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.
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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
It's eight days until the Winter Solstice occurs, for me it's occurring now in this dry tasting hoppy pale ale, which has a very traditional style, but depth to give a more towards seasonal taste and a spicy undercurrent. Deeper clear golden coloured and a touch bittered in aroma.
Tried
from Cask
at
Waterhouse
on 13 Dec 2025
at 19:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask at the station Chester ...deep red brown ..thin tan lacing ...soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ...soft sweet caramel woody toffee malts ..Light vanilla malt
Tried
on 04 Dec 2025
at 12:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
cask at the station Chester ...dark amber ...small off white head ...soft sweet caramel bready fruit nose ...soft sweet yeasty bready caramelised toffee fruit
Tried
on 04 Dec 2025
at 12:15
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
All day supping has yet to give me RSI, although a few summer jobs got close. Clear golden ale hoppy beer with a notable sweetened-bitterness that lingers in taste. Aroma is light hoppy.
Tried
from Cask
at
Waterhouse
on 22 Nov 2025
at 19:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Amber gold with a frothy white head and sweet fruit malt on the nose. Sweet and malty with some floral hop character, a little hint of spice, finishes a little dry and bittersweet.
Cock & Greyhound, Whitchurch
Cock & Greyhound, Whitchurch
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2025
at 13:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at Brewery Tap, Chester. Gluten Free. Black brown colour, thin beige foam head and aroma of roast malt, hops. Taste is roasted malty, chocolate, caramel, fruity, with earthy ashy light hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying roasty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried
from Cask
at
Brewery Tap (Spitting Feathers)
on 28 Oct 2025
at 13:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Brewery Tap, Chester. Gluten Free. Pale golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of malt, grass. Taste is sweet, malty, mashy, bread, hay, straw with grassy bitterness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, dry tangy grassy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Draft
at
Brewery Tap
on 28 Oct 2025
at 13:14
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Brewery Tap, Chester. Gluten Free. Hazed orangey gold colour, white foam head and aroma of tropical fruit, hops. Taste is sweet, malty, grain, tropical fruity, melon, herbal, with citrusy, resiny hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying herby hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried
from Cask
at
Brewery Tap (Spitting Feathers)
on 28 Oct 2025
at 13:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Brewery Tap, Chester. Gluten Free. Pale golden colour, white foam head and aroma of malt, citrus. Taste is pale malty, biscuit, tangy, with citrus, grapefruit, hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Cask
at
Brewery Tap (Spitting Feathers)
on 28 Oct 2025
at 13:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hand pulled half pint at the Crown Inn, Oakengates on 27th October 2025. Golden pour, almost clear, white crust on top. Hoppy with a slight citrus leaning, some resinous piney notes in there too, gets more bitter with each sip.
Tried
from Cask
at
Crown Inn
on 27 Oct 2025
at 16:30