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Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Boutilliers - Rauchbier		1
Saltaire - Triple Choc (was Triple Chocoholic)		1
Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)		1
Temperance Union - Vfm Softy		1
Grainstore - Rutland Beast		1
Long Man - Session IPA		1
Uprising (sub-brand of Windsor & Eton) - Caramel Macchiato		1
Blackjack - Stout		1
Isla Vale Alesmiths - Short and Stout		1
TicketyBrew - Coffee Milk		1
Adnams - Ghost Ship (was 4.5%)	Not Tried	0
Oddly - VIPA Very Indian Pale Ale	Not Tried	0
Skinner's (now brewed by Goodh) - Christmas Fairy	Not Tried	0
Maregade - Blonde Pale	Not Tried	0
Kelham Island (probably brewed by Thornbridge now) - Shindig	Not Tried	0

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

08 Jan 2017 (Dosser)

Final stop on our pub crawl. The micro pub will be moving down the street in the next few weeks.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Boutilliers - Rauchbier	6.10		Amazing beer. Smoky, pork flavoured...all sorts going on. I bought some pork scratchings to compare the smells. Real quality. Time to go home after this one.

17 Dec 2016 (Andrew)

Never been here before. I liked it. We sat at the side and planned how we were going to bottle a pin of Goachers Old.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
TicketyBrew - Coffee Milk	5.10		Perfectly drinkable but not to my taste. Powdery tart sweet sickly instant coffee.
Skinner's (now brewed by Goodh) - Christmas Fairy	3.90	Not Tried
Maregade - Blonde Pale	4.80	Not Tried
Kelham Island (probably brewed by Thornbridge now) - Shindig	4.30	Not Tried

24 Jul 2016 (Dosser)

Soo warm

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)	4.70		Cool for a hot day

19 Jul 2016 (Dosser)

Roasting day so time for a pint

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Blackjack - Stout	5.00		Nice stout

06 Jul 2016 (Alenomore)

Lunchtime, my second time here, and with a pal from Buxton down too. Nice micro. Impressed. Not listing/scoring these days.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Temperance Union - Vfm Softy	1.00

05 Jun 2016 (Dosser)

Fairly busy pub. Beers being replaced quickly.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Uprising (sub-brand of Windsor & Eton) - Caramel Macchiato	6.40		A very powerful brew full of coffee and caramel. An acquired taste.

31 May 2016 (ChrisE)

Lunchtime and no other customers. Radio One was being played on the music system.

Beer	ABV	Score
Long Man - Session IPA	3.80
Adnams - Ghost Ship (was 4.5%)	4.10	Not Tried
Uprising (sub-brand of Windsor & Eton) - Caramel Macchiato	6.40	Not Tried
Oddly - VIPA Very Indian Pale Ale	5.00	Not Tried

27 May 2016 (Dosser)

Few in

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Grainstore - Rutland Beast	5.30		Packs 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.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Saltaire - Triple Choc (was Triple Chocoholic)	4.80		Superb Superb

18 Feb 2016 (Dosser)

Lots of noisy older people in this afternoon.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Isla Vale Alesmiths - Short and Stout	5.00

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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

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	4
	39
	52
	17
	7

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 92 times, seen 163 different beers and tried 106 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT10 1LR