PubsandBeer

History: Home > The Hovelling Boat Inn

The Hovelling Boat Inn (Free House)

[Back to most recent] [Previous Visits] [More Visits]

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%)Excellent1
Weltons - Xmas MaximusExcellent1
Itchen Valley - Russian WinterExcellent1
Mad Cat - Platinum Blonde (previously Meaney's Platinum Blonde Ale)Excellent1
Ripple Steam - Black IPAExcellent1
Bank Top - BlondeGood1
Pig & Porter - Ashcan Rantings CitraGood1
Cottage - Christmas ReserveGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster StoutGood1
Wantsum - GolgothaGood1
Mauldons - Blackberry PorterGood1
Empire - Old Liquorice StoutNot Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5Not Tried0
Purple Moose - Snowdonia Ale (Cwrw Eryri)Not Tried0
Burning Sky - PorterNot Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Green Hop Ale (2016)Not 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

10 Jan 2017 (Dosser)
Usual afternoon mob.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Wantsum - Golgotha5.50Good
04 Jan 2017 (Dosser)
Very quiet
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout6.20GoodNot as fan as normal
23 Dec 2016 (Dosser)
Delivering Ales of Thanet.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Cottage - Christmas Reserve5.50Good
20 Dec 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening at 8pm. Door locked but faces inside, persistent rattling paid off and entry obtained and a small party of cognoscenti eating roast chestnuts, cheese and other festives was in situ. Thanks to Guv for letting me in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%)3.40ExcellentGive-away at 3 sovs a pint
Weltons - Xmas Maximus7.40ExcellentCredit to Weltons whom I often criticise for mediocrity, this was alarmingly woody and spicy and festive
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Not Tried
Cottage - Christmas Reserve5.50Not TriedTaster proves Cottage can produce a decent beer, have I just said that? Oh for the days of its original Norman's Conquest in 1995 drunk in Chris Norman's garage
14 Dec 2016 (Dosser)
Never seen place so packed during the day.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ripple Steam - Black IPA5.80ExcellentQuality
27 Nov 2016 (Stephen Harris)
My record with finding Micro Pubs open is a poor one, so pleased to find the lights on here at around 4pm. A cross-table conversation about cycling is in full flow.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mad Cat - Platinum Blonde (previously Meaney's Platinum Blonde Ale)4.20ExcellentGolden, fresh and crisp.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Not Tried
Purple Moose - Snowdonia Ale (Cwrw Eryri)3.60Not Tried
Burning Sky - Porter4.80Not Tried
26 Nov 2016 (Dosser)
Good lively crowd
BeerABVScoreNotes
Itchen Valley - Russian Winter5.30ExcellentCrackin stout
01 Oct 2016 (Dosser)
Good chat with the locals
BeerABVScoreNotes
Bank Top - Blonde5.00Good
30 Sep 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening visit. Good to see Paul's latest Tomson & Wotton artefact acquisitions.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Pig & Porter - Ashcan Rantings Citra4.20Good
Bank Top - Blonde5.00Not Tried
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Green Hop Ale (2016)4.80Not Tried
Empire - Old Liquorice Stout4.50Not Tried
27 Sep 2016 (Dosser)
Good chat as always.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mauldons - Blackberry Porter4.80GoodJust too fruity for me.

[Back to most recent] [Previous Visits] [More Visits]

About The Hovelling Boat Inn

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

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional38
Excellent265
Good174
Acceptable24
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 406 times, seen 417 different beers and tried 292 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT11 9DS