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The Thomas Ingoldsby (Wetherspoon)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Daleside - Blonde |  | 1 |
| Cains - Dragon Heart | | 1 |
| Springhead - Barebones |  | 1 |
| Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Tiger | | 1 |
| Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Red Breast | | 1 |
| Springhead - Oliver's Army | | 2 |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Wells Bombardier (now superseded by 4.1% version) | | 1 |
| Oakham - White Dwarf | | 1 |
| Phoenix - White Monk | | 2 |
| Rebellion - Sleighed | | 1 |
| Elgood's - Cambridge Bitter | | 1 |
| Cotleigh - Red Nose Reinbeer |  | 1 |
| Titanic - Stout | | 1 |
| Thwaites - Good Elf | | 1 |
| Robinsons - Hartleys Cumbria Way | | 1 |
| White Horse - Village Idiot | | 1 |
| Evan Evans - Harvest Home | | 2 |
| Brouwerij Het Anker - Gouden Carolus Festive Spice | | 1 |
| Herold - Black Chalice |  | 1 |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's Waggledance | Not Tried | 0 |
| Clark's (sometimes shown as Westgate Brewery) - Ram's Revenge | Not Tried | 0 |
| Marston's - Wicked Witch | Not Tried | 0 |
| York (now brewed by and at Black Sheep) - Centurion's Ghost Ale | Not Tried | 0 |
| Smiles - Blond | Not Tried | 0 |
| Batemans - Strawberry Fields | Not Tried | 0 |
| Hydes - Original Bitter | Not Tried | 0 |
| Highgate - Lone Wolf | Not Tried | 0 |
| Theakston - Best Bitter | Not Tried | 0 |
| Shepherd Neame - Bishops Finger | Not Tried | 0 |
| Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Greene King - Abbot | Not Tried | 0 |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | Not Tried | 0 |
| Marston's - Pedigree | Not Tried | 0 |
| Exmoor (now brewed by Hogs Back) - Gold | Not Tried | 0 |
Visits Details
27 Dec 2006 (Ian)
True the food is cheap. True the beer is cheap. True this pub normally has a handful of guests in good condition. But the service is apalling. As a customer service manager myself there was one member of staff who I would have disciplined immediately due to his lack of professionalism in front of customers. But hey.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotleigh - Red Nose Reinbeer | 4.50 | | Better in the Spoons in Ashford. This was lacking flavour. |
27 Dec 2006 (Andrew)
There's usually something on of interest here and the quality is usually quite good too.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebellion - Sleighed | 4.20 | | Biscuity, buttery (Ian reckons it's diacetyl), and watery golden beer. |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Shepherd Neame - Bishops Finger | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Cotleigh - Red Nose Reinbeer | 4.50 | Not Tried |
03 Dec 2006 (Ian)
Sunday lunchtime and unsurprisingly, it was very full, but I just got a table. I ordered the sunday roast and settled back for some beers whilst I read my book. As seems usual now, although all of the handpumps were showing beer available on the pump clips, not all of the beers were actually available.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Red Breast | 4.50 | | Ruby colour with lasting dark beige head. Soft in mouth, goodish malts, some choc. Reasonable condition, bit of dryness on end, from malt and hop. Nice dark fruit, dark plums and choc on aroma. Blackberry fruit too. Drinkable. |
| Thwaites - Good Elf | 4.90 | | Very deep ruby with thin tan head. Soft and choccy beer. Goodish choccy malts, some dark fruits. Bit of sour yeast on aroma. Not much evidence of hop. Much the same flavours on a very short finish. |
| Brouwerij Het Anker - Gouden Carolus Festive Spice | 5.50 | | Gold colour with thin white head. Spicey aroma, like cinnamon. Soft golden ale in mouth. Then Belgian yeast kicks in. Spice and Belgian yeast aroma. Spicey pale fruits in mouth. Bit of green apple. Some syrupy fruit in mouth. Finish has yeast, pale fruit and some tangy hop. OK, if not wonderful. |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Marston's - Pedigree | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Theakston - Best Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried |
28 Oct 2006 (Andrew)
Back and it's now heaving with halloween party people.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springhead - Oliver's Army | 4.40 | | Dark brown peaty malt to start with followed by rich sharp burnt malt finish |
28 Oct 2006 (Andrew)
Here with Ian early evening and it's fairly empty. The staff are all dressed up as Halloween characters.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgood's - Cambridge Bitter | 3.80 | | Brown nutty biter with a soft mouth feel and slighly peatyness to it. Nice bitter nutty finish |
| Titanic - Stout | 4.50 | | Burnt treacle with blackcurrent notes. Acrid burnt bitter finish |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Marston's - Wicked Witch | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| York (now brewed by and at Black Sheep) - Centurion's Ghost Ale | 5.40 | Not Tried | |
| Smiles - Blond | 1.00 | Not Tried | |
| Batemans - Strawberry Fields | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Hydes - Original Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Highgate - Lone Wolf | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| Herold - Black Chalice | 4.80 | Not Tried |
28 Oct 2006 (Ian)
Here with Andrew. Some of the festival beers were on. We also ate here. Had a Thomas Hardy ale again. This time from the fridge, which needed warming up. This place gets full on a Saturday night, but we still managed to get a table in the eating area.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springhead - Oliver's Army | 4.40 | | Reddy brown colour with disappearing bubbly beige. Some yeast, but mainly sweet red fruit malt. Very clean in mouth. More malt and bit of hop on finish, but not huge. Bit watery actually. |
| Herold - Black Chalice | 4.80 | | Still don't like the sourness on this. Less buttery than the day before in Ashford, but still it was a struggle to finish it. |
22 Sep 2006 (Andrew)
Came here with Ian, Martin and Jane with the intention of having 1 and moving on. However, they'd taken the bitters off the cooler so they actually tasted of something (well done bar manager). It was busy as always with a large selection of young people whose sole purpose was to make us feel old.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cains - Dragon Heart | 5.00 | | Dark ruby coloured beer with a sweet rich malty mildly bitter flavour that certainly didn't take 5%! |
| Robinsons - Hartleys Cumbria Way | 4.10 | | Light brown beer with a sickly sweetness to it and a sickly bitterness too. Not great. |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | 4.20 | Not Tried | Had a sip of Ian's and it tasted like brown soapy water. |
| Clark's (sometimes shown as Westgate Brewery) - Ram's Revenge | 4.60 | Not Tried |
26 Aug 2006 (Ian)
After doing 9 pubs in Faversham it seemed churlish not to pop into one or two in Canterbury on the way home, so I did. Not overly busy early Saturday evening. Some good guest beers on as usual
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daleside - Blonde | 3.90 | | Golden colour with thin white head. Sherberty US style hop aroma with some yeast. Good grapefruit/tangerine fruit in mouth, with lasting US hop grapefruit finish. I met the brewer in the White Horse, Parson's Green and he is unsurprisingly an American. But in Harrogate? Chinook, Cascade, Mount Hood are all possibles for the hops. Malt is OK in mouth, but a little watery. Good hoppy citrus bite on end is lovely. |
| Oakham - White Dwarf | 4.30 | | Almost wonderful. Very pale gold colour. Good hop aroma. Some cereal in mouth. Excellent hop finish. Citrus fruit and hop are good and juicy, but just slightly soapy. |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Marston's - Pedigree | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Exmoor (now brewed by Hogs Back) - Gold | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Springhead - Barebones | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's Waggledance | 5.00 | Not Tried |
19 Aug 2006 (Andrew)
Ah JDW's. £1.78 a pint. That's the only important bit that's worth saying about this place. Here with Ian and Jane to drink some cheap (...but far too cold) beer.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Tiger | 4.20 | | Too cold but good underlying Everard's malt and subtle hops. |
| Phoenix - White Monk | 4.50 | | Too cold. Raw uncivilised cane sugar with malt and touch of lime on finish |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Wells Bombardier (now superseded by 4.1% version) | 4.30 | | Too cold. Brown malty beer with rich hops and malt finish |
| Evan Evans - Harvest Home | 4.30 | | Too cold (beginning to see a theme here?). Good base malt richness and mild acidness. Well integrated base hops |
| White Horse - Village Idiot | 4.10 | | Too cold. Bit cloudy. Goldenish colour. Quite a bite but, due to the temperature and cloudyness, I doubt this beer tastes anything like it should |
19 Aug 2006 (Ian)
Hey, it's a Wetherspoon's but the beer selection and quality is on the whole pretty good. Here with Andrew and Jane for a late afternoon, early evening session.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix - White Monk | 4.50 | | Amber colour with thin off white head. American fragrant hop aroma. Bit toasty. Some sweet fruit in mouth. Good citrus finish, bit of candy sugar in mouth. Very drinkable. I had 3 pints. |
| Springhead - Barebones | 4.70 | | Slight hazy dark copper colour with disappearing off white head. Grassy hoppy aroma. Some fruity malt. Coffee flavour in mouth. Really odd. Fine. Smells of sauvignon blanc and tastes of caffe latte. Good coffee/choc malt. Lots of flavour. |
| Evan Evans - Harvest Home | 4.30 | | Copper with thick creamy head. Rose petal fruit and yeasty aroma. Soft in mouth. Some nice peach/raspberry light fruit. Finish is a bit fast. |
| Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| White Horse - Village Idiot | 4.10 | Not Tried |
About The Thomas Ingoldsby
Summary of Beer Scores
| Total | |
|---|---|
 | 4 |
| 34 |
| 66 |
| 48 |
| 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 114 times, seen 315 different beers and tried 152 of them.
Postcode: CT1 2HG