About
“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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oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
Old Wavertonian from Spitting Feathers
15 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2011. Very deep brown colour, small beige head. Aroma is sugar, some roasted notes, mild liquorice, mild syrupy notes as well as some burnt wooden notes. Flavour is roasted malts, coffee, dark fruits, liquorice and mild syrupy notes.
Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2011 at 22:46
omhper (46303) reviewed
Old Wavertonian from Spitting Feathers
15 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at Brewery Tap, Chester. Dark brown. Mildly roasty coffee aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and soft mouthfeel. Mellow flavour of coffee and hazelnuts, mid-bitter finish. A well made, relaxed cask stout.
Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2011 at 03:05
omhper (46303) reviewed
Thirst Quencher from Spitting Feathers
15 years ago
8.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8
Cask at Brewery Tap, Chester. Hazy golden. Fresh zesty citrus aroma. Dryish and slender with vital, firm mouthfeel. Good balance between citrusy grassy hop and light grainymalt. Lovely depth despite the light body. An aptly named, excellent thirst quencher!
Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2011 at 03:02
yespr (55614) reviewed
Old Wavertonian from Spitting Feathers
15 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted and mild acidic. Bitter and dry malty. Light citric. Ends dry and bitter. Dark roasted malty.
Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2011 at 22:57
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
Thirst Quencher from Spitting Feathers
15 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask@GBBF 2007. Golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is grass, some herbal notes as well as mild malts and some floral notes. Flavour is floral and grassy hops along with some bready maltyness.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jul 2011 at 02:59
bhensonb (23077) reviewed
Dark Velvet from Spitting Feathers
15 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at The Blisland Inn. Pours brown with a creamy light tan head. Aroma of dark malt and something roasty which only suggests coffee to me. That’s probably not it, but that’s how my brain interprets it. A bit light in body, and the flavor has that unusual "coffee". There’s dark malt, but the roasty flavor is distinctive.
Tried from Cask on 14 May 2011 at 13:02
wyzzywyz22 (6250) reviewed
Dark Velvet from Spitting Feathers
15 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask@the Spitting Feathers Brewery Tap. Clear dark brown looks with a thin tan head. Rather strange nose that somehow reminded me of pencil sharperner shavings. Lacking in body. Some roasted character in the flavour, but everything seemed just a bit wide of the mark here. Disappointing.
Tried from Cask on 05 May 2011 at 12:53
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Christmas Cracker from Spitting Feathers
15 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
28th March 2008
Bottle conditioned beer with cinnamon and cloves. Sharp beer, somewhat Belgian like. Light spice and sourness. Refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2011 at 09:49
Fin (18756) reviewed
Old Wavertonian from Spitting Feathers
16 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask, handpump at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks, 19-07-10 Pours black with a light beige head. Coffee and sweet malts on the nose, some bitterness, a little bit of sherry in the mouth, its nice. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3
Tried from Cask on 25 Jul 2010 at 06:24
Anders37 (30296) reviewed
Old Wavertonian from Spitting Feathers
16 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Volunteer Arms, GBBF 2009. Pours a daek brownish black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted maltychocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocoalte finish.
Tried from Cask on 12 Dec 2009 at 03:31