Little Swift (formerly The Night Swift, The Bottle Shop) (Free House)
Visits Details
09 Jun 2023 (Magnus Greel)
Friendly welcome for a busy late Friday afternoon we were directed to the empty upstairs bar with it's most convenient roof terrace offering a refreshing breeze in what would have been a rather stuffy enviroment.
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout | 6.20 |  | Not as effervescent as I was expecting for this rich dark chocolate coffee and nuts treat.. |
07 Jun 2018 (Dosser)
After a few weak beers time for some big hitters
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout | 6.20 |  | £4.50 a pint but it went down well |
| Burning Sky - Pretty Mess IPA | 7.00 | | Another Key Keg beer at £6.60 a pint. Nice. |
07 Jun 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening visit. We entered from the High Street but drank by the lower Marine Drive door. No cask beer and as the Kernel was reasonably priced I tried one, allegedly sold on KeyKeg dispense.
| Kernel (The Kernel) - Table Beer (Simcoe & Amarillo) | 3.20 |  | OK but seemed gassy |
03 Jun 2017 (Andrew)
Pub number 5. This gave Ian the chance to talk about Belgium beer.
| Kernel (The Kernel) - Table Beer | 3.10 | | |
19 Feb 2017 (Stephen Harris)
Again I’m in here as an alternative to the Fez, which is full to bursting point with live music drawing the crowds. It is very relaxed in here, with a steady through-flow of people in the short time I’m in.
| Birrifico Italiano - Asteroid 56013 | 6.50 | | On keg dispense. A somewhat random choice from the long beer list. It turned out to be lovely (and pricey) – golden and hoppy. |
20 Nov 2016 (Stephen Harris)
I actually stumbled upon this little bar by chance when looking for the Fez and liked it so much that the Fez (just a couple of doors away as it turned out) will have to wait for another day. It had a bit of a ‘Hackney-on-Sea’ atmosphere here, with lots of beards, woolly jumpers and pampered toddlers.
| Time and Tide - New Rose | 4.90 | | From a keg of some sort. A hazy gold colour. A rose-petal flavoured Saison. Lovely. Tasted like slightly soured, liquid Turkish Delight. |
| Alpine - Willy Vanilly | 5.50 | | From a keg. Another hazy, golden beer and a really unusual one (from California). A German-style Weissbier at heart, it is vanilla-flavoured and has a creamy texture. |
| Time and Tide - Spratwaffler Pale Ale | 3.70 | | From a keg of some sort. A tasty, pale, hoppy beer. This glass spoiled a little by over-carbonation. |
