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The Hovelling Boat Inn (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dark ConspiracyExcellent2
Kent - ProhibitionExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster StoutExcellent3
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - JaipurExcellent3
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Green Hop Ale (2024)Good1
Northdown - Tidal PoolGood1
Titanic - White StarNot Tried0
Oakham - CitraNot Tried0
Kent - Session PaleNot Tried0
Farm Yard - HaybobNot Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5Not Tried0
Sambrook's - WandleNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent
Picture 2. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent
Picture 3. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent
Chris Excell

Visits Details

09 Nov 2024 (Dosser)
After a few pints and loadsa food at the lion, it was to the boat and more free food. Missed out on free beer day last week care of a rich Canadian. 5 beers on.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur5.90ExcellentLovely hoppy pint at 4.40.
02 Nov 2024 (Dosser)
First beers in Ramsgit for 5 weeks. 4 ales had gone earlier in the session.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout6.20GoodA bit fresh on. £4.50.
Northdown - Tidal Pool4.60GoodPort infused stout. A little thin for me. £4.40.
26 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
This marked the start of my return crawl to the centre of Ramsgate a year on and having only done two on the fringes of the town centre earlier in the year. A warm, friendly welcome and good service for this early afternoon visit after a trot round the marina quay. Just a few customers in but not changed at all from my previous visits over some 8 years.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Green Hop Ale (2024)4.80GoodGood head and lacing. A sharp first hit of hoppiness with a lingering and refreshing mouthfeel.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Not Tried
Sambrook's - Wandle3.80Not Tried
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout6.20Not Tried
Titanic - White Star4.50Not Tried
26 Sep 2024 (Dosser)
4 beers on and a full pub on a Thursday afternoon. Persuaded Ricky to put the Black pearl on. And it didn't disappoint.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout6.20ExcellentFresh on and superb. Smooth finish at £4.60. Different price every time he puts this on. I think he looks at what he thinks the customers can afford that day. Will be giving it away when the winter fuel allowance is cancelled. Lol.
24 Sep 2024 (Dosser)
Gloomy Tuesday and 8 in with tales of domestic violence and more cheerful topics. 4 beers on.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Prohibition4.80ExcellentLovely citrus notes and £4.20.
20 Sep 2024 (Dosser)
Doing deliveries. 4 beers on. Lovely sunny day, possibly the last of the summer.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dark Conspiracy4.90ExcellentA decent pint but almost £3 more than Margate spoons last night.
17 Sep 2024 (Dosser)
Just 4 of us in on a gloomy Tuesday afternoon. Beer extremely cold. Must have been expecting another warm day.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dark Conspiracy4.90GoodAfter moaning about warm beer for a while this got marked down for being too cold. Good flavoursome hoppy porter at £4.20.
13 Sep 2024 (Dosser)
5 ales on
BeerABVScoreNotes
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur5.90GoodNot much left
12 Sep 2024 (Dosser)
5 beers on and the remains of a free cheeseboard on offer.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur5.90ExcellentLovely pint
24 Aug 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening visit. Two or three having a good argument about the British economy.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Black Pearl Oyster Stout6.20Excellent4½* New cask on served in a dimple jug in superb condition. Too many of these would have curtailed the session length in town!
Oakham - Citra4.20Not Tried
Kent - Session Pale3.70Not Tried
Farm Yard - Haybob3.90Not Tried

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About The Hovelling Boat Inn

The pub sign. The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate, Kent

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional36
Excellent250
Good159
Acceptable22
Poor5

Website.

The pub is found in Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9DS.

Micropub in York Street that opened on Good Friday 2013 on the site of the Hovelling Boat pub which closed in 1909 (and re-opened 104 years later). No lager or keg beers are sold here. Other past lives of the building have been as a florist's shop and a fancy gift shop. A menu of the beer and cider on offer is shown on a wall blackboard then your drink is fetched (with table service) from a back room having been served on gravity dispense there. Under new ownership in spring 2018.

We have visited this pub 378 times, seen 405 different beers and tried 283 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CT11 9DS