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Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
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Kingstone - Premium Stout | 1 | |
Salopian - Lemon Dream | 1 | |
Wylam - Rocket | 1 | |
Royal Tunbridge Wells - Helles | 1 | |
Canterbury Brewers - Hoppin Belgian | 2 | |
Pin-Up - The Red Head | 1 | |
Lymestone - Stone the Crows | 1 | |
Canterbury Brewers - 2012 | 2 | |
Westerham - Helles Belles | 2 | |
Concrete Cow - Cloven Hoof Vanilla Stout | 1 | |
Goddards - Fuggle (or Fuggle Dee-Dum) | 1 | |
Kent - Beyond the Pale | 1 | |
Vale - Black Beauty Porter (superseded by 4.4% version) | 1 | |
Abigale - Hoyman's Porter | 2 | |
Swan on the Green - American Pale Ale | 1 | |
Stewart - Edinburgh Gold | 1 | |
Rockin Robin - Reliant Robin (superseded by 3.7% version) | 3 | |
Saltaire - Blackberry Cascade | 1 | |
Exmoor - Beast | 1 | |
Kent - Cobnut | 1 | |
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Miller's Ale (originally 4.5%) | 1 | |
Downton - Flaming Games | 3 | |
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Friar's Ale | 3 | |
Abigale - Nailbourne | 2 | |
Shepherd Neame - Queen Court | 2 | |
Hop Back - Heracles | 2 | |
Stonehenge - Danish Dynamite | 1 | |
Royal Tunbridge Wells - Dipper | 1 | |
Rockin Robin - Mildly Rockin | 2 | |
Wantsum - One Hop Willamette | Not Tried | 0 |
Hopdaemon - Golden Braid | Not Tried | 0 |
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | Not Tried | 0 |
Goacher's - Gold Star | Not Tried | 0 |
Larkins - Best Bitter | Not Tried | 0 |
Swan on the Green - Cygnet | Not Tried | 0 |
Swan on the Green - Fuggles Pale Ale | Not Tried | 0 |
Goacher's - Silver Star | Not Tried | 0 |
Wantsum - Turbulent Priest | Not Tried | 0 |
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Red Top | Not Tried | 0 |
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | Not Tried | 0 |
Larkins - Platinum Blonde | Not Tried | 0 |
Hopdaemon - Skrimshander IPA | Not Tried | 0 |
Westerham - Spirit of Kent XXX Pale Ale | Not Tried | 0 |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
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Salopian - Lemon Dream | 4.50 | My beer of the festival | |
Kingstone - Premium Stout | 4.40 | ||
Exmoor - Beast | 6.60 | ||
Lymestone - Stone the Crows | 5.40 | ||
Swan on the Green - American Pale Ale | 5.00 | ||
Stonehenge - Danish Dynamite | 5.00 |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
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Rockin Robin - Reliant Robin (superseded by 3.7% version) | 4.20 | Pick of the day for me. | |
Stewart - Edinburgh Gold | 4.80 | ||
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Miller's Ale (originally 4.5%) | 4.20 | ||
Concrete Cow - Cloven Hoof Vanilla Stout | 4.50 | ||
Kent - Beyond the Pale | 5.40 | ||
Canterbury Brewers - 2012 | 4.20 | ||
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Friar's Ale | 4.30 | ||
Canterbury Brewers - Hoppin Belgian | 6.50 | ||
Royal Tunbridge Wells - Dipper | 3.70 | ||
Hop Back - Heracles | 2.80 | ||
Abigale - Hoyman's Porter | 4.70 | ||
Downton - Flaming Games | 4.10 | Listed as 4.1% | |
Hopdaemon - Golden Braid | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | 4.20 | Not Tried | 4.2%? |
Goacher's - Gold Star | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
Larkins - Best Bitter | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Swan on the Green - Cygnet | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Swan on the Green - Fuggles Pale Ale | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
Goacher's - Silver Star | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Wantsum - Turbulent Priest | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Red Top | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Abigale - Nailbourne | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Larkins - Platinum Blonde | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
Hopdaemon - Skrimshander IPA | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Westerham - Spirit of Kent XXX Pale Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Wantsum - One Hop Willamette | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Pin-Up - The Red Head | 4.20 | Not Tried | Was offered a taster, but didn't seem to have settled so moved swiftly on. |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
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Abigale - Hoyman's Porter | 4.70 | Black porter with a good bitter, malty flavour with some hoppiness. Full bodied with a dryish finish. My score 16/20 and therefore beer of the festival for me. | |
Westerham - Helles Belles | 4.00 | Very pale lager style beer with a sweetish fruity hop character and some biscuity malt in the background. Fruity finish. My score 15/20. | |
Rockin Robin - Mildly Rockin | 3.70 | Quite a dry mild, dark brown in colour, with an earthy initial flavour before toasted malt takes over to the finish. Rather thin mouthfeel. My score 15/20. | |
Abigale - Nailbourne | 4.50 | Amber in colour with quite a strong bitter flavour not entirely from hops. Dry, bitter finish. My score 13/20. | |
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Friar's Ale | 4.30 | Amber bitter with a strong hop bitterness. Little malt or citrus flavour. Dry, hoppy finish. My score 13/20. | |
Shepherd Neame - Queen Court | 4.50 | Amber bitter with a sharp piney hop character, rather unusual for this brewer. Little maltiness and a rather sharp, dry finish. My score 14/20. | |
Rockin Robin - Reliant Robin (superseded by 3.7% version) | 4.20 | Amber bitter with a dryish bitter flavour, moderate hopping and a dryish finish. My score 14/20. | |
Downton - Flaming Games | 4.10 | Very pale bitter with strong hop character with some citrus flavour. Dry, hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
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Wylam - Rocket | 5.00 | A top ale. 19:15 and my last 1/3 sample of the day and one of the few ales left at this time. | |
Royal Tunbridge Wells - Helles | 5.00 | Another top class lager type. | |
Canterbury Brewers - Hoppin Belgian | 6.50 | New and top class too. Several of our group liked this one. | |
Goddards - Fuggle (or Fuggle Dee-Dum) | 4.80 | The 2012 Beer Of The Festival, as judged by an independant panel that included special guest, Roger "Twiggy" Day and top local landlord from the Flower Pot, David Davenport. A top class ale too. A worthy winner from this Isle of Wight brewery. | |
Vale - Black Beauty Porter (superseded by 4.4% version) | 4.30 | Very nice, quite pronounced notes. | |
Saltaire - Blackberry Cascade | 4.80 | Thought this was excellant. Very pronounced berry notes. | |
Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | ||
Westerham - Helles Belles | 4.00 | Top class lager type. | |
Abigale - Nailbourne | 4.50 | Top condition. | |
Canterbury Brewers - 2012 | 4.20 | Another new ale. Very good. | |
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Friar's Ale | 4.30 | A1. | |
Shepherd Neame - Queen Court | 4.50 | Zoomed in on this straight away. Actually, it was very good. Possibly from the micro plant, one of Shep's better efforts. | |
Rockin Robin - Reliant Robin (superseded by 3.7% version) | 4.20 | Very smooth. | |
Pin-Up - The Red Head | 4.20 | Another new ale and brewery for me. | |
Downton - Flaming Games | 4.10 | Another new ale. Very good too. | |
Hop Back - Heracles | 2.80 | Actually, very good at this low abv. | |
Rockin Robin - Mildly Rockin | 3.70 | Quite an earthy type. Not bad at all from this local amateur brewer. |
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The pub is found in East Malling, Kent, ME19 6BJ.
The original Maidstone Beer & Cider Festival. The East Malling Research Centre has again provided an excellent venue for the third and fourth festivals. A large marquee in one of the Centre's fields, well laid out bar area, easy to find, only 15 minutes walk from East Malling railway station. A live music stage and food vendors kept the large crowd happy and a plentiful band of CAMRA volunteers kept the ale flowing. Recommended.
We have visited this pub 4 times, seen 43 different beers and tried 29 of them.
Postcode: ME19 6BJ