Pichelsteiner Festbier - J B Falter - 5.9% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Very fruity, hints of sweetness and bread. Lingering fruity, bitter finish #Ale #Beer #Bier
3.5/5. Great style of bier and the variety within the style in interesting and very enjoyable. Going well with the late Oktober sun. 
Märzen Festbier - Hohenthanner - 5.6% ABV. B++, malty, very sweet and fruity, refreshing. Tingly, fruity, bitter lingering finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. When tech just doesn't work it interferers with your drinking of Fine German Biers. Really enjoying the Biers. 
Erlkönig Festbier - Erl Brau - 6.1% ABV. B++, big sweet malt base, fruity and base with a gentle, fruity, bitter long finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Saturday morning home beano working my way through the Lidl (kalea.com) Festbier pack and I'm off to a great start. 
Horizon - Gower Brewery - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, solid malt and rye with hints of fruit and spice. Lingering malty, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. All rather Halloween in The Tumble Inn #Pontypridd Really got a soft spot for the Gower Brewery. Tidy Brews. 
Mesmerist - Siren Craft - 3.4% ABV. B++ and a touch, gentle with real hoppy depth. Gentle fruity, bitter with a hint of earth #ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. Happy Siren Craft in Spoons and more so please? Hold over from the Beer Fest. Monday Club in The Tumble. 
Red Jelly and Ice Cream - Yonder - 6.6% ABV. B++, fruity on the nose. Sour and sweet, fruity and Raspberry with a fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Strangely sunny and being back lit it’s rather good. The City are now 5 up ⚽️ 
Oktoberfest - Weird Dad - 6.3% ABV. B+ and a bit, hazy, malty, very fruity with a long earthy, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. More Newport than Munich. Keg not Cask but worth a Punt. Cardiff City 2-0 up at the moment and the sun is shining. 
Voodoo - Wye Valley - 3.9% ABV. B+ and a bit, malty, fruity, hoppy and slightly sweet. Gentle fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. In The Pen and Wig #Newport listening to TWiT 1001. Happy and Sunny. Banging Beano. 
North Brink Porter - Elgood’s - 5.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, malty, roasty, coffee with a lingering, earthy bitter finish. Solid #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Left behind phones, toast not eaten and the Irish Post. Standard Saturday morning in your local Spoons 🇬🇧 
Session IPA - Salem - 4.1% ABV. B+ and a bit. Malty, fruity, piney with a hint of sourness. Long piney, fruity, bitter finish. Decent #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. There are some really good brews in this Beer Fest. Hats off to Sir Timbo. Could do with a January Fest too? 
Disintegration - Salopian Brewery - 5.1% ABV. B++, strong, fruity, piney with a gentle fruity, bitter finish. Solid Shrewsbury brew #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. The Fest ales are £1.49, starting early and in no hurry. Not raining, still awaiting the forecast sun 🌞 #Beanoing 
Caribbean Rum Cask - Innis and Gunn - 6.8% ABV. B++, strong, rum, vanilla and rather warming. Much better than it’s last outing #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Friday morning sipper and up 20p because of the ABV. Two more that I want but they are resting in the cellar. 
Canberra - Windsor and Eton - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, complex with bitter sweet notes and hints of chocolate. Gentle fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Making the most of the Spoons Autumn Beer Fest. The Malcolm Uphill in Caerphilly 🏴 
All Dog Alert - Yazoo / JDW - 5.5% ABV. B++, rich and malty, roasty with hint of chocolate and fruity. Gentle bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. US brew, brewed at Oakham Ales in the UK. This is really good but at 5.5% ABV, it’s a lunchtime half. 
Sailing By - Brewster’s Brewery - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit. Lot going on here. Roasty, malty, orange, spicy and bitter #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. A darker, more complex beer much more suited to a rather warm but grey and wet Autumn’s day. Tumble Inn #Pontypridd 
Notorious PIG - Hogs Back Brewery - 3.8% ABV. B+ and a bit, fruity with a hint of spice. Refreshing with a gentle bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Low ABV lunch time winner. 4 new Fest Ales on at The Tumble Inn #Pontypridd today. First Class. 
Banoffee Pie Golden Ale - Maxim Brewery - 4.6% ABV. B+ and a bit, malt, banana and toffee. Gentle bitter sweet finish. Nice one #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Back in The Tumble #Pontypridd. I think where the Spoons Beer Fest is scoring is the sheer variety of Fine Ales. 
Hum - Beak - 4.8% ABV. B++, fruity, hoppy, earthy and peppery. Really good. Fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Always had a soft spot for Beak. Ever since that thing. Great brews and now in The Project, Caerphilly. 
Immortal - Dark Element - 6.5% ABV. B++, fruity on the nose. Quality murk, hoppy, fruity, earthy and hints of pepper. Pepper, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. The Project, Caerphilly. Now with branded glasses and a quality fridge but not open on Sundays. Changes. 
