BIG CHIEF SPOONS REDEMPTION

February 2024. Battersea.

2 nights in Battersea Travelodge, 2 pubs before Mrs RM arrives.

Quite a contrast between the Victorian splendour of the Falcon,

and across the road the glory of a furniture store experiencing rebirth as a new Spoons (OK, via a Yate’s).

Decent business at 14:30 on a Monday, and a rather different clientele than in their effervescent Asparagus half a mile up toward the river.

Not as much fun as the cultural melting pot of the Asparagus, and that’s a particularly dull carpet, but this is a remarkably beer-led Spoons.

That £3.15 became £2.45 after a scruffy “CAMRA saves cheap beer” voucher is presented at the bar, so there must have been a Monday club discount as well.

You won’t get better value for your £2.45 in London, the Big Chief a cool, fruity NBSS 3.5 without any sign of The Long Pull.

Expertly matched with a late lunch breakfast of those crispy chicken bites that sustained me through the worst days of ticking Scotland, I wondered if I actually needed to leave the comfort of Spoons today.

But then I realised I had Raynes Park and Teddington to tick, my heart leapt in anticipation of those joys ahead, and I headed for the Travelodge.

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Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.

8 thoughts on “BIG CHIEF SPOONS REDEMPTION”

      1. We had Big Chief in the Ramsgate Spoons. I really liked that beer. I’ve noticed Citra and I tend to like very different beers. Big Chief seems to have a wide appeal.

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  2. I am looking forward to your write up of the Cavern music venue in Raynes Park

    AC/DC cover bands, Sharps Sea Fury and a large poster of Eric Clapton in a Mimi Vice outfit.

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