Spitting Feathers

Microbrewery in Chester, Cheshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2005

Contact
Common Farm, Common Lane, Waverton, Chester, CH3 7QT, England
Description
“life’s too short for crap beer!”

In Spring 2005 Matthew Walley cashed his pension savings (at 33, he figured he shouldn’t need them too soon), spent it all on brewing equipment and set about brewing with mate Terry Ashford without telling anyone.

Driven by our enthusiasm for great beer, Spitting Feathers has continued to grow and evolve into a modern, forward thinking brewery producing exciting beers in keg, cask and bottle.

Farm to Fork! Spitting Feathers Brewery is based at Common Farm in Waverton, and is proud to be sustainable. The used grains from the brewery are a valuable feed for the cattle and pigs that provide the brewery and our pubs with meat. Bee hives behind our staff bar (where trial brews are drunk and argued over) provide honey for our pubs and seasonal beer, Honey Trap. Small amounts of hops are also grown on the farm for use in occasional/special beers.

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask, served in a mug at Crowd Of Favours. Warm golden body, fair lacing, filmy white head. Caramel fruity flavours. Moderate taste profile of peaches, berry fruits and mid-sweet malts. Malt-fruity bitter endnotes. Satisfying. (Leeds 06.07.2017).
Tried from Cask on 22 Jul 2017 at 09:51

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Described as a lager... Golden yellow amber... Small creamy white head... Light dry fruits... Light floral fruit
Tried on 11 Jul 2017 at 12:13

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Cask at tap house... Dark brown... Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Light caramel toffee fruit.. Soft dusty toffee malts
Tried from Cask on 11 Jul 2017 at 12:01

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Handpull cask at the Queen Edith, Cambridge. Amber, clear with a small loose white head. Very light woody aroma. Taste is pretty malty but there’s a sulphur note in the back of the mouth. A bit more hop bitterness in the finish. Cherry and bicarbonate of soda in the aftertaste. Not actively awful by any means, but it doesn’t really hang together.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jun 2017 at 15:46

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Rate #3000
Cask @ Sptting Feathers, Chester [060417]
Very dark brown, clear, off white head
Aroma - Hint of burnt roast, touch of dark malt
Taste - Quite roasty, some bitter dark chocolate, dab of burnt toast, some sweet dark malt in the background
Palate - Light body, tad thin for abv, fairly roasty bitter. Finish is quite dry, roasted malt linger
Overall - Quite a decent porter
Tried from Cask on 01 May 2017 at 19:33

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
This one is currently storming my brain. Clear light golden coloured pale. The Citra hops exude some fruit, but a dominant hopped character is here. It's a sessionable one though, as this slips down the palate with ease. It has a very mild dryness. This is a re-rate having previously tried it in a Manchester Wetherspoon. It turned out to be a better experience this time around.
Tried from Cask at Wickstead Arms on 01 May 2017 at 09:37

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tried at Hop and Barley. Golden colour with a white head. Fresh citrus and pine aroma Taste is light sweet. Medium body.
Tried on 15 Apr 2017 at 09:07

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle @ The Alb, Shrewsbury. Pours a clear deep gold, thinning white head. Aroma of caramel / crystal malts. Taste is oily, surprisingly light with a confident marmalade / caramel character that feels more like a mid-strength barley wine than an ESB. Seems a bit unsure of itself.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2017 at 16:00

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Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 7/3/2017. Deep gold in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Aroma of tangerines, pineapple and a touch of citrus hops. Flavour had a touch more sweetish fruit and biscuity malts, leading to a moderately dry finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 19 Mar 2017 at 06:32

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask, handpump at The Brewery Tap, in the company of Baz, Jude, Kay and Isobel Chester Saturday 18th March 2017 Pours golden, fuzzy a little flinty a touch of butter, a little malty, ok. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov11 3.0
Tried from Cask on 18 Mar 2017 at 09:31