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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 StoutExcellent1
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - JaipurExcellent3
Kent - ProhibitionExcellent2
Kent - NZ Pale AleExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - West Coast IPAGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Blarney Stone Good1
Kent - Chocolate Cream Stout Good1
Milestone - DeliveranceAcceptable1
Marble - Manchester BitterNot Tried0
Oakham - CitraNot Tried0
Fyne - JarlNot Tried0
Angels & Demons (now uses McCanns branding not its own) - Goldilocks is DeadNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent
Picture 2. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent
Picture 3. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent
Chris Excell

Visits Details

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!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Prohibition4.80Excellent
Marble - Manchester Bitter4.20Not Tried
Oakham - Citra4.20Not Tried
Fyne - Jarl3.80Not Tried
Angels & Demons (now uses McCanns branding not its own) - Goldilocks is Dead5.30Not Tried
08 Apr 2025 (Dosser)
4 beers on, 4 In, freezing outside but lovely sunny day. Goos chat about Spanish taxes and prices.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur5.90Excellent3 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.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Oatmeal Stout4.60ExcellentA 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.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Prohibition4.80GoodNice 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!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur5.90GoodComing 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.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur5.90Excellent4.60 fora quality pint.
19 Feb 2025 (Dosser)
5 beers on
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Blarney Stone 4.30GoodNice stoutish beer. £3.80 so almost a £ less than the Monty.
Milestone - Deliverance4.60AcceptableNot very flavoursome. On the way out?
04 Jan 2025 (Dosser)
4 beers on
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - West Coast IPA5.60GoodHoppy
27 Dec 2024 (Dosser)
After Christmas in Eastbourne drinking wine its back to Ramsgit and the real ale. 5 beers on, none more than £4.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - NZ Pale Ale4.80ExcellentCrisp and fresh golden ale.
22 Dec 2024 (Dosser)
Packed pub on a Sunday afternoon and a great spread. P
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Chocolate Cream Stout 4.50GoodVery chocolaty

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About The Hovelling Boat Inn

The pub sign. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional38
Excellent263
Good172
Acceptable24
Poor5

Website.

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 402 times, seen 416 different beers and tried 292 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT11 9DS