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Ales of the Unexpected (Free House)

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Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Weltons - Real Old		1
Cottage - Merchant Navy		1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Blue Top		1
Partners - Stout and About		1
Romney Marsh - Marsh Gold		1
Mighty Oak - Newspaper Taxis		1
Springhead - Barebones		1
Range Ales - Black Ops		1
Village Brewer (contract brewed at Hambleton) - Old Raby Ale		1
Isla Vale Alesmiths - Hopping Mad		2
Weltons - Twelvetrees		1
Mr Grundy's - Trenchfoot		1
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Devon Darkness	Not Tried	0
Loddon - RB Reading Best	Not Tried	0

Picture 1. Ales of the Unexpected, Westbrook, Kent

Picture 2. Ales of the Unexpected, Westbrook, Kent

Visits Details

05 Aug 2017 (Dosser)

1 hour to get here by bus from the wheel. Buses are rubbish and too many micros shut on a Saturday.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Range Ales - Black Ops	4.80		Interesting ale served at the correct temperature

01 Jun 2017 (Dosser)

Big crowd in. Lots of noise. Strange place to hold a camra meeting. Nice spread provided.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Romney Marsh - Marsh Gold	4.10		Nice pint. Strongest one on offer.

15 Jan 2017 (Dosser)

Start of our pub crawl of Margate.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Blue Top	4.80

20 Feb 2016 (Ian)

I like this pub, 10 mins walk from Margate station away from central Margate. In a parade of shops you have a long narrow pub that is slightly quirky and I like the maps on the walls.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Isla Vale Alesmiths - Hopping Mad	4.00		Brown bitter. OK though.

20 Feb 2016 (Andrew)

Second to last pub. Was dark by now with a faint drizzle in the air. The pub was quiet with only 3 others in. We sat near the front and looked at the maps on the wall.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Mr Grundy's - Trenchfoot	3.80		Flat malty brown bitter that inexplicably Ian liked a lot
Isla Vale Alesmiths - Hopping Mad	4.00		A brown bitter with a hint of citrus hop
Loddon - RB Reading Best	4.00	Not Tried

24 Jan 2016 (Dosser)

Carl was missing but ample staff filling in.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Village Brewer (contract brewed at Hambleton) - Old Raby Ale	4.80		Good dark un

27 Nov 2015 (Dosser)

Few in. Heard Carls new pub in addington street is opening this evening

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Mighty Oak - Newspaper Taxis	4.30

11 Nov 2015 (Dosser)

Great beers as always

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Cottage - Merchant Navy	4.70
Partners - Stout and About	3.90		New beer

04 Nov 2015 (Dosser)

Wonderful beers, fantastic landlord who is so pro real ale.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Weltons - Real Old	5.30		Sooo gooood

29 Oct 2015 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening. Beery Steve had got here before me to deliver the latest CAMRA mag Ale of Thanet.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Springhead - Barebones	4.70
Weltons - Twelvetrees	6.50		Not really to my taste after an enticing taster. A saison
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Devon Darkness	4.20	Not Tried

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About the Ales of the Unexpected

The pub sign. Ales of the Unexpected, Westbrook, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

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	11
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Website.

The pub is found in Westbrook, Kent, CT9 5AX.

Another Thanet Micropub opened on the evening of Friday 23rd August 2013 in Canterbury Road. Originally run by Carl and Nancy but subsequently sold on by them. Near the former Royal Sea Bathing Hospital site - a brisk 7 minutes walk from Margate railway station and on bus routes. A shop conversion from previous use as an antiques shop and before that a fishmonger. At the street end of the building the layout is normal height tables, chairs and benches. The bar counter is at the back in a more sparsely furnished area where the unisex toilet is also located. Real ale, cider and wine are sold. Real ale and cider are dispensed on gravity from casks set up on a fixed wooden stillage in a back room behind the bar counter, in a temperature controlled daylightless room.

We have visited this pub 39 times, seen 80 different beers and tried 54 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT9 5AX