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Larkins' Alehouse (Free House) [More Visits ]
Linda Kilby
Visits Details 18 May 2024 (Wittenden)
Saturday lunchtime, several in.
Kent - Born To Be Mild 3.50 Sweet chocolate, nutty.Bitter finish.Solid. Larkins - Traditional 3.40 Not Tried Goacher's - Gold Star 5.10 Not Tried Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dr Sunshine's Special Friendly English Wheat Ale 4.20 Not Tried
04 May 2024 (Wittenden)
Saturday noon.Convivial.
Iron Pier - Black IPA 5.90 The famous brewing oxymoron:good, but why? Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Kentish Best 3.70 Not Tried Pig & Porter - Whispering Grass 5.50 Not Tried Lakedown - Sussex Pale 4.20 Not Tried
27 Apr 2024 (Wittenden)
Busy noontime session.
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale 3.40 Pretty near perfection.Entrancing chocolate earthiness. Kent - Beyond the Pale 5.40 Not Tried Three Acre - Best Bitter 4.00 Not Tried Three Acre - Session Pale 3.70 Not Tried
20 Apr 2024 (Wittenden)
Noon on a blustery Spring Saturday.Filling up on with a couple of large groups.The demise of Cellar Head was mourned.
Three Acre - Centennial Haze 4.30 International pale ale: stone fruit,floral.Substantial,due to the listed lactose, perhaps? Larkins - Traditional 3.40 Not Tried Goacher's - Crown Imperial Stout 4.50 Not Tried Iron Pier - Killick's Mill 5.30 Not Tried
13 Apr 2024 (Wittenden)
Early on a sunnny Saturday noon.Quiet.
Three Legs - Bitter # 3 4.20 Fruity,malty,long bitter finish.Like the Seventies in a good way. Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 4.40 Not Tried Goacher's - Fine Light Ale 3.70 Not Tried Cellar Head - India Pale Ale 5.00 Not Tried
06 Apr 2024 (Wittenden)
Rammed with what was described as an old skool outing.
Iron Pier - Wealdway IPA 4.50 Light, arboreal session IPA.Grapefruit 'n' spice. Tonbridge - Traditional 3.60 Not Tried Kent - The Quiet American 4.20 Not Tried Pig & Porter - By my side 3.40 Not Tried
23 Mar 2024 (Wittenden)
Sheltering from the hail on a wintry Saturday morning.Recently proclaimed branch pub of the year.
Three Acre - India Pale Ale 5.00 Resinous hops,cane fruit. Larkins - Traditional 3.40 Not Tried Cellar Head - Fireside 5.20 Not Tried Three Legs - Pale #3 3.70 Not Tried
09 Mar 2024 (Wittenden)
Midday on a sunny winter Saturday.
Kent - Session Pale 3.70 Sublime,flinty,floral. Larkins - Traditional 3.40 Not Tried Tonbridge - Ebony Moon 4.20 Not Tried Pig & Porter - Jumping Frog 4.20 Not Tried
02 Mar 2024 (Wittenden)
Midday on a wintry early spring Saturday.Talk was of a chap impersonating the late Guv of Larkins' Brewery.
Three Acre - Session Pale 3.70 Grassy,golden pale ale.Leaf tea.Yum. Larkins - Traditional 3.40 Not Tried Tonbridge - IPA 4.80 Not Tried Three Acre - Ruby Porter 4.20 Not Tried
24 Feb 2024 (Wittenden)
Lunchtime on a cold and damp Saturday.
Three Acre - Ruby Porter 4.20 Coffee rich porter.Good for a winter's day. Larkins - Traditional 3.40 Not Tried Kent - Tropic Ale 4.90 Not Tried Three Legs - Pale #3 3.70 Not Tried
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The pub is found in Cranbrook , Kent , TN17 3EB .
Long awaited micropub in a former florist's shop in the High Street. Long narrow room,with servery bar counter to the back. Beers served on gravity dispense from a cool room to the rear. Some tables and chairs to the front. Opened on Friday 6th October 2017. Unisex toilet. Local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2024. CAMRA West Kent Pub of the Year 2022. CAMRA Kent Regional Pub of the Year 2022.
We have visited this pub 195 times, seen 295 different beers and tried 135 of them.
Map location
Postcode: TN17 3EB