Northdown Buck

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 Compass Alehouse, Gravesend, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		14 Jun 2025	Funny how Thanet often follows me back when I pop into The Compass midway between Broadstairs and London. This Margate ale, I was advised by one of the couple running their micro, tastes better than it looks. This Amercian wheat beer did indeed taste not too bad! Good head and lacing and lasting. A touch of ginger-infused hoppiness on its first hit for me. An orange-peel-infused fruitiness rising up on my taste buds along with a dry bitterness. A lingering fruitiness was aided by its Citra and Galaxy hops in the mix and being dry-hopped with Huell Melon, giving it its aromas of melon, wild strawberry and peach. The brewer describes it as a foggy yellow American wheat and indeed it was as hazy as it could be without it having the consistency of a thick soup! A half comfortably sufficed between trains.
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	07 Jun 2025

The Tankerton Arms, Tankerton, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		23 May 2025	American Wheat IPA. Marked as ‘hazy’, ‘pea-soupy’ would be more accurate. Very dry and heavily hopped. It grew on me a bit as I sipped my half.