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The Thomas Ingoldsby (Wetherspoon)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| St Austell - Coxswain's Special |  | 1 |
| BrewDog - Edge | | 1 |
| Banks's - Maui Brewery Coconut Porter | | 1 |
| Holden's - Black Country Special Bitter |  | 1 |
| Shepherd Neame - Fremlins Bitter | | 1 |
| Woodforde's - Once Bittern | | 1 |
| Palm - Steenhuffel Blond | | 1 |
| Loddon - Bamboozle Pale Ale | | 1 |
| Okell's - Alt | | 1 |
| Shepherd Neame - Cinque Ale | | 1 |
| Hook Norton - Early Mist | | 1 |
| JW Lees (see also Lees) - Chocoholic |  | 1 |
| Greene King - Bretwalda | | 1 |
| Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Coppernob | | 1 |
| Herold - Black Chalice |  | 1 |
| Bath Ales - Ginger Hare | | 1 |
| Rooster's - Patriot | | 1 |
| Black Wolf (formerly Traditional Scottish Ales (TSA)) - Double Expresso | | 1 |
| Marston's - Zululand Zulu Blonde | | 1 |
| Shepherd Neame - Goose Island Honkers Ale | 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| Wantsum - Dynamo (superseded by 4.3% version) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Shepherd Neame - Sam Adams Blonde Ambition (superseded by 4.5% version) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Banks's - UCB | Not Tried | 0 |
| Clark's (sometimes shown as Westgate Brewery) - Straight Flush | Not Tried | 0 |
| Batemans - Wheat Dreams | Not Tried | 0 |
| Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Birra del Borgo Castagnale | Not Tried | 0 |
| 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 |
Visits Details
12 Nov 2010 (Andrew)
Busy with beer festival trade I guess.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Neame - Cinque Ale | 4.10 | | Slightly pukey. Mahogany brown. Resinous. Nettle-hops. |
| Woodforde's - Once Bittern | 4.10 | | Light brown colour. Weak malty body. Slightly sickly. Hint of perfume. |
| Greene King - Bretwalda | 4.10 | | If was a GK beer so I thought, '...they must do at least 1 good beer so maybe this is it'. It wasn't. It was okay. Dark brown. Nettle-hop. Roasted malt. |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Shepherd Neame - Sam Adams Blonde Ambition (superseded by 4.5% version) | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
| Banks's - UCB | 5.30 | Not Tried | |
| Clark's (sometimes shown as Westgate Brewery) - Straight Flush | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Batemans - Wheat Dreams | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Birra del Borgo Castagnale | 4.40 | Not Tried |
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. |
About The Thomas Ingoldsby
Summary of Beer Scores
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| 36 |
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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 116 times, seen 317 different beers and tried 153 of them.
Postcode: CT1 2HG