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.
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask, Hoylake Lights. Colour is tar black with a thin muddy white head. Slips down silkily smooth, rich, powerful, well rounded chocolate flavour with a hint of coffee. Deeply satisfying.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Mar 2008
at 05:32
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity filled jug) @ Smithfield Hotel & Bar, Manchester M4, UK. Clear medium amber color with a small, virtually none appearance, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dust. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (190108)
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2008
at 04:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear dark brown color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, milk chocolate, coffee, notes off cask wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (180108)
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2008
at 02:02
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF 2007. A golden beer with a slight hazy under a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with light hoppy notes. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of hops and hints of citrus, leading to a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jan 2008
at 17:25
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Yellow with a small white head. Butter dominates the aroma, with a little citrus on the side. Dry and slightly bitter, and butter in the flavour too.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2007
at 10:47
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask (handpump) @ Telford Warehouse, CH1, Chester. Clear yellow / orange color with a small virtually none off-white head. Aroma is honey, toffee, dust. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2007
at 02:16
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
very light golden ale, with a ligth hoppynose and a strong hoppy bright flavour
Tried
on 01 May 2007
at 01:40
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask gravity Notts BF 05. Orange copper colour with aroma of hay. Some caramel, some red berry. Bit acidic. Again, just a bit samey as other beers and doesn’t stand out
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2005
at 16:14