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The Mechanical Elephant (Wetherspoon)
| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Wantsum - Black Pig |  | 1 |
| Adnams - Urban South Holy Roller | | 1 |
| Ringwood - Fortyniner |  | 1 |
| Exmoor - Beast | | 1 |
| Greene King - Abbot Ale | | 3 |
| Exmoor - Gold |  | 1 |
| Hook Norton - Old Hooky | | 1 |
| Titanic - Capt. Smiths | | 1 |
| Brains - Bread of Heaven | | 1 |
| Whitstable - Cockle Warmer |  | 1 |
Visits Details
02 Nov 2020 (Dosser)
Poor selection of beers and only a couple of gloombar and Abbott in the cellar so no price reductions here. Meal b4 lockdown on a gloomy Monday
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | | A nice pint of beer |
22 Oct 2020 (Dosser)
2 guests in, social distancing yet again.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hook Norton - Old Hooky | 4.60 | | Not enjoyable. Tasted like a national brand! |
06 Jul 2020 (Dosser)
Well spaced out punters and a good selection for this spoons on a nice afternoon.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wantsum - Black Pig | 4.80 | | Lovely. How long till the PC police want a name change? lol |
06 Feb 2020 (Dosser)
2 guests on
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exmoor - Beast | 6.60 | | £1.65 a pint for this big hitter with a voucher. Bargain |
06 Nov 2019 (Dosser)
Not many guests here these days. Here for a pint after a funeral and no real ale in another pub.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ringwood - Fortyniner | 4.90 | | I havent had a great pint of this in a spoons pub for a while. But this wasnt too bad, but some way to get back to Ringwoods finest. |
13 Sep 2019 (Dosser)
Only 1 guest
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adnams - Urban South Holy Roller | 5.30 | | Excellent quality though it needed to be topped up. Only one guest on. |
23 Aug 2019 (Dosser)
2 guests on. Didnt fancy them.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | | Best pint of abbot I've had in ages. |
15 Aug 2019 (Dosser)
Came here before watching royal blood at the Winter gardens. Only found 2 guests
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanic - Capt. Smiths | 5.20 | | Not sure what this should taste like but it wasnt too enjoyable. |
13 Jun 2019 (Dosser)
Half a mill refit and reopened with a disappointing selection of beers. Loads of new seats and tables to pack in the punters who want to eat.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | | Not too bad |
| Exmoor - Gold | 4.50 | | Most uninspiring and tired |
06 Mar 2019 (Magnus Greel)
Mid afternoon fairly busy with the stereotypical Spoonites associated with such venues including the pushchair brigade with their screaming accessories. Our group had finished a round of crazy golf early so decided to pop in here until the real pubs opened. I've only listed the non National Blands..
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brains - Bread of Heaven | 4.00 | | Does what it says on the tin - alas on the tired side and a struggle to finish. |
| Whitstable - Cockle Warmer | 4.70 | | Sharp acetic twang to this, luckily only a taster |
About The Mechanical Elephant
Summary of Beer Scores
| Total | |
|---|---|
 | 1 |
| 27 |
| 44 |
| 20 |
| 8 |
The pub is found in Margate, Kent, CT9 1XJ.
Typical Wetherspoon's, although at one time was a Lloyds No.1 Bar at the weekend thus got pretty busy and had music playing loudly at the weekend. Since early 2013 the formerly dance floor partitioned off area for weekend music has been converted to carpeted bar seating to make this Wetherspoon traditional through and through. 10 handpumps in 2 banks of 5.
We have visited this pub 82 times, seen 140 different beers and tried 76 of them.
Postcode: CT9 1XJ