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The Hovelling Boat Inn (Free House)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Oatmeal Stout |  | 2 |
| Angels & Demons (now uses McCanns branding not its own) - Goldilocks is Dead | | 2 |
| Shivering Sands - Ribersborg Stout | | 1 |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - HPA Hoppy Pale Ale | | 1 |
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | | 3 |
| Kent - Prohibition | | 2 |
| Fyne - Jarl | Not Tried | 0 |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dr Sunshine's Special Friendly English Wheat Ale | Not Tried | 0 |
| Kent - Session Pale | Not Tried | 0 |
| Marble - Manchester Bitter | Not Tried | 0 |
| Oakham - Citra | Not Tried | 0 |
Chris Excell
Visits Details
21 Apr 2025 (Dosser)
5 beers on, good crowd in, £3.80 to £4.40 a pint. Richard not pleased to hear artillery has reduced its beer prices, when everywhere else they are going up for cash customers. Will he match it?
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Oatmeal Stout | 4.60 | | Lovely sweetish stout. |
18 Apr 2025 (Andrew)
Pub no. 3. Not many in. We sat in the corner by the window and talked about Topsham, and things.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - HPA Hoppy Pale Ale | 3.60 | | Really very drinkable |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dr Sunshine's Special Friendly English Wheat Ale | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Prohibition | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Angels & Demons (now uses McCanns branding not its own) - Goldilocks is Dead | 5.30 | Not Tried | |
| Shivering Sands - Ribersborg Stout | 4.70 | Not Tried |
16 Apr 2025 (Dosser)
5 beers on, mostly citrus flavoured.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angels & Demons (now uses McCanns branding not its own) - Goldilocks is Dead | 5.30 |  | Good but on the way out |
12 Apr 2025 (Dosser)
Great selection on Saturday afternoon. 5 beers on. Prices moving up. £3.80 to £4.20, so ramsgate is still a good place to go for a quality reasonably priced pint.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angels & Demons (now uses McCanns branding not its own) - Goldilocks is Dead | 5.30 | | Lovely smooth pint |
| Shivering Sands - Ribersborg Stout | 4.70 | | Stout in great nick |
10 Apr 2025 (Magnus Greel)
Early evening a few groups in but one of the window tables were free so parked there and engaged with the friendly locals and the similar landlord who made my friend's day with his recommendation of a brandy she hadn't tried before!
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent - Prohibition | 4.80 | | |
| Marble - Manchester Bitter | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Oakham - Citra | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Fyne - Jarl | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Angels & Demons (now uses McCanns branding not its own) - Goldilocks is Dead | 5.30 | Not Tried |
08 Apr 2025 (Dosser)
4 beers on, 4 In, freezing outside but lovely sunny day. Goos chat about Spanish taxes and prices.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | 5.90 | | 3 pints of a lovely well laced but too heady beer. Only one top up. |
02 Apr 2025 (Dosser)
4 beers on and a large group of oldies eating food, possibly home made. My first real ale after 22 days in Tenerife drinking inferior stuff.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Oatmeal Stout | 4.60 | | A fine pint of smooth stout at £4. |
03 Mar 2025 (Dosser)
Lovely sunny afternoon by the seafront. RVP doesn't seem to be putting on any more guest ales so it's the boat for us.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent - Prohibition | 4.80 | | Nice pint. Just 3 in and 4 beers on. |
27 Feb 2025 (Dosser)
4 beers on, but the 2 coming soon were being sold to regulars in the know!
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | 5.90 | | Coming soon, but not really. |
24 Feb 2025 (Dosser)
A few in on a Monday pm. 5 beers on. I persuaded Ricky to put the jaipur on.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | 5.90 | | 4.60 fora quality pint. |
About The Hovelling Boat Inn
Summary of Beer Scores
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 | 38 |
| 265 |
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 | 24 |
 | 5 |
The pub is found in Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9DS.
Micropub in York Street that opened on Good Friday 2013 on the site of the Hovelling Boat pub which closed in 1909 (and re-opened 104 years later). No lager or keg beers are sold here. Other past lives of the building have been as a florist's shop and a fancy gift shop. A menu of the beer and cider on offer is shown on a wall blackboard then your drink is fetched (with table service) from a back room having been served on gravity dispense there. Under new ownership in spring 2018.
We have visited this pub 406 times, seen 417 different beers and tried 292 of them.
Postcode: CT11 9DS