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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Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clear dark amber. Caramel and butterscotch. Mid sweet, medium bodied. Fruity, buttery and caramelly. Fairly low bitterness..
Tried from Cask on 16 Apr 2011 at 09:16

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Half, hand pulled cask at Cask Pub & Kitchen Pimlico. Shiny surface to a next to clear, golden body. Citric-floral to the nose. Lemony hops in flavour. Plain bittersweet finish (London, 22.03.2011).
Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2011 at 11:41

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29/03/2011 Brasserie 4:20 (handpump). Ambrata scura, quasi marrone, abbastanza limpida e con un sottile velo di schiuma. Al naso caramellata, molto fruttata (mela, pesca), con note dolciastre prevalenti. In bocca risulta fruttata, prevalentemente amara, con note di nocciola, mela e luppolo. Corpo medio, consistenza oleosa. Non male.
Tried on 29 Mar 2011 at 11:07

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On cask at CP&K. It pours hazy amber with low carbonation and a thin beige head. The nose is hay, grass, biscuit and citrus fruits. The taste is sweet orange, peach, apricot, lemon, hay and some caramel. It is a surprisingly sweet-tasting bitter that hits above average.
Tried from Cask on 20 Mar 2011 at 11:35

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Bottle from a Kentish friend. It pours dark ruby with low carbonation and a large foamy beige head. The nose is cocoa, liquorice, coffee, farmyard and cheese. The taste is liquorice, milk chocolate, caramel, burnt sugar, smokey, rich-roast coffee, charcoal and vanilla with a dry, burnt-bitter finish. A decent, drinkable porter.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2011 at 10:37

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bottle at home tasting ... copper ... thin tan lacing ... soft toffee malts nose ... sweet juicy fruits ... light tofeee .. some oddd fruityness.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2011 at 04:34

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bottle at home tasting ... deep brown ... thin tan lacing ... huge whiskey ... light iodine npse ... ligth fizz ... huge whiskey fruityd ... light smokeyness ... light roast ... light salty licorice.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2011 at 04:33

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Cask at Cask Pub and Kitchen, Pimlico, London last month. A dark ruby coloured pour with a medium head. Aroma of dark fruit. Tastes roasty, malty, hint of coffee, caramel. My first Gadds beer, pretty decent stuff.
Tried from Cask on 27 Feb 2011 at 15:20

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Cask at the Evening Star, Brighton. Pours a deep red with a light, beige head. Has some ripe fruits on the nose with a bit of caramel. Flavor is lightly sweet with dark and dank ripe fruits, some mild, toasty malts, and herbal bitters. Medium in body with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish with very herbal, tea-bag hops, and some mild caramel and fruits, but not too sweet. Pretty alright.
Tried from Cask on 23 Feb 2011 at 12:47

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bottle at home ... from the Grove ... thanks to @mybrewerytap ... very golden yellow amber ... loads of floating sediment ... thin white lacing ... soft orange and grassy lager hop nose ... bitter front ... juicy malts ... soft toffee ... soft fruits ... too much lager hop element for me ... but otherwise ok ... some nice soft pine and lime hops
Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2011 at 08:53