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Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
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Hammerton - City of Cake | 1 | |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Evening Star Revival APA | 3 | |
Surrey Hills - Gilt Trip | 2 | |
Rother Valley - Anthem | 1 | |
Mad Cat - Unsinkable Sam | 2 | |
Kent - Galaxy | 1 | |
Three Acre - Extra Special Best | 1 | |
Kent - Kent Golding Bitter or KGB | 1 | |
Surrey Hills - Collusion | 1 | |
Kent - Old Skool | 1 | |
Cerne Abbas - Danny's Brew | 1 | |
Larkins - Porter | 1 | |
Kent - No Kinda Plan | 1 | |
Lakedown - Harmonium | 1 | |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 1 | |
Rother Valley - 50 (CAMRA SE Sussex Branch 1974-2024) | 1 | |
Green Jack - Gone Fishing E.S.B. | 1 | |
Harvey's - Bonfire Boy | 1 | |
Brunswick - Father Mike's Dark Rich Ruby | 1 | |
Ledbury Real Ales - Ledbury Dark | 1 | |
Green Jack - Trawlerboys Best Bitter | 1 | |
Kent - Maia | 2 | |
Kent - Old Jamaica | 1 | |
Triple fff - Comfortably Numb (spent a while at 5.4%) | 1 | |
Two by Two - Nelson IPA | 1 | |
New Bristol - Bristol Bitter | 1 | |
Hop Union (formerly Great Western (GWB)) - Maiden Voyage | 1 | |
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 | |
Triple fff - Pressed Rat & Warthog | Not Tried | 0 |
Brighton Bier - Mildred | Not Tried | 0 |
Rother Valley - Alliance | Not Tried | 0 |
Brew York - Empire ESB | Not Tried | 0 |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Devils Dyke Porter | Not Tried | 0 |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - DogBolter Dark Porter | Not Tried | 0 |
Moor - Resonance | Not Tried | 0 |
Black Country - Pig on the Wall Mild | Not Tried | 0 |
Triple fff - Sundown | Not Tried | 0 |
Turning Point - Lucid Dream | Not Tried | 0 |
Uttoxeter - Uxonian | Not Tried | 0 |
Mad Cat - Green & Gold | Not Tried | 0 |
Siren Craft - Memento | Not Tried | 0 |
Fell - Light Mild | Not Tried | 0 |
Pig & Porter - Whispering Grass | Not Tried | 0 |
Marble - Mild | Not Tried | 0 |
Iron Pier - Bitter | 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 |
Mad Cat - Big Stik! | Not Tried | 0 |
Rother Valley - Valley Bitter | Not Tried | 0 |
Brew York - Tonkoko | Not Tried | 0 |
Kent - Juice Junkie | Not Tried | 0 |
Left Handed Giant - Mosaic Pale | Not Tried | 0 |
Kent - The Quiet American | Not Tried | 0 |
Lakedown - Magic Hour | Not Tried | 0 |
Left Handed Giant - Dark Mild | Not Tried | 0 |
Siren Craft - Soundwave IPA | Not Tried | 0 |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 3 | Not Tried | 0 |
Downlands (formerly South Downs) - Revival | Not Tried | 0 |
Five Points - Citrus Pale | Not Tried | 0 |
Titanic - First Class | Not Tried | 0 |
Kent - Wai-Iti | Not Tried | 0 |
Sambrook's - Pumphouse Pale Ale | Not Tried | 0 |
Good Chemistry - Chinook Smash | Not Tried | 0 |
Sambrook's - Night Shift | Not Tried | 0 |
Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
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Green Jack - Gone Fishing E.S.B. | 5.50 | A proper ESB oooooooooomph | |
Green Jack - Trawlerboys Best Bitter | 4.60 | First rate bitter. Pub is having a Green Jack tap takeover | |
Surrey Hills - Gilt Trip | 4.60 | Surrey Hills is a very competent brewer with consistency as illustrated on this one | |
Hammerton - City of Cake | 5.50 | Perfect nutritious nightcap | |
Kent - The Quiet American | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Rother Valley - Valley Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Left Handed Giant - Mosaic Pale | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Left Handed Giant - Dark Mild | 3.40 | Not Tried |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 32 times, seen 180 different beers and tried 88 of them.
Postcode: TN9 1UP