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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Courtesy of madmitch76, thanks Ken. Pours hazy deep copper with thin off white head. The aroma is funky barrel tartness with hints of dark fruit and sweet malts off in the background. The taste is similar with out of place funky tartness slipping into a sour note as well as faint beer-ness thinly rimmed around these odd barrel notes.
Tried on 29 May 2010 at 15:59

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Courtesy of madmitch76, thanks Ken. Pours hazy amber brown with copper edges and off white head. The aroma is a bit boozy with a modest level of dark fruitiness and a touch of caramel. The taste is similar with sort of a rough start for a barleywine of this modest strength with thin fading dark fruitiness and a thin layer of sweet maltiness.
Tried on 29 May 2010 at 15:57

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Bottle from Kris WInes, London. A hazy dark amber pour with a smallish tan head. Fragrant and fruity nose. Some appeal lurking in the flavour which was nicely busy; fruit, sweet malt and some decent hoppage all jostling with a hint of spice . Drying bitter finish. Enjoyed this quite a lot. Worth a look.
Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2010 at 16:35

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Cask at NWAF 2009. A pale golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel as well as light notes of sulphur. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and straw.
Tried from Cask on 12 May 2010 at 10:24

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Cask gravity at PlanetThanet BF 2010. Gold, thin white disappearing head. Not a strong aroma, but some hop. It grew on me as it went down and by the end I really enjoyed the hops on the end. Lovely
Tried from Cask on 04 Apr 2010 at 09:10

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Hazy deep amber with a medium beige head. Aroma had tannins, wood, dried fruits, brett, roasted malt and caramel. Dry flavour with brett, tannins, roasted malt, dried fruits and leather. Finished dry. Interesting.
Tried on 01 Apr 2010 at 08:42

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Tasting at Papsø
Cloudy dark amber color. A lot of Bretts in the aroma, and I don’t think this is wanted; feet and cheese too. Sweetish caramel flavor, sourish, light Bretts astringency; the final is also lightly sour; there is also a light presence of yeast and vegetables. Unfortunately something’s wrong; no matter what the barrel ageing was supposed to do, this beer is not pleasant.
Tried on 01 Apr 2010 at 07:32

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottled. A very hazy dark amber beer with a thin light tan head. The aroma is powerful and has strong notes of fruit and caramel as well as notes of alcohol, wood, and brettanomyces. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of brettanomyces, wood, wine, caramel, and some alcohol, leading to a dry brett finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2010 at 06:47

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
33 cL bottle, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours cloudy orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is citric, wooden, barnyard and brett. Sweet, slight citric and dry barnyard. Dry and yet fruity flavoured into the far finish.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2010 at 06:43

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Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours amber with a slight haze and a small, rough off-white head. Leathery, Bretty nose. Medium body, overripe fruit and astringent, leathery Brett. Some lactic acid underneath. Dry and bitter finish. Odd and infected I guess. 010410
Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2010 at 06:42