Evening. This 'Spoon's has an excellent reputation for its ale. Packed and at the stage where people are shouting instead of talking and staff level on counter service is inadequate for the number of customers given the complexity and variety of drinks orders.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Kent - Session Pale
3.70
Beautiful clarity and condition but could not be bothered to try to fight the queues for another
Adnams - Broadside
4.70
Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot
5.00
Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)
3.40
Not Tried
Kent - Simcoe
4.50
Not Tried
Caledonian - Road to Rio
4.00
Not Tried
Adnams - Sixpoint Wheat Street
5.00
Not Tried
Adnams - Bodebrown Brewery Cerveja Curitiba Brazilian Pale Ale
5.00
Not Tried
10 Nov 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Adnams - Pretty Things Jack D'Or Saison Americaine
6.00
Intriguing and powerful flavours came through
Adnams - Broadside
4.70
Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride
4.10
Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot
5.00
Not Tried
Thwaites - Lancaster Bomber (please now use the Banks's entry)
4.40
Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar
4.00
Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)
3.40
Not Tried
27 Nov 2012 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Non real ale products seemed more popular on this visit.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Mordue - Tinsel Toon
4.30
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale)
4.20
Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot
5.00
Not Tried
Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin)
4.50
Not Tried
Rooster's - Franklin
4.30
Not Tried
10 Apr 2010 (Alenomore)
Early evening visit and not that crowded.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
St Peter's - Old Style Porter
5.10
Superb.
Budelse - Capucijn
6.00
Will keep sampling this superb ale when found!
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Stickle Pike
3.80
Second one this evening and still good in this [different] outlet.
The pub is found in Bexleyheath, Greater London, DA6 8AS.
Ex retail premises. Long and traditionally styled 'Spoon's outlet. Sports 8 handpumps in banks of 5 and 3. Toilets at rear on same level as the bar. No new admittances permitted after 11pm. Placed up for sale by Wetherspoon September 2022 with 31 others then subsequently taken off the for sale register in spring 2024.
We have visited this pub 25 times, seen 82 different beers and tried 28 of them.