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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5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask@Kent Beer Festival 2006. Copper brown, small white head. Butterscotch aroma with some fruity notes. Slightly sweet and toffeish flavor too - propably from the presence of diacetyl. Mildly hoppy - ok session ale I suppose, when clean.
Tried from Cask on 30 Jul 2006 at 02:34

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask, Jan Primus. Clear amber brown color, short off-white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, some toffee, hop. Taste is bit sweet, caramel malt, bitter. Good bitter.
Tried from Cask on 10 May 2006 at 02:17

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask, Jan Primus, Utrecht. Clear golden color, short white head. Aroma is hoppy, bit sweet, bit fruity. Bitter and sweet taste. Decent bitter.
Tried from Cask on 25 Apr 2006 at 16:11

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Cask handpull at Chambers Folkestone. Ok so I had 10 minutes before my train so I could only have a very fast half, but this was good. Deep ruby colour with thin beige head. Really pretty fruity with some coffee and bit of choc. Hoppy drying finish. Exceptional dark fruit nose. Vinous in mouth with good warming alcohol. My friend Martin went back the following day and confirmed that it was indeed a cracking porter.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jan 2006 at 14:57

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask at Chambers, Folkestone Amber colour with earthy hops and fruity esters including some berry. Dry and slightly dusty and a little bit thin in the mouth, not unpleasant, but it needs something a bit more. More earthy hops on end.
Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2005 at 05:25

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at brewery in Ramsgate, Kent When this is at its best it is a hoppy creamy strong ale of real class and extremely drinkable. When it isn’t at its best then it isn’t. I like Eddie’s beers though, they show character and are well made
Tried from Cask on 08 Jul 2005 at 07:22

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at Chambers Bar, Folkestone. Chestnut brown, quite a hoppy nose, good smack of hops in moouth, with some malt. A good best bitter, good length of hoppy bitterness and good balanced. Could easily have drunk this all night. Good start to my second 100 beers 3.4/5 re-rate, the perfect best bitter, good malts and good peppery hop finish
Tried from Cask on 18 Jun 2005 at 05:40

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Gravity at Red Lion, Snargate, Kent. Golden brown session beer. Perfumed hop nose, thinnish in mouth with hoppy dry finish that is relatively long. Almost a spicey/ginger tang to the hop finish? 3.3/5. Re-rate really good session bitter.
Tried on 09 May 2005 at 17:00

3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
Gravity from Red Lion, Snargate, Kent. Very dark ruby colour , some hops and malt on nose. Bit thin in mouth some malty dark fruit on finish. Bit thin altogether
Tried on 09 May 2005 at 16:54