November 2024. West Hythe. Kent.
Always satisfying to tick a rural Kent pub before the plague, pestilence and damnation about to be inflicted on us according to the Daily Mail.
And what a gorgeous, crisp Autumn day to visit a microbrewery tap said no-one ever.
A tap by the river canal, in what is technically West Hythe’s little industrial estate, tucked next to the Hop Fuzz brewery and the intriguing “Class Alcoholic Beverages”.
Doesn’t your heart soar with joy when you see a pub entrance like this ?
My mum and dad had a shed like that. It housed a tractor, a chopper and 39 rakes.
Nice to see a clear price list outside.
Less cluttered than the actual bar, anyway.
If the Jackdaw was the pub for folk in their sixties, Unit 1’s barn is packed with mums pre-school toddlers exchanging Christmas cards (ugh) and holiday plans.
“What you doing ?”
“Just chillin’ with a glass of wine”
I like that sort of family atmosphere, as you’ll know, and this has a very similar feel to Titanic’s bod places, more coffee and cake than cask and cider.
The Hop Fuzz is tasty but a bit sharp (2.5), the fudge brownie a triumph of goo, the Girl In Red soundtrack unexpectedly modern.
Our big issue of discussion, apart from who would eat the last piece of brownie, was whether the fire was real.
I said yes, Mrs RM insisted it was fake. I’ll let you decide.
retiredmartin 
Why is cask less expensive than keg? Here it is typically the reverse.
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Cost of the CO2?
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I’d forgot US cask is more expensive, even more of a niche product. It wasn’t very good in New York or DC, so probably not selling fast.
It’s rare to see cask v keg in a direct comparison, the Track tap has Sonoma cask v keg and I think the differential is greater.
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I feel nostalgic when I see King and Barnes signs.
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“the Jackdaw was the pub for folk in their sixties”
Right, four months to fit that in my diary.
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I’ve seen a more realistic video fire than that one. Can I sell you a bridge? Only one previous owner (old lady, good family, careful driver).
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“Doesn’t your heart soar with joy when you see a pub entrance like this ?”
Is “no” the correct answer? And do I win this month’s prize of a half-empty bottle of Doom Bar left to mature overnight in front of the video fire?
Thanks
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No, thank YOU, Will. How was Marple ?
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Good day out. Hope you can join us another time.
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