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The Swan (Free House)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA) |  | 1 |
| Abigale - Samphire | | 2 |
| Abigale - Ridgeway | | 3 |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells - Royal Best Bitter |  | 1 |
| Wychwood (now brewed at Banks's) - January Sale |  | 1 |
| Cottage - Phantom |  | 1 |
| Cottage - Summer Conquest | | 1 |
| Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Miller's Ale (originally 4.5%) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Whitstable - Native Bitter | Not Tried | 0 |
Chris Excell
Visits Details
08 Dec 2011 (Ian)
Free wifi if you sign up to paragon in the pub using your mobile device. Discussion at bar about how to be a conneurseur of football. Entertaining.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Tunbridge Wells - Royal Best Bitter | 4.10 | | Never been a fan of thus beer but this was good. Good deep brown malts. |
| Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin) | 4.50 | Not Tried |
30 Nov 2011 (ChrisE)
Evening visit, fairly quiet, but considerably busier than some of the other pubs that we passed on the way, some of which appeared to be empty. We had time for one pint at full price (£2.20) before heading through the deserted streets of Ashford for a bus home.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigale - Ridgeway | 3.80 | | Even better than yesterday, full of condition, bright, and delicious. |
| Whitstable - Native Bitter | 3.70 | Not Tried |
30 Nov 2011 (Ian)
Quiet early evening but with 2 Kent beers on at£1.90 a pint i had to didnt i?
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigale - Ridgeway | 3.80 | | This has improved since first time I had it. More rounded flavour. Good bite on end and distinctive Abigale flavour |
| Whitstable - Native Bitter | 3.70 | Not Tried |
29 Nov 2011 (ChrisE)
Early evening and fairly quiet. Happy time prices applied, just £1.90 per pint until 19:00.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigale - Ridgeway | 3.80 | | In really good condition today. A bright well polished and tasty pint. |
| Whitstable - Native Bitter | 3.70 | Not Tried |
19 Nov 2011 (Ian)
What a revelation. Abigale Samphure in an Ashford town centre pub. Quick pint before catching the train.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigale - Samphire | 4.10 | | Extremely drinkable bitter |
| Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin) | 4.50 | Not Tried |
18 Nov 2011 (ChrisE)
Early evening during the period when cask beers are priced at £1.90 instead of the usual £2.05 per pint.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigale - Samphire | 4.10 | | A fresh cask recently put on. |
| Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin) | 4.50 | Not Tried | This replaced the Millers Ale |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Miller's Ale (originally 4.5%) | 4.20 | Not Tried | This ran out during the evening. |
11 Nov 2011 (ChrisE)
Early evening, and happy hour, cask ales were £1.90 per pint. This pub has a new manager who hopes to have beers from Kent micro-breweries as a regular feature.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA) | 4.10 | | In very good condition tonight. |
| Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin) | 4.50 | Not Tried |
16 Sep 2010 (ChrisE)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage - Summer Conquest | 4.00 | | This had all the flavours that I do not want in my beer, not off, but not nice. I had a couple of sips and left it. Fortunately it is only £1.85 per pint. |
| Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin) | 4.50 | Not Tried |
27 Apr 2010 (ChrisE)
Reasonably busy at about 17:00 on a Tuesday. Most of the customers were drinking lager.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage - Phantom | 5.00 | | I would not have finished this, but as I was about to leave I met someone that I have not seen for a number of years, and we chatted for a while whilst I sipped this pint. At least it was only £1.85 per pint. |
| Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin) | 4.50 | Not Tried |
03 Feb 2009 (Ian)
Not too busy, but a lively crowd in and the landlord is a good guy.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wychwood (now brewed at Banks's) - January Sale | 3.80 | | Copper colour very thin off white head. Wychwood yeast aroma, it's a yeasty bitter. Some interesting citrus fruit salad flavours towards the end. Served less cold than most beers that helps release some of the flavours. |
| Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin) | 4.50 | Not Tried |
About The Swan
Summary of Beer Scores
| Total | |
|---|---|
 | 1 |
| 21 |
| 22 |
| 11 |
| 5 |
The pub is found in Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QN.
Central town pub with mock Tudor frontage in Tufton Street. Refurbished in 2016 and reverted to a two bar pub with television screens in the right hand bar, the left side is a larger bar with a pool table at the front and a large area to the rear. After a period of closure once more re-launched in March 2018 with changes at least including the replacement of the pool table with a bar billiards table.
We have visited this pub 62 times, seen 31 different beers and tried 26 of them.
Postcode: TN23 1QN