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Larkins' Alehouse (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Three Legs - Bitter # 3Excellent1
Three Legs - Pale #3Excellent1
Three Acre - Centennial HazeExcellent1
Goacher's - Real Mild AleExcellent2
Kent - Born To Be MildExcellent1
Iron Pier - Wealdway IPAGood1
McCanns (used to use Angels and Demons name as well) - Sunday SessionsGood1
Rudgate - Ruby MildGood1
Iron Pier - Black IPAGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5Not Tried0
Tonbridge - TraditionalNot Tried0
Goacher's - Fine Light AleNot Tried0
Gun - Zamzama IPANot Tried0
Cellar Head - India Pale AleNot Tried0
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - JaipurNot Tried0
Larkins - TraditionalNot Tried0
Three Acre - Pineapple DreamNot Tried0
Goacher's - Crown Imperial StoutNot Tried0
Iron Pier - Killick's MillNot Tried0
Kent - Beyond the PaleNot Tried0
Three Acre - Best BitterNot Tried0
Three Acre - Session PaleNot Tried0
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Kentish BestNot Tried0
Pig & Porter - Whispering GrassNot Tried0
Lakedown - Sussex PaleNot Tried0
Goacher's - Gold StarNot Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dr Sunshine's Special Friendly English Wheat AleNot Tried0
Pig & Porter - Jumping FrogNot Tried0
Three Legs - Red AleNot Tried0
Picture 1. Larkins' Alehouse, Cranbrook, Kent
Linda Kilby

Visits Details

29 Jun 2024 (Wittenden)
More folk outside than in on a sunny early summer Saturday lunch.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Rudgate - Ruby Mild4.40GoodDry,light bodied for the ABV.
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur5.90Not TriedHighly tempted.
Tonbridge - Traditional3.60Not Tried
Three Acre - Pineapple Dream4.10Not Tried
15 Jun 2024 (Wittenden)
Quiet on an unseasonally unpleasant June Saturday lunchtime.
BeerABVScoreNotes
McCanns (used to use Angels and Demons name as well) - Sunday Sessions3.80GoodStraw coloured, summer fruit.
Larkins - Traditional3.40Not Tried
Gun - Zamzama IPA6.50Not Tried
Kent - Born To Be Mild3.50Not Tried
08 Jun 2024 (Wittenden)
Lunchtime on a chilly June Saturday.A few in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Three Legs - Pale #33.70ExcellentHedge fruit,hazy.
Larkins - Traditional3.40Not Tried
Kent - Born To Be Mild3.50Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Whispering Grass5.50Not Tried
26 May 2024 (Wittenden)
It's Kent Day today,(no,me neither), and Cranbrook was Going Nuts in May,so a pint in here was called for.In plastic, as we would enjoy them in the street,but none the worse.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40ExcellentA Kentish, earthy classic.
Tonbridge - Traditional3.60Not Tried
Iron Pier - Wealdway IPA4.50Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Jumping Frog4.20Not Tried
Three Legs - Red Ale3.40Not Tried
25 May 2024 (Wittenden)
Noonday on a warm May Saturday.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Iron Pier - Wealdway IPA4.50GoodUnyielding.
Larkins - Traditional3.40Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Jumping Frog4.20Not Tried
Three Legs - Red Ale3.40Not Tried
18 May 2024 (Wittenden)
Saturday lunchtime, several in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Born To Be Mild3.50ExcellentSweet chocolate, nutty.Bitter finish.Solid.
Larkins - Traditional3.40Not Tried
Goacher's - Gold Star5.10Not Tried
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dr Sunshine's Special Friendly English Wheat Ale4.20Not Tried
04 May 2024 (Wittenden)
Saturday noon.Convivial.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Iron Pier - Black IPA5.90GoodThe famous brewing oxymoron:good, but why?
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Kentish Best3.70Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Whispering Grass5.50Not Tried
Lakedown - Sussex Pale4.20Not Tried
27 Apr 2024 (Wittenden)
Busy noontime session.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40ExcellentPretty near perfection.Entrancing chocolate earthiness.
Kent - Beyond the Pale5.40Not Tried
Three Acre - Best Bitter4.00Not Tried
Three Acre - Session Pale3.70Not Tried
20 Apr 2024 (Wittenden)
Noon on a blustery Spring Saturday.Filling up on with a couple of large groups.The demise of Cellar Head was mourned.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Three Acre - Centennial Haze4.30ExcellentInternational pale ale: stone fruit,floral.Substantial,due to the listed lactose, perhaps?
Larkins - Traditional3.40Not Tried
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout4.50Not Tried
Iron Pier - Killick's Mill5.30Not Tried
13 Apr 2024 (Wittenden)
Early on a sunnny Saturday noon.Quiet.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Three Legs - Bitter # 34.20ExcellentFruity,malty,long bitter finish.Like the Seventies in a good way.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Not Tried
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale3.70Not Tried
Cellar Head - India Pale Ale5.00Not Tried

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About the Larkins' Alehouse

The pub sign. Larkins' Alehouse, Cranbrook, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional11
Excellent145
Good58
Acceptable2
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3EB.

Long awaited micropub in a former florist's shop in the High Street. Long narrow room,with servery bar counter to the back. Beers served on gravity dispense from a cool room to the rear. Some tables and chairs to the front. Opened on Friday 6th October 2017. Unisex toilet. Local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2024. CAMRA West Kent Pub of the Year 2022. CAMRA Kent Regional Pub of the Year 2022.

We have visited this pub 210 times, seen 308 different beers and tried 142 of them.

Map location

Postcode: TN17 3EB