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When Lemons Give You Life 2025 - Brew York - 5.1% ABV. B++, citrusy lemony sour with a really chewy body. Just what you want from a sour #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. The guy at The Kingsmead Street Bottle Shop, friendly, knowledgeable and wants you to go the best Fine Ale places in Bath.
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Tangerine - Funky Fluid - 4.0%. B+, such a good idea but with rather too much sweetness and not enough sourness #ale #beer #bier
3/5. Come on @csb you can do better than this. However, I can think of a lot worse ways to spend a Tuesday afternoon.
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Cryo - Triple Point Brewing - 4.2% ABV. B++, highly hopped with a touch of spiciness and low if no bitterness. Really good #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. In the Kingsmead Street Bottle Shop. Rather wonderful Ales and the fastest WiFi so far. No videos due to the background music.
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Bath Pale Ale - Abbey Ales - 4.2% ABV. B+ and a bit. Light malty base with a citrus, grapefruit body. Citrus bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Thinking Craft in a Cask. Coeur de Lion, Bath. This is why Pubs need saving. The Punters know.
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Bath Best - Abbey Ales - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit. Very malty with added sweet malt. Slightly fruity with a malty fruity finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. In The Coeur de Lion, Bath. The smallest Pub in Bath. Traditional locally brewed cask Ales and soup with crusty bread. Tidy+
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Prelude - Beers Of The Beano - Tuesday 10 March 2026
A new Spoons, The Old Post Office, Bath. Forgotten chargers, however lots of power banks. Spoons beer fest going rather well. Planning the rest of the day.
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Navigator - Castle Rock - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit. Malty with a hint of sweetness and fruit. Fruity, gently bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Nice variety of beers in the Spoons Spring Beer Festival 2026. £2.20 a Pint but 50p off with a CAMRA voucher. Times are hard.
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Yard Work - Redemption - 3.6% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Lightly malty with a big, strong lemony body. Bitter, citrus finish #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Would never guess this is a 3.6%. In the New, Old Post Office in Bath. Tidy two floorer. mb01
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What happened on the second day of mb01 2026
A day of slow and fast WiFi. Foggy start to another year round the sun. Mimi on The No Agenda Show. Pubs that have a Political History and The Cub up stairs.
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Beers Of The Beano - Monday 09 March 2026
Day 01 in Bath. A day of mixed connectivity but multiple Fine Ales. Some of the locations political and some hard to find.
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Tondo - Electric Bear - 5.0% ABV. B++, Hazy, hoppy, fruity, maybe tropical and spicy hints too. Pleasing #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. At The Cub from Electric Bear, Bath. Really a hidden gem. Some quality brews in their fridges.
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Party People - Electric Bear - 4.0% ABV. B++, malty, hoppy, fruity with a gentle mouthfeel. Sessionable and moorish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. In The Cub, Bath. The trick to finding it is it’s upstairs. International Women’s Day brew. Lovely.
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Nala’s - Wantsum Brewery - 4.2% ABV. B+ and a bit. Malty, rich, maybe a a little nutty. Gentle bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. At The Raven, Bath. Great selection of Fine Ales, WiFi seems offline. Marking for a revisit.
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Black Fox Best Bitter - St Austell - 3.4% ABV. B+, not sure if a best bitter can be 3.4%. Pleasant Pint of Cooking. #ale #beer #bier
3/5. Malty but could do with a balancing bitterness. In The Black Fox, Bath. Fast WiFi.
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Read The Room - Good Word Brewing - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, malty, hints of sweet fruit, chocolate with a gentle rich bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. A US view on an English Brown Ale. Flavour forward. Punches way above it 4.0% ABV.
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Elderflower Blonde - Saltaire - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, floral nose. Quite full bodied with the rather different Elderflower taste #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. In The King of Wessex, Bath. Where they still have Cloud badged ADSL 2+ WiFi. Fire alarm tests.
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20260308 mb01 Day 01 Wrap
The birds were singing as I loaded up the car. Breakfast was a Scotch Egg minus the Egg. The M4 got really foggy when it became English. 4 Spoons Festival Ales and a Boneless Chicken Basket and then meeting Rickie and Eddie at The Waverley.
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Beers Of The Beano - Sunday 08 March 2026
When you wipe one of your Beer videos but it’s still a quality Beano. Still managed to get a Sunday Sour in thoiugh.
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Summer Crush - True Story Brewing - 4.2% ABV. B++, really fruity, more tart than sour but totally works. Happy Brew #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Says Zingy and totally is. Drinking it from an Arbor glass. All semi local too. The Waverley, Chippenham.
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Casual Pale - Unbarred - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit, fruity, hoppy , grapefruit, piney. Fruity, gentle bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Moved on to The Waverley and started talking to some Fine Ale Fans. Baby CAMRA member in the making.
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Driftwood - Fyne Ales - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit. Hazy, fruity, hoppy and malty. Well balanced and sessionable. Works #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Strength does not equal quantity and this Fyne Ale really proves the point. The Bridge House, Chippenham.
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Exam Room Tears - Stu Brew - 5.5% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Malty, slightly sweet, nutty and rich with a complex lingering finish #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Newcastle is a great Beer City and this is a great and different brew. Brewed at St Austell Brewery. Tidy.
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Nigredo - Birrificio Italiano - 6.0% ABV. B++, a Black Lager that’s more like a solid Porter. Roasty Aroma, Coffee and bitter in the body #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. At 6.0% ABV, more of a take it nice and easy rather than neck it back. Brewed at Batemans for JDW.
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Prelude - Beers Of The Beano - Sunday 08 March 2026
Where I remember where I’m actually going today. Back on the Spoons Beer Fest and taking it easy. Gentle mb01 Beanoing.
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Tropical - Bodebrown - 3.4% ABV. B+ and a bit. Light, tropical and hoppy. Maybe a little thin. Highly refreshing #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Brewed for JDW by Hook Norton. Starting with the lowest ABV as I’ve got a long day Beanoing ahead.
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