The Furze Wren (Wetherspoon)
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11 Jul 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit. Sweltering outside, quite tolerable inside.
Oakham - Citra | 4.20 |  | Came on as fresh cask. Very enjoyable |
Woodforde's - Volt IPA | 4.50 |  | In great form |
Lymestone - Ein Stein | 5.00 |  | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Elgood's - Cambridge Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | Came on late on |
Rooster's - Fort Smith | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Eton Boatman | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Lees (see also JW Lees) - Gold Ale | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
04 Jul 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit. Low footfall even for a Monday but nice and relaxed.
Glamorgan (formerly Kite) - Jemima's Pitchfork | 4.50 |  | Easiest drinking ale of the evening |
Redemption - Pale Ale | 3.80 |  | Could not quite tell if this was starting to tire or just first out for a while |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Rudgate - Ruby Mild | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Grandstand Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Naked Ladies | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Koh-i-noor IPA | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Summer Sun | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
09 May 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit. Staff seemed to show glee at exactly 11pm, after which time no more new customers are served.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 |  | |
Redemption - Fellowship Porter | 5.10 |  | Probably first out for a while |
Dorset Brewing Company - Jurassic | 4.20 |  | Dark and murky, no argument behind bar and swapped with good grace and clip turned round |
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Adnams - Ghost Ship | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier Amber | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Westway Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Spring Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
05 Apr 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit. Best range of JDW festival ales that I have seen so far
Harviestoun - Heaven Cent | 4.60 |  | Fine form - served as clear as a bell |
Vale - Jekyll And Hyde | 5.20 |  | Good, slight haze |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Acorn - Old Moor Porter | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Daleside - Morocco Ale | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Mauldons - Cherry Porter | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
JW Lees (see also Lees) - Malt Crush | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Cairngorm - Red Mountain | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
30 Aug 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until a few minutes until midnight close. Amazed to see 10 different ales on the 10 pumps, more so to see comparatively slow sales compared to that of lagers and other gassed up beers.
Loddon - Dragonfly | 5.20 |  | Good full bodied brew |
Windsor & Eton - Eton Boatman | 4.30 |  | 1st out of a new cask just pulled through. Good but rather fresh |
Marston's - Pedigree | 4.50 |  | Good bitterness but lacking some condition |
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | 4.20 | Not Tried | Ran out |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Marston's - Old Empire IPA | 5.70 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Nelson - Nelsons Blood | 6.00 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Windsor Knot | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Pumphouse Pale Ale | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
03 Mar 2020 (Magnus Greel)
This place served its purpose as a PNB stop whilst changing buses just opposite.
11 Feb 2020 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit.
Beartown (latterly part of Manning Brewers) - Bruin's (was Bruins Ruin) | 5.00 |  | Great dry bitterness made this repeatedly moreish |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
B&T (Banks & Taylor's) - Crooked Hooker | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Exmoor - Beast | 6.60 | Not Tried | |
Green Jack - Lurcher Stout | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Guardsman | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Market Porter | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Redhead | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
23 Dec 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit.
Exmoor - Beast | 6.60 |  | No oooooooomph |
Hopdaemon - Green Daemon | 5.00 |  | Initial promise soon dissipated |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Hook Norton - Old Hooky | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Brains - The Rev James Original | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Cotleigh - Old Buzzard | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Small Batch Coffee Stout | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
07 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit tempted by bus change. Amazingly a two tier wooden stillage racking has been built and casked up (with jacket cooled casks on gravity dispense) so that on Thursday's beer festival launch all 40 ales will be on sale.
Portobello - Market Porter | 4.60 |  | Heavy with burnt malt |
Portobello - JPA | 4.20 |  | This time themed around the Rugby World Cup in Japan. A sweetish brew |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Autumn Red | 4.40 |  | Tiring I thought |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 |  | Murky then the next customer's pint made the pump run out. Swapped with good grace |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Grandstand Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Tropical Crush | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
12 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit. Great for bus changes with so many routes passing by in full view
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 |  | |
Nelson - Spanker | 4.20 |  | An acquired taste perhaps, in which case one I have clearly not acquired |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Knight of the Garter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Eton Boatman | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Big Penny (formerly Truman's) as of late 2022 contract brewed - Lazarus | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Summer Blonde | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Stiff Lip | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Reunion - Beardtongue | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
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