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Maple - Mauldons - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Autumn 🍂 maltiness, hints of fruit and bitterness. Fresh on #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Classic Brew for the time of year. Hats off to The Spoons Staff. Grace under pressure.
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1000 Yard Stare - Salopian Brewery - 5.2% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Full on, very hoppy, hint of sweetness with a fruity bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Fresh on at The John Wallace Linton, Newport. A lot of time for this Brewery. Tidy Brew.
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Autumn Red - Bragdy Conwy - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Amplified, big and malty with a hoppy earthy body. Bitter with a hint of fruit on the finish #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. One Fest Ale goes off as it’s pulled and 2 come on. John Wallace Linton, Newport.
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Coastal Coconut - Salem Brew Co - 4.2% ABV. B+ and a bit. Fruity, lemony and malty to start. Then a touch of coconut with a fruity bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Pleasingly different, something to break up the session. 3 Spoons Autumn Beer Fest Ales on at The John Wallace Linton.
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For Saturday 17 October 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 17 October 2026. Drought, Tailscale, Defrost, Changing, Deep Purple, Anker, Fest, Payments, MFPA, Blue Danube, Aldi Crisps, Onion Sets, PAC, Kan Do, eWallet, AirTag. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #Oct2026
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Orca - The Orkney Brewery - 4.2% ABV. B++, full on. Rich, roasty and pleasingly bittersweet. Burnt bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Very surprising as this stout is only 4.2%. Strength isn’t everything but it certainly does help. Tumble, Pontypridd.
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Barley Moon - Coach House - 4.4% ABV. B+ and a bit. Malty, slightly fruity and tingly on the tongue. Gentle bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Fresh on today and really good drinking well. Not a bad Autumn Beer Fest so far. Lovely Autumn 🍂 Day.
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Premiership Dream Team:
For Monday 12 Oct 2026
1 D Arj 2 GY 3 Dug 4 S McIntosh 5 G Price 6 Ty 7 D Hyatt 8 Fi 9 C Price 9 M Blyrheman
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English Dream Pilsner - Mikkeller - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit, fruity, malty with a fruity bitter earthy finish. Different #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Brewed in the UK at Batemans. Spoons Beer Fest special. Tumble Inn, Pontypridd.
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Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 10 October 2026
When you get to an age where you just drink slowly even at a Beer Festival. Party at The Project, out by the bar. Play on names.
www.rwnash.info/blog/beers-of-the-beano-saturday-10-october-2026
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Premiership Dream Team:
For Sunday 11 Oct 2026
1 GY 2 D Arj 3 Dug 4 S McIntosh 5 G Price 6 Ty 7 D Hyatt 8 Fi 9 M Blyrheman 10 C Price
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Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 10 October 2026
When you get to an age where you just drink slowly even at a Beer Festival. Party at The Project, out by the bar. Play on names.
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Premiership Dream Team:
For Saturday 10 Oct 2026
1 GY 2 Dug 3 D Arj 4 G Price 5 S McIntosh 6 Ty 7 D Hyatt 8 C Price 9 M Blyrheman 10 Fi
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For Saturday 10 October 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 10 October 2026. Growth, Handy, mb06, People, Waterloo Sunset, Cold, M6 Mini,18 Onion Sets, Lawn, Spoons Fest, Teams, German Cricket, Broken Pot Noodle. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #Oct2026
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Still Oktoberfesting
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Fruit Rascals - Neon Raptor - 5.5% ABV. B++ and a touch. A Fine Ale of two halves, fruity, then full on sour and tart fruitiness. Winner #ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. This is so Old School but totally up to date. Feeling like I need some food to match with this. Nottingham.
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Quench - Elusive Brewing - 5.0% ABV. B++, you know when they say Mango, there’s a shed load in here. Totally Tidy #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. In The Project, out in the main bar. Closed from 18:00 for a private do. Quality brew and a Welsh Cake to start.
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Anniversary IPA - Castle Eden - 5.0% ABV. B+ and a bit. Sweet malt base and then a huge blackcurrant rush. Fruity gentle bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Malcolm Uphill. The Tipplers are in and they are going for halves of the Fest Ales. Plan.
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Blonde Melissa - Butcombe - 4.6% ABV. B+ and a bit. Golden, sweet maltiness with a herbal citrus body and finish. Pleasing #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Spoons Autumn Beer Fest. The Malcolm Uphill will be 15 years old tomorrow.
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For Saturday 10 October 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 10 October 2026. Growth, Handy, mb06, People, Waterloo Sunset, Cold, M6 Mini,18 Onion Sets, Lawn, Spoons Fest, Teams, German Cricket, Broken Pot Noodle. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #Oct2026
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What happened on the third day of mb06 2026
Planning with AI. More Station Spoons. Classic Cradt English Back Street Boozer. Sours in June 2027.
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Just The One Swan Actually - Silent Brew Co - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Small batch, gently sour and very different. A grower #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. This is the Blackcurrant Edition so maybe more variants to come. The Queen’s Head, 66 Acton Street.
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Right to Roam - Buxton - 4.2% ABV. B+ and a bit. You don’t often see Best Bitters nowadays, which is a shame. Solid #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Moving from Cask to Keg. Kinda of old school but none the worse for that. The Queen’s Head, Acton Street.
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Hazy IPA - Kirkby Lonsdale - 4.1% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Murky more than hazy. Hoppy and really grapefruity. Grapefruit bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. The Queens Head, such a wonderful old style Fine Ale Pub. Plenty of Cask too. A cooling breeze.
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New World Session - Elgood’s - 4.4% ABV. B+ and a bit. Light, easy drinking and new world hoppy. Gentle fruity finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. The Barrel Vaults, St Pancras. Use the Station WiFi as there doesn’t seem to be Spoons WiFi.
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