The Royston Micropub

The Royston Micropub A warm welcome awaits you at The Royston. CAMRA South East region Pub of the Year 2025 championing cask ale, gravity dispensed from a showpiece chiller cabinet.
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Eclectic decor and the best loo in Thanet!Ciders,wines/spirits & fresh coffee. Dogs welcome. Newly opened in September 2021 but fast becoming a destination pub for locals and visitors alike. An owner managed, family run & community focussed coffee and alehouse with a twist. Classy decor with a mixed theme of victorian, steampunk and Art Deco. Serving well kept, locally and nationally sourced cask ales & real ciders from a state of the art, showpiece chiller cabinet in the middle of the room. A wide range of wines and spirits and amazing espresso using a unique house blend of speciality coffee beans, freshly roasted in Kent.

🎉🍻 WHAT A BLOODY BRILLIANT 5TH ANNIVERSARY! 🍻🎉Firstly, a massive THANK YOU to everyone who came along on Saturday and he...
14/09/2026

🎉🍻 WHAT A BLOODY BRILLIANT 5TH ANNIVERSARY! 🍻🎉

Firstly, a massive THANK YOU to everyone who came along on Saturday and helped us celebrate five incredible years of The Royston. ❤️

We knew that James's idea of asking you lot to make Wacky Waistcoats could go one of two ways... but we genuinely weren't prepared for the amount of time, imagination and sheer effort some of you put into them. You absolutely smashed it! 👏

I really hope you enjoyed my Red Thai curry too! 🌶️🍛 I made what felt like an industrial quantity of the stuff, so hopefully nobody went home hungry. 😂

A huge thank you as well to Justin for spinning the tunes... and, later in the evening, apparently clearing the decks. 🤣🎶🔊

One regret is that I didn't capture nearly as much of the day on camera as I'd have liked. I'm particularly gutted that we never managed to get our usual big group photo. But with the celebrations running from midday right through until close, people coming and going all day and me generally running around like a lunatic, it was probably always going to be difficult!

But now... we have some unfinished business. 👀

🏆 THE FIRST EVER ROY-STCOAT AWARD! 🏆

When we came up with Wacky Waistcoats, the idea was simple: make one from scratch, customise something you've already got, or just turn up wearing the wackiest thing you could find.

What we hadn't anticipated was that some of you would take the crafty part quite so seriously! 😂

There were loads of fantastic waistcoats on the day, so a huge thank you to EVERYONE who joined in 🙏

But for the Roy-stcoat Award, we've concentrated on the creations where people really got their hands dirty — designing, knitting, sewing, cutting, sticking and, in one case, apparently emptying an entire branch of Poundland. 🤣

From over 30 waistcoats, we've somehow managed to whittle it down to just SIX FINALISTS...

🧵 SARAH — A beautifully handmade celebration of The Royston, packed with little details and memories from our first five years.

🧶 SUE (MY MUMMA) — Didn't decorate a waistcoat. Didn't customise one. Knitted the bloody thing from scratch!

📦 MOLLIE — Made an entire tailored waistcoat out of cardboard. Yes... cardboard. 😂

🌊 EMMA — Created what can only really be described as a wearable marine ecosystem, complete with sea creatures and cascading seaweed.

💀 DAN — Appears to have walked into Poundland's Halloween department and said “I'll take the fu***ng lot.” 😂 This one also involved slime, lucky dips, wedding socks and Dan generally making an absolute pest of himself all afternoon.

❤️ THE HARROPS — Made Wacky Waistcoats a proper family affair, with Nanny & Pops joined by Reggie & Albert — two future Royston regulars in training 😂 — all sporting their own matching personalised creations.

⚠️ BUT PLEASE DON'T VOTE UNTIL YOU'VE LOOKED THROUGH THEM ALL!

The photographs really don't do some of these creations justice, so have a good look through all six finalist photos and read the little story behind each one before making your decision.

🗳️ HOW TO VOTE

Just like S**t Shirt Sunday, simply LIKE 👍 the individual photo of the waistcoat you think deserves to win.

And remember... you're voting for the waistcoat, not just your favourite person! 😂

🕗 VOTING CLOSES AT 8PM THIS THURSDAY.

The finalist with the most 👍 likes at the deadline will be crowned the FIRST EVER ROY-STCOAT AWARD WINNER and bag themselves a rather lovely £50 ROYSTON BAR TAB! 🍺💰🏆

Right then...

GET SWIPING, GET READING AND GET VOTING! 👀👍

And once again, thank you to every single one of you for making our fifth anniversary such a special one. ❤️

UP THE ROYSTON! 🍻

🎉🍻 TODAY’S THE DAY!! 🍻🎉Five years of The Royston… and today we’re celebrating! 🥳❤️The waistcoats are ready, the beer is ...
12/09/2026

🎉🍻 TODAY’S THE DAY!! 🍻🎉

Five years of The Royston… and today we’re celebrating! 🥳❤️

The waistcoats are ready, the beer is chilling and I’m currently up to my eyeballs making a vat of Red Thai chicken curry. 😂🌶️

So, one final call…

🎨 WACKY WAISTCOATS – wear your finest, funniest or most ridiculous creation and compete for the first ever Roy-stcoat Award 🏆

🌶️ 1pm – FREE CURRY!
My homemade Red Thai chicken curry, with a veggie version too. First come, first served… when it’s gone, it’s gone!

🥃 6pm(ish) – PORT & BRANDY TOAST
We’ll raise a glass to my dad Roy, whose birthday we opened The Royston on five years ago, and without whom none of this would exist. ❤️

🎧 7pm – DJ SLIM(MER)
Justin takes control of the tunes and we’ll see where the evening takes us! 🕺💃🍻

Whether you’ve been with us since day one or only discovered us recently, come and help us celebrate five incredible years of The Royston.

Thank you to every single one of you who has supported us, drunk our beer, joined in with our nonsense and helped turn this little pub into the place it is today. ❤️

Right… I’d better get back to this bloody curry. 😂🌶️

UP THE ROYSTON! ❤️🍺

The mystery is solved! 🐶🐶🍺Congratulations to Graham aka on Insta for being the only person to correctly identify this w...
11/09/2026

The mystery is solved! 🐶🐶🍺

Congratulations to Graham aka on Insta for being the only person to correctly identify this week's mystery cask. Come and grab your free pint 🍻
Not even an entry on FB this week!

The answer is Two Dogs Brewing – 'Subliminally Citra', a 4.3% hoppy, zesty citrus cask ale.

And if you were wondering what Tilly & Travis were doing lurking behind that hypnotic telly in this morning's clue... now you know. 👀🐶🤣

is a brand-new venture from long-time drinks industry consultant Julian Penny, based in Crowland, Lincolnshire.

This is their very first beer, cuckoo brewed at Elgood & Sons in Wisbech and launched last month at the iconic in Covent Garden.

So why Two Dogs?

The brewery was born from Julian's love of beer and his two Springer Spaniels, brilliantly named Rodney and Cassandra after the characters from Only Fools and Horses. 😂🐶🐶

For his first brew, Julian chose Citra, inspired by his love of Oakham Ales' renowned 'Citra' – the groundbreaking beer that helped introduce this now ubiquitous American hop to British drinkers.

Hence Subliminally Citra...

And hence the hop and all that citrus, fruity, stone fruit and tropical fruit being subliminally beamed into your brains from an old television this morning. 📺🌀😂

10p from every pint sold donated to Dogs Trust too. ❤️🐾

The Only Fools theme isn't stopping there. Next on the brew list is 'Uncle Albert's Stout'.

Lovely jubbly! 🍻

We're really excited to try this one and to see what Julian comes up with next. We wish him the very best of luck with his new venture. 🙏🍺

Have a fantastic weekend... although hopefully we'll be seeing most of you TOMORROW for our 5th Anniversary Party! 🎉🥳

We'll be feeding you with my banging Red Thai chicken curry (and a veggie version, of course 🌱), which we'll start serving from around 1pm.

So get those bloody waistcoats finished... you've only got ONE DAY LEFT! 🧵🪡😬🤣

See you tomorrow!

Andy 🍻


Happy Firkin Friday, people!! 🍻Our first Firkin Friday of The Royston's SIXTH YEAR! 🥳Today is very much the calm before ...
11/09/2026

Happy Firkin Friday, people!! 🍻

Our first Firkin Friday of The Royston's SIXTH YEAR! 🥳

Today is very much the calm before the storm, as tomorrow we celebrate our 5th Anniversary in true Royston style! 🎉🍺

It's a strange old time of year. The leaves are starting to fall, yet apparently we're heading for another little heatwave next week, with temperatures of 25°C+ predicted. 😎

So although you can put your s**t shirts away until next year (watch this space for September's entries 👀💩), don't pack away the rest of your summer wardrobe just yet!

Onto this week's mystery cask...

It's a cuckoo brew from a BRAND NEW BREWER, so probably not one you've come across before. 🤔
..Well, there's a massive clue for all you Googlers and ChatGPTers! 👀🤣

As always, be the first to correctly identify the BREWERY AND BEER NAME in the comments below and the FREE PINT is yours! 🍺

PLEASE READ THE RULES:

🍺 Type your answer in the comments below.
🍺 Competition runs on Facebook and Instagram – please only enter on one platform.
🍺 Can't collect a prize? Add JFF (Just For Fun) to your answer.
🍺 If you won last week, your entry won't count.
🍺 Competition closes at 12pm, when we open.
🍺 Prize is one pint from the mystery cask, while it lasts – no substitutions.
🍺 Non-transferable. You win it, you drink it.

I'll reveal the answer and announce the winner once we've poured the first pint.

Good luck, have a fantastic Firkin Friday... and don't forget, you've now got little more than 24 HOURS to get those waistcoats finished!! 🧵🪡😬

Andy 🍻

🎩✂️ 48 HOURS TO GO!! ✂️🎩The sewing machines are whirring, glue guns are overheating and there are probably people all ov...
10/09/2026

🎩✂️ 48 HOURS TO GO!! ✂️🎩

The sewing machines are whirring, glue guns are overheating and there are probably people all over Broadstairs quietly wondering why the hell they agreed to this... 🤣

Because in just TWO DAYS' TIME it's...

🎉 THE ROYSTON'S 5TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY! 🎉
📅 SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER
🎩 WACKY WAISTCOATS!

I know there are several top-secret creations currently being worked on, and judging by the snippets I've heard, the competition could be fierce! 👀

Mine is VERY nearly finished and, even if I do say so myself, it's looking bloody magnificent. 😂 I'm not revealing anything until Saturday though!

Remember, we're looking for the most wonderfully wacky creation to win...

🏆 THE FIRST EVER ROY-STCOAT AWARD
🍺 PLUS A £50 ROYSTON BAR TAB!

We'll photograph the entries and let you lot help decide who deserves to take the title.

And waistcoats aside, there's plenty more going on...

🍛 My Red Thai Chicken Curry, with a veggie version too
🎶 Music
🍺 Plenty of cracking beer
🥃 And our Port & Brandy toast to Roy – Dad's favourite ❤️

And just to make this VERY clear...

YOU DON'T NEED TO WEAR A WAISTCOAT! 😂

The Wacky Waistcoat challenge is just a bit of fun. Everyone is welcome, so please come along, have a beer and help us celebrate five incredible years of our little pub. ❤️

If you ARE making one though...

⏰ YOU'VE GOT 48 HOURS!

Better get stitching... 🧵✂️🤣

SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER – SEE YOU THERE! 🍻🥳

Andy

🎉🍻 THE ROYSTON IS FIVE YEARS OLD TODAY!! 🍻🎉Where the bloody hell did those five years go?! 😲On 9th September 2021, we op...
09/09/2026

🎉🍻 THE ROYSTON IS FIVE YEARS OLD TODAY!! 🍻🎉

Where the bloody hell did those five years go?! 😲

On 9th September 2021, we opened the doors of The Royston for the very first time.

We deliberately chose this date because today would also have been my dad Roy's birthday. ❤️

The pub was named in his memory, so it seemed only right that his birthday should become ours too. Five years later, his name is still proudly above the door and we've somehow gone from being the new little micropub in town to celebrating our 5th anniversary! 🥹🍺

And we simply wouldn't still be here without you lot.

To everyone who's walked through our doors over the last five years, whether you've been with us from day one or only discovered us recently, THANK YOU. ❤️

To our regulars, our friends, everyone who's recommended us, brought someone new in, supported our ridiculous events, drunk their way through countless casks and generally helped turn this little pub into the community we have today... you've kept The Royston alive.

We genuinely couldn't have done it without you. 🍻❤️

Now, we can't party too hard on a Wednesday, so we're saving that for...

🎉 THIS SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER! 🎉

🎩 WACKY WAISTCOATS – THE ROYSTON'S 5TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY!

Hopefully there are some increasingly frantic sewing machines whirring away around Broadstairs right now... 👀🧵✂️🤣

Mine is shaping up rather spectacularly, but it's staying firmly under wraps until Saturday. I know a few of you are doing exactly the same!

🏆 The first ever ROY-STCOAT AWARD is up for grabs, with a £50 BAR TAB for the winning creation! 🍺

I'll also be cooking up a big batch of my own Red Thai Chicken Curry 🌶️🍛 – and yes, before anyone asks, there'll be a veggie version too! 😂🌱

There'll be music, plenty of great beer and, of course, we'll raise a glass of Port & Brandy – Dad's favourite – to Roy and five incredible years of The Royston. 🥃❤️

And you absolutely DON'T need a waistcoat to join us. Everyone is welcome.

For now though...

Happy heavenly birthday to the OG Royston. ❤️🥃
And happy 5th birthday to his little pub. 🍻

This one's for you, Dad. ❤️

Here's to the first five years... and hopefully many more to come.

UP THE ROYSTON! 🍺❤️

💩👕 YOUR FINAL S**T SHIRT SUNDAY WARNING! 👕💩Tomorrow is your LAST CHANCE to enter S**t Shirt Sunday in 2026! 😱Three month...
05/09/2026

💩👕 YOUR FINAL S**T SHIRT SUNDAY WARNING! 👕💩

Tomorrow is your LAST CHANCE to enter S**t Shirt Sunday in 2026! 😱

Three months down. Three places in the Turd Trophy Final taken.

And somehow, THE BLOODY KEVS HAVE GOT ALL OF THEM. 🤦‍♂️🤣

💩 JUNE – Kev B
💩 JULY – Kev & Sarah
💩 AUGUST – Kev B

But we've got some good news for the rest of you...

KEV B IS ON HOLIDAY! 🥳🤣

So, for the first time all summer, HE'S NO THREAT!

The field is wide open and somebody else is actually guaranteed to win the bloody thing. 😂

Dig deep into the wardrobe, raid the charity shops, borrow something hideous from a mate... or simply wear that shirt your other half has been begging you to throw away for the last ten years.

The rules are simple:

👕 Wear your most offensive shirt
🕛 Join us between 12pm & 5pm
📸 Have your photo taken
🧀 Enjoy a FREE CHEESEBOARD for entering!

Then we'll put the photos up for the public vote, with the winner receiving:

🍺 £20 Royston bar tab
🏆 The FINAL PLACE in the 2026 Turd Trophy Grand Final!

This is it. There is NO OCTOBER S**T SHIRT SUNDAY.

No second chances.

No “I'll do it next month”.

And with Kev safely out of the country, THIS COULD FINALLY BE YOUR MOMENT! 😂🏆

Come on Broadstairs...

DO YOUR WORST! 🤢👕

See you tomorrow!

Andy 🍻


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MYSTERY CASK REVEAL 👀 A few entries this week but congrats to fastest-fingers-first - Daryl Hubbard on FB and Guy Underw...
04/09/2026

MYSTERY CASK REVEAL 👀

A few entries this week but congrats to fastest-fingers-first - Daryl Hubbard on FB and Guy Underwood on Insta for correctly identifying this week’s mystery cask. Well done lads, come and grab your free pints 🍻

It was of course ‘Mosaic’ from Bristol based Arbor Ales

The clues were simply a MOSAIC of Ramsgate Harbour, with a steps CD with band member H crossed out giving you ARBOR

…Yeah I know there’s still a rogue ‘u’ in harbour, but let’s pretend we’re in America where they can’t spell properly and drive on the wrong side of the road 😂

We’ve featured this beer at least 9 times since we opened and it always goes down a storm.

Heavily hopped purely with mosaic hops, giving bold floral and tropical fruit flavours and aromas.

It’s gluten free too, so if you’re the intolerant type and fed up drinking cider, head on down and enjoy a nice fresh pint of this wonderful beer🍺

Have a top weekend and don’t forget your s**t shirts this Sunday between 12 and 5pm 💩 👔

Andy 🍻

I can't believe it's the first Firkin Friday of September! 🍻..Even more unbelievable, The Royston will celebrate being F...
04/09/2026

I can't believe it's the first Firkin Friday of September! 🍻
..Even more unbelievable, The Royston will celebrate being FIVE YEARS OLD next week! Where does the time go?! 😲

I think quite a few of you are busily making your wacky waistcoats ready for our party next Saturday, but the designs all seem to be closely guarded secrets. 👀🤣 I can't wait to see what wondrous creations you've come up with! 🧵

Before that, this Sunday is our final S**t Shirt Sunday of the year, when you have the chance to join Kev, Kev & Sarah and err... Kev 🤷🏼‍♂️ on the podium. 💩

Then we'll put all our monthly winners to the public vote to decide who will be crowned 'The Royston's S**test Shirt 2026' and take home the coveted Turd Trophy! 💩🏆

In the meantime, we've got this week's mystery 5th cask to figure out. 🧐

This one's even easier than last week... even James (almost) guessed it after I shared it in our group chat. 🤓🤣

This certainly isn't a new beer to us. It's a cracking pint that's featured on our stillage many times before. To be perfectly honest, I chose it because I realised I could make a decent picture clue for it. 🤣

Simply be the first to correctly identify the BREWERY AND BEER NAME to win yourself a free pint! 🍺

PLEASE READ THE RULES:
🍺 Type your answer in the comments below.
🍺 Competition runs on Facebook and Instagram – please only enter on one platform.
🍺 Can't collect a prize? Add JFF (Just For Fun) to your answer.
🍺 Competition closes at 12pm when we open.
🍺 Prize is one pint from the mystery cask, while it lasts.
🍺 No substitutions.
🍺 Non-transferable. You win it, you drink it.

I don't care if you won last week, this one is open to all!

I'll reveal the answer and announce the winner once we've poured the first pint.

Good luck and have a great Firkin Friday!

Andy 🍻




🍺 MYSTERY CASK REVEALED! 🍺Firkin congrats to Martin Baldwin on Facebook and (aka Andy G) on Instagram for being the fi...
28/08/2026

🍺 MYSTERY CASK REVEALED! 🍺

Firkin congrats to Martin Baldwin on Facebook and (aka Andy G) on Instagram for being the first to correctly identify this week's mystery 5th cask! 👏

Come and grab your free pints gentlemen! 🍺

It is, of course...

Marble Brewery – EARL GREY IPA 🍺🫖

The clues were pretty simple:

⚪ A marble background.
🖼️ A portrait of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, holding a pint of IPA.

Charles Grey served as British Prime Minister from 1830 to 1834 and is, of course, the man after whom Earl Grey tea is named.

And what a glorious pint this is! 😍

At 6.8% ABV, it certainly doesn't pull any punches.

From :
"Kees Bubberman (now of Brouwerij Kees) and John de Vries (now of Brouwerij de Molen) joined us originally to brew this smooth and citrusy India Pale Ale, which is fermented with timed additions of Earl Grey tea."

The Earl Grey is definitely apparent, but not overpowering, in this wonderfully nostalgic, amber, proper-strength India Pale Ale.

The first sip is strong and tannic, but that quickly subsides and it becomes ever-so moreish... Dangerously moreish for 6.8%, in fact. 😬

So, be careful with this one! Earl Grey might look like a respectable old gentleman, but he'll have your trousers down if you're not careful. 😂🍺

Have a great weekend and I look forward to seeing some you you on my shift tonight from 5pm

Andy 🍻

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Tuesday 12pm - 11pm
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