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The Thomas Ingoldsby (Wetherspoon)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Quay - JurrasicExcellent1
Cains - Dark MildGood1
Coach House - Innkeepers Special ReserveGood1
Brains - SAAcceptable1
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Golden HostAcceptable1
Camerons - StrongarmNot Tried0
Exmoor (now brewed by Hogs Back) - Silver StallionNot Tried0
Brewster's - Moll CutpurseNot Tried0
Cotleigh - OspreyNot Tried0
Camerons - Challenge AleNot Tried0
Budelse - Budel AltNot Tried0
Titanic - Silver SpoonNot Tried0
Robinsons - Old TomNot Tried0
Ridleys - Tolly OriginalNot Tried0
Okell's - Spring RamNot Tried0
De Koninck - De KoninckNot Tried0
Caledonian - Flying Scotsman (superseded by 3.5% version)Not Tried0
Titanic - Capt. SmithsNot Tried0
Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin)Not Tried0
Gale's - Best BitterNot Tried0
Randalls - Guilty StoutNot Tried0
Hop Back - FlintnapperNot Tried0
Coach House - Banoffee BitterNot Tried0
Hydes - HPANot Tried0
Picture 1. The Thomas Ingoldsby, Canterbury, Kent

Visits Details

15 May 2005 (Ian)
Reasonably busy on a Sunday evening for this Wetherspoons pub. May beer festival currently on serving up to 12 different beers. Good to try something different. Beers kept to an acceptable standard. Also had Shepherd Neame Fuggles and Marston's Fever Pitch
BeerABVScoreNotes
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Golden Host4.20AcceptableGolden bitter, with some hops. OK session beer
Budelse - Budel Alt4.80Not Tried
Coach House - Banoffee Bitter4.20Not Tried
Titanic - Silver Spoon4.00Not Tried
Robinsons - Old Tom8.50Not Tried
Ridleys - Tolly Original3.80Not Tried
Okell's - Spring Ram4.20Not Tried
Caledonian - Flying Scotsman (superseded by 3.5% version)4.00Not Tried
Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin)4.50Not Tried
Randalls - Guilty Stout5.20Not Tried
12 May 2005 (Ian)
Large Wetherspoons near Christchurch College in Canterbury just inside the city walls. Good range of guest beers especially at the moment with their spring festival on.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Cains - Dark Mild3.20GoodLooks like a dark mild. Bit thin, but burnt malt nose, good burnt caramel dark malty flavours, but a bit thin acidic finish. Not at its tip top best
Gale's - Best Bitter3.90Not Tried
Hop Back - Flintnapper3.80Not Tried
Coach House - Banoffee Bitter4.20Not Tried
Hydes - HPA4.50Not Tried
Camerons - Strongarm4.00Not Tried
Exmoor (now brewed by Hogs Back) - Silver Stallion4.30Not Tried
Brewster's - Moll Cutpurse4.80Not Tried
Cotleigh - Osprey5.00Not Tried
Camerons - Challenge Ale4.50Not Tried
03 Jan 2005 (Ian)
Large drinking hall with normally 3 guest beers on along with the usual Wetherspoon range
BeerABVScoreNotes
Brains - SA4.20AcceptableGood hops lead to a dry finish
De Koninck - De Koninck5.00Not Tried
Titanic - Capt. Smiths5.20Not Tried
20 Feb 2004 (Andrew)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Quay - Jurrasic4.70Excellentpale golden slightly flowery
Coach House - Innkeepers Special Reserve4.50Gooddarkish bitter

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About The Thomas Ingoldsby

The pub sign. The Thomas Ingoldsby, Canterbury, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional4
Excellent34
Good66
Acceptable48
Poor14

Website.

The pub is found in Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2HG.

Located in Burgate just off The Parade. Very substantial frontage but not too deep. History of pub name: Richard Harris Barham was born in 1788, at 61 Burgate, across the road from this Wetherspoon pub. Using the pen name Thomas Ingoldsby he wrote The Ingoldsby Legends, which first appeared in 1840, in a periodical edited by Charles Dickens. Richard Harris Barham, alias Thomas Ingoldsby, had an accident when he was 14, which crippled his right arm. During a long convalescence he began to write. Re-opened on 29th May 2018 after 4 months of closure to add hotel facilities (13 rooms) and an upstairs bar and bar counter.

We have visited this pub 114 times, seen 315 different beers and tried 152 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT1 2HG