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Carpenters Arms (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Kent - Black GoldExcellent1
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Godiva RedExcellent1
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Luverlee JuberleeExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 3Excellent1
Hopdaemon - Session AleExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Green Hop Ale (2022)Excellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper TopExcellent1
Bellfield - Lawless Village IPAExcellent1
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Green & BlackExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dr Sunshine's Special Friendly English Wheat AleGood1
Kent - SunsetGood1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Red TopGood1
Kent - ZingiberGood1
Hopdaemon - IncubusGood1
Hopdaemon - Skrimshander IPAGood1
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - OlicanaGood2
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über BrewGood2
Salopian - Sunlit UplandsGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - She Sells Sea ShellsAcceptable1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Brown Ale Green HopAcceptable1
Romney Marsh - Marsh SunsetNot Tried0
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - JubileeNot Tried0
Picture 1. Carpenters Arms, Coldred, Kent
Picture 2. Carpenters Arms, Coldred, Kent

Visits Details

16 Oct 2022 (Jack William)
Stop 2, Sunday cycle. My first visit on a Sunday afternoon since the change in opening hours earlier this year. The place was buzzing with drinkers.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Black Gold4.00ExcellentTop notch.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew3.80Good
01 Oct 2022 (Jack William)
Cycled over for an unusual Saturday afternoon session. Open at 1 today as part of their green hop event. (Also open at 1 Sunday as usual). Two more in the wings: Green & Pale from Canterbury and Old Dairy’s Extra Pale Ale.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Green Hop Ale (2022)4.80ExcellentGadds - they just know how to do this so well.
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Green & Black4.20ExcellentFull of flavour, a firm coffee-coloured head and black as the night.
Kent - Sunset4.30GoodThe only non-green on. I do like Kent Brewery.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Brown Ale Green Hop4.30AcceptableGood condition- but I wasn’t taken with the flavour.
01 Sep 2022 (Jack William)
Early evening cycle ride. Filled up nicely with regulars by around 6. Some tequila samples passed round by a one of the locals.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Godiva Red4.10ExcellentFull bodied red ale in top condition.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew3.80AcceptableNot at its best.
10 Aug 2022 (Jack William)
Evening for the book club, confessed I hadn’t been able to get through Pride and Prejudice, I was not the only one. Good crowd of regulars plus some newbies I think. Nice to see.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Excellent
Hopdaemon - Skrimshander IPA4.50GoodGood but rather on the sweet side for me.
03 Aug 2022 (Jack William)
Back to regular haunt. Early evening, mainly regulars in. Bumped into a neighbour (we live within 200 yards of each other, 14 miles away) - said he’d been coming here for over 40 years - never seen him in before.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Red Top3.80GoodTop condition.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - She Sells Sea Shells4.70AcceptableA little lifeless.
25 Jun 2022 (Jack William)
Mid afternoon on the middle day of the Carpenters beer festival. A good mix of locals and visitors spreading out onto the village green. Excellent session. 7 ales on with some more in the wings apparently.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 35.00ExcellentAt its best. Such body.
Bellfield - Lawless Village IPA4.50ExcellentTravels well.
Kent - Zingiber4.10GoodOf course it is good - it’s Kent. Just a hint of ginger.
Salopian - Sunlit Uplands4.10Good
Hopdaemon - Incubus4.00Not Tried
Romney Marsh - Marsh Sunset4.80Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Jubilee4.00Not Tried
08 Jun 2022 (Jack William)
June book club meet. A regular face asked me if I was Jack from the Pubs and Beer site, and what a good site it is. So come on Pete - sign up and start contributing, it’s fun and free and great to look back on your old entries and see your own map of pubs visited.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Luverlee Juberlee3.90ExcellentWell rounded, top condition.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dr Sunshine's Special Friendly English Wheat Ale4.20Good
Kent - Black Gold4.00Not Tried
11 May 2022 (Jack William)
Early evening - book club. Pub was thriving with locals, book club irregulars, a couple of other cyclists and a family of 3 Ukrainians who are being housed by one of the regulars. A couple of dogs milling around also - I love this place. Romney Marsh Sunset also on at 4.8% - very good dark ale.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Olicana4.00Good
03 May 2022 (Jack William)
Early doors. Cold but a brief sunny spell so we sat outside and pondered the low level of the pond due to the recent lack of rainfall.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hopdaemon - Incubus4.00Good
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Olicana4.00GoodVery pleasant oatmeal pale.
28 Mar 2022 (Jack William)
Early doors (15 mins after 1700 opening) - I was ready for a pint after a 20 mile ride - Colin was not ready to serve though - coal fire needing to be revived from last night. Very good pint, and half a dozen regulars in by the time I left at 1800.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hopdaemon - Session Ale3.80ExcellentSuperb pint for a 3.8. Getting good reviews all round.
Kent - Black Gold4.00Not Tried

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About the Carpenters Arms

The pub sign. Carpenters Arms, Coldred, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent77
Good125
Acceptable37
Poor1

Website.

The pub is found in Coldred, Kent, CT15 5AJ.

In The Green, a rare 2 bar survivor of a traditional village boozer with roaring fires when appropriate. This pub is listed in the CAMRA National Inventory of unspoilt pubs. The pub boasts three skittle teams using the outdoor skittle alley. The landlady, Daphne Fagg (85) had been running the pub for over forty years until she recently passed away and the pub is now run by her son Colin. The pub does not normally open at lunchtimes, except by prior arrangement. Real ales sold via three active handpumps and bartop casks on gravity stillage. Deal, Dover & Sandwich CAMRA Branch Pub of the Year 2015.

We have visited this pub 128 times, seen 160 different beers and tried 138 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT15 5AJ