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The Hovelling Boat Inn (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Salopian - Monkey BusinessExceptional1
Silver Brewhouse (formerly Raw) - Anubis PorterExcellent1
Wantsum - ThunderboltExcellent1
Brass Castle - BurnoutExcellent1
Titanic - Cherry DarkExcellent1
Black Paw - Black Paw IPAGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Oatmeal StoutGood1
Isla Vale Alesmiths - IPAGood1
Bridestones - Citra RedGood1
Mad Cat - 200th Brew Cele-brew-tion Pale AleAcceptable1
Cottage - Southern BitterNot Tried0
Wantsum - HengistNot 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

27 May 2016 (Dosser)
Delivering AOT mags.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Salopian - Monkey Business5.20ExceptionalSuperb
31 Mar 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit. Other beers details lost in this website's server crash.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Brass Castle - Burnout5.80ExcellentFull bodied and flavoured
Mad Cat - 200th Brew Cele-brew-tion Pale Ale5.00AcceptableDry aftertaste but not very exciting
21 Feb 2016 (Dosser)
Big crowd in. Not many youngsters.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Oatmeal Stout4.60GoodPaul had it as 4.8%.
14 Feb 2016 (Dosser)
Good banter
BeerABVScoreNotes
Silver Brewhouse (formerly Raw) - Anubis Porter5.20ExcellentSooo much coffee flavours
02 Feb 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Wasted long journey, with arrival at 1930 hours I rattled the locked door which was eventually opened by a lady who told me the pub now closed at 7 on Mondays and Tuesdays due to lack of trade. WhatPub still showed 9.30 close for both days. Irritating even more so to find a host of other local pubs all thriving tonight. Perhaps it is a self-fulfilling prophecy that if the reputation for early closing gets around it just deters visitors.
BeerABVScoreNotes
02 Feb 2016 (ChrisE)
Early afternoon and a good crowd in. One of the beers was just being rubbed off from the chalk board so just the three to chose from this afternoon.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Bridestones - Citra Red4.20Good
Cottage - Southern Bitter3.70Not Tried
Wantsum - Hengist5.00Not Tried
09 Jan 2016 (Dosser)
Few in
BeerABVScoreNotes
Titanic - Cherry Dark4.40Excellent
Isla Vale Alesmiths - IPA5.50Good
01 Jan 2016 (Dosser)
Few in
BeerABVScoreNotes
Wantsum - Thunderbolt6.80ExcellentSuperb
17 Dec 2015 (Dosser)
Just made it before early closing. Another mag delivery needed
BeerABVScoreNotes
Black Paw - Black Paw IPA5.00GoodNot my sort of beer
29 Nov 2015 (Dosser)
Closed at 10 pm on a Saturday. Wish we had known. Our 10.20 visit no longer viable. Doh.
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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