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Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2006 (CAMRA Beer Festival)
| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Crouch Vale - Brewers Gold |  | 1 |
| Millstone - Grain Storm | | 1 |
| Oakham - Bishops Farewell | | 1 |
| Dark Star - Critical Mass |  | 1 |
| Goacher's - 1066 Old Ale | | 1 |
| Phoenix - Monkeytown Mild | | 1 |
| Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA) | | 1 |
| Blindmans - Eclipse Porter |  | 1 |
| Hopdaemon - Green Daemon | | 1 |
| JW Lees (see also Lees) - Moonraker (superseded by 6.5% version) | | 1 |
| Litton - Dark Star | | 1 |
| Milton - Neptune | | 1 |
| Dent - Aviator |  | 1 |
Visits Details
14 Apr 2006 (Ian)
Held on Good Friday, I came here with Martin for his birthday. Weather started off drizzly but soon the sun came out and it was baking. Good location for a beer festival and we both enjoyed ourselves. The first advertised 40 beers had all but gone by 6pm (it had opened at noon) and there were 14 beers that the organisers had held back for Saturday that had to be tapped and spiled by Eddie Gadd in double quick time to avoid disappointment. Needless to say these extra beers had almost all gone too by the time we left at 8pm. Will be back next year for this one.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakham - Bishops Farewell | 4.60 | | This is where the new beers came on. Some very good blond ones, including Bitter and Twisted, this, Grain Storm, Crouch Vale Brewers Gold. This is blond and hoppy, creamy too. Good astringent hop |
| Crouch Vale - Brewers Gold | 4.00 | | Deep fulfilling flavours and just a lovely hop profile on this. Quality beer. |
| Millstone - Grain Storm | 4.20 | | Golden, creamy head. Hops and some cereal on aroma, bit of wheat maybe. Some good citrus on end and hoppy finish. Good beer. |
| Goacher's - 1066 Old Ale | 6.70 | | Rich, dark syrupy oily beer. |
| Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA) | 4.10 | | Grassy, typical flavours but needed more oomph from the malt, lacked that sherberty raspberry/strawberry intensity |
| Phoenix - Monkeytown Mild | 3.90 | | Black beer with ruby edges and bubbly beige head. Coffee choc aroma, good in mouth, then has sourness towards the end, with drying hop finish. Tasty mild with roasted malt flavours and touch of powdery charcoal. Would have this again. |
| Dark Star - Critical Mass | 7.80 | | Very dark brown colour with lasting dark beige head. Hoppy coffee aroma. Some liquorice. Intense aromas. Syrupy in mouth with dark treacle flavours. Unctious oily feel in mouth, thick but with only some alcohol burn. This really woke me up. Finish has dryness and more dark treacle. I liked it. |
| Milton - Neptune | 3.80 | | Amber colour with bubbly beige head. Some malt, some hop on aroma. Fruits are along the red berry lines. Bit of coffee too. Dryish finish, bit earthy/muddy on the end. |
| Blindmans - Eclipse Porter | 4.20 | | Very dark brown with ruby edges. Thin beige head. Bit of liquorice/coffee and some choc on the aroma. Quite carbonated in mouth. Some sourness and more coffee in mouth, syrupy liquorice on the finish. Some sour damson fruit. Not a bad porter but a bit too syrupy and sour for me. |
| Hopdaemon - Green Daemon | 5.00 | | Golden colour with bubbly beige head. Grassy gooseberry grapefruit aroma, a bit like a good austere sauvignon blanc. Quite acidic in mouth, with more astringent citrus fruit. Hoppy astringent finish. Quite harsh. OK, but could be more rounded |
| Litton - Dark Star | 4.00 | | Ruby colour with bubbly beige head. Toffee/treacle aroma, sour and sharp in mouth and then good attack of dryness towards the end. Certainly has a style all of its own. A cross between a mild and a porter for me. |
| JW Lees (see also Lees) - Moonraker (superseded by 6.5% version) | 7.50 | | Ruby colour with thin beige head. Vinous on aroma and in mouth. Good fruit. Very syrupy in mouth with a bit of alcohol heat. Very malty, thick and syrupy. Not sure that I could drink a lot of this. Fruity on end of the dark syrupy type, some jamminess. |
| Dent - Aviator | 4.00 | | Amber colour with bubbly beige head. Touch of diacetyl I think on the aroma, buttery and toffee. OK in mouth with more toffee and then earthy citrus hop finish. Too much butter/toffee for me though. |
About the Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2006
Summary of Beer Scores
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The pub is found in Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 0YE.
Held at Gallery IOTA at the Monkey House on the Royal Esplanade on the seafront in Ramsgate. Cuved white building in a neo classical style with a 50-60 barrel stillage in the middle against one wall. Standing room only in the bar area but seating provided on one side by a grassy area and on the other side next to the boating lake with a marquee and outside seating. Excellent first festival, except that they had under estimated Kent's beer drinkers' thirsts and ran out of beer on the first evening. Will return next year.
We have visited this pub once, seen 13 different beers and tried them all.
Postcode: CT11 0YE