The Black Dog (Free House)
We believe this building is NO LONGER a pub
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27 Aug 2016 (Wittenden)
Busiest that I'd seen it on a hot Bank Holiday weekend Saturday.
| Kent - Black Mirror | 4.50 |  | Jet black dry stout. |
| Elgood's - Cambridge Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | I was tempted for old times' sake. |
| Kelham Island (probably brewed by Thornbridge now) - Sweet Home Alabama | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Romney Marsh - Marsh Gold | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
13 Aug 2016 (Wittenden)
I'd delivered some plants for a customer, and was walking past.Quiet on a warm August Saturday lunchtime.
| Kent - Black Gold | 4.00 | | Described as a black golden ale:a bit more tasty than that, I thought.An Old for the Summer, perhaps. |
| Titanic - Capt. Smiths | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
| Kelham Island (probably brewed by Thornbridge now) - 45 RPM | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
27 Jul 2016 (Dosser)
3 Kent brewery beers on. All £3.40.
| Kent - Prohibition | 4.80 | | Very hoppy |
23 Jul 2016 (Wittenden)
A sweltering July Saturday lunchtime:the town was gearing-up for the Oyster Festival.Busy.
| Pig & Porter - Red Spider Rye | 4.80 | | Second rye beer of the week.Workboot brown,peppery,dried fruit. |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Long Man - Copper Hop | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| East London (ELB) - Maya | 2.80 | Not Tried | |
09 Jul 2016 (Wittenden)
Tail end of the farmers' market:comfortably busy on a warm and breezy Saturday lunchtime.
| East London (ELB) - Maya | 2.80 |  | A session pale ale.Fashionably hazy.Grassy, summer fruit. Very complex for the low ABV. |
| White Horse - Wayland Smithy | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
25 Jun 2016 (Wittenden)
Sheltering from the biblical deluge on a Saturday early afternoon.Talk was of a new "ale and gin house"opening in Herne Bay.
| Caveman (latterly a cuckoo at Leatherbritches) - Neolithic | 4.10 |  | Hop forward, with a smoky aftertaste.Hmm. |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Sacred Grounds | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
| RedWillow - Weightless Nelson Sauvin | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
11 Jun 2016 (Wittenden)
Quick beer when away with the messages: a few others in on a muggy Saturday lunchtime.
| Beerd (experimental side of Bath) - Monterey California Pale Ale | 3.90 | | Barley straw,exotic fruit,long bitter finish.Good for a sticky day. |
| Burton Bridge - Damson Porter | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Titanic - Anchor | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Heritage (formerly William Worthington Brewery, now brewed at Burton Bridge) - Charrington IPA | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
14 May 2016 (Wittenden)
Another fleeting visit after the farmers market,another discussion on the subject of Sheps.
| Tonbridge - Union Pale | 4.70 | | Chestnut colour,assertively hopped, with a welcome earthiness that I associate with Tonbridge beers. |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Saltaire - Citra Pale | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Bedlam - Benchmark | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Single Hop Kazbek Rye Porter | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
09 Apr 2016 (Wittenden)
My first, if very fleeting visit to an East Kent Micro.The failings of Messrs Shepherd Neame were discussed. Other comments and beers lost in the server crash.
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | | A delicious, zesty pale ale. |
04 Dec 2015 (Andrew)
4th pub in our crawl on the no.4 bus from Canterbury to Tankerton. Friendly landlord and great pub interior
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | | Nice stuff |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Portobello - APA | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Brewster's - Aromatic Porter | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Canterbury Brewers - Kentish Pale Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
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