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The Hovelling Boat Inn (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Wantsum - GolgothaExceptional1
East London (ELB) - Quadrant Oatmeal Stout (now please use 5.5% entryExceptional1
One Mile End Brew Co. (formerly Mulligans at the White Hart and then WH Brew Pub) - Tinker's CussExceptional1
North Yorkshire - NYPAExcellent1
Brightside - Pinwheel IPAExcellent1
Black Tor - Dartmoor Pale AleExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark PorterExcellent1
Fuzzy Duck - FusionExcellent1
Iron Pier - PorterGood1
Wantsum - Black PigGood1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow TopGood1
Four Candles - Coffee & Hazelnut PorterGood1
One Mile End Brew Co. (formerly Mulligans at the White Hart and then WH Brew Pub) - Juicy 4pmGood1
Redemption - Victorian Mild (collaboration with The Kernel)Good1
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good LordAcceptable1
Springhead - ResolutionAcceptable1
North Yorkshire - ValhallaNot Tried0
3 Piers - Golden SmilerNot Tried0
Adnams - Ghost ShipNot Tried0
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good SheppardNot Tried0
Weltons - Rampant RoosterNot Tried0
Iron Pier - Perry St PorterNot 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

06 Jun 2018 (Dosser)
6 beers on. Lots of good dark uns. They know there customers!
BeerABVScoreNotes
East London (ELB) - Quadrant Oatmeal Stout (now please use 5.5% entry5.80Exceptional
One Mile End Brew Co. (formerly Mulligans at the White Hart and then WH Brew Pub) - Tinker's Cuss5.20ExceptionalWow
Iron Pier - Porter5.30Good
01 Jun 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening visit. Not much has changed here except an extra real ale on and most of the local closed brewery artefacts gone.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Four Candles - Coffee & Hazelnut Porter4.70Good
Adnams - Ghost Ship4.50Not Tried
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Sheppard4.50Not Tried
Weltons - Rampant Rooster5.00Not Tried
Iron Pier - Perry St Porter3.70Not Tried
10 May 2018 (Dosser)
7 beers on! Hope they can sell them all. The ones we tried were very good.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Brightside - Pinwheel IPA5.00ExcellentFine pint. Hazy.
Wantsum - Black Pig4.80Good
06 May 2018 (Dosser)
Trying to put on 6 ales but the dark uns are playing up. Sunday evenings will be open soon...
BeerABVScoreNotes
Redemption - Victorian Mild (collaboration with The Kernel)6.00Good
04 May 2018 (Dosser)
No dark beers on as they were exploding in the back room. Read that some vandal broke several windows in York St including a window in the Boat. Scum.
BeerABVScoreNotes
One Mile End Brew Co. (formerly Mulligans at the White Hart and then WH Brew Pub) - Juicy 4pm4.90GoodLooked like scrumpy
26 Apr 2018 (Dosser)
Good chat with the new boss
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark Porter5.60ExcellentA fine pint
18 Apr 2018 (Dosser)
New management...and nothing seems to have changed. Great ales and the same customers.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Black Tor - Dartmoor Pale Ale4.50ExcellentTop beer but clip said its 5.2%
14 Apr 2018 (Dosser)
New management Monday
BeerABVScoreNotes
Wantsum - Golgotha5.50ExceptionalQuality
12 Apr 2018 (Jack William)
Lunchtime - well patronised - some talk of the change of owner about to happen. Good snacks.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Fuzzy Duck - Fusion3.70ExcellentSuperb light ale, well hopped. Unanimously favoured by our party of 5.
North Yorkshire - NYPA4.60ExcellentGood body and lingering bitterness.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top6.00Good
Springhead - Resolution4.20AcceptableRather a soapy aftertaste. Not popular with the group.
07 Apr 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid to late evening visit. The Guv's privately owned local brewery artefacts slowly being taken down, leaving the walls increasingly empty, prior to the pub changing hands after next weekend, being the end of an era.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Lord5.00AcceptableCame out with little carbonation or head
North Yorkshire - Valhalla5.50Not Tried
3 Piers - Golden Smiler4.00Not Tried
Springhead - Resolution4.20Not Tried

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About The Hovelling Boat Inn

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

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional39
Excellent275
Good180
Acceptable26
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 425 times, seen 422 different beers and tried 297 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT11 9DS