The Black Dog (Free House)
We believe this building is NO LONGER a pub
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24 Jun 2017 (Wittenden)
My regular end of the farmers market visit.A number of beer lovers appreciatively drinking.
| Goacher's - Fine Light Ale | 3.70 |  | Very fresh:oranges before becoming marmalade. |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Hopdaemon - Skrimshander IPA | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Bude - Black Rock | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
| Froth Blowers - John Bull's Best | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
10 Jun 2017 (Wittenden)
Very quiet on a quiet Whitstable Saturday noon. A party of elderly beer lovers had passed through.
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 | | Surprisingly I'd never tried this from cask. Grand malty, biscuitty best bitter.Not at all cloying. |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Rudgate - Astrid | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Rudgate - Wild Mild | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
27 May 2017 (Wittenden)
A hot Saturday in East Kent:where better to cool down than the Black Dog?
| Kent - Prohibition | 4.80 | | Barley straw, herbaceous hops.Pretty close to perfection. |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Wild Beer Co. - Bibble | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
13 May 2017 (Wittenden)
A few in on a Saturday lunchtime.
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | | Thunderingly good. |
| Gun - Red Ale | 4.40 | | Dark Tan.Raspberries.Stalwart. |
| Heavy Industry - Electric Mountain | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Oakham - Dr. Phobia | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
22 Apr 2017 (Wittenden)
Early Saturday afternoon for my regular Farmers Market libation.Only a few in.
| Mobberley - Boom Juice | 3.60 | | A Tropical Pale Ale.Hops from Kiwi, eh?. Stone fruit and raspberries, followed by a long bitter finish.Light gold in colour. |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark Porter | 5.60 | Not Tried | Resisted temptation. |
| Ilkley - Mary Jane | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
08 Apr 2017 (Wittenden)
Early afternoon on a sunny Whitstable Saturday.Quiet.
| Tonbridge - American Pale | 5.00 |  | Remarkably sweet.Woodshavings: not my favourite beer from Tonbridge. |
| Goacher's - Best Dark Ale (aka Original) | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
25 Mar 2017 (Wittenden)
Midday on a windy spring Saturday.Filling up.
| Pig & Porter - Fatal Flaw American Amber | 4.50 | | Toffee.Fruity hops. |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Brewers Reserve | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Phipps NBC - Black Star | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
26 Nov 2016 (Wittenden)
We'd come for the non-illumination of Whitstable's Christmas lights.This little pub was packed until word came that Samba Pela Mar were performing outside the Church at dusk.
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 |  | Delicious. Marmalade. A modern Kentish classic. |
| Wantsum - Black Pig | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Electric Bear - Persuasion | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Vibrant Forest - Cydonia | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
24 Sep 2016 (Wittenden)
Very busy on a balmy early Autumn Saturday early afternoon. I was hoping to find a Kent Green Hop beer.
| Kent - Brewers Reserve | 5.00 | | For some reason I'd thought this was a dark 'un.Barley straw.Trees 'n' meadows.Modern and approachable.Grand. |
| Dark Star - Dark Star The Original | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Pig & Porter - Fatal Flaw American Amber | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
10 Sep 2016 (Wittenden)
A breezy Saturday noon.I was away with the messages, and happened to pass by. Busy.
| Bad Seed - Summer Ale | 3.80 | | Pale and hazy pale ale.Stone fruit, reassuringly earthy. |
| Oakham - Bishops Farewell | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| Titanic - Plum Porter | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
| Vibrant Forest - Cydonia | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
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