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The Hovelling Boat Inn (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - JaipurExcellent2
Kent - ProhibitionExcellent3
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - West Coast IPAExcellent2
2 x 2 - NZ HazyExcellent1
Kent - Extra StoutGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Oatmeal StoutGood1
Bristol Beer Factory - Milk StoutGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - She Sells Sea ShellsAcceptable1
Round Corner - TopsideNot Tried0
Brew York - Merchant XPANot Tried0
Marble - Manchester BitterNot Tried0
Oakham - CitraNot Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - CarnivaleNot 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

13 Aug 2024 (Dosser)
Roasting day and 4 beers to go with 4 customers. Sat outside in 27 degrees.
BeerABVScoreNotes
2 x 2 - NZ Hazy4.80ExcellentNew brewery and beer. Completely murky, unlined but cold and great taste. If you like this sort of beer.
09 Aug 2024 (Dosser)
4 beers on...and black pearl at fiver! Expensive for ramsgit. Eddie has put a big increase in price of beer in local area I've been told.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Prohibition4.80ExcellentSuperb cool pint in the sunshine £4.
30 Jul 2024 (Dosser)
6 beers on but none at 5% or over, even coming soon. 10 in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Prohibition4.80ExcellentLovely cool pint
24 Jul 2024 (Dosser)
4 beers on and the remains of aussie Mike's birthday food which went down a treat
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Prohibition4.80Excellent£4 a pint, great condition and cool!!
19 Jul 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Back in Ramsgate now for an early evening visit.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Extra Stout4.20GoodSnip at the price £3.80, held head and lacing
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - She Sells Sea Shells4.70AcceptablePretty flat in the glass so a chore to drink
Marble - Manchester Bitter4.20Not Tried
Oakham - Citra4.20Not Tried
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - West Coast IPA5.60Not TriedCask ran out as I was served, barman showed me a half too hazy to serve to me
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Carnivale4.00Not Tried
12 Jul 2024 (Dosser)
5 beers on all under 4.5%. First pint after 3 weeks in tenerife. Not a warm day for July.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Bristol Beer Factory - Milk Stout4.50GoodNot exciting at £4 a pint.
16 Jun 2024 (Dosser)
Sunshine out at last. But for how long? 5 beers on and a great selection and crowd in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - West Coast IPA5.60ExcellentSuperb hoppy ipa and at correct temperature. At £4.20 great value.
15 Jun 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit. Intended one pint but then an offer to have a No 4 (Not yet on) Gadds' West Coast IPA (don't tell anyone), Could not be refused.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Oatmeal Stout4.60GoodA nourishing pint
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - West Coast IPA5.60Good2nd pint out of a cask just broached today. Perhaps a little fresh, wow tomorrow I expect
Kent - Prohibition4.80Not Tried
Round Corner - Topside3.80Not Tried
Brew York - Merchant XPA4.10Not Tried
12 Jun 2024 (Dosser)
5 beers on and a good crowd in
BeerABVScoreNotes
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur5.90GoodStill in good nick
09 Jun 2024 (Dosser)
5 beers on
BeerABVScoreNotes
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur5.90ExcellentSuperb hoppy beer at £4.20 a pop.

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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