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The Hovelling Boat Inn (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster StoutExcellent2
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Oatmeal StoutExcellent1
Potton - Pride of PottonExcellent1
Bad Seed - DallianceExcellent1
Brunswick - UbiquitousGood1
Northdown - Magic DragonGood2
Whitstable - Oyster StoutGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - West Coast IPAGood1
Northdown - Merry MargateNot Tried0
Wantsum - 1381Not Tried0
Wantsum - Ravening WolfNot Tried0
Ilkley - Joshua JaneNot Tried0
Arbor Ales - MosaicNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent
Picture 2. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent
Picture 3. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent
Chris Excell

Visits Details

17 Aug 2020 (Magnus Greel)
Mid afternoon jovial reception from the locals enjoying the good beers on offer, track and trace details given as requested hence we can relax and enjoy the superb atmosphere here
BeerABVScoreNotes
Bad Seed - Dalliance4.00ExcellentDry yeasty plummy yet pale and refreshing
Wantsum - 13813.80Not Tried
Wantsum - Ravening Wolf5.90Not Tried
Ilkley - Joshua Jane3.70Not Tried
Arbor Ales - Mosaic6.80Not Tried
19 Mar 2020 (Dosser)
10 in, all on separate tables. Sad to learn regular drinker Laurence died last Friday. Well known character.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Potton - Pride of Potton6.00ExcellentLovely pint but 2£ for lynnes coke
14 Mar 2020 (Dosser)
4 beers on
BeerABVScoreNotes
Brunswick - Ubiquitous6.00GoodStarted off well but it lost something near the end
11 Mar 2020 (Dosser)
3 beers on
BeerABVScoreNotes
Northdown - Magic Dragon5.50AcceptableTasted like something was missing. Too dry.
07 Mar 2020 (Dosser)
3 beers on
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout6.20ExcellentIn great nick tonight
27 Feb 2020 (Dosser)
3 ales on. Barmaid wasnt to comfortable tonight
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Oatmeal Stout4.60ExcellentIn great nick
25 Feb 2020 (Dosser)
Nice to find this place open after it closed early on Friday. Just 3 beers on and 19 customers for Jackie to serve.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout6.20GoodNot much left in this cask
14 Feb 2020 (Dosser)
4 beers on with Gadds featuring heavily
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - West Coast IPA5.60GoodA good pint but ive had better
29 Jan 2020 (Dosser)
4 beers on, mostly low gravity.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Whitstable - Oyster Stout4.50GoodNice but watery after my imperial stouts in the Baltics.
23 Jan 2020 (Jack William)
Friendly welcome as usual.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Northdown - Magic Dragon5.50ExcellentDelicious, in sparkling condition.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout6.20Not TriedSuperb according to my chum - and just £3.60 a pint.
Northdown - Merry Margate3.80Not Tried

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About The Hovelling Boat Inn

The pub sign. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional38
Excellent265
Good174
Acceptable24
Poor5

Website.

The pub is found in Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9DS.

Micropub in York Street that opened on Good Friday 2013 on the site of the Hovelling Boat pub which closed in 1909 (and re-opened 104 years later). No lager or keg beers are sold here. Other past lives of the building have been as a florist's shop and a fancy gift shop. A menu of the beer and cider on offer is shown on a wall blackboard then your drink is fetched (with table service) from a back room having been served on gravity dispense there. Under new ownership in spring 2018.

We have visited this pub 406 times, seen 417 different beers and tried 292 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT11 9DS