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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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Gadd's brewery, Thanet Easter BF '24, 30/03/24. Black with a tan head that veers edgewards. Nose is dark chocolate, vanilla, light roast, charr. Taste comprises cacao nibs, charr, roasted bite, spice, bitter chocolate, vanilla. Medium bodied with bite, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a kiss of alcohol. Tidy cask impy ... well joined up and quaffable.

Tried from Cask on 30 Mar 2024 at 12:04


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

Cask at Ramsgate brewery Easter Fest. 2024. Dark cola colour. Lasting beige head. Now that is pretty good An excellent dry Irish stout. Very drinkable not too heavy. Some chocolate some dry brown malt flavour. Yep I liked it. Good drinkability

Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2024 at 13:01


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

Cask at Ramsgate brewery Easter Fest. 2024. Black beer no real head. Cocoa and molasses on aroma. Pretty decent strong stout. Light paper in the mouth. Dry finish. Hides abv well. Very chocolate with some dryness on the finish. Decent.

Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2024 at 12:47


8

Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2024 at 20:51


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

Bottle. Pitch black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is roasted, some lactose, mild toffee, mild chocolate and some alcohol as well. Flavour is roasted, chocolate, alcohol, toffee and mild lactose tones. Quite intense.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2023 at 17:37



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

Bottle from One Inn The Wood, Petts Wood on 1st October 2023. Pours golden amber with lasting shallow off-white foam and scant lacing. Leafy hoppiness and earthy pungencies in aroma. Spicy maltiness and leafy hops in-mouth, with a finish of spiced peel, pines and malts. Full bodied with an engaging texture.

Tried from Bottle at One Inn The Wood on 01 Oct 2023 at 00:05


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the ritz Lincoln JDW. Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light and some malty and fruity. Thin body.

Tried from Cask on 25 Aug 2023 at 16:19


Tried from Cask on 19 Aug 2023 at 10:44


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can from Beer 52 – drank at home. Pours almost black with a small foamy beige head. Aroma has roasted malts and some chocolate. In the mouth it starts off sweet with a creamy texture, but some underlying bitterness. Flavour has chocolate (bitter) and dark fruits (sweet). Some hints of vanilla, herbs and spices come through later. Finish is somewhat dry and a bit sticky – the alcohol comes through at last as well. This is oretty good – hides it’s strength well.

Tried from Can on 06 Aug 2023 at 20:37


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