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The Chapel (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Whitstable - Renaissance Ruby MildExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 7Excellent1
Canterbury Brewers - Foundry Man's GoldExcellent1
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Knight's AleExcellent1
Tonbridge - Union PaleGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 3Good1
Hopdaemon - Green DaemonGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark PorterGood1
Tonbridge - TraditionalGood1
Whitstable - Oyster StoutGood1
Goacher's - Gold StarGood1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold TopAcceptable1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Spring TopAcceptable1
Goacher's - Real Mild AleAcceptable1
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA)Not Tried0
Westerham - 1965 Special Bitter AleNot Tried0
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Sun TopNot Tried0
Wantsum - ImperiumNot Tried0
Tonbridge - Golden BraunNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Chapel, Broadstairs, Kent
Picture 2. The Chapel, Broadstairs, Kent

Visits Details

23 Jul 2015 (Dosser)
Warm beer. This place needs a cooling system
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 35.00Good
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold Top4.30AcceptablePretty lifeless
18 Jun 2015 (Dosser)
Big crowd in and a vynal disco
BeerABVScoreNotes
Tonbridge - Union Pale4.70Good
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Spring Top4.00Acceptable
30 May 2015 (Dosser)
Free shrimps before the footie
BeerABVScoreNotes
Whitstable - Oyster Stout4.50Good
22 May 2015 (Dosser)
Big crowd in listening to music
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark Porter5.60GoodLittle warm
14 May 2015 (Dosser)
Evening visit to this great library er I mean micro.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hopdaemon - Green Daemon5.00Good
18 Feb 2015 (Andrew)
A fleeting visit after a work meal out. Fleeting because I thought others were coming but it appeared to me they'd got the taxi home instead.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 73.80Excellent
20 Sep 2013 (Stephen Harris)
Early afternoon visit – just a couple of other customers present. What a great place. As a confirmed bookworm, I was so engrossed with the shelves of books and the pile that I had accumulated on my table that I nearly forgot to drink my beer.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale3.40AcceptableVery dark, caramel-flavoured, hop-free mild. Not in the greatest condition here if truth be told.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold Top4.30Not Tried
07 Sep 2013 (HSB)
16:45 Unusual but didn't like it all. Cramped, dingy and not enough seating.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Gold Star5.10Good
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Sun Top3.60Not Tried
Wantsum - Imperium4.00Not Tried
Tonbridge - Golden Braun3.20Not Tried
08 Aug 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Good chat and banter with some locals all of whom supported London football clubs. Seemed dingy and work in progress inside (probably always will too).
BeerABVScoreNotes
Tonbridge - Traditional3.60Good
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA)4.10Not Tried
Westerham - 1965 Special Bitter Ale4.80Not Tried
01 Aug 2013 (Pedro)
My first visit and they have moved the stairs as layout is different from photo. nice chat!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Whitstable - Renaissance Ruby Mild3.80Excellent
Canterbury Brewers - Foundry Man's Gold4.00Excellent
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Knight's Ale4.60Excellent

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About The Chapel

The pub sign. The Chapel, Broadstairs, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional2
Excellent14
Good20
Acceptable7
Poor1

The pub is found in Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 1LX.

Formerly the Albion bookshop this is now converted to a pub. From the same stable as The Lifeboat in Margate. Real ales from handpump. When first opened this was served from gravity behind a trestle table bar by the stepped entrance but this was subsequently converted to an L-shaped rough plywood bar counter. In 2016 cask ale dispense was converted to handpumps. At the time of opening the venue remained a bookshop too with all books marked for sale. Drinking on several levels including a staircase up to the balcony. Now has 8 handpumps and large array of keg taps on a more formal fixed bar counter.

We have visited this pub 36 times, seen 63 different beers and tried 36 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT10 1LX