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Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
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Rother Valley - Anthem | 1 | |
Mad Cat - Unsinkable Sam | 2 | |
Three Acre - Extra Special Best | 1 | |
Kent - Galaxy | 1 | |
Kent - Kent Golding Bitter or KGB | 1 | |
Surrey Hills - Collusion | 1 | |
Kent - Old Skool | 1 | |
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB | 1 | |
Cerne Abbas - Danny's Brew | 1 | |
Larkins - Porter | 1 | |
Kent - No Kinda Plan | 1 | |
Lakedown - Harmonium | 1 | |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 1 | |
Harvey's - Old Ale (or Sussex XXXX Old Ale) | 1 | |
Rother Valley - 50 (CAMRA SE Sussex Branch 1974-2024) | 1 | |
Harvey's - Bonfire Boy | 1 | |
Brunswick - Father Mike's Dark Rich Ruby | 1 | |
Kent - Beyond the Pale | 1 | |
Ledbury Real Ales - Ledbury Dark | 1 | |
Kent - Old Jamaica | 1 | |
Kent - Maia | 2 | |
Triple fff - Comfortably Numb (spent a while at 5.4%) | 1 | |
Durham - Chocka Mocha Milk Stout | 1 | |
Surrey Hills - Gilt Trip | 1 | |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Evening Star Revival APA | 3 | |
Kent - Vista | 1 | |
Cerne Abbas - Community Green Hop 2024 | 1 | |
Bradfield - Farmers Cherry Beer | 1 | |
Rother Valley - Hoppers Ale | 1 | |
Kent - Born To Be Mild | 1 | |
Two by Two - Nelson IPA | 1 | |
New Bristol - Bristol Bitter | 1 | |
Hop Union (formerly Great Western (GWB)) - Maiden Voyage | 1 | |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Revival | Not Tried | 0 |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 3 | Not Tried | 0 |
Titanic - First Class | Not Tried | 0 |
Five Points - Citrus Pale | Not Tried | 0 |
Sambrook's - Pumphouse Pale Ale | Not Tried | 0 |
Kent - Wai-Iti | Not Tried | 0 |
Sambrook's - Night Shift | Not Tried | 0 |
Good Chemistry - Chinook Smash | Not Tried | 0 |
Anarchy - Citra Star | Not Tried | 0 |
Brighton Bier - Mildred | Not Tried | 0 |
Triple fff - Pressed Rat & Warthog | Not Tried | 0 |
Good Chemistry - Storms Pass | Not Tried | 0 |
Brew York - Empire ESB | Not Tried | 0 |
Rother Valley - Alliance | Not Tried | 0 |
Lakedown - Spring Ale | Not Tried | 0 |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark Porter | Not Tried | 0 |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Devils Dyke Porter | Not Tried | 0 |
Hop Shed (formerly Unity Brew House) - Pecking Order | Not Tried | 0 |
Black Country - Pig on the Wall Mild | Not Tried | 0 |
Moor - Resonance | Not Tried | 0 |
Turning Point - Lucid Dream | Not Tried | 0 |
Uttoxeter - Uxonian | Not Tried | 0 |
Triple fff - Sundown | Not Tried | 0 |
Siren Craft - Memento | Not Tried | 0 |
Fell - Light Mild | Not Tried | 0 |
Mad Cat - Green & Gold | Not Tried | 0 |
Marble - Mild | Not Tried | 0 |
Iron Pier - Bitter | Not Tried | 0 |
Pig & Porter - Whispering Grass | Not Tried | 0 |
Kent - Green Ernest | Not Tried | 0 |
Verdant - Future You | Not Tried | 0 |
Three Acre - Pineapple Dream | Not Tried | 0 |
Moor - Bitter | Not Tried | 0 |
East London (ELB) - Nightwatchman | Not Tried | 0 |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Dangerous Grounds | Not Tried | 0 |
Brew York - Tonkoko | Not Tried | 0 |
Mad Cat - Big Stik! | Not Tried | 0 |
Kent - The Quiet American | Not Tried | 0 |
Kent - Juice Junkie | Not Tried | 0 |
Siren Craft - Soundwave IPA | Not Tried | 0 |
Lakedown - Magic Hour | Not Tried | 0 |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
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Harvey's - Bonfire Boy | 5.80 | Excellent condition | |
Kent - Old Jamaica | 5.10 | Full bodied | |
Surrey Hills - Gilt Trip | 4.60 | Spot on with usual Surrey Hills quality | |
Three Acre - Extra Special Best | 5.40 | Best Three Acre ale I have had | |
Cerne Abbas - Community Green Hop 2024 | 4.00 | Good condition on what seemed a quite amateur brew | |
Mad Cat - Green & Gold | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Pig & Porter - Whispering Grass | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Green Ernest | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Moor - Bitter | 3.40 | Not Tried | Duty reducer ale |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Mad Cat - Unsinkable Sam | 5.20 | Powerful nightcap | |
Kent - Kent Golding Bitter or KGB | 4.10 | KGB at its very best | |
Kent - No Kinda Plan | 4.90 | Glorious. Smooth, magnificent head and lacing. Great to compare with last night's first out of cask gravity pour elsewhere. Excellent in different ways | |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 3 | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Triple fff - Pressed Rat & Warthog | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Rother Valley - Alliance | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Devils Dyke Porter | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Moor - Resonance | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Triple fff - Sundown | 4.30 | Not Tried |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
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Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 | Quite a creamy head | |
Brunswick - Father Mike's Dark Rich Ruby | 5.80 | Superbly balanced | |
Triple fff - Comfortably Numb (spent a while at 5.4%) | 5.00 | Indeed a numbing strength and flavour | |
Hop Union (formerly Great Western (GWB)) - Maiden Voyage | 4.00 | Overly toffee / caramel. Good condition but was the taste right? | |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 3 | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Five Points - Citrus Pale | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Wai-Iti | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Good Chemistry - Chinook Smash | 4.80 | Not Tried |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Mad Cat - Unsinkable Sam | 5.20 | Stronger dark bitter, time prevented more than an extra half | |
Kent - Old Skool | 4.10 | Everything was right | |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Evening Star Revival APA | 4.80 | Superbly balanced | |
Mad Cat - Big Stik! | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Night Shift | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Juice Junkie | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Lakedown - Magic Hour | 3.40 | Not Tried |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Ledbury Real Ales - Ledbury Dark | 3.90 | Top quality condition | |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Evening Star Revival APA | 4.80 | A massive flavour hit | |
Two by Two - Nelson IPA | 6.20 | A massive flavour punch (in a murky beer I would usually choose not to try!) | |
Iron Pier - Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Three Acre - Pineapple Dream | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Three Acre - Extra Special Best | 5.40 | Not Tried | |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Dangerous Grounds | 5.80 | Not Tried |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
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Kent - Maia | 5.00 | Continued the theme here of very sharp hoppy brews tonight | |
Kent - Galaxy | 4.50 | Great hoppy bitterness | |
Cerne Abbas - Danny's Brew | 4.40 | Another sharply bitter brew | |
Rother Valley - 50 (CAMRA SE Sussex Branch 1974-2024) | 4.70 | Dark and sharply bitter | |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark Porter | 5.60 | Not Tried | Must have just ran out as I walked up the road |
Black Country - Pig on the Wall Mild | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Uttoxeter - Uxonian | 4.90 | Not Tried | The taster as so very bland compared with the others here |
Fell - Light Mild | 3.40 | Not Tried |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Larkins - Porter | 5.20 | First rate, keeping superb head and lacing until the end | |
Kent - Maia | 5.00 | Most drinkable 5%er | |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Evening Star Revival APA | 4.80 | Superb with a tongue rasping dry bitterness. Not quite sure if this is revival of a Dark Star beer per se. Moreish | |
Bradfield - Farmers Cherry Beer | 4.20 | Good but needed more cherry flavouring | |
Titanic - First Class | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Pumphouse Pale Ale | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Night Shift | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
Brighton Bier - Mildred | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Empire ESB | 5.40 | Not Tried |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Rother Valley - Hoppers Ale | 4.40 | Proper English hopped bitter | |
Kent - Born To Be Mild | 3.50 | Good malts | |
New Bristol - Bristol Bitter | 4.00 | Characterful English bitter | |
Kent - Vista | 4.50 | New single hopped beer cracking condition | |
East London (ELB) - Nightwatchman | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Tonkoko | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Kent - The Quiet American | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Siren Craft - Soundwave IPA | 5.60 | Not Tried | |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Revival | 4.80 | Not Tried |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Rother Valley - Anthem | 4.30 | 4½* Exceptional condition with superbly balanced six hopping | |
Surrey Hills - Collusion | 5.20 | 4½* This ale is addictive enough without being in this condition! | |
Lakedown - Harmonium | 5.70 | A powerful taste in top notch form | |
Turning Point - Lucid Dream | 5.30 | Not Tried | |
Siren Craft - Memento | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Marble - Mild | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Verdant - Future You | 4.50 | Not Tried |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB | 5.50 | Just proves how good ESB can be | |
Harvey's - Old Ale (or Sussex XXXX Old Ale) | 4.30 | Superbly balanced with lasting head and lacing | |
Kent - Beyond the Pale | 5.40 | 4½* Exceptional with an addictive bitterness making two mandatory | |
Durham - Chocka Mocha Milk Stout | 5.50 | A smooth stout to round the evening off | |
Anarchy - Citra Star | 4.10 | Not Tried | Came on late on |
Good Chemistry - Storms Pass | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Lakedown - Spring Ale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Hop Shed (formerly Unity Brew House) - Pecking Order | 3.60 | Not Tried |
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The pub is found in Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1UP.
Beautifully refurbished side street local in Cromer Street, a few minutes walk from Tonbridge station. Features an always interesting selection of cask ales, real ciders and keg beers. Local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. 10 handpumps plus 2 unused (dummy) ones and 10 keg taps on the back wall. Different rooms with all Nelson linked names. Massive real cider / perry range here too. CAMRA Kent (West) Pub of the Year 2023 then became CAMRA Kent Regional Pub of the Year 2023. Selected as one of the last 4 in the CAMRA National 2023 Pub of the Year competition. CAMRA Kent (West) Pub of the Year 2024 then Kent Regional Pub of the Year 2024.
We have visited this pub 31 times, seen 174 different beers and tried 85 of them.
Postcode: TN9 1UP