3rd stop of the outing: Very busy on my arrival at 2.30pm and to meet up with a fellow real ale enthusiast from SE London to sample a green hopped beer or two. The Gadds' festival-bar's Green Hop Ale inside a small version of a barrel, called a kilderkin and holding 144 pints, had all been supped by 2.20pm some 10 minutes before getting here. Thankfully the brewery had another one already piped up and being served from their main bar. The event's literature refers to a barrel of Green Hop being tapped at 12.30pm. The traditional old-fashioned barrel would hold 288 pints but this is rarely used as a physical container today. The barrel that had been all consumed was draped in a hop bine, which is a festive garland of hops and foliage traditionally hung to bring luck during the hop season in late summer, and from the same local Kenitsh farm as in previous years for the green hop beer-making. The hop farm near Faversham has been in the same family for over 300 years in East Kent and at the current site since 1919. Their hops include the renowned East Kent Goldings (specifically the common "Cobbs" type) and Challenger. Certainly I was thirsty on arrival as the sun had made its way through the clouds on my 40 or so minutes' walk from Broadstairs to the industrial estate just outside and where Gadds' is based.

Lunchtime. First meet of our cycle group here - only other customers were for take-outs. We had an enjoyable couple of hours.

Busy on my arrival early afternoon alongside two others from SE London for the second day of Gadds' two-day Easter beer festival. A bench to be had on the inside and close to the serving area. All very reasonably priced at £2.00 a half for all cask and up to 6% on offer.

Beer festival involving 3 breweries and a bus between the 3. We decided to stay here after seeing the superb beer selection from 12 different breweries.

Mid afternoon- my first visit here. It was packed out mainly due to free music from the excellent band, Hullabaloo. Stayed for a while, bumped into some friends and thoroughly enjoyed the beers and music.

Extremely busy and buzzing for Gadds' green hop beer festival. Gadds was also hosting 12 casks of green hop beers from others to sample.

2 brewery collaboration between gadds and northdown. Didn't see any cask here, but at least 12 beers on some sort of mechanism.

22nd year anniversary beer festival today and tomorrow. 12 beers on plus all your favourite gadds. Cold and windy outside. £4 a pint. 4 other brewery's on the loop today. How many will we do?

Here for the Green hop festival. Quite busy, with a small marquee outside.

Arrived with lots of blood om me. Damiens dog clawed me a bit too much in the back of the car. Only Gadds Green hop on plus the usual offerings on tap.