Lovely pint with a good head and lacing to the bottom of the glass. £4.70.
02 Aug 2025 (Dosser)
Good crowd in. All beers at £4.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Mad Cat - Ninth Life (a.k.a. 9th Life)
5.90
Served from a polypin. In great nick, though a little to sweet for me.
23 Jul 2025 (Dosser)
3 ales on and a quiz in action.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Mad Cat - Monumental
5.20
Another unusual Mad Cat dark un served from a polypin. Lynne loved it. Another acquired taste.
18 Jul 2025 (Dosser)
Lots drinking outside on a hot day. Found a strong un. 3 beers on,£4.30 to £4.70 pint. More ciders than beers.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Mad Cat - Noir
5.70
Very unusual hoppy black ipa. Very much an aquired taste which didn't suit my palate. Served from a polypin lacking a head or lacing as you'd get from a handpump. The wife, however, loved it. I've never been sure whether black ipas really work.
31 May 2025 (Dosser)
Just 3 ales on
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Tonbridge - IPA
4.80
24 May 2025 (Dosser)
First visit in a while. Full pints given.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Lord
5.00
Not on of my favourite porters but in good nick.
18 Apr 2025 (Andrew)
First pub on the Good Friday Thanet Tour. It's changed a lot since I was last here. Apparently the seating is from the Yard of Ale. Friendly people running it.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Kent - Session Pale
3.70
Solid Kent Session.
Surrey Hills - Greensand IPA
4.60
Not Tried
Kent - The New Black
4.80
Not Tried
12 Apr 2025 (Dosser)
3 beers on
Discussion on the size of pint glasses without lines. Is the beer a pint up to a flower...when there's no line.
Micropub located in Grange Road towards the sea end. Located on Stagecoach East Kent's Thanet Loop bus route which also conveniently serves Ramsgate Harbour and Ramsgate railway station. A former corner shop converted to a pub specialising in real ales. There is no bar, and no television or fruit machines. Beers are served by gravity dispense, and one cider is usually available. Keg beers and lagers are not sold in this pub which opened for business on 16 November 2010. Awarded CAMRA Thanet Branch's Pub of the Year 2012. Awarded CAMRA's East Kent Pub of the Year for 2012. Awarded CAMRA's Kent Pub of the Year 2012 in August 2012 so became one of the last 16 in CAMRA's National Pub of the Year for 2012 competition. In November 2012 selected as one of the last 4 in the CAMRA National 2012 PoTY competition. On Saturday 12th September 2020 the founding father licensee, Colin Aris, retired and the pub closed for a refurbishment. Re-opened under new ownership, associated with the Four Candles brewery in St Peter's, and fully refurbished on Monday 17th May 2021. Reported closed either after Christmas 2022 (probably 30th December 2022) with future now uncertain. Re-opened on 31st August 2023 with new operator. Now has sofas and a long padded bench for seating and a chilled multi-tiered cabinet for cask ales and ciders served on gravity dispense. Table service. Cash and card payment accepted.
We have visited this pub 352 times, seen 347 different beers and tried 283 of them.
