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[Wanderer]

Off to a flyer last night as both Doncaster Wetherspoons had festival ales available ...

Red Lion
Coach House Blueberry Classic Bitter 5.0%, a straw coloured speciality ale with a subtle blueberry flavour. Nice.
Glamorgan Jemima's Pitchfork 4.5%, also straw coloured, this golden ale is flavoured with melon and pear.

The Gatehouse
Hawkshead Windermere Pale 3.5%, a golden fruity pale ale.
Dorset Jurassic Dark 5.9%, a mahogany dunkelweizen (dark wheat beer) with chocolate, fruit and port flavours. Very nice!

[Wanderer]

Moonshine wrote:

Had a quick scan of the menu and the standout for me is the St Austell Big Job a 7.2% IPA, and the ciders of course

The Doncaster Brewery Tap has a Cider and Cheese festival planned for October 16 - 21.

[Wanderer]

Wetherspoons festival ...

The Friar Penketh, Warrington
Long Man Old Man 4.3%, an old ale, malty with coffee and chocolate overtones. Delicious.

[Wanderer]

Wetherspoons festival ...

The Looking Glass, Warrington
Hook Norton Flagship 5.3%, a light bronze coloured IPA, the aroma is marmalade, the taste orange-laden. Not bad at all.
Mauldons Blackberry Porter 4.8%, some coffee in there but this is the nearest thing to alcohol ribena in both nose and taste. Nice enough.
Inveralmond Fortingale 4.0%, a brown ale in looks and style. Hints of chocolate, caramel and nut. Palatable enough if slightly blander than hoped for.

That's 8 of 30 found and sampled.

Wanderer wrote:

The Doncaster Brewery Tap has a Cider and Cheese festival planned for October 16 - 21.

Thanks Gary, be a shame not to 'pop' in

The Red Lion had Hook Nortons Flagship 5.3% IPA on today. Delightful, could easily have stayed all morning.

[Wanderer]

Wetherspoons festival ...

The Rawson Spring, Hillsborough
Wolf Sirius Dog Star 4.4%, a dark red ale, fruity with underlying sweetness. Hints of butterscotch and caramel. Very nice.
Robinsons Freddy Brewger 4.3%, a red ale, malty with some toffee and blackcurrant notes. Very nice.

[Wanderer]

Wetherspoons festival ...

Sheffield Waterworks
Wadworth Burnt Orange 4.5%, a golden IPA with burnt toffee, caramel and orange flavours. Exceeded expectations.
Orkney Celebration 4.6%, from the same brewery as Dark Island, Red McGregor and Skullsplitter, this doesn't disappoint. Peat smoked malt with caramel. Excellent.

[Wanderer]

Wetherspoons festival ...

Benjamin Huntsman, Sheffield
Rooster's Twenty Four Seven 4.7%, a pale golden grapefruit flavoured IPA. Not really to my taste.
Castle Rock Wheel of Fortune 4.6%, a dark red malty ale with both grapefruit and toffee flavours. Fortunately for me, the toffee seems to be the more dominant flavour
Brentwood Hope & Glory 4.5%, just a very nice malty best bitter. No more to say.

15 of 30 found / sampled.

[Wanderer]

Wetherspoons festival ...

Twelve Tellers, Preston (last night)
Salopian Hop Twister 4.5%, hoppy and fruity.
Titanic Iron Curtain 6.0%, at the bottom end of the ABV scale for a Russian Imperial Stout. Fruit and some sweetness possibly vanilla, quite bitter. No quite what I hoped for.

17 of 30 found / sampled.