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Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout		1
Kent - Decadence		1
Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)		2
Titanic - Iceberg		1
Northdown - Tidal Pool		1
Lost and Grounded - Spring Protagonist		1
Goddards - Fuggle (or Fuggle Dee-Dum)		1
Wantsum - Golgotha		1
Wantsum - Black Pig		1
Brew York - Lupu Lion		1
Dark Star - Sunquake		1
Wantsum - Ravening Wolf		1
Northdown - Green Hop Fuggles Stout		1
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Cat's Eyes	Not Tried	0

Picture 1. Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent

Picture 2. Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent

Photos are of original site before move

Visits Details

21 May 2024 (Magnus Greel)

Early evening quiet just a couple of other folk in. We chatted to a pleasant chap sat at the bar and enjoyed travel talk.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Titanic - Iceberg	4.10		Wheaty with a citrus hint..
Lost and Grounded - Spring Protagonist	4.40		Deep orange in colour with biscuity notes and a subtle lemony, marmalade character.
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Cat's Eyes	4.00	Not Tried

28 Apr 2024 (Dosser)

A new name but similar beers...

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Kent - Decadence	5.00		Nice porter with good head at £4.50.

25 Feb 2024 (Dosser)

3 beers on and a pretty full pub

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Wantsum - Golgotha	5.50		In good nick and £4.60 a pint.

22 Oct 2023 (Dosser)

This pub has now been sold. 5 real ales and loads of craft. Prices up significantly. Friends sent 2 of the beers back. Vinegary. Make the prices too high, you won't sell the beer.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Wantsum - Ravening Wolf	5.90		My friend sent his beer back, but I thought it was just acceptable.
Northdown - Green Hop Fuggles Stout	4.80		Had to send this back. Off.

26 Jul 2023 (Dosser)

Loud music, 4 beers, loads of craft, is it turning into a late night bar?? Don't know.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Northdown - Tidal Pool	4.60		Good flavour, £4.30 a pint.

22 Apr 2023 (Dosser)

Fair few in. 4 interesting beers on draught.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Wantsum - Black Pig	4.80		Went down well.
Brew York - Lupu Lion	5.00		Flavoursome, but too warm for a citrusy beer.

26 Feb 2023 (Dosser)

3 beers on ranging from £3.30 to £4.20 a pint.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout	6.20		A very nice drop of stout.

12 Aug 2022 (Dosser)

4 beers on and a packed pub for the folk music. Plastic glasses. Doh.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)	3.40
Goddards - Fuggle (or Fuggle Dee-Dum)	4.80		Not bad but spoilt by the plastic

17 Sep 2021 (Dosser)

4 beers on ranging from 3 to £3.60.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Dark Star - Sunquake	4.80		The big hopurst I expected didn't happen. Disappointed but still acceptable.

31 Jan 2020 (Dosser)

3 beers on but running out fast

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)	3.40		Reduced to £2.50 as it was on the way out, but it was ok.

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About the Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse)

The pub sign. Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

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	4
	39
	50
	16
	7

Website.

The pub is found in Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 1LR.

First incarnation was a former Pet Food shop converted into a micropub in 5 Charlotte Street specialising in cask ales and ciders. Opened on the 30th November 2012. The casks were visible racked behind the bar behind glass frontage. High tables with similarly high wall mounted bench seating abounds. Plans to relocate to a nearby much larger street corner premise at 11-13 Charlotte Street came to fruition on Friday Friday 5th May 2017 and this originally incorporated a brewhouse for what would have been Broadstairs Town Brewery perhaps in 202??! but it never came to fruition. 8 handpumps and 10 keg beer taps in the new location. Bar billiards upstairs where is some extra seating too. The new venue is too large to be a micropub so best called an alehouse or really just a pub. Change of name in 2024 and now with 5 handpumps and 18 keg taps.

We have visited this pub 89 times, seen 159 different beers and tried 105 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT10 1LR