BITE user comments - dosser
Comments by dosser
Congratulations to Dave and Julie on winning the Maidstone and Mid Kent Pub of the Year, 2011, the third year in a row.
27 Mar 2011 17:36
Good beer here. However the landlord was serving pints with big heads and argued when my friend asked to top up his beer. Eventually he managed to put an extra mm of beer in when I insisted it was topped up. He gave short pints the next two rounds we ordered and only topped up slightly when we complained. I will try to avoid this pub in future despite the good beer. He mouthed swear words at me and is one of the most miserable landlords I have ever seen. Probably because Harveys want him to get 80 pints out of a 72 pint cask. A friend of mine remarked that his beer was watery. He over heard and tried to teach her what flavour was. Another friend was telling others where they were going to hear a band the following week at aq different venue. The landlord overheard and told him he would have to leave if he advertised other pubs in his pub!!
19 Mar 2011 19:28
Now with 9 handpumps. Last night there were 9 beers all from different breweries, many local. Where else can you find a pub like this in Mid Kent?
11 Feb 2011 19:54
Just voted Kent Pub of the Year. Well done . Congratulations to Dave and Julie on this and the birth of their daughter, lucy Lola.
18 Sep 2010 15:22
The Rifle Volunteers, Maidstone
Excellent beer and a landlord who knows how to keep his beers in tip-top condition. He takes a while getting to know, but when you have he has a good sense of humour. A pub that is from the past and well worth finding.
1 May 2010 13:43
Anyone can enjoy this pub. Great ales- Look at the provisional list of beers for the festival from May 6th-8th - Purple Moose Snowdonia Ale 3.6%, Arundel Suissex Mild 3.7%, Caledonian Deuchars IPA 3.8%, Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted 3.8%, Hidden Mayhem Mild 3.8%, Old Dairy Red Top 3.8%, Wantsum 1381 3.8%, Butts Traditional 4.0%, Crouch Vale Brewers Gold 4.0%, Titanic Iceberg 4.1%, Thornbridge Hopton 4.3%, 1648 Signature 4.4%, Old Dairy Gold Top 4.5%, O'Hanlons Original Port Stout 4.8%, Wantsum Hengist 5.0%, Moorhouses Pendle Witches Brew 5.1%, Thornbridge Jaipur 5.9%, Dark Star Victorian Ruby Mild 6.0%.
just enjoy and be thankful Maidstone has a pub like this which haS JUST BEEN CROWNED mid kENT PUB OF THE YEAR FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW!
28 Apr 2010 17:09
Great night with 5 beers being changed, a big crowd and a great band playing 50s and 60s rock n roll, Midnight Flyers. Superb Dark Star beers are being regularly featured as well as Goachers Goldstar and always 6 real ales on draught
7 Mar 2010 15:05
Excellent beer selections and bar staff are attentive and always helpful. Never been talked down to by anyone.
23 Feb 2010 17:33
This pub just gets better and better. New and exciting beers are added everytime I visit, as well as the excellent Goachers Gold Star. What a pub to have as your local? Dave is planning a new curry and beer night. Cant wait. Real curries and real beer ! What more can you want?
28 Nov 2009 14:07
Excellent beer festival last weekend. 19 beers sampled and not a dodgy one in sight.
In reply to the chap who had 2 cheap pints of poor quality beer, the beers in question were both from the Cottage brewery. Dave has vowed never to have them back again as they were far inferior to what he expected. When a pub has tried out 112 beers in 5 months, I guess you have to find a couple of duffers amongst them. Keep up the good work, landlord .
11 Sep 2009 21:49
Excellent pub, just voted CAMRA Mid Kent pub of the year. Six ales on at all times, with Goachers Goldstar as a regular. The behaVIOUR MENTIONED BY flippincrikeys is certainly not the norm and happened when the landlord was ejecting an unruly customer. This pub is worth finding and is a worthy successor to The Pilot as Pub of the Year. Real ales are between �2.55 and �2.65. Beer festival featuring up to 20 real ales to be held for 3 days from Sept 4th for 3 days.
26 Jun 2009 22:48
The Black Horse and Hoodens, Borough Green
Alison Pilkington no longer runs this pub, leaving in April 2013 when a new management took over. The unusual range of beers do not seem to be available.
19 Jul 2014 23:14