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The Wrong Turn (Free House)

We believe this building is NO LONGER a pub

Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Hop Fuzz - Yellow Zinger (superseded by 3.7% version)		1
Loddon - Hullabaloo		2
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - She Sells Sea Shells		1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Seasider		2
Bushy's - Ruby (1874) Mild		2
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5		1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 7		1
Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - Suffolk County Best Bitter		1
Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - GB Growler Bitter	Not Tried	0
Saltaire - Saltaire Pride	Not Tried	0

Picture 1. The Wrong Turn, Barfrestone, Kent

Picture 2. The Wrong Turn, Barfrestone, Kent

Visits Details

19 Sep 2014 (Jack William)

late afternoon - 2 others in

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Hop Fuzz - Yellow Zinger (superseded by 3.7% version)	4.00		Light citrus notes. Well named.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - She Sells Sea Shells	4.70	Not Tried
Saltaire - Saltaire Pride	3.90	Not Tried

29 Aug 2014 (Jack William)

early evening - wasn't sure this would be open before 6 but no worries - about a dozen drinkers in. Very nice ambience, like the eclectic decor and the true countryside aroma added well to the experience - clearly some recent and very close muck spreading. Like it.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - She Sells Sea Shells	4.70		Top condition and excellent fresh hoppy, with citrus notes.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5	4.40		Not too lively - I'm guessing toward the end of the barrel - but very suppable.
Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - Suffolk County Best Bitter	4.00		Only a taster - but not keen, rather sour.
Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - GB Growler Bitter	3.90	Not Tried

22 Aug 2014 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening after a bracing hilly 31 minute hike from Snowdown railway station. Difficult to find but owners have erected some little signs at various road junctions nearby to help on the final yards. A superb pub conversion. In teeming rain I was given a welcome lift back to Shepherds Well station by a neighbour of the pub. Thanks Sheila.

Beer	ABV	Notes
Loddon - Hullabaloo	4.20	Great head, fruity taste, carbonation just right
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Seasider	4.30
Bushy's - Ruby (1874) Mild	3.50	Bit flat and tired

21 Aug 2014 (ChrisE)

Early evening and a few local people and their dogs were enjoying the relaxing atmosphere of the village's new pub. We had a good chat with the landlady about beer and micropubs.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Seasider	4.30
Bushy's - Ruby (1874) Mild	3.50
Loddon - Hullabaloo	4.20
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 7	3.80

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About The Wrong Turn

The pub sign. The Wrong Turn, Barfrestone, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

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	13
	21
	4
	1

The pub is found in Barfrestone, Kent, CT15 7JG.

Down a short unmade drive off Pie Factory Road a micropub which opened on Saturday 16th August 2014 based in a converted outbuilding whose most recent use had been as an art gallery. It is a chalet style pub with country kitchen styling. Wooden tables, chairs, and a rough wood bar counter. Outdoor patio and lawned area. Brings a pub back to a village which has been without one since the Yew Tree closed. Beers and ciders were originally served on gravity dispense from a temperature controlled cellar room which could be viewed through a window behind the bar counter but that has since been swept away. About a two mile walk from Shepherds Well railway station. Closed on Mondays. Local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year 2016. Venue has stated it will close on Sunday 12th June 2022 as no longer viable and did at the end of the session. Planning permission being sought for residential use. Eventually granted in 2024.

We have visited this pub 24 times, seen 35 different beers and tried 28 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT15 7JG