Currently in its fourteenth year (and 3,076 days since
John Morphy took over as Landlord), this
Micro-pub is located in the main shopping area of Westgate,
close to both Town Centre Bus Stops and the Railway Station
(just like Platform 9¾ at King's Cross Station, The Bake and Alehouse can be hard to find - here, unlike the train to Hogwarts, being down a discrete alley, between The Carlton Cinema & Coral's Bookmakers)
The Bake and Alehouse offers a selection of alcoholic beverages. What's on offer varies, but usually includes:
A selection of between 5 and 8, different Real Ales -
To date, the Bake & Alehouse has had over 900 different
beers available (or on the stillage, waiting to be served), from over 193 different breweries On the 888 where we have recorded the strength, this has varied from 2.90% to 7.00%
A selection of Ciders - both Apple & other fruit (such as Rhubarb & Mango)
Red, White & Rosé wines
Prosecco
Rum
Whisky
Gin - with Fever Tree, or Schweppes, tonic
Brandy
Vodka
Other alcoholic beverages (some seasonal, some one-off)
Non-alcoholic drinks, such as
Coffee, Tea, Coke, Lemonade and 'J2O' - not forgetting FREE Squash for the Children
On top of
this range of drinks and a wonderous selection of food (Pork Scratchings, Pipers Crisps, Peanuts, & other pub snacks), there is also a range of Books (many CAMRA, but not all), a newspaper, a local area notice board, a few pub-games and, perhaps most importantly, some Dog Treats.
Westgate-on-Sea is a village on the Isle-of-Thanet in Kent, situated on the seaside, it is between Margate & Birchington (just a few miles from Ramsgate and under 15 miles from Canterbury).
Real Ales are offered from a range of breweries and, to date, The Bake & Alehouse has supplied beers from over 193 breweries/micro-breweries, including breweries on the Isle-of-Thanet, such as
4 Candles (brewers of 7 different ales, that have been available up to now, at the Bake & Alehouse), Wantsum Brewery (53 ales) and Gadds' (The Ramsgate Brewery) (46 ales).
According to records, since August 2012, the Bake & Alehouse has sold over 4,871 barrels of beer. Over 3,445 of these have been sold since John Morphy took over as Landlord in May 2016.