Originally opened on 29th April 2017 as the Troubadour of Kent being a micropub with a small raised stage area for poetry readings, poetry, storytelling and live acoustic music. After a short closure, it reopened on 25 January 2019 as the Tontine Tavern but closed again shortly afterwards.
Re-opened and relaunched by the local Angels & Demons Brewery on 3rd May 2019 as its taproom and closed on 27 January 2024.
Re-opened on 5 July as The Blind Pig, the taproom for Twisted Wheel Brewery, the beers are brewed at McCanns located just above Hukins Hops, a 120 year old Family-run Hop Farm at St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent.
Blind Pig, Folkestone