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The Blue Anchor (Greene King)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)Good1

Visits Details

04 Jul 2026 (Hogan Sampling)
1st visit of this outing: Ticking over mid-afternoon for my first ever visit. Friendly, prompt service at the bar. Just the one real ale on and certainly a welcome half after the walk along the Maidstone Road from Borough Green. Very much a historic pub with an ancient feel about it aided by it pewter jugs hanging from the low ceilings. An original enough looking bar counter and bar-back to look the part.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)3.40Good1st beer of this visit: Came with a good frothy head and lasting lacing on this IPA from the Suffolk dating back to 1799 and still located in Bury St Edmunds. A fruited first hit on this tawny amber coloured ale. A maltiness rising with hints of bready, sweet toffee and caramel from its Pale malts, Crystal behind its toffee sweetness, and Black malts behind its dry finish. A dry hoppiness prevailing for me and a hint of herbal citrus. A fruity hoppiness from its trio of English hops, Pilgrim, Challenger, and First Gold and jointly contributing to its herbal, spice, and subtle marmalade flavours waving on the slide downwards. In fine fettle.

About The Blue Anchor

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The pub is found in St Mary's Platt, Kent, TN15 8ND.

Tucked away in St Mary's Platt on Grange Road about a mile from Borough Green and set off the main Maidstone Road, The Blue Anchor is situated in a very picturesque hamlet with a nearby ancient church and woodland walks behind the church. It has been a public house since 1742 by all accounts. On a Saturday mid-afternoon visit in early July 2026, certainly ticking over with punters mostly supping beers but also a table of punters tucking into fish and chips. Two real ales usually available, a house beer called Blue Anchor Bitter, apparently brewed by Timothy Taylor, and Greene King IPA, the latter of which was on for the July 2026 visit. This rambling old pub owned by Greene King with extensive lawned gardens is adorned on the inside with old pewter jugs hanging up and miniature brass horse shoes, old kettles you would hang over the range and other suitable memorabilia from yesteryear.

We have visited this pub once, seen 1 beer and tried it.

Map location

Postcode: TN15 8ND