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The Olde Wine Vaults (formerly The Vaults Cask & Kitchen) (Craft Union Pub Co. (part of Stonegate [formerly Ei Group itself formerly Enterprise Inns]))

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
St Austell - TributeGood3
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA)Good1
Hopdaemon - IncubusNot Tried0
Butcombe - Bitter (or Original Beer)Not Tried0
Wadworth - 6XNot Tried0
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please)Not Tried0
Hopdaemon - Golden BraidNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Olde Wine Vaults (formerly The Vaults Cask & Kitchen), Faversham, Kent

Visits Details

29 Apr 2012 (Philip Pirrip)
2125 hours visit. 3 or 4 in and several gents by the bar were welcoming and chatty immediately
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Austell - Tribute4.20GoodLast one out of old cask - alternative offered but I went to the old 'un. Was a little cloudy but still tasteful. 6 hours later and I am still alive!!
Hopdaemon - Golden Braid3.70Not Tried
Wadworth - 6X4.10Not Tried
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please)4.10Not Tried
18 Apr 2012 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit on a very wet night
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Austell - Tribute4.20ExcellentIn excellent nick. Price of £3.50 pp though was an upper quartile London price (yet this was The Sham) for an ubiquitous beer and the price hurt. Why so high?
Hopdaemon - Incubus4.00Not Tried
Butcombe - Bitter (or Original Beer)4.00Not Tried
Wadworth - 6X4.10Not Tried
09 Mar 2012 (Blair)
Really quiet in tonight, apparently due to a congregation of chavs that had made a home for themselves outside the pub. Great pub though.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Austell - Tribute4.20GoodFresh and zingy, good beer.
Hopdaemon - Incubus4.00Not Tried
30 Jun 2010 (ChrisE)
I usually walk past this pub, but I noticed that it now sports a Cask Marque sign so I decided to look inside. There are four handpumps dispensing three ales and a cider, and on this visit they were all from the county of Kent.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA)4.10Good
Hopdaemon - Golden Braid3.70Not Tried
Hopdaemon - Incubus4.00Not Tried

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About The Olde Wine Vaults (formerly The Vaults Cask & Kitchen)

The pub sign. The Olde Wine Vaults (formerly The Vaults Cask & Kitchen), Faversham, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional2
Excellent6
Good5
Acceptable2
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Faversham, Kent, ME13 8PA.

Deceptively large pub in Preston Street, with a small bar area at the front with a single handpump which is rarely if ever used, and a larger bar area further back with 6 handpumps, of which at least 1 always offers a cider. Raised area provides seating for meals. Once named Hole in the Wall then The Old Wine Vault and further re-named in 2014 to The Vaults Cask & Kitchen. Closed in spring 2019 when tenants left and there seemed to be a difficulty appointing new ones here, then converted to the Ei Group's Craft Union format and re-opened on 11th September 2019. Further change of name.

We have visited this pub 14 times, seen 29 different beers and tried 10 of them.

Map location

Postcode: ME13 8PA