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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)
Black Metal - YggdrasilExceptional1
Saltaire - Triple Choc (was Triple Chocoholic)Exceptional1
Dark Star - Crème BrûléeExcellent1
St Peter's - Cream StoutExcellent1
Kent - Brewers ReserveGood1
Long Man - Session IPAGood1
Kent - Berry Mild PorterGood1
Isla Vale Alesmiths - Short and StoutGood1
Grainstore - Rutland BeastGood1
Acorn - Old Moor PorterGood1
Pig & Porter - Red Spider RyeAcceptable1
Pig & Porter - Ashburnham Pale AlePoor1
Adnams - Ghost ShipNot Tried0
Uprising (sub-brand of Windsor & Eton) - Caramel MacchiatoNot Tried0
Oddly - VIPA Very Indian Pale AleNot 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

31 May 2016 (ChrisE)
Lunchtime and no other customers. Radio One was being played on the music system.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Long Man - Session IPA3.80Good
Adnams - Ghost Ship4.50Not Tried
Uprising (sub-brand of Windsor & Eton) - Caramel Macchiato6.40Not Tried
Oddly - VIPA Very Indian Pale Ale5.00Not Tried
27 May 2016 (Dosser)
Few in
BeerABVScoreNotes
Grainstore - Rutland Beast5.30GoodPacks a punch but not one of my favourites
19 Mar 2016 (Dosser)
Excellent beer. Camra joint social between Thanet and Bromley. The pub will be moving two doors down with a new brewery on site. The beer will flow continuously so there will be no closure of the pub. Great news.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Saltaire - Triple Choc (was Triple Chocoholic)4.80ExceptionalSuperb Superb
18 Feb 2016 (Dosser)
Lots of noisy older people in this afternoon.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Isla Vale Alesmiths - Short and Stout5.00Good
15 Jan 2016 (Dosser)
Final pub on the micro tour. Musical act on.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Dark Star - Crème Brûlée5.90ExcellentAn acquired taste
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

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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
Excellent38
Good48
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 86 times, seen 151 different beers and tried 102 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT10 1LR