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Carpenters Arms (Gray & Sons)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Georges - Wakering GoldGood1
Cliff Quay - Anchor BitterAcceptable1
Adnams - Southwold BitterNot Tried0
Bishop Nick - 1555Not Tried0
Crouch Vale - Yakima GoldNot Tried0
Mighty Oak - Kings (was 3.9% before 2013)Not Tried0
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde MildNot Tried0
Sharp's - SpecialNot Tried0
Skinner's - Betty Stogs BitterNot Tried0

Visits Details

24 Aug 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Quiet backstreet traditional pub and with just a few in for our early afternoon visit. Prompt, friendly service with 4 local real ales to choose from.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Georges - Wakering Gold3.80GoodGreat head and sweetish, fruity flavours.
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild3.70Not Tried
Crouch Vale - Yakima Gold4.20Not Tried
Bishop Nick - 15554.30Not Tried
01 Nov 2015 (Stephen Harris)
Unexpectedly busy on a late Sunday afternoon. After a while I realised that just about everybody that had been on my morning bus from Chelmsford was now in here.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Cliff Quay - Anchor Bitter4.00AcceptableA golden beer. Slightly odd I thought.
Sharp's - Special5.00Not Tried
Skinner's - Betty Stogs Bitter4.00Not Tried
Adnams - Southwold Bitter3.70Not Tried
Mighty Oak - Kings (was 3.9% before 2013)4.20Not Tried

About the Carpenters Arms

Summary of Beer Scores

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Acceptable1
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The pub is found in Maldon, Essex, CM9 5QF.

A small pub with two public rooms in Gate Street, just off the top end of the town centre. It has fifteenth century origins. There is a rear patio and some outside seats at the front. It was once the Gray's Maldon Brewery tap. Local CAMRA Pub of the Year for 2015.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 9 different beers and tried 2 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CM9 5QF