Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') Dragon's Blood ESB
| The Compass Alehouse | Gravesend, Kent | 09 Jun 2018 |
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| Montefiore Arms | Ramsgate, Kent | 29 May 2018 |
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| The Red Lion | Ramsgate, Kent | 26 Apr 2018 |
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| Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse) | Broadstairs, Kent | 27 May 2015 |
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| Louis Armstrong | Dover, Kent | 15 May 2015 |
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| The Black Dog | Whitstable, Kent | 12 May 2015 |
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| Bridge Arms (formerly The White Horse Inn) | Bridge, Kent | 07 May 2014 |
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| The Ale House | Chelmsford, Essex | 29 Apr 2013 |
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| Chequers | Walthamstow, Greater London | 19 Apr 2013 |
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| Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2013 | Margate, Kent | 30 Mar 2013 |
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| The Hovelling Boat Inn | Ramsgate, Kent | 29 Mar 2013 |
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| The Man of Kent Ale House | Rochester, Kent | 18 Apr 2012 |
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| The Cat & Custard Pot | Paddlesworth, Kent | 12 Apr 2012 |
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| Artillery Arms | Ramsgate, Kent | 09 May 2009 |
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| Reading Beer Festival 2009 | Reading, Berkshire | 01 May 2009 |
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| The Churchill Tavern | Ramsgate, Kent | 28 Mar 2009 |
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| The Chambers | Folkestone, Kent | 05 Apr 2007 |
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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 Compass Alehouse, Gravesend, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Philip Pirrip |  | 09 Jun 2018 | Not as clean tasting as I expected |
Montefiore Arms, Ramsgate, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Jack William | Not Tried | 29 May 2018 | |
| Blair |  | 23 Apr 2008 | I've been waiting a long time to try this, and it didn't disappoint. Sweet and hoppy and very smooth. Lovely stuff. |
The Red Lion, Ramsgate, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Dosser | Not Tried | 26 Apr 2018 | |
| Dosser |  | 18 Apr 2018 | |
| Dosser | | 01 May 2015 | Good condition but to sharp for me |
Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Dosser | | 27 May 2015 | |
Louis Armstrong, Dover, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Vacuous | | 15 May 2015 | Weighty, malty thing with a powerful hop attack in time to stop it becoming annoyingly cloying. Evidence of alchol content apparent. Entertained my palate, so had a couple. |
The Black Dog, Whitstable, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Jack William | | 12 May 2015 | A complex beer - I'm getting bitter toffee notes - very nice. |
Bridge Arms (formerly The White Horse Inn), Bridge, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Jack William | | 07 May 2014 | I like a blond hoppy beer ideally - and this was malty and ruby coloured - but what flavour and bite. Straight from the barrel on the bar - full of flavours, a bit more life and it would have rated exceptional. |
The Ale House, Chelmsford, Essex
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| Philip Pirrip | | 29 Apr 2013 | Damned fine |
Chequers, Walthamstow, Greater London
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| Stephen Harris | | 19 Apr 2013 | Slightly sweet, full-bodied, malty, ESB-style bitter. |
Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2013, Margate, Kent
| Who | Score | When | Notes |
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| oz11 | | 30 Mar 2013 | 5.2% in the program. |
The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent
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| ChrisE | Not Tried | 29 Mar 2013 | |
The Man of Kent Ale House, Rochester, Kent
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| Dosser | | 18 Apr 2012 | |
The Cat & Custard Pot, Paddlesworth, Kent
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| Shotbags of Bagshot | | 12 Apr 2012 | A wonderful pint, all credit to Gadds and the cellar keeper at the Cat and Custard Pot |
Artillery Arms, Ramsgate, Kent
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| Blair | Not Tried | 09 May 2009 | |
Reading Beer Festival 2009, Reading, Berkshire
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| Mick Northants | | 01 May 2009 | |
The Churchill Tavern, Ramsgate, Kent
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| Blair | | 28 Mar 2009 | Really good. Smooth malty and quite sweet. |
The Chambers, Folkestone, Kent
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| Ian | | 05 Apr 2007 | I ended up talking to Eddie Gadd about this beer on the Saturday of the Planet Thanet BF. He said that when he put it in barrels, it was so bitter it made his eyes water but that he was really happy with how the hops had softened and how the beer finally turned out. It's an amber beer with thin beige head. English hop aroma, little bit of cheddar cheese. Malts are reasonably juicy and then lovely floral hop gives a lasting finish. |