ALE of Thanet first, the Rodney in Garlinge. Here we found 3 ales - Wayne’s favourite was the Gadds’ No 5. May saw a group of us do a harbour pub crawl around Ramsgate - we started in the Hovelling Boat where Wayne one of the new owners greeted us. We were pleasantly surprised to see seven beers on offer. Hopefully this will continue. I enjoyed the Brightside Manchester Pinwheel IPA, a naturally hazy beer. We next moved on to the Queens Head. Several of our group had never been in here and marvelled at the wonderful architecture. There were three Gadds’ beers on. Barry and Lynne enjoyed there pints of Gadds no 3. Our final pub was the Royal Pavilion which had on at least eleven different ales including two milds for Mild in May month. Frank’s favourite pint was the Rudgate Ruby Mild whereas mine was the Mauldon’s White Adder. Mike preferred the Great Newsome Holderness Dark, a strong mild. The Mild in May theme continued when we had another Saturday meeting at the Old Bay Ale House, the runner up in this year’s Thanet CAMRA’s Pub of the Year. Unfortunately I missed this Saturday meeting, but Mike led the group. Here he enjoyed Muscat’s Matchlock Mild, a 3.8% beer. There was a special Harry and Meghan theme in the pub. Our final meeting in May was the business meeting at the Australian Arms in Ramsgate. Here you can find the only pub I know of in Thanet that serves Fullers ESB; unless you know otherwise. Four beers are normally on sale here. They have an offer on for regular drinkers. For every eight pints you buy you get one free. Tonight the ESB was in great nick. Danny O’Sullivan, Social Secretary.
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