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The Hovelling Boat Inn (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
4T's - Mango FeverExceptional2
Revolutions - SwoonExceptional1
Northdown - Muggy PorterExcellent1
Weltons - Broadwood WassailExcellent1
Great Heck - Shankar IPAExcellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow TopExcellent2
Redemption - Fellowship PorterExcellent1
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Strong PaleExcellent1
Clouded Minds - Hazel NutterExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark PorterGood1
Milltown - American Pale AleGood1
Pig & Porter - Chai StoutGood1
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - GenesisNot Tried0
Parkway (formerly Glastonbury Ales) - Brass Monkey Golden AleNot Tried0
Range Ales - Black OpsNot Tried0
3 Piers - Old Station PorterNot Tried0
3 Piers - Citra SmashNot Tried0
East London (ELB) - NightwatchmanNot 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

03 Apr 2019 (Dosser)
Big crowd in for afternoon drink. 4 beers on, all very unusual but popular with the locals.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Redemption - Fellowship Porter5.10ExcellentVery nice. liquorice flavours
29 Mar 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening visit. Good to see the inestimable scribe Dosser from this site and Missus walk in just after me.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top6.00ExcellentFine form
4T's - Mango Fever4.60ExcellentVery good, not a sign of citrus-ness
East London (ELB) - Nightwatchman4.50Not Tried
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Genesis3.50Not Tried
Parkway (formerly Glastonbury Ales) - Brass Monkey Golden Ale4.20Not TriedNot a brewery I think I have heard of before
29 Mar 2019 (Dosser)
5 beers on. Mr Pirrip was in with his big Sainsburys bag delivering mags.
BeerABVScoreNotes
4T's - Mango Fever4.60ExceptionalAmazing mango flavours. A most unusual beer but real quality.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top6.00ExcellentFine pint
24 Mar 2019 (Dosser)
Few in. Great selection of beers
BeerABVScoreNotes
Great Heck - Shankar IPA5.90Excellent
27 Feb 2019 (Dosser)
4 beers on. Warm afternoon. Boat still celebrating second place in poty micro pub section.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Northdown - Muggy Porter5.00ExcellentVery good
17 Feb 2019 (Dosser)
Two visits this weekend
BeerABVScoreNotes
Revolutions - Swoon4.50ExceptionalAmazing
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Strong Pale5.80ExcellentVery hoppy
07 Feb 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening visit. Most seats taken. The Cavalier stencil on the front door has gone, explained by the Guv as being the result of an un-apprehended yob booting in a number of shop windows in the road outside.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Milltown - American Pale Ale3.90GoodOnce again too citrussy for me. An APA doesn't have to default to that
Range Ales - Black Ops4.80Not Tried
3 Piers - Old Station Porter4.70Not Tried
3 Piers - Citra Smash5.10Not Tried
25 Jan 2019 (Dosser)
Full pub on a Friday afternoon. Lots of oaps. 4 beers on
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark Porter5.60GoodLast couple of pints in cask. Price up to £3.70.
14 Jan 2019 (Dosser)
All tables taken on a cold afternoon
BeerABVScoreNotes
Clouded Minds - Hazel Nutter5.00ExcellentLovely
Weltons - Broadwood Wassail6.10ExcellentSuperb stout served at 13degrees. Just how I like it
10 Jan 2019 (Dosser)
5 beers on
BeerABVScoreNotes
Pig & Porter - Chai Stout6.00GoodDiscussion about what spices fruit was in this

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About The Hovelling Boat Inn

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

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional37
Excellent252
Good159
Acceptable22
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 381 times, seen 407 different beers and tried 283 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT11 9DS