Wetherspoon Watch

Wetherspoon Watch This page let's real ale drinkers know what ales are on in Spoons and how they taste. A guide to scores:
5. Average
6. Showing signs of promise
7. Perfect

Nice - Must have 1 more pint
8. Really nice - Must have 2 more pints
9. Near perfect
10.

23/06/2026

Largs - Paddle Steamer

Popped out here in a heatwave.
Despite only one guest ale available (Red McGregor) that ran out as I waited for it to be poured.
A JW Lees ale was on the up and coming list but no sign of it at the bar.

So, no guest ales right now and the pub is heaving due to it being the height of summer.
Pretty poor to non existent cellar management at play.

The Abbot is reasonable...

Paul.

Kirby Lonsdale. Dark side of the lune.6½/10 A pit stop on the way back home...Standard stout fare.A hint of licorice in...
16/06/2026

Kirby Lonsdale. Dark side of the lune.
6½/10

A pit stop on the way back home...

Standard stout fare.
A hint of licorice in the mix.

Paul

Yorkshire Heart Rhubarb Ale 3.7%Nice fresh taste. Different from what I usually drink. Dark ales seem in short supply i...
15/06/2026

Yorkshire Heart Rhubarb Ale 3.7%

Nice fresh taste. Different from what I usually drink. Dark ales seem in short supply in Leeds today
But as an alternative , pleasantly surprised.
Not a session ale, but just for something different

As for picture of my half pint, simply forgot to take a picture after pouring.

7/10

Martin

Henley Verity SpoonsWe never actually stayed for a drink as all their guest ales were blonde and hoppy.Photo of pub fron...
15/06/2026

Henley Verity Spoons
We never actually stayed for a drink as all their guest ales were blonde and hoppy.
Photo of pub front added for posterity

Stick or Twist pub
Roosters Yorkshire Best
7½/10
We're both agreed this is the best ale we've had today.
Moving towards a cracking Yorkshire traditional bitter...
The pump clip mentioning a modern classic bitter.🤔

This is the last of our Spoons visits.
We will move to Untappd for the remainder of our crawl...

Paul

Yorkshire Heart. Scarbados 5½/10Lemon pith to the fore, though not oppresively overpowering.Kirkstall. Three Swords Pau...
15/06/2026

Yorkshire Heart. Scarbados
5½/10
Lemon pith to the fore, though not oppresively overpowering.

Kirkstall. Three Swords
Paul 6/10 Martin 7/10
Blonde, but nicely balanced and not overly hoppy. (P)
Pleasant enough, not outstanding maybe Mark it down to 6.5.?? (Martin)

Paul

Rudgate BattleaxeMartin 6½/10. Paul 2½/10This ale was ¾'s of the way towards malt vinegar. (P)Didn't agree with the m...
15/06/2026

Rudgate Battleaxe
Martin 6½/10. Paul 2½/10

This ale was ¾'s of the way towards malt vinegar. (P)
Didn't agree with the malty vinegar observation, decent but not outstanding (Martin)

Phoenix Boss Man
M 7½/10. P 5/10

Too intensely hoppy to be a session bitter imho. ( P)
Best of the samples chosen, could easily be a session ale (Martin)

Wilde Child Faithful Transcendence
M. 6½/10. P 6/10

Neither malty or hoppy.
The nicest of this lacklustre trio (P)
Lackluster certainly, not outstanding (Martin)

It's so cold in here with the air conditioning set to Ice Station Zebra coldness! (P)

Had to keep my jacket on, should have asked that nice manageress to turn it down or off. (Martin)

Paul

A sublime pint of Titanic plum porter to start our Leeds adventure.Standard railway station pricing at £3.65I've photogr...
14/06/2026

A sublime pint of Titanic plum porter to start our Leeds adventure.
Standard railway station pricing at £3.65

I've photographed all 10 ale pumps with only one ale a blonde and hoppy offering.
This is my kind of town!

On a minus point, the Polish barman refused to take my Scottish £5 note.
This is a major railway hub remember.🤨

Paul

The Watch team will be in Leeds this weekend (Sunday evening and all day Monday) for a comprehensive sweep of Spoons & G...
12/06/2026

The Watch team will be in Leeds this weekend (Sunday evening and all day Monday) for a comprehensive sweep of Spoons & Good Beer Guide pubs.

If you spot us pop up and say hello!
Nobody's spotted us on previous jaunts in Newcastle, Liverpool & Manchester.😏

Paul

Williams. Fraoch8/10Not seen in the Wetherspoon estate for about 2½ years where Martin gave it 7½/10.This is one of the ...
03/06/2026

Williams. Fraoch
8/10

Not seen in the Wetherspoon estate for about 2½ years where Martin gave it 7½/10.
This is one of the few golden ales I actually like.
Faint traces of honey and ginger do the business for me.
It's just so easy drinking.
Ideal for that summer beer garden.
Now, where did the sun go.🫥

Paul

Lured over to Edinburgh for some rugby league action.Now before any of you get all chatty about rugby league, stop, beca...
23/05/2026

Lured over to Edinburgh for some rugby league action.
Now before any of you get all chatty about rugby league, stop, because my interest is minimal!

Anyways, just round the corner is the Corstorphine Wetherspoons DESPITE it only having a raft of blonde and hoppy guest ales on offer.🤨
Fortunately, I can report that the Abbot is as fresh as I've found it in any Spoons of late.

Meanwhile, over on the CAMRA Discourse discussion forum, a huge chasm develops over blonde and hoppy v bitter and even darker beers.
Such discussion can be found in their virtual local forum.
First, of course, you have to find the CAMRA Discourse discussion forum.
Good luck with that!
Regular viewers of this page will know where I stand!

WHERE DO YOU STAND?

Paul

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