Real Ale in Chester
Spitting Feathers - 1862
Blonde - 4%
This straw coloured beer has a zesty, dry flavour and a fresh, hoppy aroma. The name 1862 is taken from the year in which the brewery buildings were built.
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Spitting Feathers - Autumn Smoked Ale
Brown - 4.5%
Brewed using barley that has been smoked over oak chippings, by the brewers, to produce a brown beer with a distinctive smokey flavour.
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Spitting Feathers - Basketcase
Ruby - 4.8%
A dark ruby strong ale, rich and fruity full flavour with a smooth finish.
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Spitting Feathers - Christmas Crackers
Ruby - 5.8%
A rich ruby, strong ale. Full bodied and fruity with festive flavours of cinnamon and cloves and a smooth finish
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Spitting Feathers - Dark Arts
Dark - 3.5%
A tribute to "spin" and the propaganda that beer is bad for you. The truth is that beer is good for us.
This smooth, dark beer is nutritious and low in alcohol.
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Spitting Feathers - Dark Velvet
Mild - 4%
A tasty, dark, mild ale. An easy drinking beer full of smooth, roasted and nutty flavours.
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Spitting Feathers - Empire I.P.A.
IPA - 5.2%
The beer brewed to quench thirsts around the globe-spanning British Empire. India Pale Ale was brewed specifically for export with properties to match. It was higher alcohol and hop levels to preserve the beer as it travelled back over the seas on ships that had sailed to the UK to deliver cargo from around the empire.
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Spitting Feathers - False Economy
Blonde - 3.8%
A pale beer brewed with so much hop (added at 5 different stages in the brewing process) that it probably costs the ministry more than it recovers in revenue.
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Spitting Feathers - Farmhouse Ale
Golden - 3.6%
A golden session bitter. Traditional English malts and hops combine to make this a well balanced and satisfying beer.
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Spitting Feathers - Fool's Gold
Golden - 3.8%
A beer brewed in recognition of government beer duty policy. This lunacy has lead to higher beer prices, lower beer sales and reduced tax revenue!
A golden single hop beer brewed using only UK grown First Gold hops.
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Spitting Feathers - Honey Trap
Golden - 4.1%
A pale amber beer brewed using honey from the brewery's own on-site beehives to produce a distinctive mellow flavour and aroma.
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Spitting Feathers - Northgate Ale
Amber - 4.9%
Brewed to an authentic 1902 recipe.At 4.9% ABV, this mid-amber beer has fruity malt flavours and a pleasant hoppy aftertaste.
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Spitting Feathers - Old Wavertonian
Stout - 4.4%
A robust dark stout. Roast barley, chocolate and coffee flavours give a very full body and a smooth lingering finish.
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Spitting Feathers - Red Tape
Ruby - 3.8%
Unnecessary and pointless red tape is strangling pubs.
Endless form-filling, permits and license renewals
drain finances and rob publicans of time that should be spent productively.
This is a ruby ale brewed using a bit of common sense.
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Spitting Feathers - Revolution
Golden - 4.6%
The industrial revolution made possible the large-scale brewing of pale beer for the first time and also it’s transport around the country transforming the brewing industry and leading to the rise of the national brewers. This Pale Ale is brewed using the same traditional English grains & hops to recreate this groundbreaking beer.
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Spitting Feathers - Roman Ale
Brown - 5%
Recreated by analysing residues found in Roman pots found at archaeological digs at Roman sites dating from around 100AD near and other research. Original ingredients including oats, rye and bog myrtle make this is a real taste of ale as the Romans brewed it in Britannia around the time of Christ’s birth.
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Spitting Feathers - Solstice
Amber - 4.1%
A refreshing, amber beer with a good balance of malt and hop flavours and a slightly spicy finish.
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Spitting Feathers - Special Ale
Malty - 4.2%
A malty, chestnut brown beer. The full malt taste balances well with hop bitterness and fruit flavours.
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Spitting Feathers - Square Bottle Ale
Amber - 4%
Brewed especially for The Square Bottle. A chestnut coloured beer with well-balanced malt and hop flavours and a bittersweet finish.
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Spitting Feathers - Thirstquencher
Pale - 3.9%
A hoppy, pale bitter. Lots of late hop leads to a clean, crisp finish.
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Spitting Feathers - Victorian Porter
Porter - 4.6%
The beer style that once dominated British brewing. Porter originated in London where the coal tax meant that malt was wood-cured giving the drink its distinctive colour and flavour. A nourishing and nutritious drink, Porter was popular among the working classes including the porters and barrow boys who worked the narrow streets and gave the beer its name. Brewed using an authentic recipe from 1865.
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