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Submitted on Sunday, 17th December 2023
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Requested be closed with reason - Other: Forced to close on 31/08/2023 due to being unable to renew lease.
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Yard of Ale, Broadstairs
St. Peters
Postal town: Broadstairs
CT10 2TU
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Yard of Ale
One last visit to this compact alehouse in a converted single-room outbuilding (formerly a funeral director's stables, apparently) before the unrenewable lease expires. Basic furniture and décor, with some seating on benches out in the courtyard for the better weather. The remaining choice of beers on gravity from the cool cabinet was Black Mirror stout from Kent Brewery and a pair from Iron Pier: Perry Street and an excellent Old Ale (£3.50). A multiple award-winning establishment, and such a shame to see it being forced to close.
On 3rd September 2023
- rating: 9
[User has posted 8086 recommendations about 8086 pubs]
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Pub SignMan left this review about Yard of Ale
This micro pub has a really rustic, rural feel to it, thanks to its unconventional setting in a converted outbuilding that looks like an old stable block. Inside, a brick floor, exposed stone walls and a gabled ceiling are all retained to good effect, whilst features such as a lit stove in the front left corner helped make the place feel remarkably homely given its former use. Some high drinking ledges lined with bar stools extend out into the room from the rear wall whilst additional seating is available in the form of padded pews along the front and left walls, best utilised to make the most of the aforementioned stove, which is very much needed in this cold building. There’s a small servery over to the right with a basic counter and several casks racked up in a fridge-style unit on the bar back. The room has been decorated with loads of pump clips, which liberally line the ceiling beams alongside various agricultural tools and other such associated items such as saddles and horse brasses. Boards on the rear wall list all the beer and cider options as well as a few bar snacks (home-made Scotch eggs took pride of place at the end of the bar), and a few seats are also available in a pleasant little courtyard outside.
There were four cask ales available from the ‘fridges’ – Gadds Rye Pale Ale, Sambrooks Junction, Iron Pier Perry Street Pale and North Down Muggy Porter – plus a couple of keg lagers and a wide selection of ciders. My Perry Street Pale was in very good shape and my other half tried one of the local ciders which was also on top form. The barman seemed friendly enough and the locals offered a friendly farewell as we left.
This is a nice twist on the usual shop-converted micro pub, offering a pleasant, rural-feeling environment in an interesting old building. There was a nice ambiance even early on in the day and it seemed like a cosy spot to settle down in, especially if you can bag one of the comfier pews to the front and left. Probably my favourite micro-pub from our crawl around the local area.
On 24th March 2020
- rating: 9
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Aqualung . left this review about Yard of Ale
This place is something different. I was expecting the usual shop conversion so wondered where on earth it could be as I approached. I saw the sign and then discovered it's through a garden gate and is an old flint building set in a small hollow. As noted below it was originally a stable and is accessed via the partly decked patio.
Inside it's a single room with a small bar counter to the right with a sliding door glass chilled cabinet behind for the beers and ciders. It's a proper micropub with no music or TV and nothing in the way of keg beers or speciality spirits. There's a wood burning stove but apart from that it's the original stable with a few bits of pub furniture added. Obviously the horses have been relocated. There were already a few locals in when I arrived just after midday on a Saturday.
There were four beers available, Gadds' Green Hop, Dark Conspiracy & No 7 and Northdown Hebru IPA. I went for the Green Hop and the Hebru both at £3.00 and both excellent.
I thought this was a quirky and excellent micropub and it's highly recommended.
On 26th October 2018
- rating: 10
[User has posted 2143 recommendations about 2143 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 30 September 2015 by Dave McNally
- Darts : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 30 September 2015 by Dave McNally
- Function Room : No last updated 22 October 2018 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Jukebox : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Karaoke : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : Yes last updated 17 March 2015 by David McNally
- Pinball : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : Yes - Every other Tuesday - last updated 30 September 2015 by Dave McNally
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 22 October 2018 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : No last updated 21 July 2014 by ROB Camra
