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The Butchers Arms (Free House)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew |  | 4 |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | | 3 |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | | 4 |
| Adnams - Tally-Ho | | 1 |
| Adnams - The Rule of Twelfths (collaboration with Lost and Grounded) | | 2 |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB |  | 4 |
| Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%) | | 1 |
| Oakham - Citra | | 1 |
| Oakham - JHB | | 1 |
| Adnams - Broadside | | 1 |
| Dark Star - Sunburst | Not Tried | 0 |
| Adnams - Sloe Storm | Not Tried | 0 |
Visits Details
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.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | |
21 May 2019 (ChrisE)
Lunchtime visit, a group of us chatted about the Castle pub in Oldham Street, Manchester.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | | Fresh cask to replace the Number 5. |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew | 3.80 | | |
| Adnams - The Rule of Twelfths (collaboration with Lost and Grounded) | 4.10 | | |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 | Not Tried | This ran out just before I was about to purchase one. |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB | 5.50 | Not Tried |
16 May 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Early evening visit. Usual good arguments about whether blue is red.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 | | Good English bitter |
| Adnams - The Rule of Twelfths (collaboration with Lost and Grounded) | 4.10 | | Cask newly tapped, red rye ale |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew | 3.80 | Not 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.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adnams - Tally-Ho | 7.00 | | An absolutely delightful ale belying it’s strength. |
| Oakham - Citra | 4.20 | | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | Not Tried | On 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 Brew | 3.80 | Not 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.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew | 3.80 | | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | | More cloying than crisp on the palate these days |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB | 5.50 | Not Tried |
13 Dec 2018 (Jack William)
Lunchtime visit - Martyn in good form.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew | 3.80 | | Delicious - especially on a clean palate just after noon. |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB | 5.50 | | New barrel, a bit sweet after the Uber. |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | | |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried |
24 Nov 2018 (ChrisE)
Lunchtime visit, quiet at first but full by afternoon closing. Much excitement about pickle night this evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 | | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew | 3.80 | | |
| Adnams - Sloe Storm | 4.00 | Not Tried | Just a taster, not for me. |
28 Oct 2018 (Dosser)
Big crowd in for such a small pub. First pint of real ale in 5 weeks!
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | | |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB | 5.50 | |
15 Sep 2018 (Jack William)
5 pm opening - relief staff on as Martyn is on his hols. Pleasant as always.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakham - JHB | 3.80 | | |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB | 5.50 |  | Had a 1 litre takeaway in a plastic bottle - it didn’t travel that well. |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | Not Tried |
18 Jul 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit from minutes after opening. All seemed at peace here with massive gas main replacement works closing the side road and added roadworks traffic lights, plus a mandatory burst water main then some early doors customers wielding mobile phones. Usual argumentative banter seemed so very tame after all of that action.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 | | Best beer of the evening, either first or second out of new cask |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB | 5.50 | | Not the ESB of old |
| Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%) | 3.40 | | Always dependable. My compadre stuck on this one all through our stay |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | Ran out |
| Dark Star - Sunburst | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | Not Tried |
About The Butchers Arms
Summary of Beer Scores
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| 423 |
| 90 |
| 14 |
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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 377 times, seen 163 different beers and tried 134 of them.
Postcode: CT6 7HL