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The Hovelling Boat Inn (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)Excellent1
Orkney (Sinclair) - Northern LightGood1
Titanic - Black IceGood1
Whitstable - Galaxy HopGood1
Hopdaemon - Skrimshander IPANot Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dragon's Blood ESBNot Tried0
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good FridayNot 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

18 Apr 2013 (ChrisE)
A group of us enjoyed a few pints here, and had a good chat with the landlord and staff. This place is really growing on me. It is nice to see the Tomson and Wotton Cavalier on the door.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Orkney (Sinclair) - Northern Light4.00GoodAdvertised as Sinclair Northern Light.
Titanic - Black Ice4.10Good
Whitstable - Galaxy Hop4.40Good
Hopdaemon - Skrimshander IPA4.50Not Tried
29 Mar 2013 (ChrisE)
Opening day and busy with a good crowd of people enjoying the ales on offer.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)3.40Excellent
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dragon's Blood ESB5.20Not Tried
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Friday4.50Not TriedI suppose I should have had a pint of this to celebrate the opening of a new pub on Good Friday

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About The Hovelling Boat Inn

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

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional38
Excellent263
Good172
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 402 times, seen 416 different beers and tried 292 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT11 9DS