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The Butchers Arms (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5Excellent3
Adnams - The Rule of Twelfths (collaboration with Lost and Grounded)Excellent2
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über BrewExcellent4
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster StoutExcellent1
Adnams - BroadsideExcellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper TopExcellent5
Adnams - Tally-HoExcellent1
Oakham - CitraExcellent2
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESBGood1
Adnams - Sloe StormNot Tried0
Oakham - JHBNot Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - ÜberHopNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Butchers Arms, Herne, Kent
Picture 2. The Butchers Arms, Herne, Kent

Visits Details

23 Feb 2020 (ChrisE)
This pub currently opens from 14:00 to 16:00 on Sundays, I did the first hour of opening and enjoyed some very good company but left at 15:00 as a Rugby game was about to start. I assume that they all enjoyed the game and probably stayed a bit longer than the advertised closing time.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Excellent
Adnams - Broadside4.70Excellent
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB5.50Not Tried
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout6.20Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not Tried
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - ÜberHop5.20Not Tried
13 Feb 2020 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening visit. Every seat taken and usual banter, venom and bull in barrel-loads.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout6.20ExcellentGlorious, albeit I was rather rushed to finish it
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10ExcellentLots of zingy mouthfeel
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Not Tried
Oakham - JHB3.80Not TriedRan out
Oakham - Citra4.20Not Tried
18 Dec 2019 (Jack William)
Lunchtime - nearly all seats occupied. Two guys on a pilgrimage from Blackpool where they are planning to open their own micropub in the new year. Martyn gave them a tour and some sage advice including “go for a soft opening”. Wise words.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Oakham - Citra4.20ExcellentSpot on.
Oakham - JHB3.80Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not Tried
07 Sep 2019 (ChrisE)
A lucky connection with a bus at Sturry meant that I arrived in Herne earlier than planned. I tried the door here although the pub appeared closed. I was lucky enough to be given a buckshee half pint before the pub closed for Martyn's sixtieth birthday celebrations in the nearby village hall which was my destination anyway.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Excellent
21 May 2019 (ChrisE)
Lunchtime visit, a group of us chatted about the Castle pub in Oldham Street, Manchester.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10ExcellentFresh cask to replace the Number 5.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew3.80Excellent
Adnams - The Rule of Twelfths (collaboration with Lost and Grounded)4.10Excellent
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Not TriedThis ran out just before I was about to purchase one.
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB5.50Not Tried
16 May 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Early evening visit. Usual good arguments about whether blue is red.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40GoodGood English bitter
Adnams - The Rule of Twelfths (collaboration with Lost and Grounded)4.10GoodCask newly tapped, red rye ale
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB5.50Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew3.80Not Tried
29 Jan 2019 (Jack William)
I had been away in the Caribbean for over a week and was in desperate need of a decent pint. I wasn’t disappointed.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Tally-Ho7.00ExcellentAn absolutely delightful ale belying it’s strength.
Oakham - Citra4.20Good
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not TriedOn the board simply as “Cu Top” - I think Martyn delights in making life difficult for the occasional drinker (there were no brewery names on the blackboard either).
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew3.80Not Tried
13 Dec 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Early evening visit. A local made his first visit here whilst we were there, he was obviously aghast at what he had found.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew3.80Excellent
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10GoodMore cloying than crisp on the palate these days
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB5.50Not Tried
13 Dec 2018 (Jack William)
Lunchtime visit - Martyn in good form.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew3.80ExcellentDelicious - especially on a clean palate just after noon.
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB5.50GoodNew barrel, a bit sweet after the Uber.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Good
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
24 Nov 2018 (ChrisE)
Lunchtime visit, quiet at first but full by afternoon closing. Much excitement about pickle night this evening.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Excellent
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew3.80Excellent
Adnams - Sloe Storm4.00Not TriedJust a taster, not for me.

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About The Butchers Arms

The pub sign. The Butchers Arms, Herne, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional240
Excellent428
Good92
Acceptable14
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Herne, Kent, CT6 7HL.

In the middle of Herne village in Herne Street, once the Canterbury Beer Shop selling beer straight from the cask. It is now a pub (with the same owner as before) and still does off-sales which is fantastic! Voted CAMRA Kent Pub of the Year in 2008 and East Kent CAMRA Pub of the Year in 2009 (...and not surprisingly). Regarded universally as the first micropub, which has spawned many similar ventures in East Kent and throughout the UK. Real ales are kept on gravity dispense in a cold room to the right and you will view this when you walk through it to the unisex toilet at the rear. Displays a Micropub Association Certificate of Registration warranting, annually, that it adheres to the tenets and ethics of the Association's definition of a micropub. Since post-Covid re-opening in October 2021 now open 5-8 Tuesday to Friday only. The landlord and founder of the Micropub Association, Martyn Hillier, was awarded an MBE in the 2024 New Years Honours list for services to Business and to Hospitality.

We have visited this pub 380 times, seen 164 different beers and tried 135 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT6 7HL