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Abstract Series: Simcoe - New Bristol Brewery - 4.8% ABV. B++, full on Simcoe. Hoppy, piney, fruity and gently bitter on the finish. Winner #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. There will be a return to Bristol and it’s wonderful Breweries. Marking this down as training. Project, Caerphilly.
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Cookies and Cream - Vault City - 4.5% ABV. B++ and a touch. Full on with an expansive sourness that really works. Festive #ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. Vault City is The Festive Brewery. Italy 🇮🇹 taking a rather large beating. Me studying the food menu.
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Exotica Mango and Lime - Abyss - 5.5% ABV. Mango aroma. Heavy Mango with pleasing Lime base. Gently sour. Different #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Saturday at The Project in Caerphilly. Rugby on the TV, talk of Christmas 🎄 Beer and Foods. Grey out.
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Premiership Dream Team:
For Friday 06 Nov 2026
1 GY 2 G Price 3 Dug 4 D Arj 5 P Ellard 6 G Aldridge 7 S McIntosh 8 D Hyatt 9 Ty 10 Me
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For Saturday 07 November 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 07 November 2026. Mogging, Itsycal, Voting, Talk, Boy Meets Girl, Lights, Leaving, Halloween, 13.5 TOG, Super Menu, Barry, Treforest, Bridgend, The Coach. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #Nov2026
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Jack Frost Blonde - Peerless - 4.3% ABV. B+ and a bit. Malty, hoppy. Sweeter towards the finish and then a bitter fruitiness #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Christmas Ale, trimming up in The John Wallace Linton and giving out Christmas 🎅 hats. Jingle.
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IPA - The Indian Brewery - 4.9% ABV. B+ and a bit, malty, hoppy, earthy and a little fruity. Lingering, pleasing bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Think this is fresh on? In the Spoons Oct-Dec tasting notes. Indian Real Ale, now that’s new. Sessionable.
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Big Poppa - The Coach - 6.6% ABV. B++ and a touch. It says Keeping It Real and Boom This Is a Hoppy What You Want #ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. Brewed with Knowledge, Brewed with Care. Big fruity, tropical, hoppy with a gentle Oat mouthfeel. Coach, Bridgend.
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Irish Cask Stout: 1 Town Hall Square - The Coach - 4.0% ABV. B++, a Stout that does what it is says. Roasty, coffee, chocolate and burnt notes. Cowbridge reference #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Some dry fruity bitterness in the finish. Cask and Keg version. Went for the Cask. Coach, Bridgend.
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Sesh - The Coach - 4.9% ABV. B++, wall to wall Simcoe. Hoppy, fruity, citrus and piney. Really hits the spot. Awesome #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Three years since I was here last. What an awesome well. Thinking Fine Ale Central in Bridgend. App too.
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At the Rickards, not only @BragdyTwtLol but the branded glass as well. Awesome.
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Cliff Edge - Orkney Brewery - 4.7% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Says intense and it certainly is. Pine, spice, malt and hops. Solid Scottish Brew #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Big and strong in taste. Really liking it. The Malcolm Uphill, Caerphilly. Nearly Bonfire 🔥 Night.
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Pattern - Floc - 5.2% ABV. B++, hazy, hoppy, fruity with a hint of sweetness. Refreshing and involving. Top Brew #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Craft. A Pint of, who knew. Craft Republic, Barry. Great view over the docks and Awesome Fine Ales.
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Jekyll & Haze - Brew York - 6.66% ABV. B++, hoppy, fruity and then big lemony with a gentle bitterness in the finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. I’m a bit late for Halloween but this is a 6.66 Banger. Craft Republic, Barry. Where the sun is shining. Wind blowing.
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Liquid Snake - Azvex - 6.2% ABV. B++, fruity, hoppy and murky up front. Just different enough to make it a total banger #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. First time at Craft Republic, Barry since they moved. Quality WiFi, finest of Fine Ales. Thinking a return visit already.
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Premiership Dream Team:
For Monday 02 Nov 2026
1 GY 2 G Price 3 Dug 4 D Arj 5 P Ellard 6 D Hyatt 7 S McIntosh 8 G Aldridge 9 Ty 10 D Parry
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Hopaganda - Grey Trees - 4.4% ABV. B+ and a bit, hoppy, malty with a sweet fruitiness. Bitter and dry on the finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. New one from Grey Trees in Aberdare. Solid session bitter. Pen and Wig, Newport.
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Scoundrel - Rooster’s Brewery - 4.2% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. A Yorkshire Pastry Stout with so much going on. Top Tipple #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Reading the menu on Untappd there’s everything including the kitchen sink in here and it totally works. John Wallace Linton.
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Snowdrop - Lancaster Brewery 4.1% ABV. B+ and a bit. Sweet malt and fruity base with a long gentle bitter finish. Solid. #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Monday morning in The John Wallace Linton, Newport. An eclectic mix of punters and fresh on Cask Ales.
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Premiership Dream Team:
For Sunday 01 Nov 2026
1 GY 2 G Price 3 Dug 4 D Arj 5 P Ellard 6 D Hyatt 7 S McIntosh 8 Ty 9 G Aldridge 10 D Parry
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Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 31 October 2026
Halloween and problematic Podcast Online Gaming. A mostly Christmas Ale, a Welsh Cake and a a not so good ale. Happens.
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For Saturday 31 October 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 31 October 2026. Maxing, Homebrew, Gherkins, AI Music, Missing, Chepstow, Forms, VES, Port, Apple, TV license, 2p, Budget, Tesco, OLED, Mist. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #Oct2026
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Premiership Dream Team:
For Saturday 31 Oct 2026
1 GY 2 Dug 3 G Price 4 D Arj 5 P Ellard 6 D Hyatt 7 S McIntosh 8 Ty 9 G Aldridge 10 D Parry
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Sunday River - Arbor Ales - 4.2% ABV. B++, Soft from Oats, Hoppy, fruity, citrus with a gentle citrus, bitter finish. Pleasing #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Now getting a gentle pepperiness in the finish as it warms up. Bristol is a great Brewing City.
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Just The One Swan Actually: Cherry Edition - Silent Brew Co - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, looks a lot better than it is. Gently sour with a cherry fruitiness. A little thin #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Maybe because it’s still a little cold. Was hoping for much more from this brew. Project, Caerphilly.
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