Goacher's 1066 Old Ale
The Lanes | Dover, Kent | 11 May 2019 |
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Red Lion | Snargate, Kent | 08 May 2019 |
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The Long Pond | Eltham, Greater London | 27 Apr 2019 |
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Larkins' Alehouse | Cranbrook, Kent | 02 Mar 2019 |
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The Paper Mill | Sittingbourne, Kent | 14 Feb 2019 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2019 | Dover, Kent | 01 Feb 2019 |
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This Ancient Boro' | Tenterden, Kent | 31 Jan 2019 |
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Rifle Volunteers | Maidstone, Kent | 04 Jan 2019 |
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The Kentish Belle | Bexleyheath, Greater London | 13 Dec 2018 |
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The Man of Kent Ale House | Rochester, Kent | 14 May 2018 |
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Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2018 | Margate, Kent | 31 Mar 2018 |
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Shipwrights Arms | Faversham, Kent | 03 Feb 2018 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2018 | Dover, Kent | 03 Feb 2018 |
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Kent Beer Festival 2017 | Canterbury, Kent | 20 Jul 2017 |
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Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2017 | Margate, Kent | 14 Apr 2017 |
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The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse) | Broadstairs, Kent | 11 Feb 2017 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2017 | Dover, Kent | 03 Feb 2017 |
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The Compass Alehouse | Gravesend, Kent | 20 Feb 2016 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2016 | Dover, Kent | 05 Feb 2016 |
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The Firkin Alehouse | Folkestone, Kent | 21 Mar 2015 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2015 | Dover, Kent | 07 Feb 2015 |
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Marquis of Lorne | Gillingham, Kent | 02 Dec 2014 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2014 | Dover, Kent | 08 Feb 2014 |
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The Phoenix | Canterbury, Kent | 21 Dec 2013 |
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The Just Reproach | Deal, Kent | 10 Dec 2013 |
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The Lifeboat Ale & Cider House | Margate, Kent | 29 Mar 2013 |
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The Royal Paper Mill | Maidstone, Kent | 02 Feb 2013 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2013 | Dover, Kent | 01 Feb 2013 |
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The Flower Pot | Maidstone, Kent | 02 Jan 2013 |
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Bull Inn | West Malling, Kent | 27 Dec 2012 |
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Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2012 | Margate, Kent | 06 Apr 2012 |
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Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club | Dover, Kent | 02 Mar 2012 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2011 | Dover, Kent | 04 Feb 2011 |
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Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2010 | Margate, Kent | 02 Apr 2010 |
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The Swan Inn | Wittersham, Kent | 20 Feb 2010 |
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1st K&ES Railway Beer Festival 2009 | Tenterden, Kent | 27 Jun 2009 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2009 | Dover, Kent | 06 Feb 2009 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2008 | Dover, Kent | 01 Feb 2008 |
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The Chambers | Folkestone, Kent | 05 Apr 2007 |
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The Dering Arms | Pluckley, Kent | 23 Jan 2007 |
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Rare Breeds Beer Festival 2006 | Woodchurch, Kent | 02 Jun 2006 |
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Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2006 | Ramsgate, Kent | 14 Apr 2006 |
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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2006 | Dover, Kent | 04 Feb 2006 |
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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 Lanes, Dover, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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ChrisE | Not Tried | 11 May 2019 | |
Red Lion, Snargate, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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ChrisE | Not Tried | 08 May 2019 | |
ChrisE |  | 29 Dec 2017 | |
ChrisE | Not Tried | 24 Jun 2017 | |
Philip Pirrip |  | 04 May 2017 | Allegedly near the end of the cask but enough for us in near perfect condition |
Philip Pirrip |  | 19 Feb 2017 | New cask was nice and cool having come out of the cellar room earlier today |
ChrisE | Not Tried | 27 Dec 2016 | |
Philip Pirrip |  | 18 Dec 2016 | Pre-warned it was running out. On the second pint (the last out of the cask) Kate observed my glass had a "white gathering" at the bottom so I did not drink with my eyes |
ChrisE |  | 10 Dec 2015 | |
ChrisE |  | 25 Jul 2015 | Wow |
Philip Pirrip |  | 21 Jul 2015 | The dog's, as a beer |
Ian |  | 10 Jan 2015 | Strong fruity lovely. |
Alenomore | Not Tried | 02 Nov 2014 | My friend tried this and another pint to be sure... |
Alenomore |  | 23 Jun 2012 | Goachers best ale. A1. |
Pedro |  | 23 Jun 2012 | |
ChrisE | Not Tried | 27 Dec 2011 | |
ChrisE | Not Tried | 27 Dec 2010 | |
Ian |  | 19 Jun 2010 | I mean what can I say? The most interesting and characterful beer here. Rich alcohol soaked fruit aroma. Full in mouth. Hint towards sour on the finish. Really amazing. |
Andrew | Not Tried | 19 Feb 2005 | |
Ian |  | 19 Feb 2005 | Excellent mixture of flavours in this typical old ale |
The Long Pond, Eltham, Greater London
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Philip Pirrip |  | 27 Apr 2019 | Stored on site for several months before today. Glorious, so a 4½* score is well due |
Philip Pirrip |  | 23 Feb 2019 | Still on top form despite being on for more than a week and nearing end of cask, little loss of condition was apparent |
Philip Pirrip |  | 16 Feb 2019 | Kept for just shy of 3 months before serving. An absolute No. 1 delight |
Philip Pirrip |  | 14 Dec 2018 | 4½* To me the very best of the winter old ales |
Larkins' Alehouse, Cranbrook, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Wittenden | Not Tried | 02 Mar 2019 | |
The Paper Mill, Sittingbourne, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Jack William |  | 14 Feb 2019 | Absolutely superb. |
Archie14 |  | 03 Mar 2018 | |
Archie14 |  | 02 Nov 2014 | Had a small sample. hic! |
Archie14 |  | 28 Mar 2014 | Stunning and the last cask of the season :) |
Archie14 | Not Tried | 19 Jan 2014 | |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2019, Dover, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Philip Pirrip |  | 01 Feb 2019 | Quite the business |
This Ancient Boro', Tenterden, Kent
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Wittenden |  | 31 Jan 2019 | Pleased to find this;fruity and austere. |
Rifle Volunteers, Maidstone, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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ChrisE |  | 04 Jan 2019 | On gravity dispense from the bar. A really enjoyable pint. |
ChrisE |  | 18 Dec 2016 | On gravity dispense and my half pint was a gift from the previous landlord. Beer in top notch form although not to everybody's taste. |
ChrisE | Not Tried | 14 Dec 2016 | A pin on the bar and as is so often the case these days a "coming soon". |
ChrisE |  | 09 Dec 2015 | |
Dosser |  | 10 Jan 2015 | In great form. I would have expected nothing less. The huge crowd were drinking mainly this and at £3.20 excellent value. |
Dosser |  | 04 Jan 2013 | |
Pedro |  | 04 Jan 2013 | |
Pedro |  | 07 Jan 2012 | |
Pedro |  | 06 Jan 2012 | 11 month old pin - superb newer polypin of old also pretty good ! |
Pedro |  | 07 Jan 2011 | But was very cloudy ! |
Pedro |  | 09 Jan 2010 | |
Pedro |  | 08 Jan 2010 | |
The Kentish Belle, Bexleyheath, Greater London
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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ChrisE | Not Tried | 13 Dec 2018 | |
The Man of Kent Ale House, Rochester, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Philip Pirrip |  | 14 May 2018 | Aha - in a pin on the counter top, tilted a bit but how far? The Guv doused the towels on top with some water when I showed interest. Came out pretty end of cask but still full on with its woody flavours and no off tsstes. Given a discount for it being near the end, nice honest touch |
Philip Pirrip |  | 26 Aug 2015 | Depending on your view not the best quicky pint or is the best quicky point! I was more than happy |
ChrisE | Not Tried | 15 Feb 2011 | A pin on gravity dispense, I would have tried one if it had not been so early in the day. |
Andrew |  | 23 Jan 2010 | From a pin on the bar. No sourness which was a shame but rich, moreish, molasses, slightly burnt, bit of brown sugar and raisins. I stuck with this all night. |
Ian |  | 23 Jan 2010 | Funnily not quite as good as at the Pig's Ear Beer Festival just before Xmas. Maybe just a touch warm on the bar, could do with having a couple of beer towels doused with cold water over it. Completely drinkable though, with great malts, good fruit and no hint of 6.7% ABV |
Blair |  | 14 Mar 2009 | My last pint of the night and I was a little bit scared of it. Very rich with molasses and fruitcake. Complex and intriguing old ale. Remember finishing it but then nothing until I woke up in the morning. |
Blair |  | 11 Dec 2008 | Now this is an old ale! Very rich, dominated by raisins and other dried fruit. Didn't notice the strength but I don't remember much after this pint. |
Andrew |  | 09 Dec 2006 | Fermented raisens with a molases and dark sherry bite to it. Wonderful and on gravity. |
Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2018, Margate, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Dosser |  | 31 Mar 2018 | Quality |
Andrew |  | 30 Mar 2018 | |
Shipwrights Arms, Faversham, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Wittenden |  | 03 Feb 2018 | My first meeting with this legendary Old Ale.Unctuous,raisins and tart plums:Granny's dark old sherry. |
Philip Pirrip |  | 21 Jan 2016 | One word applies - superb |
Philip Pirrip |  | 21 Jan 2016 | On the Guv's suggestion we had a mixed Mild / 1066 mixed to 5% and it became a superb porter |
Andrew |  | 29 Dec 2015 | Dry with hints of raisins and a big roasted warming finish. |
Andrew |  | 11 Jan 2015 | Goacher's Old stands out as a beacon in the sphere of beer. This was just stunningly good. Superb condition and flavours that you could write a poem about. |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2018, Dover, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Dosser |  | 03 Feb 2018 | |
Philip Pirrip |  | 02 Feb 2018 | |
Kent Beer Festival 2017, Canterbury, Kent
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Jack William |  | 20 Jul 2017 | Mmmmm |
Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2017, Margate, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Andrew |  | 14 Apr 2017 | Just so good. Had a couple of these. |
The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Dosser |  | 11 Feb 2017 | Superb |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2017, Dover, Kent
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Philip Pirrip |  | 03 Feb 2017 | One word - superb |
The Compass Alehouse, Gravesend, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Philip Pirrip |  | 20 Feb 2016 | A heady brew which leads one to float out into the Gravesend nighttime air |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2016, Dover, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Dosser |  | 05 Feb 2016 | superb |
Philip Pirrip |  | 05 Feb 2016 | One word - superb |
The Firkin Alehouse, Folkestone, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Philip Pirrip |  | 21 Mar 2015 | Say no more! The devil's brew tonight |
Ian |  | 29 Apr 2014 | Is there a better beer brewed in Kent? Over 20 years I would have to say no. Massive thanks to Neil for keeping this cask since the winter. Amazing liquorice port flavours some hop dryness on the finish. Can still taste it on the finish on the train half an hour later. Just a touch of sourness. But like sour dark plums. Awesome. |
Ian |  | 06 Dec 2013 | 4 pints and I was more or less drunk. Great beer |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2015, Dover, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Ian |  | 07 Feb 2015 | Consistently brilliant |
oz11 |  | 07 Feb 2015 | |
Philip Pirrip |  | 06 Feb 2015 | Surprisingly slow sales during my tenure of serving |
Marquis of Lorne, Gillingham, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Philip Pirrip |  | 02 Dec 2014 | Deceptively smooth and easy drinking and at £3.20 pp too |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2014, Dover, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Ian |  | 08 Feb 2014 | Funny I had it last night and didn't think that much of it I mean it was ok but didn't arrest my attention. Bit of tannin. Some pepper hop on the finish. Sweetish. Good though. |
Andrew |  | 07 Feb 2014 | Ah-ha, as Alan Partridge would say. |
Philip Pirrip |  | 07 Feb 2014 | Superb barley wine of the old school |
The Phoenix, Canterbury, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Brian |  | 21 Dec 2013 | Made a bold (i.e.stupid) move and started the day with this. Was superb though, dark and spicy and warming. |
Ian |  | 21 Dec 2013 | Malty fruity. Outstanding. Made me want to stay here |
Andrew |  | 21 Dec 2013 | Great condition. Raisen and rich chewy roasted. Great. |
The Just Reproach, Deal, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Philip Pirrip |  | 10 Dec 2013 | I could count our brain cells being destroyed as multiple orders were placed |
Philip Pirrip |  | 11 Dec 2012 | Woody - almost if not the last one out |
The Lifeboat Ale & Cider House, Margate, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Andrew |  | 29 Mar 2013 | The condition on this was extraordinary. I usually go for beers at about 3.8% but when you see Goacher's old on that's the exception. Man this was great. |
Andrew |  | 22 Apr 2011 | Top stuff |
The Royal Paper Mill, Maidstone, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Pedro | Not Tried | 02 Feb 2013 | |
Pedro | Not Tried | 10 Jan 2013 | |
Pedro |  | 21 Sep 2012 | |
Pedro | Not Tried | 03 Aug 2012 | |
Pedro |  | 03 Mar 2011 | But was £3-75 |
Pedro |  | 05 Feb 2011 | |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2013, Dover, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Philip Pirrip |  | 01 Feb 2013 | Woody and exceptionally moreish. Went back for seconds later |
The Flower Pot, Maidstone, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Dosser |  | 02 Jan 2013 | |
Pedro |  | 01 Jan 2013 | |
Dosser |  | 01 Jan 2013 | Beer of the night. |
Pedro |  | 31 Dec 2012 | |
Angie |  | 22 Jan 2011 | A little strong for this lady but did the trick. |
Ian |  | 21 Jan 2011 | Still one of the best beers I've ever had. Strong, yes. Malt and molasses. Still some hop on the end, bit of bite. Hint of purple sourness on the finish. Really good condition. Just that fruity sour syrupyness developing on the finish already. Unbelievable beer. |
Pedro | Not Tried | 16 Jan 2011 | |
Dosser |  | 16 Jan 2011 | |
Pedro | Not Tried | 03 Apr 2010 | |
Pedro |  | 02 Apr 2010 | crackin' |
Pedro | Not Tried | 31 Mar 2010 | |
Pedro |  | 30 Mar 2010 | |
Dosser |  | 28 Mar 2010 | Just superb |
Angie |  | 17 Jan 2010 | Excellent ale, just a little strong for a lady. On gravity. |
Pedro |  | 16 Jan 2010 | |
Pedro | Not Tried | 22 Dec 2009 | |
Pedro |  | 18 Dec 2009 | The south-east regional winner was abolutely supreme !...But beware a premium beer at a premium price !...but worth it ! |
Bull Inn, West Malling, Kent
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Pedro |  | 27 Dec 2012 | |
Pedro | Not Tried | 29 Dec 2011 | |
Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2012, Margate, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Andrew |  | 06 Apr 2012 | Awesomely good. Had 1.5 pints of this - which is going some for me at a beer festival where I usually just have halves of things. |
Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club, Dover, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Ian |  | 02 Mar 2012 | Fruity as hell and just that full malty flavour. Some dryness on finish |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2011, Dover, Kent
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Andrew |  | 04 Feb 2011 | Smooth, alcoholic, hint of sourness, hint of smoke. A "Box of Delights" beer. |
Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2010, Margate, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Andrew |  | 02 Apr 2010 | Had to de-gas it a bit but then the wonderful moreish malts with their roasted tang and slightly sour finish kicked in. |
The Swan Inn, Wittersham, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Pedro | Not Tried | 20 Feb 2010 | |
1st K&ES Railway Beer Festival 2009, Tenterden, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Blair |  | 27 Jun 2009 | Like drinking a glass of toffee, but with raisins thrown in. Really interesting and complex beer. You just keep discovering new flavours. Great stuff. |
Ian |  | 26 Jun 2009 | Sour, Stilton cheese, dark fruit, just a little down on condition, but that could have been the warm temp. Great levels of malts. Almost speechless. Just incredbile rollercoaster of a beer. |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2009, Dover, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Andrew |  | 06 Feb 2009 | As Ian said, the best beer here. Rich with a hint of plum skin. Toasted straw and astringent with a hint of cob nut. Martyn decanted it too with made it even better. |
Ian |  | 06 Feb 2009 | Smells of stilton and sweaty socks and some really good sourness. That is good. Most distinctive beer here. Again I bottled this and drank it on the way home. |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2008, Dover, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Andrew |  | 01 Feb 2008 | Engine oil with no sourness to it. Powerfull stuff |
The Chambers, Folkestone, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Ian |  | 05 Apr 2007 | Currently the best Kent beer in Kent? Yes, I think so. The malt, the sourness, the chocolate are heavenly. Stuns you and enlivens the tongue like the best sour dark cherry thing you could imagine. |
The Dering Arms, Pluckley, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Ian |  | 23 Jan 2007 | For a strong winter beer it's got the lot, strength, malt, dark fruits. The blackcurrant, blackberry are excellent with a slight sour/dry edge on the finish. |
Andrew |  | 23 Jan 2007 | Wonderfull marinated cherries with a sherry oak sweet tart bite. Needs just a touch more sourness to be outstanding but, by heck, this is a good beer. |
Ian |  | 06 Jan 2007 | Now I give out 5/5s very sparingly these days. Very deep brown with touch of russet and lasting beige head. Roasted nuts, coffee, strong dry malt and touch of syrup on the aroma. Some hop too. Gorgeous in mouth, exquisitely full, light choc malts and roasted nuts. Toasty more than dark roast. Some juicy dark fruits. Finish is dry, full and juicy with dry toast coming through most. The longer it oxygenates, the sourer the fruit becomes. Damson, sour dark plum, sour dark cherry, sour blackberry. All wonderful. Give it another couple of hours in the cask and it will be even more wonderful. |
Ian |  | 23 Dec 2006 | More sour than I remembered, but with a fullness and that distinctive Goacher's flavour. Took me nearly an hour to finish a pint. Great stuff. |
Andrew | Not Tried | 23 Dec 2005 | |
Ian |  | 23 Dec 2005 | Slightly sour. If I didn't know that this is supposed to have these flavours, I would have said that it was off. But this was exceptional stuff. Black with fluffy beige head, lots of dark fruit and liquorice, burnt malts and this underlying sourness. Spectacular |
Ian | Not Tried | 21 Jan 2005 | |
Ian | Not Tried | 11 Jan 2005 | |
Ian |  | 24 Dec 2004 | Not as good as the last time I visited |
Andrew |  | 24 Dec 2004 | Like engine oil. Good goacher's taste but too strong from me |
Ian |  | 17 Dec 2004 | Perfect mix of burnt caramel and fruity malt balance the high alcohol level of this winter warmer |
Rare Breeds Beer Festival 2006, Woodchurch, Kent
Who | Score | When | Notes |
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Andrew |  | 02 Jun 2006 | Big sour and burnt acrid malt flavours dominate. This is kind of beer that rips your heart out and thrusts it back down your throat. Wonderful |
Ian |  | 02 Jun 2006 | Now this is a proper old ale. Deep ruby with lasting beige head. Toffee and sour liquorice aroma. Intense sourness for a UK beer. Thick and syrupy in mouth. Good hop. Superb balance. Bit too much syrupy toffee, but still gorgeous. |
Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2006, Ramsgate, Kent
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Ian |  | 14 Apr 2006 | Rich, dark syrupy oily beer. |
White Cliffs Beer Festival 2006, Dover, Kent
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Brian |  | 04 Feb 2006 | Lovely, 6.7%, but no real hint of that in the glass. Smooth and herby. |
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