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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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What happened on the second day of mb06 2026
The Elizabeth Line is my new favourite. I noticed you uploading. Meeting up and breakfasting. In an a Ballroom and Cricket Club. Burgers then done.
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Old Blighty - J W Lees - 3.9% ABV. B+ and a bit, light, hoppy, citrusy with hints of sherbet. Pleasing #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. The first day of The Spoons Autumn Beer Fest. The Sir John Oldcastle watching the rain.
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What happened on the first day of mb06 2026
A mild and humid start to mb06 London October 2026. Misty London, Cheap Thornbridge Pints. New Spoons, New Waterloo and a Faraday Cage for a room.
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IVO - Orbit Beers - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit. Nicely balanced with a Hop Forward style, sherbert fruity finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. When in London, drink London. No video as the background music will be a take down. Waterloo Tap.
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Mothership - Big Smoke Brew Co - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit, amplified both in the malt and the hops. Maybe a tad unbalanced #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Hole in The Wall, Waterloo. Head for the back bar where there is a much better selection of Fine Ales.
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Strange Brew - Twickenham Fine Ales - 4.1% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Both with the malt and 5 Hops. Citrusy #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. A brewer with Fine Ales in their name and first off a very Fine Ale. The Lion and Unicorn, Waterloo Station. Better WiFi
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Brother Rabbit - Thornbridge - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit. Light, refreshing and citrus hoppy. Hints of spice in the finish #ale #beer #bier
4.3/5. Central London Real Ale and its £1.99 a Pint. The Metropolitan Bar next to Baker Street Tube #mb06
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Single Hop Pale Ale - Krush - Goffs - 4.7% ABV. B+ and a bit. Hoppy, malty, fruity with a fruity bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Pen and Wig, Newport. No relation to the glass. Monday morning Beanoing.
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Session Golden Ale - Varvar - 5.0% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Really well balanced, malty, slightly fruity and spicy and pleasantly hoppy. Hint of bitterness in the finish #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Ukraine and Hook Norton for JWD. It totally works and now only £1.79. John Wallace Linton in Newport
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Broadside Original - Adnams - 6.0% ABV. B++, Fest Ale. Rich and malty. Strong with a hint of freshness. Long malty finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. The Spoons Fest doesn’t start until Wednesday but there are already two on at The John Wallace Linton. Really good start.
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For Saturday 03 October 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 03 October 2026. Darker, YouTube Studio, Aldi, AI, Freebird, Apple, Certificate, Oktoberfesting, Tenner, Demister, Updates, Compost, Emergency Beano Sets. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #Oct2026
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For Saturday 03 October 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 03 October 2026. Darker, YouTube Studio, Aldi, AI, Freebird, Apple, Certificates, Oktoberfesting, Tenner, Demister, Updates, Compost, Emergency Beano, Sets. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #Oct2026
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Oktoberfesting at the Tiny Beer 🇩🇪🍻
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Pilot Gig - Keltek - 5.2% ABV. B++, malty, roasty and then an explosion of hops and chocolate. 2nd Banger of the day #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. The Gatekeeper and its full of Fellow Tipplers and the Guest Ales are £2.19 a pint. Money off vouchers too.
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