Wantsum Ravening Wolf

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 Conqueror Alehouse, Ramsgate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		09 Nov 2025	On the turn. At thw end of the cask and £4.80 for the pleasure.
Dosser		07 Nov 2025	In great nick
Dosser		01 Nov 2025	In superb nick
Dosser		30 Jul 2024	Great nick and £4.50.
Dosser		15 Apr 2024	Lovely pint
Dosser		27 Feb 2024	Quite sweet but enjoyable.
Dosser		20 Sep 2023	Quality pint
Dosser		10 May 2017	Fine pint
Philip Pirrip		27 Jul 2012	The obvious favourite here tonight. Dry hoppiness just right for me
Philip Pirrip		17 Apr 2012	Bit of a skull attack. Punched well above its 5.9% weight. Dangerously drinkable but closing time curtailed that urge.

Artillery Arms, Ramsgate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		25 Oct 2025	In top condition
Dosser		03 Mar 2025	In great nick.
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	26 Oct 2024
Dosser		12 Jun 2024	Nice pint but could do with being colder
Dosser		19 Nov 2023	Nice pint of the wolf.
Dosser		13 Jul 2023	Went shortly after finishing my pint but still in good condition.
Dosser		02 Mar 2023	Fresh on and quality pint
Dosser		23 Feb 2023	In great nick. £4.10 a pint.
Dosser		20 Feb 2023	Fresh on and fab.
Dosser		09 Jan 2023	Didnt taste quite like it usually does but still good.
Dosser		06 Nov 2022	Great condition
Dosser		12 Sep 2022	Quality ale
Dosser		08 Sep 2022	Not at its best. £3.90 a pint.
Dosser		08 Aug 2022
Dosser		04 Aug 2022	Lovely pint and a good temperature.
Dosser		25 Feb 2022	Little too sweet this afternoon
Dosser		23 Feb 2022	Quality ale at £3.90 a pint.
Dosser		09 Feb 2022	Quality ale
Dosser		01 Feb 2022	Sweetish and delicious. £2 3.80 a pint. None of this £7 a pint London stuff here.
Dosser		17 Dec 2021	Wolf on great form
Dosser		18 Aug 2021
Dosser		20 May 2021	Nice. £3.60.
Philip Pirrip		23 Sep 2020
Dosser		11 Jun 2017	Too warm
Dosser		08 Jun 2017
Dosser		17 Jun 2016	In good condition
Dosser		01 Jun 2016
Dosser		10 Jan 2016
Dosser		17 Dec 2015
Dosser		09 Jul 2015
Dosser		13 May 2015
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	04 Jul 2014	Brand new on
Blair	Not Tried	13 Oct 2012	A friend had it and it wasn't in great condition.
ChrisE	Not Tried	23 Aug 2012

Larkins' Alehouse, Cranbrook, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Wittenden	Not Tried	04 Oct 2025
Wittenden		08 Mar 2025	Bubblegum hops.Rather sweet,syrupy texture.A half suffices at this hour.

Wantsum Brewery (and Brewery Tap), St Nicholas-at-Wade, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		11 May 2025	Key-keg
Dosser		28 Oct 2017	New way of brewing so in better condition

The Long Pond, Eltham, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		28 Mar 2025	Not quite as clean on the palate as I have had before
Philip Pirrip		29 Nov 2021	4½* Near perfect head, lacing, temperature and condition. Superb dry bitterness
Philip Pirrip		22 Nov 2019	Slight haze but a lovely rounded easy drinker
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	20 Apr 2019
Philip Pirrip		08 Mar 2019	The strength soon hits
Philip Pirrip		21 Dec 2018	Top form
Philip Pirrip		04 Dec 2017	First time I have picked up some of this beer's taste characteristics. Perhaps a tad fresh
Philip Pirrip		07 Sep 2017	First out of new cask, heady stuff

The New Inn, Canterbury, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		07 Mar 2025	On the sweet side but good condition and body.
Ian	Not Tried	12 Apr 2014
Jack William	Not Tried	24 Nov 2013

The Mechanical Elephant, Margate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		01 Mar 2025	Nice with acceptable head after a top up.
beery steve	Not Tried	10 Sep 2018
Dosser		10 Sep 2018	Top pint. Hope the elephant keeps up this standard.
Dosser		27 Jul 2015	In good nick

Royal Victoria Pavilion, Ramsgate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		12 Sep 2024	Not a bad pint but lacking a head
Dosser		07 Sep 2022	Lifeless. But acceptable. Sent it back though.
Dosser		29 Jul 2022	Nice pint
Dosser		26 Jul 2022
Dosser		20 Jul 2022
Dosser		10 Jul 2022	Quite sweet but less than £2 with a token.
Dosser		22 Feb 2020	Top pint.
Dosser		26 Sep 2019	In great nick
Dosser		07 Jan 2019	A good pint

The Brickfield Micropub, Swalecliffe, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		11 Jan 2024	Fresh on. Good condition but rather too sweet for my preference.

Ale House in the Middle of our Street (formerly NauticAles), Ramsgate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		10 Dec 2023	At £4.30 a pint, a little different to the 2 euro Dorada I was used to, this went down a treat with the lovely chilli.
Dosser		16 Sep 2023	Not bad. £4.30 a pint and quite flowery.
Dosser		25 Jul 2023	Fresh on and quality beer. I believe that some of the handpump beers are in pins so more beers more regularly. Makes sense.

Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		22 Oct 2023	My friend sent his beer back, but I thought it was just acceptable.

Red Lion, Snargate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel		01 Dec 2022	Light and subtle prune and figs earthy broth, delicious and dangerous given its unassuming ABV.

Bricklayers Arms, Beckenham, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	03 Sep 2022
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	05 Aug 2022
Philip Pirrip		03 Aug 2022	Could have been a tad cooler. Good heady brew

The Eight Bells, Dover, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		28 Feb 2022	Lovely pint
Dosser		16 Aug 2019	A good pint but I'm used to getting this in exceptional form in ramsgit. At 2.15 can't complain!
Philip Pirrip		10 Dec 2016
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	04 Feb 2014
Philip Pirrip		20 Sep 2012	All it is cracked up to be

The Handsome Sam, Whitstable, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		21 Jan 2022	Excellent beer to finish on.

The Two Halves, Margate, Kent

The Pub Ramsgate, Ramsgate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		18 May 2021	Top beer. £3.80 a pint

The County Hotel, Ashford, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
ChrisE		16 Sep 2020	Sweeter than I remember it. Reassuring that I can taste it in the present circumstances.

The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
ChrisE		11 Sep 2020
Magnus Greel	Not Tried	17 Aug 2020
Dosser		05 Jan 2018	Quality pint
Dosser		27 Sep 2017	Great nick and the end of the cask
Dosser		24 Sep 2017	Tasted better from the new brewery.
Dosser		16 Aug 2017	In good nick
Stephen Harris		11 Oct 2013	Tasty, strong, pale ale.

White Cliffs Beer Festival 2020, Dover, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		07 Feb 2020	Ummm. I like Wantsum but this was too venous for me.
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	07 Feb 2020

The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	27 Jan 2020
Philip Pirrip		26 Jan 2020	To me an off smell and flavour and swapped with good grace
Philip Pirrip		05 Dec 2018	Bit too much caramel nose for me, after a few days on sale
Philip Pirrip		02 Dec 2018	Heavy hitting with full flavour
Philip Pirrip		26 Aug 2018	Nearing end of cask

Bake & Alehouse, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent

White Cliffs Beer Festival 2019, Dover, Kent

The Broken Drum, Blackfen, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		19 Jun 2018	A heavy hitter of a bitter

Jenny Lind, Hastings, East Sussex

White Cliffs Beer Festival 2018, Dover, Kent

The Robert Pocock, Gravesend, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		13 Dec 2017

Banks Ale & Wine House, Cliftonville, Kent

White Cliffs Beer Festival 2017, Dover, Kent

Harbour Arms, Margate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		15 Jan 2017	Rather lifeless
Dosser		13 May 2015	£3 a pint. Excellent value.
Philip Pirrip		03 Mar 2014	Too easy to knock back

The Brunswick Inn, Derby, Derbyshire

Docker Bar (formerly Inn Doors), Sandgate, Kent

White Cliffs Beer Festival 2016, Dover, Kent

The Lydden Bell, Lydden, Kent

Kent Beer Festival 2015, Canterbury, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Mick		23 Jul 2015	Super stuff

The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		02 Jul 2015	Better than the fresh one on Saturday. An early turn postman seemed to want to empty the cask single-handed before he went home
Philip Pirrip		27 Jun 2015	Slight haze

The Society Rooms, Maidstone, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Tobes	Not Tried	24 May 2015
Tobes	Not Tried	18 Apr 2015
Dosser		21 Dec 2014
Tobes		19 Dec 2014
Tobes	Not Tried	02 Aug 2014
Dosser		03 Jul 2014	Very dry
Dosser		28 Feb 2014
Tobes	Not Tried	14 Dec 2013

The Tap Room, Cliftonville, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		11 Apr 2015

White Cliffs Beer Festival 2015, Dover, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		06 Feb 2015

One Inn The Wood, Petts Wood, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
oz11	Not Tried	30 Aug 2014
oz11		17 Jun 2014	Coming to the end

The Paper Moon, Dartford, Kent

6th K&ES Railway Beer Festival 2014, Tenterden, Kent

The Bouncing Barrel, Herne Bay, Kent

The Old Brewery Tavern, Canterbury, Kent

The Leading Light, Faversham, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		12 Aug 2013

The Summoner, Sittingbourne, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		11 Jul 2013	In tip top condition

The Flying Boat, Dartford, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		03 Feb 2013
ChrisE	Not Tried	14 Jan 2013

White Cliffs Beer Festival 2013, Dover, Kent

The Why Not, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		06 Dec 2012

The Flower Pot, Maidstone, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Alenomore	Not Tried	21 Oct 2012
Pedro	Not Tried	21 Oct 2012
Dosser		20 Oct 2012
Pedro	Not Tried	13 Feb 2012
Pedro	Not Tried	12 Feb 2012
Pedro		10 Feb 2012
Pedro	Not Tried	02 Mar 2011
Angie		27 Feb 2011	A little strong for a lady
Pedro		27 Feb 2011
Angie		27 Jan 2011	A little strong for a lady

The Bell & Jorrocks, Frittenden, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
thebrewingman		10 Apr 2011
Pedro	Not Tried	09 Apr 2011
Pedro	Not Tried	08 Apr 2011

The Churchill Tavern, Ramsgate, Kent

Six Bells, Woodchurch, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Pedro		18 Feb 2011	Less to my taste as a bit odd

White Cliffs Beer Festival 2011, Dover, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		04 Feb 2011	Light, sweet, acrid, tart bite.
Ian		04 Feb 2011	Earthy English strong beer
Martin the Mildman		04 Feb 2011	A hoppy strong bitter with the characteristic piney hop flavour that is not to my taste. My score 13/20.