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Prelude – Beers Of The Beano – Wednesday 12 March 2025

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For Saturday 22 February 2025

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The Saturday Wrap for 22 February 2025. Majorana, Blip app, 16e, Prince, mb01, Putty, The Waverley, Compost, Sunny, Booking, Mild, Yellow Wind, Slippage. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #February2025

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Beers Of The Beano – Friday 04 October 2024

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For Saturday 05 October 2024

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The Saturday Wrap for 05 October 2024. Boneless Wings, Notebook LM, Def Leppard, Onion Sets, 4K, Oktoberfest, BrewDog, Lawn, Apple Updates. #SaturdayWrap #Cardiff #October2024

Still in The Gatekeeper

Beers Of The Beano – Friday 27 September 2024

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For Saturday 28 September 2024

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The Saturday Wrap for 28 September 2024. Sausage, PolyCapture, Conferences, Carry on Jon, Tiny Rebel, OktoberFest, Potatoes, Service, iOS Bugs, iMore, AldiFest, Summer Onions. #SaturdayWrap #Cardiff #September2024

Live from The Gatekeeper

Spoons Spring Beer Festival 2023

22/03/2023 Leave a comment

So it must be Spring as we have gone past both the St David’s Day and The Spring Equinox, however the weather is still like February. What makes it really Spring is The Wetherspoon’s Spring Beer Festival and that starts on 22 March 2023. So it’s off to Cardiff for the maximum number of Wetherspoons. Plus my Oldies Bus Pass has arrived.

Starting with Freddy Export

After a Costa Bacon Roll and Coffee, it was straight in to The Gatekeeper. That Belgian Flag was calling me and straight off it was a B++ and 1 Sat per minute on the Fountain App.

Freddy gently settling

Then along comes Spring Break from Greene King and who knew, a really rather nice fruity, malty Golden Ale

Spring Break – Greene King – 4.4% ABV

Moving on to The Central Bar, where people go for a Full English in Cardiff. Strangely the Fest Ales are unmarked and just look like standard Guest Ales.

Very Springlike
B+ and bit

Vincent and Blind Jack. The Central Bar is sessionable central.

Just across the bridge
Lady Brewers are quality Brewers

And then it got all Old School and Swiss. It’s been a long time since I have been to the Ernest Willows.

Booth 13

Reeds Ale from Sudwerk in Switzerland, brewed at Adnams in Suffolk. All really malty

Cheaper here too

And to finish the day.

A B++

Bubs is Great

11/12/2021 Leave a comment

The bus was either very late or very early, I missed my train connection and the Apple store was having IT issues. However, Bubs was still Brilliant and I was in the corner with the Festive Awesome Ales. I really going to miss it, if they can’t find a new home. 3800.

20211106 Prelude mb06 Hereford November 21

06/11/2021 Leave a comment

Rugby and Climate Change demo in Wales and make the most of it while you can. Semi optimised departure with a little help from Costa Coffee. The frost goes away and mb06 is go. Google Maps timings spot on and all you can drink Coffee in The Kings Fee.

Planning My Tech

18/09/2021 Leave a comment

The day after the Apple iPhone Announcement 2021. A time to cogitate and plan, maybe the odd Fine Ale as well. A pleasant classic Autumn morning to start the day. A new Transport for Wales Rail timetable meaning my train left five minutes earlier.

My Costa points are now Beans which means they cannot be exchanged for Bacon Rolls, however Beans mean you can have whatever size Coffee you want and the large is very large. The Gatekeeper is full of Welsh Ales which is somewhat of a mixed bag. However, the supply of Hazy Jane is plentiful, luckliy.

Bubs was quiet to start and cool in the midday Sun. The wall menu had a shed load of sours, so it was start at the top and work my way down. That with Stevie Ray Vaughan and fast WiFi set the scene for the afternoon. There was was of course some TikiBar and the DrinkBot made an appearance. Good Autumnal Times.