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Rifle Volunteers (Goacher's)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Goacher's - Crown Imperial StoutExcellent2
Goacher's - 1066 Old AleExcellent1
Goacher's - Fine Light AleGood8
Goacher's - Real Mild AleGood2
Picture 1. Rifle Volunteers, Maidstone, Kent
Picture 2. Rifle Volunteers, Maidstone, Kent
Picture 3. Rifle Volunteers, Maidstone, Kent
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

10 Jan 2015 (Dosser)
Great to see Alan looking well for Goachers Old evening.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - 1066 Old Ale6.70ExcellentIn great form. I would have expected nothing less. The huge crowd were drinking mainly this and at £3.20 excellent value.
17 Nov 2014 (ChrisE)
Evening visit for just under four hours, quite busy for a Monday evening. Conversation ranged from criticising a certain large pub near the station for having Christmas decorations up in mid-November to chastising Maidstone M&S for playing jolly Christmas music on Armistice Day.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale3.70ExcellentIn very good form tonight.
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40Good
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout4.50Not Tried
25 Oct 2014 (ChrisE)
Saturday evening and quite busy. Alan was on good form tonight.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale3.70GoodGood to the end of the cask.
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40Not Tried
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout4.50Not Tried
20 Sep 2014 (ChrisE)
Saturday afternoon, just the two of us and one other customer.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale3.70PoorDisappointing.
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40Not Tried
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout4.50Not Tried
06 Sep 2014 (ChrisE)
Early afternoon and time for a few pints before Alan closed up for the afternoon. It was nice to see the tenants of another Maidstone pub popping in for a few pints of Goachers.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale3.70Good
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40Not Tried
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout4.50Not Tried
02 Aug 2014 (ChrisE)
Saturday afternoon until 3pm closing, the pub was busy and Alan was in good spirits.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale3.70Good
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40Not Tried
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout4.50Not Tried
24 Jul 2014 (ChrisE)
I popped in to see Alan, the landlord, who has just returned from a short spell in hospital.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale3.70AcceptableA touch on the warm side.
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40Not Tried
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout4.50Not Tried
06 Jun 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Comparative latecomer for our Friday Evening Group visit here. Last one away too by which time some locals had arrived.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale3.70Good
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40Acceptable
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout4.50Not Tried
06 Jun 2014 (ChrisE)
Friday evening, there was about ten of us in our group but we were the only customers for most of the evening.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale3.70Good
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout4.50Good
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40Not Tried
23 May 2014 (Dosser)
Big crowd in!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout4.50ExceptionalSuperb

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About the Rifle Volunteers

The pub sign. Rifle Volunteers, Maidstone, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional273
Excellent602
Good107
Acceptable22
Poor7

Website.

The pub is found in Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1EU.

In Wyatt Street, one of three Goacher's tied pubs. Décor has not been updated for some time, but that adds to the joy of this quiet pub. Light, Mild and Stout on regularly. If you like Goacher's, then come here. Also, if you like a quiet pub with no airs or graces that serves well crafted beers then this is your place. The long standing licensee of nearly 37 years (Alan) left in late February 2015 bringing a phase of the pub to an end. Pub closed for a week then re-opened under new tenants, Matt and Gina who were themselves replaced by Alex and Polly in February 2018. The 3 original handpumps have now become 4. Secluded rear garden. Local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year 2016, CAMRA West Kent Pub of the Year 2016, CAMRA Kent Pub of the Year 2016.

We have visited this pub 595 times, seen 11 different beers and tried them all.

Map location

Postcode: ME14 1EU