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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5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Cask at the Pied Bull; clear amber pour with creamy off white head, aroma has light malt and caramel, taste has stewed fruit, caramel, sweet malts,
Tried from Cask on 21 Sep 2015 at 11:42

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Cask at the Brewery Tap; clear coca cola brown pour with a creamy beige head, aroma has light roast and some chocolate, taste has a hint of smoke, dark fruits, chocolate and roast malt.
Tried from Cask on 20 Sep 2015 at 11:49

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Cask at JDW The Square Bottle; clear amber pour with a creamy magnolia head, aroma has light citrus plus some roast malts, taste has a hint of peach, some red fruits, roast malts, ok.
Tried from Cask on 20 Sep 2015 at 05:31

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Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence. Pale amber with a loose cream head; grainy aroma; dry, almost perry-like taste, with some sour grains; and a tart bitter finish. Rather odd - reminding me of Marston’s Old Empire. If this is what IPA’s really used to taste like, then I’m really glad that they’ve been replaced by the modern American style alternative.
Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2015 at 18:08

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Handpull cask at the Swan and Rushes, Leicester. Red-brown, translucent. Malt, oats and chocolate in the simple, honest aroma. Sweet/spicy taste, with a slightly sourish caramel biscuit finish. Weak palette. Pretty good but not a game-changer. But then again it was never meant to be.
Tried from Cask on 09 May 2015 at 14:47

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Brewery Tap, Liverpool. Golden-orange with a small bubbly head. Fruit hopped, but with plenty of fruitiness and slightly stewed in this respect.
Tried from Cask on 23 Apr 2015 at 13:28

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Brewery Tap, Chester. Pours dark brown with creamy beige head. Roasted caramel, bit of coffee. Dry and bitter finish.
Tried from Cask at Brewery Tap (Spitting Feathers) on 03 Apr 2015 at 09:12

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Cask @ Brewery Tap House, Chester [270115]
Light blonde, clear, thin white head, good lacing
Aroma of soft citrus hops, light malts, dab of dry zest
Taste of light malts, bit grassy, hay, citrus hops, old lemon zest, bit floral
Palate - Light body, fairly bitter, clean palate. Finish is dry, fairly bitter linger
Overall - Simple beer with dry bitter finish. OK. One for drinking quickly to alleviate thirst as the name suggests
Tried from Cask on 09 Mar 2015 at 21:01

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Cask at the High Cross Inn, Broughton-in-Furness. Copper with a tight white head. Aroma of fresh red cherries with a hint of metal. Sweet and fruity taste. Notes of raspberry, coffee and white chocolate. The sip ends with a nice bittersweet hit. Decent, and that little bit different from your average bitter.
Tried from Cask on 08 Mar 2015 at 04:20

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Cask gravity at Firkin Alehouse Folkestone. Clear pale gold lasting white head. It’s got some caramel. Some citrus. a bit bland
Tried from Cask on 26 Feb 2015 at 12:20