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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)
Dark Star - NHA PaleExcellent1
Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - Umbel MagnaExcellent1
Time and Tide - Smugglers StoutExcellent2
Newby Wyke - OrsinoExcellent1
S43 (formerly Sonnet 43) - Bourbon Milk StoutExcellent1
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Stormstay Premium AleGood1
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - FireflyGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dragon's Blood ESBGood1
Pig & Porter - Starvation PointGood1
Pig & Porter - Big K Irish Pale AleGood1
Inkspot - EIPAGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Green Hop Ale (2013)Acceptable1
Milltown - Golden HopAcceptable1
Happy Valley - Bollywood IPAAcceptable1
Blakemere (see also Northern) - Cherry BabyPoor1
Goddards - Duck's FollyNot Tried0
Sambrook's - Battersea RyeNot Tried0
Blakemere (see also Northern) - NectarNot Tried0
Saltaire - Cascade Pale AleNot Tried0
Greene King - Abbot ReserveNot Tried0
Rudgate - Brew No. 11 Milk StoutNot 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

30 May 2015 (Dosser)
Two visits in 2 days.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - Umbel Magna5.00ExcellentFine beer
27 May 2015 (Dosser)
Few in
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dragon's Blood ESB5.20Good
22 May 2015 (Dosser)
Few in
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Stormstay Premium Ale5.00Good
14 May 2015 (Dosser)
One of my favourite micros. Lots of dark beers and Al Murrays Gadds beautiful British beer coming on soon. No bad language here.
BeerABVScoreNotes
S43 (formerly Sonnet 43) - Bourbon Milk Stout4.30Excellent
Time and Tide - Smugglers Stout5.20ExcellentSuper
01 May 2015 (Dosser)
Fine selection as usual
BeerABVScoreNotes
Inkspot - EIPA5.60GoodInteresting
19 Mar 2015 (Dosser)
Fair number in
BeerABVScoreNotes
Pig & Porter - Starvation Point4.50Good
Pig & Porter - Big K Irish Pale Ale5.20GoodNot very Irish
18 Nov 2014 (ChrisE)
Afternoon visit, the third pub of the day.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Firefly3.70Good
Saltaire - Cascade Pale Ale4.80Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot Reserve6.50Not Tried
Rudgate - Brew No. 11 Milk Stout4.20Not Tried
14 Sep 2014 (Dosser)
Lovely day. First in at 12.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Time and Tide - Smugglers Stout5.20Excellent
Dark Star - NHA Pale5.50Excellent
31 May 2014 (Ian)
Busy Saturday afternoon. Pump clips on the ceiling are impressive.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Milltown - Golden Hop3.80AcceptableUnexciting golden ale
Happy Valley - Bollywood IPA5.90AcceptableEarthy English IPA. Fine.
Blakemere (see also Northern) - Cherry Baby4.00PoorSmells of Vimto tastes of chalky chocolate liquer. Eek.
Blakemere (see also Northern) - Nectar4.20Not Tried
20 Sep 2013 (Stephen Harris)
Lunchtime visit. This is clearly a very nice little pub along East Kent micro lines. Unfortunately today there are four very loud locals engaging in what they probably regard as witty banter, but which I find to be rather vulgar. In such a small space, there is no escape other than to look for an alternative venue nearby.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Newby Wyke - Orsino4.00ExcellentYou can always rely on Newby Wyke to offer first class beers. This is pale gold in colour and has great hop tastes.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Green Hop Ale (2013)4.80AcceptableThe first of this year’s green hop beers that I have drunk. It is an unusual one. Very murky, golden. Sharp and a touch sour. Not convinced that it was meant to be like this – has some characteristics of a roughly-filtered cider.
Goddards - Duck's Folly5.20Not Tried
Sambrook's - Battersea Rye4.50Not TriedStrictly-speaking, I don't think this was yet officially 'on'.

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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