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The Butchers Arms (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Hope - SX PaleExcellent1
Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%)Excellent1
Dark Star - Hophead (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)Excellent2
Adnams - BroadsideExcellent2
Oakham - JHBExcellent2
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Silver TopExcellent1
Dark Star - Hophead DryExcellent2
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5Good1
Oakham - CitraGood1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold TopGood1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper TopGood3
Hopdaemon - RedGood1
Adnams - Old AleNot Tried0
Deverell's - DarksideNot Tried0
Mighty Oak - Maldon GoldNot Tried0
Adnams - Wild HopNot Tried0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESBNot Tried0
Oakham - Bishops FarewellNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Butchers Arms, Herne, Kent
Picture 2. The Butchers Arms, Herne, Kent

Visits Details

01 Jul 2017 (ChrisE)
Saturday just after the evening opening time, I had a good chat with Martyn before the pub got busy.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Oakham - JHB3.80Excellent
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Excellent
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
22 Apr 2017 (Andrew)
Ian and I walked down from the First and Last and managed to get a seat. Martyn was ill unfortunately; it isn't the same without him!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Oakham - JHB3.80ExcellentRefreshingly good
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Not Tried
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB5.50Not Tried
Oakham - Bishops Farewell4.60Not Tried
Oakham - Citra4.20Not Tried
16 Mar 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening trip. A few in but usual good banter.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Good
Oakham - Citra4.20Good
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
18 Feb 2017 (Andrew)
Great as always although by this stage of the night I probably wasn't entirely coherent. There was also a 5.2% beer called Silver Ho which was a mix of Silver Top and Tally Ho!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hope - SX Pale3.90Excellent
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not Tried
15 Dec 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit. A churn of customers as we sat there. Guv not in top form with toothache following bouts of virus and gout.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Silver Top4.50ExcellentHead, condition, temperature all right so bliss
Hopdaemon - Red4.20GoodGood condition but not to my taste
Mighty Oak - Maldon Gold3.80Not Tried
Adnams - Wild Hop4.80Not Tried
24 Aug 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Bus from outside Parkerville to front door of Butchers with maximum of 15 yards of walking. Quiet tonight but a former pub licensee from London told us a thing or two about the foibles of Pubcos.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Dark Star - Hophead (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)3.80Good
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold Top4.30Good
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not Tried
08 Jul 2016 (Andrew)
The chaps from work eventually phoned me as I was on the bus from the Two Smoking Barrels. I met them in the Butchers! Good fun.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Dark Star - Hophead (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)3.80ExcellentHad a few of these!
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold Top4.30Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not Tried
06 Jul 2016 (ChrisE)
Early doors before 12:00 and the full session until just after official closing for the afternoon. A very good conversation with Martyn on various subjects to do with beer, pubs and campaigning.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Broadside4.70Excellent
Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%)3.40Excellent
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not Tried
05 May 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit from shortly after opening time. Just the two of us in for much of the time so a great opportunity for us to joust with Martin over Micropubs, breweries and beers.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Dark Star - Hophead Dry3.80ExcellentExcess bitterness from the dry hopping
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Acceptable
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
Deverell's - Darkside4.80Not TriedTaster but not to my style
16 Feb 2016 (Mick)
Chatted to Martyn about beer, brewers, CAMRA and SIBA. Also drank excellent beer.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Broadside4.70ExcellentPerfect pint to finish on.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10ExcellentSuperb condition, dark and full bodied.
Dark Star - Hophead Dry3.80ExcellentFirst try of this, very nice.
Adnams - Old Ale4.10Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold Top4.30Not Tried

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About The Butchers Arms

The pub sign. The Butchers Arms, Herne, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional239
Excellent423
Good90
Acceptable14
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Herne, Kent, CT6 7HL.

In the middle of Herne village in Herne Street, once the Canterbury Beer Shop selling beer straight from the cask. It is now a pub (with the same owner as before) and still does off-sales which is fantastic! Voted CAMRA Kent Pub of the Year in 2008 and East Kent CAMRA Pub of the Year in 2009 (...and not surprisingly). Regarded universally as the first micropub, which has spawned many similar ventures in East Kent and throughout the UK. Real ales are kept on gravity dispense in a cold room to the right and you will view this when you walk through it to the unisex toilet at the rear. Displays a Micropub Association Certificate of Registration warranting, annually, that it adheres to the tenets and ethics of the Association's definition of a micropub. Since post-Covid re-opening in October 2021 now open 5-8 Tuesday to Friday only. The landlord and founder of the Micropub Association, Martyn Hillier, was awarded an MBE in the 2024 New Years Honours list for services to Business and to Hospitality.

We have visited this pub 377 times, seen 163 different beers and tried 134 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT6 7HL