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Bonfire Night Saturday Beer Musings

07/11/2022 rwnash Leave a comment

The Little Tap House on Baneswell Road is opening on the 18/19 November. Coffee House, Craft Beer and Geeky Gaming. Wobbly Bob in The Larry Linton, a 6% cracker to start the day. High Hops inspired by High Hopes, Tweet sent. The Pen & Wig, Newport, Real Ale, Newport Central. Tiny Rebel Newport, Punter WiFi, almost 200MB symmetrical.

Beer musings in Newport on Bonfire Night

Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour Tags: Ale, Beer, Newport, November 2022, Pen & Wig, South Wales, Tiny Rebel, Wetherspoons

Bristol Beer Factory Tap Takeover Tiny Rebel Newport

29/10/2022 rwnash Leave a comment

A rainy start as you would expect in Newport. Getting there early to get some pre opening (11:00) training in. Well, at 08:10 there was cleaning going on at Tiny Rebel’s Newport Bar but no sign of any Bristol Beer Factory Ales. So onward to The John Wallace Linton for some training.

All The Leaves Are Brown – Brewster’s Brewery – 4.8% ABV – B+ and a bit

Hambrook – Hop Union (prev GWB) – 4.0% ABV – B+ and a bit maybe and and extra bit

Moving on to The Pen and Wig Newport

Vienna – Dovecote Brewery – 6.4% ABV – B+ and a bit

Tiny Rebel Bar Newport @tinyrebelnpt

Simplicity – Bristol Beer Factory – 4.0% ABV – B+ and a bit

Southville Hop – Bristol Beer Factory – 6.5% ABV – B++

Power Play – Bristol Beer Factory – 5.0% ABV – B+ and a bit and a bit

Laser Juice – Bristol Beer Factory – 4.2% ABV – B++

Bristol Beer Factory Tap Takeover at Tiny Rebel Newport – 28 October 2022

Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour Tags: Ale, Beer, Bier, Bristol Beer Factory, John Wallace Linton, Newport, October 2022, Pen & Wig, South Wales, Tap Takeover, Tiny Rebel, Tiny Rebel Newport, Wetherspoons

Thunder, Lightning and Litter

25/07/2021 rwnash Leave a comment

Newport early on a Saturday morning. It’s full of litter. No use of litter bins, just everything just thrown on the ground. Windy, cooling rain at least until the John Wallace Linton opened at 08:00. WiFi not upgraded and a lot of bottled beers were out of stock. Not a good sign. Happy days in The Pen & Wig with almost full speed FTTC. The usual Harbour Chips and it was an old school afternoon in Tiny Rebel’s Newport Bar. The beer menu is getting better there too. Nature is slowly healing.

Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour Tags: Ale, Beer, Bier, Harbour Fish Bar, John Wallace Linton, July 2021, Newport, Pen & Wig, South Wales, Tiny Rebel, Tiny Rebel Newport, Wetherspoons

Not Trusting The Internet

27/06/2021 rwnash Leave a comment

A choice of two Costa Coffees in Newport. Their website says one is open and the other one is closed. First discovery, the open one is closed and only much later did I learn that the closed one is open. Also, the Internet was down in the John Wallace Linton. However, The JWL is getting a FTTC update. Which is good. On to the Pen & Wig which already has FTTC and still the best collection of Cask Ale in Newport. Huge tray of chips from The Harbour Fish Bar before sitting in the corner in Tiny Rebel Newport. Wales got hammered 4-0.

Categories: Food and drink Tags: Ale, Beer, Bier, Costa Coffee, Harbour Fish Bar, John Wallace Linton, June 2021, Newport, Pen & Wig, South Wales, Tiny Rebel, Tiny Rebel Newport, Wetherspoons

It’s The Little Things That Matter

25/05/2021 rwnash Leave a comment

Like will the bus be on time or will it even turn up? Will it hammer down with rain? Will I have enough things to moan about? So, dry and the bus was on time.

Newport was, well mostly closed before 08:00, still repairing the fire damage and minus one Spoons. The Queens Hotel. I will miss it.

With only one Wetherspoon in the City Centre, The John Wallace Linton, that now is the earliest to open and that is at 08:00. All the coffee Shops are 08:00 too. Still not back to whatever normal.

And so to Breakfast. BrewDog and Bacon seemed to hit the mark. Ordered on the app and I didn’t go for any sauces. Full disclosure, I am a BrewDog shareholder.

And it wouldn’t be me with out a tech failure. Here’s a tip, if the app says the beer is out of stock but you can see it in the fridge. Always go with your eyes. Still AB InBev.

Next was the Pen & Wig, Newport edition. Great welcome and a LocAle brew that became a 1K tweet, which for me is rather good. Good to be back on the cask. CAMRA member after all.

You can’t just have Fine Ales even if it is a Welsh Cake Stout. You need chips and you need chips from the Harbour Fish Bar. By the way it nearer to the Railway Station than it is to any Harbour. Always a good weather discussion going on there too.

Had a booking for Tiny Rebel Newport and I was sadly 10 minutes late. No problem and because I was a single booking I was put in the corner next to the power, my favourite spot.

Ordering was either via waiting staff or via a table QR code which tales you to an ordering website. Second tip of the day, the table number is written on the side of the hand sanitiser bottle. He’s the cream of the crop an 8.0% ABV Apricot and Vanilla IPA.

Little things win out

Categories: Food and drink Tags: Ale, Beer, Bier, Harbour Fish Bar, John Wallace Linton, May 2021, Newport, Pen & Wig, South Wales, Tiny Rebel, Tiny Rebel Newport, Wetherspoons

The First of 2021

23/05/2021 rwnash Leave a comment

So the first Saturday Beano of the year and what has changed. First The Queens Hotel is no longer a Wetherspoon’s Pub and it’s no longer a pub either. I’m not sure that rentable workspace ala We Work is the way forward but I wish them well. Secondly, no Pubs or Coffee Shops are open before 08:00, not even the Costa Coffee at the station. All the pubs are sign in but they all accept walk ups. In my case it was the John Wallace Linton, Pen & Wig and The Newport Tiny Rebel bar. The Harbour Fish Bar still provides the best chips in Newport and ordering of drinking in pubs is much easier with a Smartphone. Whatever your age may be. The good news was that it didn’t rain. So glad to be back Beanoing.