Shepherd Neame Little Ships

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 Gate Inn, Marshside, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		05 Jul 2025	Badged as Marshside Bitter. Tasted like watered down Master Brew. Quite nice

The Stag Inn, Hastings, East Sussex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		28 Jun 2025	Not tried before the Little Ships which was pale in appearance and from the Faversham brewery in Kent. For such low gravity, it certainly was punching above. Presented with very good head and lacing and lasted throughout. A lightly fruited first bite. A fruity bitterness rising up. A dry bitter hoppiness bobbing up and down before sailing off into its sunset. It has been brewed to mark the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk evacuation, and commemorated on 26th May 2025, when a flotilla of Dunkirk "little ships" sailed from Ramsgate to Dunkirk to mirror the original evacuation route.

Bucks Head, Goddens Green, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Wittenden		24 May 2025	Austerity wartime bitter. Dialled down fruit:perhaps a bit tired.