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The Society Rooms (Wetherspoon)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Butcombe - Bitter (or Original Beer)Exceptional1
Brewster's - Calamity JaneExceptional1
Adnams - Sixpoint Bengali (previously Bengali Tiger)Excellent1
Burton Bridge - Knot Brown AleExcellent1
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA)Excellent1
Whitstable - Winkle PickerExcellent1
Westerham - 1965 Special Bitter AleExcellent1
Lymestone - Seven Stone WeaklingExcellent1
Thwaites - Crafty DevilExcellent1
Wantsum - Dynamo (superseded by 4.3% version)Excellent1
Rudgate - VolsungGood1
Wantsum - Turbulent PriestGood1
Grafton - Lady RubyPoor1
Whitstable - Kentish ReserveNot Tried0
Beartown (latterly part of Manning Brewers) - Bearly LiterateNot Tried0
Wantsum - Black PigNot Tried0
Joseph Holt (see also Holt's) - MaplemoonNot Tried0
Weltons - King Or Queen StoutNot Tried0
Whitstable - Single Hop ChinookNot Tried0
Wadworth - 6XNot Tried0
Burton Bridge - Staffordshire Knot Brown AleNot Tried0
Phoenix - NavvyNot Tried0
Holt's (see also Joseph Holt) - Maple MoonNot Tried0
Whitstable - Pearl of KentNot Tried0
Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin)Not Tried0
Weltons - Topper MildNot Tried0
Hambleton - Stud BlondeNot Tried0
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Directors (use Banks's entry now please)Not Tried0
Wantsum - 1381Not Tried0
Greene King - AbbotNot Tried0
Inveralmond - PundieNot Tried0
Wickwar - BOBNot Tried0
Spencer's - Galaxy Golden AleNot Tried0
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)Not Tried0
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Sneck LifterNot Tried0
Whitstable - Native BitterNot Tried0
Nelson - Pieces of EightNot Tried0
Ringwood - Old Thumper (now superseded by 5.1% version - separate entry)Not Tried0
Burton Bridge - Battle BrewNot Tried0
Thwaites - Wainwright (please now use the Banks's entry)Not Tried0
Titanic - White Star (superseded by 4.5% version - see separate entry)Not Tried0
Maxim - Double MaximNot Tried0
Weltons - Persjar Princess Dark Coffee PorterNot Tried0
Harviestoun - SchiehallionNot Tried0
Westerham - Spirit of Kent XXX Pale AleNot Tried0
Milestone - Loxley AleNot Tried0
Franklins - English Garden Golden AleNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Society Rooms, Maidstone, Kent

Visits Details

21 Sep 2013 (Tobes)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Westerham - 1965 Special Bitter Ale4.80Excellent
Thwaites - Crafty Devil4.30Excellent
Adnams - Sixpoint Bengali (previously Bengali Tiger)6.40Excellent
Rudgate - Volsung5.00Good
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Sneck Lifter5.10Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Nelson - Pieces of Eight3.80Not Tried
Thwaites - Wainwright (please now use the Banks's entry)4.10Not Tried
Weltons - Persjar Princess Dark Coffee Porter6.00Not Tried
15 Sep 2013 (Alenomore)
19:00 visit. Back from the Cathedral City to a wet county town, and a fair few in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin)4.50Not Tried
Hambleton - Stud Blonde4.30Not Tried
Whitstable - Winkle Picker4.50Not Tried
Wantsum - 13813.80Not Tried
Wantsum - Dynamo (superseded by 4.3% version)4.60Not Tried
Inveralmond - Pundie5.00Not Tried
Spencer's - Galaxy Golden Ale4.70Not Tried
08 Sep 2013 (Alenomore)
20:15 visit. Just back from the Marsh, my favourite part of Kent, to the opposite end of the spectrum, that is my local JD's? Few in at this time but a good ale selection noted.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Butcombe - Bitter (or Original Beer)4.00Not Tried
Beartown (latterly part of Manning Brewers) - Bearly Literate4.50Not Tried
Burton Bridge - Staffordshire Knot Brown Ale4.80Not Tried
Whitstable - Kentish Reserve5.00Not Tried
Whitstable - Winkle Picker4.50Not Tried
Holt's (see also Joseph Holt) - Maple Moon4.80Not Tried
Franklins - English Garden Golden Ale3.80Not Tried
Whitstable - Single Hop Chinook4.40Not Tried
07 Sep 2013 (Tobes)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Butcombe - Bitter (or Original Beer)4.00Exceptional
Burton Bridge - Knot Brown Ale4.80Excellent
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Beartown (latterly part of Manning Brewers) - Bearly Literate4.50Not Tried
Whitstable - Kentish Reserve5.00Not Tried
Whitstable - Winkle Picker4.50Not Tried
Joseph Holt (see also Holt's) - Maplemoon4.30Not Tried
Franklins - English Garden Golden Ale3.80Not Tried
Whitstable - Single Hop Chinook4.40Not Tried
31 Aug 2013 (Tobes)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Wantsum - Dynamo (superseded by 4.3% version)4.60Excellent
Wantsum - Turbulent Priest4.40Good
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Burton Bridge - Battle Brew5.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Maxim - Double Maxim4.70Not Tried
Westerham - Spirit of Kent XXX Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
Franklins - English Garden Golden Ale3.80Not Tried
26 Aug 2013 (Tobes)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA)4.10Excellent
Whitstable - Winkle Picker4.50Excellent
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Wadworth - 6X4.10Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Phoenix - Navvy3.80Not Tried
Whitstable - Native Bitter3.70Not Tried
Whitstable - Pearl of Kent4.50Not Tried
Weltons - Topper Mild4.00Not Tried
Grafton - Lady Ruby4.50Not Tried
26 Aug 2013 (Alenomore)
17:00 visit. Usual's and some in at the end of this long weekend for some.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Wadworth - 6X4.10Not Tried
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA)4.10Not Tried
Phoenix - Navvy3.80Not Tried
Whitstable - Pearl of Kent4.50Not Tried
Whitstable - Kentish Reserve5.00Not Tried
Whitstable - Winkle Picker4.50Not Tried
Weltons - Topper Mild4.00Not Tried
Grafton - Lady Ruby4.50Not Tried
25 Aug 2013 (Tobes)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Grafton - Lady Ruby4.50Poor
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Wadworth - 6X4.10Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Phoenix - Navvy3.80Not Tried
Whitstable - Native Bitter3.70Not Tried
Whitstable - Pearl of Kent4.50Not Tried
Weltons - Topper Mild4.00Not Tried
24 Aug 2013 (Tobes)
BeerABVScoreNotes
Brewster's - Calamity Jane4.80Exceptional
Lymestone - Seven Stone Weakling4.70Excellent
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Directors (use Banks's entry now please)4.80Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Wadworth - 6X4.10Not Tried
Phoenix - Navvy3.80Not Tried
Weltons - Topper Mild4.00Not Tried
Wickwar - BOB4.00Not Tried
17 Aug 2013 (Alenomore)
18:00 visit. Quiet here with just the usual "all-day" suspects noted/avoided. The raised section was reserved from 19:00. I "escaped" at 20:00 before the heaving masses descended upon the beleaguered staff? My opinion of the Maidstone pub scene has changed somewhat recently via my view from the bottom of my alcohol free glass...
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ringwood - Old Thumper (now superseded by 5.1% version - separate entry)5.60Not Tried
Titanic - White Star (superseded by 4.5% version - see separate entry)4.80Not Tried
Harviestoun - Schiehallion4.80Not Tried
Milestone - Loxley Ale4.20Not Tried
Whitstable - Kentish Reserve5.00Not Tried
Wantsum - Black Pig4.80Not Tried
Weltons - King Or Queen Stout6.00Not Tried

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About The Society Rooms

The pub sign. The Society Rooms, Maidstone, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional161
Excellent579
Good211
Acceptable51
Poor16

Website.

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

Part of the Brenchley House building in Week Street. Large Wetherspoon's pub with 2 levels which opened in April 2002. The Society Rooms takes its name from the efforts of William Shipley, founder the Royal Society of Arts and the Maidstone Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Shipley died in 1803, and is buried in Maidstone, and lies in a tomb between All Saints Church and the old Palace. 10 handpumps in 2 banks, each of 5.

We have visited this pub 456 times, seen 897 different beers and tried 665 of them.

Map location

Postcode: ME14 1RF