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The Thomas Ingoldsby (Wetherspoon)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| BrewDog - Edge |  | 1 |
| Banks's - Morrells Oxford Blue | | 1 |
| Banks's - Maui Brewery Coconut Porter | | 2 |
| Shepherd Neame - Goose Island Honkers Ale | | 1 |
| Oakham - Rollercoaster | | 1 |
| St Austell - Coxswain's Special | | 1 |
| Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Flourish |  | 1 |
| Okell's - Alt | | 1 |
| Holden's - Black Country Special Bitter | | 1 |
| Hook Norton - Early Mist | | 1 |
| Palm - Steenhuffel Blond | | 1 |
| Loddon - Bamboozle Pale Ale | | 1 |
| Shepherd Neame - Fremlins Bitter | | 1 |
| JW Lees (see also Lees) - Chocoholic |  | 1 |
| Batemans - Waynfleet Hedgerows | | 1 |
| Marston's - Zululand Zulu Blonde | | 2 |
| Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Coppernob | | 1 |
| Caledonian - Old Seadog IPA | | 1 |
| Herold - Black Chalice |  | 1 |
| Bath Ales - Ginger Hare | | 1 |
| Black Wolf (formerly Traditional Scottish Ales (TSA)) - Double Expresso | | 1 |
| Rooster's - Patriot | | 1 |
| Greene King - Abbot | Not Tried | 0 |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Moorhouse's - Amber Rambler | Not Tried | 0 |
| Triple fff - Rock Lobster (has previously been 4% & 4.5%) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Springhead - Spring Chicken | Not Tried | 0 |
| Elgood's - Hawkwind | Not Tried | 0 |
| York (now brewed by and at Black Sheep) - Yorkshire Terrier | Not Tried | 0 |
| Wantsum - Dynamo (superseded by 4.3% version) | Not Tried | 0 |
Visits Details
29 Oct 2010 (Ian)
Late afternoon. Good range of festival beers on.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BrewDog - Edge | 3.20 | | I mean it's not a mild as it's too hoppy. It's a dark bitter but a very good one. |
| St Austell - Coxswain's Special | 4.00 | | Lovely deep amber colour, lasting beige head. Decent bitter, rather a good biting sherbert on finish. It's rather good. This sherbert hop is lovely. Lemon/grapefruit. Soft in mouth. Great condition. Just very drinkable and lovely hop. |
| Palm - Steenhuffel Blond | 4.60 | | Brown/gold, thin off white head. Well it's clearly got Nelson Sauvin hoops. Lovely N. Sauvin aroma. A little sweetness. Rather lovely I thought. It all fits well together. Good stuff. Maybe could be in better nick. But hops are lovely |
| JW Lees (see also Lees) - Chocoholic | 3.60 | | Deep, deep ruby colour thin dark beige head. No big expectation from previous reviews. It's a slightly choccy mild. It's a mild. It's a mild what do you expect? It's mild and it's a mild. |
| Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Coppernob | 4.50 | | Yep it's a brown/copper coloured bitter. It's a bitter that isn't quite bitter. Some decent fruit. It's fine, nothing wrong with it. But nothing interesting. Caramel and maybe touch of diacetyl. |
| Black Wolf (formerly Traditional Scottish Ales (TSA)) - Double Expresso | 4.80 | | Black colour. Lasting dark beige head. Coffee, like a coffee chocolate from a chocolate box. Or coffee cake or coffee icing on a coffee cake. It's not a double espresso more like a capuccino and I don't like milk in my coffee. It's no Weasel. To be honest half way through the pint I was sick of it. Eventually had to stick some bourbon in it otherwise it was pretty much undrinkable. Better with the bourbon, but still not my thing. |
| Bath Ales - Ginger Hare | 3.90 | | Some haze gold. Touch of orange on colour, thin white head. Ginger and diacetyl? Not good. Some ginger but lacks body. Really disappointed with Bath. They can make good beers. But been so disappointed with them. Some ginger biscuit on aroma. Lacks body in middle. Not great. |
01 Oct 2010 (pavorossi)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loddon - Bamboozle Pale Ale | 4.80 | | |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| York (now brewed by and at Black Sheep) - Yorkshire Terrier | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Wantsum - Dynamo (superseded by 4.3% version) | 4.60 | Not Tried |
23 Jul 2010 (Alenomore)
2000 visit and not packed out. Mediocre ale range on, so walked out.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|
10 Jul 2010 (Ian)
Met up with Andrew here. OK pub
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holden's - Black Country Special Bitter | 5.10 | | Lovely yeasty beer with a good punch and biscuit |
10 Jul 2010 (Andrew)
First port of call on a tour of Canterbury. Not too busy but the range of beers on was disappointing.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marston's - Zululand Zulu Blonde | 4.50 | | Like a cross between a wheat beer and a cider. Not very nice. |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Holden's - Black Country Special Bitter | 5.10 | Not Tried |
18 Apr 2010 (Ian)
As part of a wireless Ratebeer.com tasting I came, logged onto my laptop and rated. Rate on Rater!!
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okell's - Alt | 5.00 | | Certainly a good looking beer. Some very good fruit in the mouth red and dark fruits. Malts are quite sweet too. Not much like Uerige fresh or a couple of the others, as this is a bit fuller than something like the Schlossel. But overall it’s a tasty fullish sweetish malty beer with some dryness on the finsih. Would I pick this as an Alt in a blind tasting? Probably not, more a malt led best bitter. Drinkable enough though. |
| Herold - Black Chalice | 4.80 | | Too much liquorice flavour for me, I didn't like it, I'm afraid. |
| Rooster's - Patriot | 4.70 | | Gold with a lasting off white head. Slightly sweet golden syrup aroma and a bit of freshly chopped wood too, which is odd. Sweet woody flavour carries on into the mouth and the malts are really a lot sweeter than I would expect. Finish has some dryness without any distinctive hop taste. Not a world beater at all and certainly not one of Rooster’s best. Their Outlaw beers tend to be better these days |
16 Apr 2010 (Andrew)
Only my second visit to a 'spoons since their 2010 beer festival began and lucky me I hit gold! There near the far end of the hand pumps was a pump clip I'd not seen for 15 years; Fremlins. Was it as good as the Fremlins I used to drink in the late 80's? Hard to tell really; that was a long time ago. ...but hey, Fremlins.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Neame - Fremlins Bitter | 3.50 | | Well I never thought I'd enter a rating for this beer. Okay... it had very little aroma (unlike my memories of the original) with perhaps just a whiff of yeast. The body was a bit watery (I'm sure the original had a bit more malt to the structure). It did have that distinctive nuttiness and heathery hop of Fremlins and the finish had that tell tale heather-hop Fremlins bite. The real question is would I have had another if I'd have had time? Yes I would. |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Moorhouse's - Amber Rambler | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Herold - Black Chalice | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Triple fff - Rock Lobster (has previously been 4% & 4.5%) | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Springhead - Spring Chicken | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Shepherd Neame - Goose Island Honkers Ale | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Marston's - Zululand Zulu Blonde | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Elgood's - Hawkwind | 4.50 | Not Tried |
10 Apr 2010 (Ian)
Met up with Andrew, Martin and Jane for their birthday pub crawl
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hook Norton - Early Mist | 4.30 | | My favourite beer of the Spoons beer festival so far. |
10 Apr 2010 (Andrew)
Umm, late afternoon and there were a fair few people in, including a bunch of folk in fancy dress. The beer festival was on and I asked for the Coconut Porter. The barman asked if I'd like to try it first which was very good of him.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks's - Maui Brewery Coconut Porter | 5.00 | | This was excellent. Black, powdery, slightly sour with a hint of coffee and hint of roasted malt. The finish was slightly sweet and tangy with some mild bitterness. |
07 Apr 2010 (Ian)
So far, the best Spoons I've been to for beer selection and any kind of knowledge behind the bar for the beers.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Neame - Goose Island Honkers Ale | 4.20 | | Clear deep amber colour, lasting beige head. Bready yeasty aroma, typical of Shepherd Neame yeast. Brewed with the cheesy Sheps yeast, some bitterness on finish but this is all about the yeast. Decent very decent best bitter. Can't fault it for lack of character. |
| Oakham - Rollercoaster | 4.80 | | Oakham typical great hops, just it took lots of pulls to get the beer through, so I'm guessing this will be fantastic when I get a decent pint of it. |
| Banks's - Morrells Oxford Blue | 3.70 | | Gold amber colour with thin beige head. Decent bitter with biscuit malt. Actually this I think is rather good. A bitter with good hops and enough of a malt base. But the bitterness on the finish is really good. Really arrested me, very drying on finish, just surprisingly good |
| Banks's - Maui Brewery Coconut Porter | 5.00 | | Black with ruby edges. Disappearing dark beige head. I’m not a big fan of coconut, but I thought that this was pretty good. Nice thick malts, some choc coconut on aorma, like a dark chocolate Bounty bar. Good mouthfeel. I like the swallow and finish very much. Really good, some burnt malt bitterness on finish. Love the third of a pint. It’s good, really deep and satisfying with a bit of spice and sweetness from the coconut |
| Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Flourish | 3.50 | | Copper colour disappearing head. OK session bitter with some decent malt, some biscuit on finsh and some dryness. Does what a session bitter should, pints go down with no notice but with enough taste to want to try more. Good biscuit. |
| Marston's - Zululand Zulu Blonde | 4.50 | | Gold, disappearing head. Grassy hops are what hit you first. Some caramel, then more grassy hop. OK, some lasting hop on finish which reminds me of cut hay. Mouthfeel needs more. |
| Caledonian - Old Seadog IPA | 5.20 | | Attractive amber colour, lasting beige head. Some butter on aroma. Some hop yes, some warming kick on end. Rather a bit not this thing nor the other, doesn't quite click without being anything wrong with it. |
| Batemans - Waynfleet Hedgerows | 3.70 | | Gold disappearing head. Some house yeast on aroma. OK bitter with some flowery hop. Keeps to the style of the house in terms of a bitter in that it is yeasty and flowery. ok |
About The Thomas Ingoldsby
Summary of Beer Scores
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 | 4 |
| 35 |
| 66 |
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| 14 |
The pub is found in Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2HG.
Located in Burgate just off The Parade. Very substantial frontage but not too deep. History of pub name: Richard Harris Barham was born in 1788, at 61 Burgate, across the road from this Wetherspoon pub. Using the pen name Thomas Ingoldsby he wrote The Ingoldsby Legends, which first appeared in 1840, in a periodical edited by Charles Dickens. Richard Harris Barham, alias Thomas Ingoldsby, had an accident when he was 14, which crippled his right arm. During a long convalescence he began to write. Re-opened on 29th May 2018 after 4 months of closure to add hotel facilities (13 rooms) and an upstairs bar and bar counter.
We have visited this pub 115 times, seen 316 different beers and tried 152 of them.
Postcode: CT1 2HG