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Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Saltaire - Triple Choc (was Triple Chocoholic)		1
Black Metal - Yggdrasil		1
Redemption - Big Chief		1
St Peter's - Cream Stout		1
Dark Star - Crème Brûlée		1
Isla Vale Alesmiths - Short and Stout		1
Triple fff - India Brown Ale		1
Goddards - Fuggle (or Fuggle Dee-Dum)		1
Acorn - Old Moor Porter		1
Kent - Brewers Reserve		1
Kent - Berry Mild Porter		1
Pig & Porter - Red Spider Rye		1
Pig & Porter - Ashburnham Pale Ale		1
Heineken - John Smith's Bitter (a.k.a. Cask and Original)	Not Tried	0
Timothy Taylor - Dark Mild	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

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

15 Jan 2016 (Dosser)

Final pub on the micro tour. Musical act on.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Dark Star - Crème Brûlée	5.90		An acquired taste

25 Nov 2015 (Dosser)

Few in

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Black Metal - Yggdrasil	6.60		Superb
Acorn - Old Moor Porter	4.40

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??

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
St Peter's - Cream Stout	6.50		Yummy

24 Aug 2015 (Dosser)

Beers too warm.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Pig & Porter - Red Spider Rye	4.80		Needs to be colder
Pig & Porter - Ashburnham Pale Ale	3.80		Didnt taste right at all and far to warm made it unpleasant to drink

22 Aug 2015 (Dosser)

Hot

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Kent - Berry Mild Porter	4.80

11 Aug 2015 (Dosser)

Packed for folk week

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Kent - Brewers Reserve	5.00

08 Aug 2015 (Dosser)

Full pub during the festival

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Goddards - Fuggle (or Fuggle Dee-Dum)	4.80
Timothy Taylor - Dark Mild	3.50	Not 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.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Redemption - Big Chief	5.50		MMM
Triple fff - India Brown Ale	4.60		Very sweet
Heineken - John Smith's Bitter (a.k.a. Cask and Original)	3.80	Not Tried	Boss told me he bought this one in to show that in a good pub this beer can be good.

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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
	4
	39
	54
	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 94 times, seen 166 different beers and tried 108 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT10 1LR