Gulpa - Redemption - 4.0%. B+ and a bit, malty, earthy and pleasingly spicy. Gentle, lingering spicy bitter finish #ale #beer #bier 3.3/5. Back in The Cheltenham Festival and Spoons Beer Festival John Wallace Linton #Newport. Early morning Rammed.
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Mocha Porter - Elgood’s - roasty, malty then with a big hit of chocolate. Pleasing, lingering chocolate bitter finish #ale #beer #bier 3.3/5. Certainly lives up to its name. This could be the perfect drink to get you up in the morning. Great Fest Brew.
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Vienna - Harviestoun - 4.1% ABV. B+ and a bit, malty, roasty, hoppy with some bittersweet fruitiness. Roasty bitter finish #ale #beer #bier 3.3/5. Lager for non lager drinkers. Dark and different in a Cask conditioned sort of way. Solid Scottish brew. Malcolm Uphill, Caerphilly.
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Cherry Nice - Greene King - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, different. Malty hoppy base with a tart but bittersweet body. Long bitterness Cherry finish #ale #beer #bier 3.3/5. Who’d have thought Greene King would have come up with a beer like this. Not for everyone but I like it.
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Swirl - Flowerhorn - 5.0% ABV. B++, Vanilla and Cherry Ice Cream Sour. Hazy and gently sour. Fruity, sour and gently bitter finish #ale #beer #bier 3.5/5. Oh No! No wings on the new menu, however, Flowerhorn from just up the road in Ely. Things change.
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ESB - Stewart Brewing - 5.2% ABV. B+ and a bit, big and malty with a hoppy, slightly fruity body and a bittersweet finish #ale #beer #bier 3.3/5. You don’t see many ESBs nowadays but I like this one. Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 too Great Spoons Day Today. All that and fast WiFi. image
Chance Your Arm - Swannay - 3.8% ABV. B+ and a bit, pale with a big hoppy and grapefruity body. Sharp, fruity and bitter finish #ale #beer #bier 3.3/5. Solid non Fest Ale from Orkney 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 so there is quality life after this Sunday. The Gatekeeper really providing the goods today.
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Dizzy’s Twisted Sister - Robinsons - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit. Malty, hoppy with a slightly sharp fruity body. Bittersweet finish #ale #beer #bier 3.3/5. Noticing the Cask Ales in The Gatekeeper are a touch cold. Mind you, we did have a slight frost overnight. Drinking it slowly. image
Prelude - Beers Of The Beano - Wednesday 12 March 2025 And the Fest goes on, this time in The Gatekeeper, Cardiff. 20p off the Fest price of Β£1.99. Could be a Tiny Rebel visit later.