The Four Candles

The Four Candles Britain's Smallest Brewpub. An experimental real ale brewery crammed into a cellar little more than 3m x 3m - and the results sold in the drinking area above.

No regular beers, no big-brewery products and at least one guest ale on offer. Biddenden ciders, wines and fruit juices, Canterbury cheeses, local pork pies. Pork scratchings sold by the half-pint. No lagers, no spirits, no piped music, no Sky TV, no wi-fi and we boast terrible mobile phone reception. So customers have to make their own entertainment. Be prepared to talk to the regulars because th

ey will probably talk to you. (This is not a place for a romantic tete-a-tete). Small drinking area but somehow we always manage to pack one more in. Perhaps, next time, that one might be you.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year everyone and thanks for all the love and support you have shown over the years. Mike xx

29/12/2025

The Four Candles Alehouse will be closing from New Year's Day.
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After more than 13 years running Britain's Smallest Brewpub I have come to the difficult decision that now is the time to say “see you around” to the many wonderful friends who have made it all so worthwhile and who have created so many great Sowell Street sessions for all this time.

The downside has been that I have had far too little time to spend with my family - and my resolution is to put that right in 2026.

I do not yet know if the Four Candles will continue as a micropub in its present form. I hope it does. In any event, a new tenant will no doubt emerge in the near future. Watch this space.

In the meantime... Thank you all for your kindness and appreciation over the years. It has been a great privilege to get to know you all.

And a special thank you to our amazing staff who have done so much to make it the place it has been.

Have a very Happy New Year
Mike x

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to Candlers everywhere. Our secret final cask of 2025 Green Hop pale is being tapped today. All welcome between 11.30 and 3pm.

Christmas at the Candles. For your festive delectation we are open from 11.30am to 3pm Christmas Day. 11.30am to 9pm on ...
23/12/2025

Christmas at the Candles. For your festive delectation we are open from 11.30am to 3pm Christmas Day. 11.30am to 9pm on Boxing Day. Oh. And we’ve held back our last cask of Green Hop to mark the birthday of Baby Jesus. See you there!

6pm Monday. Christmas starts here….
06/12/2025

6pm Monday. Christmas starts here….

Come and start Christmas at the Candles with our traditional, and very popular, carol evening - with the wonderful Helen...
24/11/2025

Come and start Christmas at the Candles with our traditional, and very popular, carol evening - with the wonderful Helen Moorman on the cello…

Business as usual at the Candles. But it’s time for a change…
27/10/2025

Business as usual at the Candles. But it’s time for a change…

Britain’s smallest brewpub The Four Candles has been put on the market after more than 13 years as a landmark real ale centre in St Peter’s. Owner Mike Beaumont took over an empty shop …

Thanks for bearing with us over the weekend. Now for a bit of good news…We’ve made it into the 2026 Good Beer Guide!
29/09/2025

Thanks for bearing with us over the weekend. Now for a bit of good news…

We’ve made it into the 2026 Good Beer Guide!

Sorry about this….
27/09/2025

Sorry about this….

We’ve just tapped the first of just 11 casks of this year’s Green Hop brew. This is what 10kg+ of Faversham’s finest Eas...
20/09/2025

We’ve just tapped the first of just 11 casks of this year’s Green Hop brew. This is what 10kg+ of Faversham’s finest East Kent Goldings looks like.

When it’s gone, it’s gone….

Green Hop News: Brewing on Wednesday with 10kg of Faversham’s finest Fuggles. If you have garden hops you would like to ...
07/09/2025

Green Hop News: Brewing on Wednesday with 10kg of Faversham’s finest Fuggles.

If you have garden hops you would like to see fulfil their beery destiny, why not bring them them to the Candles at 12 and they can join the party in our bubbling copper….

08/08/2025

Folk Week is here again. Our favourite time of year.

A warm welcome awaits you at the Candles.

Open from 4.30pm - last orders at 11pm.

Address

1 Sowell Street
Broadstairs
CT102AT

Opening Hours

Monday 5pm - 10pm
Tuesday 5pm - 10pm
Wednesday 5pm - 10pm
Thursday 5pm - 10pm
Friday 5pm - 10pm
Saturday 12pm - 10pm
Sunday 12pm - 10pm

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