Larkins Green Hop Best
| The Brickfield Micropub | Swalecliffe, Kent | 13 Nov 2025 |
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| Larkins' Alehouse | Cranbrook, Kent | 04 Oct 2025 |
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| The Long Pond | Eltham, Greater London | 25 Sep 2025 |
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| The Bull Inn | Benenden, Kent | 11 Nov 2024 |
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| Claret & Ale (formerly Claret Free House) | Addiscombe, Greater London | 25 Oct 2024 |
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| 5th Spa Valley Railway Beer Festival | Tunbridge Wells, Kent | 23 Oct 2015 |
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| Kent Green Hop Beer Festival 2015 | Canterbury, Kent | 27 Sep 2015 |
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| Queens Arms | Cowden Pound, Kent | 21 Feb 2015 |
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| Castle Inn | Chiddingstone, Kent | 26 Oct 2014 |
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| Kent Green Hop Beer Festival 2013 | Canterbury, Kent | 28 Sep 2013 |
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Tasting Summary
These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.
The Brickfield Micropub, Swalecliffe, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Andrew |  | 13 Nov 2025 | A really good beer. Juicy green hop bite with a sherbet hop finish |
| Andrew |  | 27 Sep 2024 | Last couple of pints in the barrel so the condition was a little lacking, but still, it was a good pint. |
Larkins' Alehouse, Cranbrook, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Wittenden | | 04 Oct 2025 | Tooth rasping hop oily delight. Grown up Larkin’s. Fresh on as I came into the pub. |
| Wittenden | | 09 Oct 2021 | First Green hop of the year.Those hop oils got my mouth tingling.Gooseberries. |
The Long Pond, Eltham, Greater London
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Philip Pirrip | | 25 Sep 2025 | Good example of a zingy mouthfeel green hop ale |
The Bull Inn, Benenden, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Magnus Greel |  | 11 Nov 2024 | Bready bitter earthy malty and head shudderingly resinous complex chewy fare which was a struggle to drink. More Green hop nonsense meaningless to the casual drinker. |
Claret & Ale (formerly Claret Free House), Addiscombe, Greater London
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Philip Pirrip | | 25 Oct 2024 | Good not one of the best of the 2024 green hopper crop |
| Philip Pirrip | | 23 Oct 2024 | Good enough to have a second one |
| Philip Pirrip | | 27 Oct 2023 | 4½* The very best of the 2023 green hop Kentish ales I have tried. Superb condition |
5th Spa Valley Railway Beer Festival, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| HSB | | 23 Oct 2015 | Previous year's Beer of the Festival. I found this example to lack the freshness I associate with green hop beers. |
Kent Green Hop Beer Festival 2015, Canterbury, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Jack William | | 27 Sep 2015 | |
| Andrew | Not Tried | 25 Sep 2015 | |
| Mick | | 25 Sep 2015 | |
Queens Arms, Cowden Pound, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| thebrewingman | | 21 Feb 2015 | Seemed to be more hoppy after all this time in a cask. |
Castle Inn, Chiddingstone, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Blair |  | 26 Oct 2014 | Just a stunning beer. |
Kent Green Hop Beer Festival 2013, Canterbury, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| oz11 | | 28 Sep 2013 | |
4.00% ABV.
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