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Purple Turtle Bar

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Sherfield Village - Pioneer StoutExcellent1
Greene King - Abbot ReserveNot Tried0
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire Gold (or Spitfire Golden Ale)Not Tried0
Picture 1. Purple Turtle Bar, Reading, Berkshire

Visits Details

22 Jan 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Very quiet in the late afternoon, which is almost certainly not the time of day for which this pub is best known. I’m off to New York in a few weeks and amused myself by calling this pub the Poip-all Toit-all – all part of my acclimatisation process.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Sherfield Village - Pioneer Stout5.00ExcellentA black, unfined Stout. Dry, with a hint of vanilla.
Greene King - Abbot Reserve6.50Not Tried
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire Gold (or Spitfire Golden Ale)4.10Not Tried

About the Purple Turtle Bar

Summary of Beer Scores

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Excellent1
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Website.

The pub is found in Reading, Berkshire, RG1 2JR.

Town-centre, music-oriented bar that relocated here from an earlier premises on Duke Street. Pubby seating at the front, with a stage and the bar counter towards the rear.

We have visited this pub once, seen 3 different beers and tried 1 of them.

Map location

Postcode: RG1 2JR