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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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottled. A dark amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and some fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, alcohol, caramel, and wood, leading to a dry woody and alcoholic finish. Thanks fonefan for sharing.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2009 at 13:09

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Slightly hazy dark amber with a creamy beige head. Perfumy, citrusy aroma - US hops? Solid body, a little caramel, solid maltiness and again citrusy hop accents. Quite a bitter finish. Nice one. 211009
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2009 at 12:57

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cloudy golden with a medium white head. Sweet aroma with hoppy, malty and pine notes. Flavour was quite hoppy with peach, malt, grapefruits and pine. Finished bitter.
Tried on 21 Oct 2009 at 12:06

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a hazy yellow with some floating impurities and a creamy and lacing white head. Fruity, citrusy and somewhat leathery nose. Medium body, astringent fruity accents. Some alcohol in the finish. Solid but not exactly sophisticated. 211009
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2009 at 10:48

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle, 8.3%. Subtle grassy and plasticky aroma. Cloudy yellow colour, some bits of yeast floating about. Small stable white head. The flavour is sweet and grassy. Has a little paper, but it suits the beer OK, actually.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2009 at 10:48

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. A golden beer with sediment floating around under a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of fruit and yeast as well as some hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of fruit, malt, caramel, and some hops, leading to a dry bitter finish. Thanks fonefan for sharing.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2009 at 10:47

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Cask gravity at The Haywain, Bramling. They had this down as Oat Mill Stout, but pretty sure it was the Oatmeal. Black, dark brown edges, lasting dark beige head. Some liquorice, but another example that Eddie makes exceptional dark beers. Good bitterness on the finish. Lovely choc and proper thick malt. Some date fruit in there. Really good and the only beer I had twice.
Tried from Cask on 18 Oct 2009 at 07:55

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at The Haywain, Bramling. Been looking for this for ages. Clean gold, lasting bubbly white head. I thought perhaps some diacetyl on the aroma. Interesting rye cereal flavour in the mouth. Really quite hoppy on finish. Cracking condition makes up for a lot. Some lemon and lime citrus on finish. Yes, some biscuit/digestive biscuit flavour on finish. Some diacetyl butter. Odd, but interesting and definitely worth trying.
Tried from Cask on 18 Oct 2009 at 07:52

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
[9/5/09] Bottle sample during LCRBM at Kulminator in Antwerp. Murky orange with a white head. Aroma of flowery hops, yeast and some citrus hints. Sweetish flavor with some malt, yeast, fruits, and a bitter hoppy, slightly earthy, finish. Medium-bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2009 at 12:46

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
LCRBM 2009. Light yellow, modest turbid, small head. Modest hoppy aroma. Starts quite malty, becomes more and more hoppy-moldy, not really fresh. Finish dry-moldy. Not my favourite.
Tried on 18 Sep 2009 at 02:04