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The County Hotel (Wetherspoon)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Star - Espresso Stout |  | 1 |
| Banks's - Chocolate Mild |  | 1 |
| Robinsons - Young Tom | | 1 |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | | 5 |
| Brouwerij Het Anker - Gouden Carolus Blond | | 1 |
| Bath Ales - Festivity Rum Porter |  | 1 |
| Hydes - Jekyll's Gold | | 1 |
| Goffs - Jouster Ale | | 1 |
| Coach House - Innkeepers Special Reserve | | 1 |
| Caledonian - Dr Bobs Magic Potion | | 1 |
| Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - Old Growler | | 1 |
| Robinsons - Enigma | | 1 |
| Titanic - Lifeboat Ale | | 1 |
| Herold - Granat |  | 1 |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Best Bitter (use Marston's entry now please) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Marston's - Pedigree | Not Tried | 0 |
| Shepherd Neame - Early Bird | Not Tried | 0 |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Greene King - Morland Old Speckled Hen | Not Tried | 0 |
| Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Greene King - Abbot | Not Tried | 0 |
| Shepherd Neame - Bishops Finger | Not Tried | 0 |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Directors (use Banks's entry now please) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Cotleigh - Tawny | Not Tried | 0 |
Visits Details
14 May 2006 (Ian)
Continuation of the May beer festival. Not overly busy on an early Sunday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks's - Chocolate Mild | 4.30 | | On first impression, nice and chocolatey, black beer with beige lasting head. Aroma of dark choc and roasted malt. Good in mouth, nice choc flavours. Intense choc on end. Simple but pleasurable |
| Titanic - Lifeboat Ale | 4.00 | | Copper colour, thin off white head. Not sure of beer quality on this. I think a good pint would be excellent, excellent hop, earthy, tangy, some good malt, red berry fruit. Bit sickly on finish |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Shepherd Neame - Early Bird | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special) | 4.50 | Not Tried |
12 May 2006 (Ian)
The May Voyage of Discovery beer festival has started at JDW pubs so I will be visiting a fair few in the next 10 days to see what is on offer. Friday evening was sunny, so I sat outside and watched the early evening life pass by.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinsons - Young Tom | 4.00 | | Copper colour, lasting beige head. Good hoppy, muddy earthy citrus. It's quite a good bitter, some toffee/caramel and I am impressed with the hop flavours. |
| Hydes - Jekyll's Gold | 4.30 | | Golden, thin white yeasty beer, some caramel, fairly tasteless, some juicy syrup in mouth, farty yeasty. Not a wonderful bitter. |
| Caledonian - Dr Bobs Magic Potion | 3.50 | | Deep russet colour with thin beige head. Good toffee malt, soft in mouth, some coffee. Quite a lot of flavour for a light alcohol beer. Wettish in mouth as you'd expect, with toffee dominated hop dry finish. OK |
| Herold - Granat | 5.80 | | Copper, lasting beige head. Toffeeish lager. Bit sickly, sickly lager aroma, some dry, dusty hop on end, but frankly yucky. |
07 May 2006 (Ian)
I wasn't going to drink on this day, due to the pub crawl around Covent Garden the day before, but they had Gouden Carolus Blond on, so I had to have it. I mean how many places in England do you get a good draught Belgian 6% beer at a snip of £1.75 a pint? I sat in the smoking area by the window away from the screaming kids and their families in the non smoking area and read my Ian Rankin. Excellent.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brouwerij Het Anker - Gouden Carolus Blond | 6.00 | | Golden beer with thick white head. Belgian yeast aroma with banana and peach. Soft in mouth with more peach/apricot fruit finish with a tingle of hop and dryness. Good easy drinking beer and deceptively strong. |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Best Bitter (use Marston's entry now please) | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Marston's - Pedigree | 4.50 | Not Tried |
01 May 2006 (Ian)
The guest beers over the past couple of weeks seemed to have dried up. Perhaps they are between guest beers lists or just saving themselves up for the May beer festival that starts on 11 May. As long as they have Incubus on though, I am quite happy.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | | Had a couple of pints as a pre-lunch aperatif. I found a quiet corner by the window and read. Quite pleasant really. The beer had some of its good malty nature and sweetness and the hops were good enough to be interesting. |
23 Apr 2006 (Ian)
You know what? I came here for Burns Night in January and they had haggis, neeps and tatties on special offer, a Caledonian beer and knock down price and whisky at £1 a single shot. Nice, I enjoyed it. What did they have for St George's Day? Nothing. Very disappointed. Fairly empty but then again it is just after Easter and the end of the month so no one has any money.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | | Better than Friday night. Had some of that good intense rich red berry fruit and sharp hop. Still not perfect though. Perhaps I drink too much of this and I am becoming picky about it. |
21 Apr 2006 (Ian)
It was 11.15 in the evening and I fancied a pint. So, now with the new licensing laws, I could have one. Wandered upto the pub, said hello to the nice female bouncer and had a pint. Cool.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | | Seemed a bit watery to me. |
02 Apr 2006 (Ian)
Sunday early lunchtime and I got here before the children, but still had to move to find a quiet corner.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Star - Espresso Stout | 4.20 | | Black beer with beige head. Wonderful coffee aroma. Like opening a fresh jar of Maxwell House. Bit powdery in mouth, coffee everywhere with a dry powdery finish. Not exactly balanced. Enjoyable, but not subtle |
| Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - Old Growler | 5.00 | | Very deep ruby colour with thin beige head. Syrupy fruit aroma, choc/coffee. Oily in mouth and on finish. Touch of sour liquorice which gets stronger as it goes on. OK but not a big fan of this. Like a liquoricey porter |
28 Mar 2006 (Ian)
Here with Alistair who was doing some research on pubs in Ashford in readiness for a train commuters meet up. Had a couple of pints before he had to catch his train back to Ramsgate. Normal early evening buzz in the bar.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | | Last pint out of the barrel. But lovely. Good rich malt fruit with good hop on end. Would have liked to have had another. |
| Coach House - Innkeepers Special Reserve | 4.50 | | Bit of tea and tobacco in this dark brown best bitter. Bit watery in mouth |
26 Mar 2006 (Ian)
I only came in for breakfast, but I made the mistake of bringing Beer and What's Brewing along with me. This made me thirsty so I had to have a beer. Very quiet on a Sunday morning which was wonderful. Then the families started arriving with their noisy children.....
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goffs - Jouster Ale | 4.00 | | Copper, thin head. Not sure on this one. A malty beer but with an odd chemical taste to it. Good hop finish |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Coach House - Innkeepers Special Reserve | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Morland Old Speckled Hen | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Directors (use Banks's entry now please) | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Cotleigh - Tawny | 3.80 | Not Tried |
12 Mar 2006 (Ian)
Early Sunday lunchtime had a smattering of customers. Just as I was enjoying my book and a half of beer, thinking, lovely, no screaming children, a family arrived accompanied by 2 screaming children. Nice.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | | Not quite at its best, but still a good supping pint with enough hop and fruity malt to make you want to have another |
| Robinsons - Enigma | 4.70 | | Copper colour with thin white head. Plenty of carbonation in glass. Yeasty hop aroma, some caramel in mouth before more yeast evident in the finish with some citrus. Carbonated in mouth. Pretty standard bitter. Bit more body than when I had it at the Folkestone Wetherspoons. |
| Bath Ales - Festivity Rum Porter | 5.00 | | Black beer. Beige head. Deep ruby really. Thick in mouth. Is there toffee or diacetyl? But then better in mouth. Dark rum hints and black treacle. Quite oily. Not overly sure that this is how it should be. |
| Greene King - Morland Old Speckled Hen | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Shepherd Neame - Bishops Finger | 5.00 | Not Tried |
About The County Hotel
Summary of Beer Scores
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| 28 |
The pub is found in Ashford, Kent, TN24 8TD.
Typical Wetherspoon's drinking hall in High Street. Standard 'Spoon's regular beers with guest beers normally the best bet. 2 banks each of 4 handpumps on the higher level bar and 6 handpumps on the lower level.
We have visited this pub 340 times, seen 469 different beers and tried 376 of them.
Postcode: TN24 8TD