October Spoonfest 2023

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

Spoonfest time again: pdf here:

https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/~/media/files/pdf-documents/events-2023/autumn-real-ale-festival-2023-festival-news.pdf?la=en

Hacked from the pdf -

Purity Bunny Hop 3.4% ABV
Purity Brewery, Warwickshire. Est. 2005
This hazy, pale golden ale is extra hoppy in character, with a full aroma,
pronounced bitterness in the flavour, notes of grapefruit and a long, dry
finish. Hops: Azacca, Centennial, Chinook, Citra, Eureka, Pilgrim

Rudgate Vanilla Mild 3.6% ABV
Rudgate Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1992
This multiaward-winning dark mild is very lightly hopped and enriched with
fresh premium vanilla pods, resulting in a well-balanced, rich and smooth
flavour. Hops: East Kent Goldings

Acorn 2 Decades 4.0% ABV
Acorn Brewery, South Yorkshire. Est. 2003
Brewed with a blend of English hop varieties to celebrate 20 years’
brewing, this blond beer has a tropical fruit aroma and a balanced, hoppy
flavour. Hops:Challenger, Goldings, Harlequin

Adnams Nut Brown 4.0% ABV
Adnams Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1872
This chestnut-coloured beer has aromas of gooseberry, pine, toasted malt
and caramel, leading to hints of brown sugar on the palate, balanced by a
fresh bitterness, with orange and fresh bread notes.
Hops: Ekuanot, Jester

Black Sheep Finisher 4.0% ABV
Black Sheep Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1992
This seasonal golden pale ale is packed full of hops which deliver ripe
apricot, juicy citrus and subtle spicy flavours, balanced by a light sweet
maltiness. Hops: Ernest

Brewster’s Krafty Kiwi 4.0% ABV
Brewster’s Brewery, Lincolnshire. Est. 1998
This occasionally brewed, light golden beer contains hints of crystal
malt, enhancing the flavour and balancing the lemon zest notes and hints
of pine, with a lasting resinous finish. Hops: Pacific Gem, Pacific Jade

Steel & Oak Easy Stout 4.0% ABV
Steel & Oak Brewing, British Columbia, Canada. Est. 2014
Robyn Guille has travelled to Batemans Brewery (Lincolnshire) to brew this
tropical session stout for us. The aromas of tropical and citrus fruit
lead to a smooth roasted malt flavour, with notes of chocolate and toffee,
then a full-bodied, creamy and refreshing finish. Hops: Amarillo, El Dorado

Inveralmond Ossian Oatmeal Stout 4.1% ABV
Inveralmond Brewery, Perthshire. Est. 1997
This new beer is rich in flavour and packed full of coffee, cocoa and
roasted malt flavours, complemented by bittersweet notes and balanced by a
smooth, creamy finish. Hops: Aurora

Hook Norton Autumn Ways 4.2% ABV
Hook Norton Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 1849
This ruby-coloured seasonal ale has an inviting floral aroma, while its
use of Maris Otter malt, plus a touch of rye and wheat, delivers
complexity to the soft dark fruit flavour. Hops: Bramling Cross, Celeia,
Fuggles, UK Cascade

Evan Evans Challenger 4.3% ABV
Evan Evans Brewery, Carmarthenshire. Est. 2004
This new deep amber autumn beer has a predominantly malty character,
balanced by plenty of hop notes, delivering a smooth flavour and a fresh,
crisp, spicy finish. Hops:Challenger, Ernest, First Gold, Goldings

Maxim Slovenian Pale Ale 4.3% ABV
Maxim Brewery, County Durham. Est. 2007
This light golden seasonal ale is brewed with a blend of pale ale and
lager malts to give a European character, while its Slovenian hops deliver
a pleasing floral aroma and hints of lemon in the flavour.
Hops: Dana, Eureka, Styrian Wolf

Batemans Combined Harvest 4.4% ABV
Batemans Brewery, Lincolnshire. Est. 1874
This deep golden seasonal beer contains a unique multigrain blend of
malted barley, oats, wheat and rye, creating a refreshing flavour with a
dry-sweet character, plus citrus hints. Hops: Bobek

Castle Rock Phoenix Tears 4.5% ABV
Castle Rock Brewery, Nottinghamshire. Est. 1998
This new copper-coloured beer, using solely UK ingredients, delivers a
beautiful balance of hop notes and malt flavours, resulting in a
bittersweet character and a warming, spicy finish.
Hops: Goldings, Phoenix

Harviestoun Broken Dial 4.5% ABV
Harviestoun Brewery, Clackmannanshire. Est. 1983
This amber seasonal ale has a distinctive malty flavour, with chocolate
notes, balanced by a complex hop aroma and flavour, leading to a pleasing
tropical fruit finish. Hops:Celeia, Citra, Liberty, Simcoe

Robinsons Fear Of The
Dark 4.5% ABV Robinsons Brewery, Cheshire. Est. 1838
This black stout, part of this brewer’s popular Iron Maiden Trooper range,
has a complex blend of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee flavours,
balanced by peppery hop notes. Hops: Goldings

St Austell Average Joe! 4.5% ABV
St Austell Brewery, Cornwall. Est. 1851
This amber-coloured occasionally brewed beer has a fruity aroma, leading
to generous floral flavours and hints of blackcurrant, balanced by an
emerging malty finish. Hops: Bramling Cross, Fuggles, Harlequin

Zululand Zulu Blonde 4.5% ABV
Zululand Brewery, Eshowe, South Africa. Est. 1997
Richard Chennells has returned to brew this popular beer for us again,
this time at Banks’s Brewery (West Midlands). This golden amber beer has a
predominantly malty character, balanced by fruit flavours and hints of
citrus, leading to a light, crisp finish. Hops: Fuggles, Goldings, Saaz

Conwy Kashmir IPA 4.8% ABV
Conwy Brewery, Conwy. Est. 2003
This golden seasonal beer is a traditional IPA, delivering an assertive
bitterness and plenty of hop flavour, balanced by a subtle maltiness, and
leading to a spicy, peppery finish. Hops:Challenger, East Kent Goldings,
Fuggles, Pioneer

Salopian The Murmurings of a Lost Leviathan 4.8% ABV
Salopian Brewery, Shropshire. Est. 1995
This golden IPA sparkles with mesmerising tangerine and papaya sorbet
notes, delivering a hoppy and full (yet not overpowering) flavour which
melds beautifully across a brazen sea of passion fruit and lemon zest.
Hops:Centennial, Challenger, Mosaic, Nelson Sauvin

Shepherd Neame Cracklewick 4.8% ABV
Shepherd Neame Brewery, Kent. Est. 1698
This occasionally brewed mahogany ale has floral, citrus and spicy aromas,
which complement the chocolate and roasted malt hints in its flavour,
resulting in a satisfying, smooth and velvety character.
Hops:Centennial, East Kent Goldings, First Gold

Yazoo Dos Perros 4.8% ABV
Yazoo Brewing, Tennessee, USA. Est. 2003
Linus Hall has travelled to Adnams Brewery (Suffolk) to brew this deep
amber beer for us. The bready malt aroma leads to a malty body, with a
clean, refreshing character and a subtle hop finish.
Hops: Perle, Saaz

Titanic Cherry Porter 4.9% ABV
Titanic Brewery, Staffordshire. Est. 1985
This dark red speciality porter has a rich aroma and a well-rounded fruity
character, with its sweet cherry flavour balanced by generous hop notes.
Hops:Celeia, Goldings, Herkules, Pilgrim

Fyne Ales Quiet Shadows 5.0% ABV
Fyne Ales, Argyll. Est. 2001
This new hazy straw-coloured pale ale has a ripe fruit and resinous aroma,
leading to delicate strawberry and raspberry flavours, complemented by
vibrant citrus notes, before resulting in a soft, silky finish.
Hops: Barbe Rouge T90, Belma T90, Chinook T90, Simcoe

Hogs Back Ratfink & Ripsnorter 5.0% ABV
Hogs Back Brewery, Surrey. Est. 1992
This ruby beer has an enticing malty aroma, with gentle spice notes
leading to a powerful malty flavour with hints of plum, balanced by
generous refreshing hoppy notes. Hops: Fuggles, Goldings

Joe’s Garage Bohemian Pale Ale 5.0% ABV
Joe’s Garage Brewery, Plzeň, Czech Republic. Est. 2005
Josef and Petr Krýsl have travelled to Shepherd Neame Brewery (Kent) to
brew this pale amber beer for us. The use of rare Czech hop varieties
delivers aromatic citrus and spicy notes, along with a balanced bitterness
to its full-bodied, malty flavour. Hops: Kazbek

Lancaster Harlequin 5.0% ABV
Lancaster Brewery, Lancashire. Est. 2005
This new blond ale is brewed with a fine blend of UK hop varieties,
delivering generous fruity notes in both the aroma and flavour and leading
to a refreshing finish with mango hints. Hops: First Gold, Godiva, Jester,
Keyworth

Thornbridge Hubble 5.2% ABV
Thornbridge Brewery, Derbyshire. Est. 2005
This golden American pale ale is packed with a mouth-watering blend of
US hops, delivering big punchy notes of mango, lemon and orange from the
aroma all the way through to its refreshing finish.
Hops: Amarillo, Mosaic, Simcoe

Elgood’s Warrior 5.5% ABV
Elgood’s Brewery, Cambridgeshire. Est. 1795
This chestnut-coloured seasonal beer has a predominantly malty aroma,
leading to a strong, well-balanced character with a rich malt flavour and
subtle hop notes. Hops:Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings, Sovereign

New Realm Hoptropolis IPA 6.0% ABV
New Realm Brewing, Georgia, USA. Est. 2016
Mitch Steele has travelled to Hook Norton Brewery (Oxfordshire) to brew
this deep golden beer for us. The intensely fruity aroma leads to a medium
body and emerging hop character, with plenty of tropical fruit notes and a
pleasing bitterness in the finish. Hops: Azacca, Citra, Mosaic

Wychwood King Goblin 6.6% ABV
Wychwood Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 1983
This rarely seen, deep ruby strong ale is brewed with roasted chocolate
and crystal malts which, combined with a blend of hop varieties, produce a
rich and full-bodied beer, with fruity notes and a pleasingly smooth
character. Hops:Cascade, Fuggles, Sovereign, Styrian

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