Gadds' The Ramsgate Brewery

Microbrewery in Broadstairs, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2002

Contact
7 Hornet Close, Pyson’s Road Ind Est, Broadstairs, CT10 2YD, England
Description
Although officially knowns as the 'Ramsgate Brewery Ltd' the vast majority of beers are named/labelled/released as 'Gadds', after the founders.

Therefore new beers, if marketed as 'Gadds', should be entered without a brewery name before the beer name in standard Brewver fashion.

Beers haven't been released with the 'Ramsgate' prefix for some time but there are perhaps 20 or so more historic entries that were labelled as 'Ramsgate' on release. As such these appear with a Ramsgate prefix in front of the beer name. Any further historic adds to Brewver should follow suit if this is the case.

All beers were produced by the same brewer(s) and in the same facility.

Founded by Eddie and Lois Gadd, they have been making and championing great local beer for the last 15 years. Gadds’ have been making consistently good beer for a decade and a half. Both under their own name and more recently as a contract brewers for other breweries. This side project has also allowed them to let the Gadds’ brand grow slowly and in their own time.

Their core beers have been mostly traditional, English ales made with more than a nod to Kent’s brewing heritage. Although there are some more playful beers in their seasonal and limited run beers that show a diversity and appreciation of all things beer it seems that great, traditional beers are at the heart of Gadds’.

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask-conditioned at the WG Grace (JDW), Bristol 27/8/2024. Dark brown in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Some toasty malts with an earthy edge, touch of chocolate and liquorice, leading to a lightly roasted finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2024 at 08:17


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a very dark reddish brown with a small scummy tan head and good lacing. There’s roast malts and dark fruits in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet with a creamy texture. Roasted malts to the fore in the flavour, plus hints of vanilla, plums and hops. Later it become somewhat watery with cola evident, leading to a slightly bitter finish. This is decent enough. But a bit bland and lacking in body.

Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2024 at 21:15


7

Tried on 20 Aug 2024 at 14:05


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A mahogany pour with a reddish glint and a loose cream head; earthy malt aroma; earthy malt taste; with a sweet malty finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ramsgate Dark Conspiracy on 24 Sep 2024 at 14:47 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: [Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] An opaque peaty brown pour with a loose beige head; aroma of roasted grains; smooth oaty body with a good bitterness from the roasted malts; and a dry finish with a little herbal bitterness and some biscuity malts. A solid porter.

Tried from Cask at Hope Tap on 14 Aug 2024 at 18:22


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a clear dark mahogany colour with a small frothy beige head that settled. The aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, and a hint of liquorice. A moderately sweet roasted taste, sweet roasted malt, milk chocolate flavours with a hint of ash and a light drying and roasted finish. Nice.

Tried on 06 Jul 2024 at 15:10


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at charlies bar Very mild Aroma. Slightly nutty malty. Slightly fruity malty. Flavor is super nice with a good solid malty base and a well hopped flavorful bitterhoppy balance.

Tried from Cask on 08 Jun 2024 at 15:34


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Charlies Mild hoppy and slightly grassy aroma. Flavor is slightly flowery hoppy , slightly fruity, good bitter balance,

Tried from Cask on 14 May 2024 at 20:33


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 13 Jan 2024) Pale golden colour with foamy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, grass and biscuits. Malty, fruity taste with notes of citrus, grass, bread, a touch of resin and a balanced floral/grassy bitterness in the finish. Light body, quite dry. Tasty and refreshing. Nice one.

Tried from Cask on 14 Apr 2024 at 14:59


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Gravity Cask at Gadds Ramsgate, Thanet Easter Brewery Tour Beer Festival '24, 30/03/24. Golden blonde with a just off white cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is grass, melon, hint of stoned fruits, tangerine. Taste comprises lychee, melon, grass, papaya, light tropical fruits, straw, light breads. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy hop bitterness. Another tidy cask pale but the FJ27 just edged for me in these two experimental hops.

Tried from Cask on 04 Apr 2024 at 09:35


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Gravity Cask at Gadds Ramsgate, Thanet Easter Brewery Tour Beer Festival '24, 30/03/24. Clear golden blonde with a decent enough white cap formed of bubbles. Nose is tangerine, straw, melon, light floral notes, grass, papaya. Taste comprises orange peel, cantaloupe melon, papaya, perfume, soft malts. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with balanced light juicy hop bitterness. Tidy cask pale.

Tried from Cask on 04 Apr 2024 at 09:32


Brewery Stats
Score 6.77
Beers96
Ticks887