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The Lifeboat Ale & Cider House (Free House)

Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Wantsum - Dynamo (superseded by 4.3% version)		1
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout		1
Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)		1
Goacher's - Silver Star		2
Whitstable - Renaissance Ruby Mild		1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Seasider		1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5		1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Rye Pale Ale		1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top	Not Tried	0
Crouch Vale - Brewers Gold	Not Tried	0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Summer's Day	Not Tried	0
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale	Not Tried	0

Picture 1. The Lifeboat Ale & Cider House, Margate, Kent

Visits Details

08 Nov 2010 (Blair)

Really good to see a proper real ale pub open up in Margate. One of the locals had a few too many and was attempting to swap his pickled onion for passer by's children, didn't go down so well oddly. I like this place and the beer really is top notch.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout	4.50		Loads of roasted malt and coffee in this one. Got to be one of the better stouts available.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Rye Pale Ale	4.00		Light, hoppy and biscuity. Pretty good.
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale	3.70	Not Tried
Goacher's - Silver Star	4.20	Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top	4.10	Not Tried

19 Jul 2010 (ChrisE)

I had heard that this pub was going to start opening on Mondays as from today, so I decided to go. Beery Steve walked in, and we talked about pubs in Thanet. I needed to eat so I sampled the local sausages in fresh baguettes along with a couple of pints.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Seasider	4.30
Goacher's - Silver Star	4.20		This beer is extremely popular with the regulars in this pub, and I have to say, it was very good.

07 Jul 2010 (beery steve)

Very busy with the local CAMRA branch presenting a cheque to RNLI.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Wantsum - Dynamo (superseded by 4.3% version)	4.60		Best Beer of the night.
Goacher's - Silver Star	4.20		First time for this beer Superb colour
Whitstable - Renaissance Ruby Mild	3.80		Landlord said this was a new beer from brewery. Was superb.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Summer's Day	4.30	Not Tried

05 Jun 2010 (ChrisE)

I felt very much at home here, and stayed longer than originally planned, missing several of the Loop buses to Ramsgate. A convivial atmosphere, and definitely a place to which I shall return. I have not listed all the beers that were available, but I think there were a couple of other Dark Star beers on offer.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)	3.40		Always a firm favourite of mine.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5	4.40
Crouch Vale - Brewers Gold	4.00	Not Tried

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About The Lifeboat Ale & Cider House

The pub sign. The Lifeboat Ale & Cider House, Margate, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

	Total
	5
	29
	23
	6
	2

The pub is found in Margate, Kent, CT9 1ER.

In Market Street, a small pub, former wine bar, opened in May 2010 specialising in real ale and cider. When it opened this was a contrast to the seafront pubs, there is no pool table, juke box, or gaming machines, and the cash register worked in pounds, shillings, and pence. Initially and for some years cask ales and real ciders were served on gravity dispense from casks stacked on stillage in the middle of the room. In 2016 a corner bar counter, with 6 handpumps and 10 massive imposing black keg fonts, was installed instead which also somewhat opened up the floor space. Boxed ciders / perries remain stacked at the end of the bar. A large wooden table and a large trestle table provide the focus for the seated areas.

We have visited this pub 44 times, seen 95 different beers and tried 54 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT9 1ER