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St Mary's Chapel Bar (formerly The Chapel) (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Hopdaemon - Green DaemonExcellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold TopExcellent1
Westerham - Grasshopper Kentish BitterGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 7Not Tried0
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA)Not Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - SeasiderNot Tried0
Hopdaemon - Skrimshander IPANot Tried0
Tonbridge - Blonde AmbitionNot Tried0
Picture 1. St Mary's Chapel Bar (formerly The Chapel), Broadstairs, Kent
Picture 2. St Mary's Chapel Bar (formerly The Chapel), Broadstairs, Kent

Visits Details

04 Aug 2012 (ChrisE)
Opening time, and a bit disorganised. A landlady from a pub in Ramsgate popped in for a drink and joined me for a chat.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hopdaemon - Green Daemon5.00ExcellentVery good.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold Top4.30Excellent
Tonbridge - Blonde Ambition4.20Not Tried
03 Aug 2012 (Andrew)
Having been further inspired by Martyn Hillier's micropub revolution, the team that run the Lifeboat in Margate have opened Thanet's latest micropub. Having been talking about this pub in Martyn's micropub (the Butcher's Arms) the day before, and not wanting to take him away from the Olympics today, I thought I'd try this place out. I liked it. I liked the fact that it still had all the books from the old bookshop and yet was called the chapel - making it slightly enigmatic. I recall Blair saying that the books wouldn't be staying, but I think it would be a shame if they all went. Anyway, there were still a few workmen in so it'll be interesting to see what it's like in a few weeks.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Westerham - Grasshopper Kentish Bitter3.80GoodI always feel like David Carradine in Kung Fu when I order this beer. Lacked a bit of zing but still a nice pint.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 73.80Not Tried
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA)4.10Not Tried
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Seasider4.30Not Tried
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold Top4.30Not Tried
Hopdaemon - Skrimshander IPA4.50Not Tried

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About the St Mary's Chapel Bar (formerly The Chapel)

The pub sign. St Mary's Chapel Bar (formerly The Chapel), Broadstairs, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional2
Excellent15
Good23
Acceptable8
Poor1

Website.

The pub is found in Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 1LX.

Formerly the Albion bookshop this is now converted to a pub. From the same stable as The Lifeboat in Margate. Real ales from handpump. When first opened this was served from gravity behind a trestle table bar by the stepped entrance but this was subsequently converted to an L-shaped rough plywood bar counter. In 2016 cask ale dispense was converted to handpumps. At the time of opening the venue remained a bookshop too with all books marked for sale. Drinking on several levels including a staircase up to the balcony. Now has 8 handpumps and large array of keg taps on a more formal fixed bar counter. Renamed in summer 2026.

We have visited this pub 42 times, seen 72 different beers and tried 39 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT10 1LX