Brewery, Somerset. Est. 1982
41
ST AUSTELL PROPER BLACK 5.0% ABV
St Austell Brewery, Cornwall. Est. 1851
42
THWAITES DANIEL’S HAMMER 5.0% ABV
Thwaites Brewery, Lancashire. Est. 1807
43
TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH ALES TAKING THE PITH 5.0% ABV
Traditional Scottish Ales, Stirlingshire. Est. 2005
44
HOOK NORTON FLAGSHIP ALE 5.3% ABV
Hook Norton Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 1850
45
ODELL 90 SHILLING 5.3% ABV
Odell Brewery, Colorado, USA. Est. 1989
46 WHITE HORSE HORSE RUSTLER 5.4% ABV
White Horse Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 2004
47
BRAKSPEAR TRIPLE 5.7% ABV
Wychwood Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 1983
48
BEARTOWN WOJTEK 5.8% ABV
Beartown Brewery, Cheshire. Est. 1994
49
CALEDONIAN COSSACK IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT 6.0% ABV
Caledonian Brewery, Edinburgh. Est. 1869
50
MORLAND OLD CRAFTY HEN 6.5% ABV
Greene King Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 179
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Wetherspoon Cider Festival 21–31 July – Black dragon best of the bunch

Everyones favourite(or not) cheap pub chain JD Wetherspoon’s is having a Cider festival

They have the lovely Gwynt y Ddraig Black dragon along with some “exotic” flavoured ciders – call me traditional but Cider is made with Apples and Perry is made with pears – where does raspberry and strawberry feature? anwyay here is the list of the “ciders” you may see in your local palace of spoons.

SHEPPY’S FARMHOUSE DRAUGHT
STRAWBY CIDER
FESTIVAL SPECIAL PERRY
DEVON SCRUMPY
ADDLESTONES CLOUDY
WESTONS CIDER TWIST RASPBERRY
THATCHERS TRADITIONAL
BROADOAK PERRY
MONT ST MICHEL CIDER
HEALEY’S TEXAN-STYLE CORNISH HARD CYDER
BULMERS CRISP BLEND

We are kicking off our first-ever national cider festival this July. It’s happening throughout 21–31 July. We will have 12 festival ciders to choose from.

Keep an eye out for our interactive cider festival web page which will be live very soon – you will be able to rate and review your favourites and find out more about the ciders.
“Ooo’arr, it’s appletastic!”

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Beer

Spoons have “gone to far” with their price rises this time & Christmas Ales

Popped in the Gatekeeper to keep warm today and notice this outrageous promotional poster 😉

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on the plus side they are still doing their great selection of Christmas Ales and terrible but very British Puns

“Full of Christmas Cheer from Daniel Thwaites” Was the quaintly names Santa’s Sack a gorgeous Dark full falvoured ale at a easy drinking 4.2 ABV

Santa's Sack

and the other week I had these great ones as well

Exmoor EXMAS “There’s NOALE LIKE IT” a nice full bodied with a fruity hint

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And the excellent Adnams Yuletide

Adnams Yuletide

the downside to these ales is their lower ABV then I would really want from an Christmas ale, but I suppose they are going for general drinkers, but they are very drinkable.

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Beer

J D Wetherspoon April Beer festival- a slow start but promising

I managed to have a half today and mrsunclewilco joined me and had something else.

Unfortunately we were going for lunch (last of the big spenders) at one of the local ‘spoons in Cardiff – but did not have lunch as we were told there was a 45- 50 minute wait for food this was at 1.30pm… some chap at the bar had been waiting 50 mins already… cmon spoons sort out your main trade out 😉

Anyway onto the important matter of the Beer festival.

There had 5 ales on downstairs (apart from Abbot and something else but was excited), but I only managed to get near these clips

I had a half of Caledonian Old Seadog 5.2% – a great IPA that was quite hoppy but not as much as another Scots IPA I am fond of, the ABV did not make it a session beer, but I could happily quaff a few of these if time allowed!

mrsunclewilco had a half of Clarkes Classic Blonde ABV 3.9%, which is quite hoppy, she said was very nice (she reviews beer better than me)

anyway a good start and hopefully later in the week I may taste more, using their 3rd of a pint glasses, which of course a local brewer has adopted with their Posh Beer Tapas.

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J D Wetherspoon April 2010 Beer Festival Beer List

Latest List for their March 2011 festival is here.

The beer list has been published for the latest festival Oct/Nov 2010 Spoons Beer festival.

Spoons have announced the beers they will be having at their latest Beer Festival.

Its begins 7th April 2010 and finishes on the 25th April 2010

1. DALESIDE SPRING FRENZY 3.4% ABV | Daleside Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1992
2. EVERARDS FLOURISH 3.5% ABV | Everards Brewery, Leicestershire. Est. 1849
3. FREMLINS BITTER 3.5% ABV | Shepherd Neame Brewery, Kent. Est. 1698
4. BATEMANS WAYNFLETE HEDGEROWS 3.7% ABV | Batemans Brewery, Lincolnshire. Est. 1874
5. JENNINGS STICKLE PIKE 3.8% ABV | Jennings Brewery, Cumbria. Est. 1828
6. OTTER MILD 3.8% ABV | Otter Brewery, Devon. Est. 1990
7. THREE B’s OATMEAL STOUT 3.8% ABV | Three B’s Brewery, Lancashire. Est. 1999
8. ALLGATES BRIGANTIA 4.0% ABV | Allgates Brewery, Lancashire. Est. 2006
9. MORRELL’S OXFORD BLUE 4.0% ABV | Banks’s Brewery, West Midlands. Est. 1890
10. PHOENIX BLACK SHADOW 4.0% ABV | Phoenix Brewery, Manchester. Est. 1982
11. ROBINSONS YOUNG TOM 4.0% ABV | Robinsons Brewery, Cheshire. Est. 1838
12. BREWDOG TRASHY BLONDE 4.1% ABV | BrewDog Brewery, Aberdeenshire. Est. 2007
13. HYDES OVER A BARREL 4.1% ABV | Hydes Brewery, Manchester. Est. 1863
14. CAIRNGORM CULLODEN 1746 4.2% ABV | Cairngorm Brewery, Highlands. Est. 1997
15. GOOSE ISLAND HONKER’S ALE 4.2% ABV | Goose Island Brewery, Chicago, USA. Est. 1988
16. HOLDEN’S BURTON RUNNER4.2% ABV | Holden’s Brewery, West Midlands. Est. 1915
17. NETHERGATE RED POLL 4.2% ABV | Nethergate Brewery, Essex. Est. 1986
18. THEAKSTON GROUSE BEATER 4.2% ABV | Theakston Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1827
19. WELTONS HAWTHORN 4.2% ABV | Weltons Brewery, West Sussex. Est. 1995
20. BUTCOMBE BLOND 4.3% ABV | Butcombe Brewery, Somerset. Est. 1978
21. HOOK NORTON EARLY MIST 4.3% ABV | Hook Norton Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 1850
22. THWAITES SUMMAT SPECIAL 4.3% ABV | Thwaites Brewery, Lancashire. Est. 1807
23. WOODEN HAND CORNISH BUCCANEER 4.3% ABV | Wooden Hand Brewery, Cornwall. Est. 2004
24. ATLAS WAYFARER 4.4% ABV | Atlas Brewery, Argyll. Est. 2002
25. BEARTOWN PEACH MELBEAR 4.4% ABV | Beartown Brewery, Cheshire. Est. 1994
26. BRAINS HONEST ALE 4.5% ABV | Brains Brewery, Cardiff. Est. 1882
27. DAVENPORTS BEER HUNTER 4.5% ABV | Highgate Brewery, West Midlands. Est. 1899
28. ELGOOD’S HAWKWIND 4.5% ABV | Elgood’s Brewery, Cambridgeshire. Est. 1878
29. MAULDONS THOMAS’ TIPPLE 4.5% ABV | Mauldons Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1982
30. RHYMNEY BITTER 4.5% ABV | Rhymney Brewery, Merthyr Tydfil. Est. 2004
31. SPRINGHEAD SPRING CHICKEN 4.5% ABV | Springhead Brewery, Nottinghamshire. Est. 1990
32. TRIPLE FFF ROCK LOBSTER 4.5% ABV | Triple FFF Brewery, Hampshire. Est. 1997
33. ZULULAND ZULU BLONDE | 4.5% ABV | Zululand Brewery, Eshowe, South Africa. Est. 1997
34. ROOSTERS PATRIOT 4.7% ABV | Rooster’s Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1993
35. WADWORTH FARMERS GLORY 4.7% ABV | Wadworth Brewery, Wiltshire. Est. 1885
36. HEROLD BLACK CHALICE 4.8% ABV | Pivovar Herold Breznice, Czech Republic. Est. 1506
37. MOORHOUSE’S AMBER RAMBLER 4.8% ABV | Moorhouse’s Brewery, Lancashire. Est. 1865
38. OAKHAM ROLLERCOASTER 4.8% ABV | Oakham Brewery, Cambridgeshire. Est. 1993
39. SALTAIRE BULLDOG BROWN ALE 4.8% ABV | Saltaire Brewery, West Yorkshire. Est. 2006
40. SHARP’S GENTLE JANE 4.8% ABV | Sharp’s Brewery, Cornwall. Est. 1994
41. HAWKSHEAD LAKELAND LAGER 5.0% ABV | Hawkshead Brewery, Cumbria. Est. 2002
42. MAUI COCONUT PORTER 5.0% ABV | Maui Brewery, Hawaii. Est. 2005
43. OKELLS ALT 5.0% ABV | Okells Brewery, Isle of Man. Est. 1850
44. TITANIC TOMAHAWK 5.0% ABV | Titanic Brewery, Staffordshire. Est. 1985
45. ST PETER’S OLD STYLE PORTER 5.1% ABV | St Peter’s Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1996
46. CALEDONIAN OLD SEADOG IPA 5.2% ABV | Caledonian Brewery, Edinburgh. Est. 1869
47. KELHAM ISLAND NIGHT RIDER 5.2% ABV | Kelham Island Brewery, South Yorkshire. Est. 1990
48. GREENE KING SUFFOLK SPRINGER 5.5% ABV | Greene King Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1799
49. VAL-DIEU ABBAYE BLONDE 5.5% ABV | Val-Dieu Brewery, Belgium. Est. 1997
50. BUDELSE CAPUCIJN 6.0% ABV | Budelse Brouwerij, Netherlands. Est. 1870

FESTIVAL CIDER
51. Old Rascal Traditional Somerset Cider 4.9% ABV | Thatchers Cider Company, Somerset. Est. 1904

Some great ones on there I hope we get a lot of them down Cardiff.. Wadworth Farmers Glory is one I missed when I was in devizes recently and the ST PETER’S OLD STYLE PORTER oh and OKELLS ALT

… any ones you looking forward to drinkers?

more info or on Facebook

This really does promise to be our biggest and best real-ale festival ever.

Four international brewers, of world renown, are flying over to brew four beers right here in the UK – exclusively for you to enjoy during the festival.

Of the 50 ales on offer, 14 are exclusive to the festival and 21 are new beers – either for the festival or first brewed in 2010.