Dunkel - Augustiner Bräu - 5.6% ABV. B++, malty and fruity with a hoppy bitter finish. Saturday drinking German #ale #beer #bier 3.5/5. I seem to have moved off Oktoberfest but there is a Project, Caerphilly Currywurst on order. Sunny Autumn Saturday.

Oktoberfest Bier - Augustiner Bräu - 6.3% ABV. B++ and a touch. This is the FestBier to beat. Some much going on here. Still the winner #ale #beer #bier 3.6/5. The Bottle to get and boy is it good. Some great German 🇩🇪 Bottles in the fridges. Project, Caerphilly.

Oktoberfest Bier - Paulaner - 6.0% ABV. B++, sweet, then immediately solid malt and breadiness. Lingering interesting bitter finish #ale #beer #bier 3.5/5. This is more like it and at £5.60 a Pint, not bad value too. Project, Caerphilly with a 🇩🇪 food menu.

Hop Twister - Salopian - 4.5% ABV. B++, some quality, hoppy cask here. Light, refreshing, hoppy and citrusy #ale #beer #bier 3.5/5. Always had a soft spot for the Salopian Brewery and I really need to visit Shrewsbury. Sunny, Malcolm Uphill, Caerphilly.

Northumbrian Gold - Hadrian Border - 4.5% ABV. B+, fruity, hoppy, tingly, creamy with a hint of bitterness in the finish #ale #beer #bier 3/5. Start the weekend with an Untappd unique. Week two of Oktoberfest. Prost.

Black Drop - Bowman - 4.6% ABV. B+ and a bit, an elegant mixture of burnt notes and roastiness and gentle ftuitiness. Lingering bitter finish #ale #beer #bier 3.3/5. New one for me in Spoons and it is rather different and good. Very drinkable. Tumble, Pontypridd

Dripping in Mango - Vault City - 5.5% ABV. B++, Big Mango, Vanilla and maybe some Coconut. Just a hint of sourness #ale #beer #bier 3.5/5. When Vault City don’t go Sour, they go Viscous. Tip it and sit it. Certainly The Way Forward. Project, Caerphilly.

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Jaisoor - Thornbridge / Vault City - 5.0% ABV. B++ and a touch. Quality English brewer goes Scottish Sour. Awesome #ale #beer #bier 3.6/5. Holy Hopped and a sharp fruity Sourness. All this and a side of Welsh Cake 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

White Stout - Nethergate - 5.5% ABV. B+ and a bit. Should a Stout be this fruity but it’s actually stuffed full of vanilla. Pleasant #ale #beer #bier 3.3/5. Off to Oktoberfest in Ffos Caerphilly later if the rain stops. Actually really horrible outside.