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Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Kent - Cobnut		1
Kent - Brewers Reserve		1
Timothy Taylor - Poulter's Porter		1
Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)		1
Kent - Citra		1
Portobello - Market Porter		1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark Porter		2
Oakham - Citra		1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 7		1
Rudgate - York Chocolate Stout		1
Iron Pier - Porter	Not Tried	0
Iron Pier - Rytes	Not Tried	0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride	Not Tried	0
Otter - Bright	Not Tried	0
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Grandstand Bitter	Not Tried	0
Portobello - APA	Not Tried	0
Portobello - Home Turf Pale	Not Tried	0
Irving - Admiral Classic Stout	Not Tried	0
Anarchy - Hard Times	Not Tried	0
Westerham - British Bulldog	Not Tried	0

Picture 1. Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent

Picture 2. Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent

Photos are of original site before move

Visits Details

22 Jul 2018 (Dosser)

5 ales on

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Kent - Brewers Reserve	5.00		Lovely flavours

17 May 2018 (Philip Pirrip)

Mid evening visit. Good chat with a travelling wine sales rep who was adamant that Oakham Citra was the best Citra beer and who could gainsay him.

Beer	ABV	Score
Kent - Citra	4.50
Anarchy - Hard Times	4.30	Not Tried
Westerham - British Bulldog	4.10	Not Tried
Iron Pier - Porter	5.30	Not Tried
Iron Pier - Rytes	4.50	Not Tried

02 May 2018 (Dosser)

A few in on a quiet night

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark Porter	5.60		Only 2 beers on...4 others had run out that evening

11 Apr 2018 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening visit, my first to the new location. Now just a pub rather than a micropub. Seems more emphasis on keg than real ales now too. Good to see bar billiards upstairs. The pub still has an expectation to set up the brewery but apparently efforts are currently concentrated in getting the delicatessen set up in the old micropub premises just a few doors along.

Beer	ABV	Score
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 7	3.80
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride	4.10	Not Tried
Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)	4.70	Not Tried
Irving - Admiral Classic Stout	4.30	Not Tried

10 Apr 2018 (Dosser)

Quiz night on our crawl

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)	4.70		Great condition

10 Feb 2018 (Andrew)

First time I've been here since it moved venue. Now it's basically a pub. Nice and busy.

Beer	ABV	Score
Portobello - Market Porter	4.60
Otter - Bright	4.30	Not Tried
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Grandstand Bitter	3.80	Not Tried
Portobello - APA	5.00	Not Tried
Portobello - Home Turf Pale	4.30	Not Tried

22 Nov 2017 (Dosser)

Only 2 others in on a quiet evening

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Timothy Taylor - Poulter's Porter	4.80		Smashing pint

29 Oct 2017 (Dosser)

Lots in a a sunday

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Kent - Cobnut	4.10		Quality ale

23 Oct 2017 (Dosser)

Fair number of beers on

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Oakham - Citra	4.20		A good pint
Rudgate - York Chocolate Stout	5.00		Sent it back

18 Jul 2017 (Dosser)

Windy day by the sea. All the real ales were taking a while to pull.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark Porter	5.60		Enjoyed it. Not many in today.
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride	4.10	Not Tried	A chap said he didnt enjoy his and recommended he tried a gadds

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About the Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse)

The pub sign. Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

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	4
	35
	46
	16
	7

Website.

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

First incarnation was a former Pet Food shop converted into a micropub in 5 Charlotte Street specialising in cask ales and ciders. Opened on the 30th November 2012. The casks were visible racked behind the bar behind glass frontage. High tables with similarly high wall mounted bench seating abounds. Plans to relocate to a nearby much larger street corner premise at 11-13 Charlotte Street came to fruition on Friday Friday 5th May 2017 and this originally incorporated a brewhouse for what would have been Broadstairs Town Brewery perhaps in 202??! but it never came to fruition. 8 handpumps and 10 keg beer taps in the new location. Bar billiards upstairs where is some extra seating too. The new venue is too large to be a micropub so best called an alehouse or really just a pub. Change of name in 2024 and now with 5 handpumps and 18 keg taps.

We have visited this pub 81 times, seen 142 different beers and tried 98 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT10 1LR