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Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse) (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Acorn - GorlovkaExceptional1
Black Metal - YggdrasilExceptional1
St Peter's - Cream StoutExcellent1
Caveman (latterly a cuckoo at Leatherbritches) - Mogao StoutExcellent1
Redemption - Big ChiefExcellent1
Triple fff - India Brown AleGood1
Dark Star - Summer MeltdownGood1
Goddards - Fuggle (or Fuggle Dee-Dum)Good1
Acorn - Old Moor PorterGood1
Kent - Brewers ReserveGood1
St Peter's - Honey PorterGood1
Kent - Berry Mild PorterGood1
Pig & Porter - Red Spider RyeAcceptable1
Oakham - The RobberAcceptable1
Pig & Porter - Ashburnham Pale AlePoor1
Heineken - John Smith's Bitter (a.k.a. Cask and Original)Not Tried0
Timothy Taylor - Dark MildNot Tried0
Picture 1. Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent
Picture 2. Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent
Photos are of original site before move

Visits Details

25 Nov 2015 (Dosser)
Few in
BeerABVScoreNotes
Black Metal - Yggdrasil6.60ExceptionalSuperb
Acorn - Old Moor Porter4.40Good
01 Nov 2015 (Dosser)
Beer back to its best. Pub is moving 2 doors away in a few months so will be closing for who knows how long??
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Cream Stout6.50ExcellentYummy
24 Aug 2015 (Dosser)
Beers too warm.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Pig & Porter - Red Spider Rye4.80AcceptableNeeds to be colder
Pig & Porter - Ashburnham Pale Ale3.80PoorDidnt taste right at all and far to warm made it unpleasant to drink
22 Aug 2015 (Dosser)
Hot
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Berry Mild Porter4.80Good
11 Aug 2015 (Dosser)
Packed for folk week
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Brewers Reserve5.00Good
08 Aug 2015 (Dosser)
Full pub during the festival
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goddards - Fuggle (or Fuggle Dee-Dum)4.80Good
Timothy Taylor - Dark Mild3.50Not Tried
27 Jul 2015 (Dosser)
At last a great selection of beers. Long chat with the boss who seems to be making money. Nice to hear.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Redemption - Big Chief5.50ExcellentMMM
Triple fff - India Brown Ale4.60GoodVery sweet
Heineken - John Smith's Bitter (a.k.a. Cask and Original)3.80Not TriedBoss told me he bought this one in to show that in a good pub this beer can be good.
23 Jul 2015 (Dosser)
Warm beer despite being in a cooler. The camra boards are full of Visit Broadstairs books. Yet another pub where they are not getting deliveries of the local camra rag. Needs sorting.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Honey Porter4.50GoodSweet but too warm
Oakham - The Robber4.80AcceptableWarm, tired. Didnt taste like an Oakham ale. Need to try this in another pub.
18 Jun 2015 (Dosser)
Lively chatter from the cider drinkers
BeerABVScoreNotes
Caveman (latterly a cuckoo at Leatherbritches) - Mogao Stout5.00ExcellentNew beer and very tasty
Dark Star - Summer Meltdown4.80Good
11 Jun 2015 (Dosser)
Enjoyable visit, yet again
BeerABVScoreNotes
Acorn - Gorlovka6.00ExceptionalSuperb stout

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About the Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse)

The pub sign. Sonder (formerly The Thirty-Nine Steps Brewhouse; The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse), Broadstairs, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional4
Excellent35
Good46
Acceptable16
Poor7

Website.

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

First incarnation was a former Pet Food shop converted into a micropub in 5 Charlotte Street specialising in cask ales and ciders. Opened on the 30th November 2012. The casks were visible racked behind the bar behind glass frontage. High tables with similarly high wall mounted bench seating abounds. Plans to relocate to a nearby much larger street corner premise at 11-13 Charlotte Street came to fruition on Friday Friday 5th May 2017 and this originally incorporated a brewhouse for what would have been Broadstairs Town Brewery perhaps in 202??! but it never came to fruition. 8 handpumps and 10 keg beer taps in the new location. Bar billiards upstairs where is some extra seating too. The new venue is too large to be a micropub so best called an alehouse or really just a pub. Change of name in 2024 and now with 5 handpumps and 18 keg taps.

We have visited this pub 81 times, seen 142 different beers and tried 98 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT10 1LR