The Robert Pocock (Wetherspoon)
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Visits Details
31 Dec 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Left just after 11pm for a last train.
Titanic - Plum Porter | 4.90 | | Full on with the plum |
Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Marston's - Old Empire IPA | 5.70 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Purity - Pure UBU | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Salopian - Darwin's Origin | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Brimmer Kawasaki Red Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Clean Slate | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
18 Dec 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Early evening change of trains visit. Thriving on food sales.
Westerham - God's Wallop | 4.00 | | |
Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Morland Old Speckled Hen | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Exmoor - Exmas | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Mordue - Tinsel Toon | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Ringwood - Old Thumper | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
Adnams - Het Anker Belgian Blond | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
29 Nov 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening.
Kent - Porter | 5.50 | | Lovely dry taste and heartwarming |
Hook Norton - Twelve Days | 5.50 | | |
Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Westerham - Spirit of Kent XXX Pale Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Caledonian - Cold Comfort | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Banks's - Barley Brown's Tumble Off Pale Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
23 Jul 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening latish.
Phoenix - Wobbly Bob | 6.00 | | Grew on me |
Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Dark Star - Hophead (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Westerham - 1965 Special Bitter Ale | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Hogs Back - Surrey Nirvana | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
21 May 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening brief visit having left The Compass Micropub.
Kent - Enigma | 5.50 | | A Black IPA in great nick |
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Directors (use Banks's entry now please) | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Kelham Island (probably brewed by Thornbridge now) - Pale Rider | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
Westerham - British Bulldog "BB" (was 4.3%) | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Westerham - Single Hop Hallertau Tradition | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Caledonian - Ithaca Nut Brown Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
16 May 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. The magnet of the Kent brewery takeover lured me back for a second visit.
Kent - Berry Mild Porter | 4.80 | | 2nd one out cooler and fresher. What one pint more can do! |
Kent - Berry Mild Porter | 4.80 | | |
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Directors (use Banks's entry now please) | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Zingiber | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Altered States | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Simcoe | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
16 May 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Most pleasing to see 6 of the handpumps subject to a week's takeover by Kent.
Kent - Zingiber | 4.10 | | Hazy yes but perhaps first out for a while on a very quiet night here |
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Directors (use Banks's entry now please) | 4.80 | Not Tried | New oblong pumpclips but still deceives, by omission, as to its true provenence |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Altered States | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Simcoe | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Berry Mild Porter | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
23 Apr 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening latish.
Rockin Robin - Robin Redbest | 4.00 | | |
Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Bath Ales - Wild Hare | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Stormstay | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Dartmoor - Jail Ale | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - George and the Flagon | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Butcombe - Simcoe Pale Ale | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
02 Apr 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Other beers details lost in this website's server crash.
Mauldons - White Adder | 5.30 | | Not the beer I actually ordered but it was very noisy (the pub not the beer)!! |
Celt Experience (now brands are owned by Evans Evans) - The Afanc | 4.50 | | |
05 Mar 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening twixt The Compass Alehouse chuck out and last train. Can't fault this place on beer quality and good behaviour. A well run 'Spoon's.
Celt Experience (now brands are owned by Evans Evans) - Cardiff Resin | 4.20 | | Perhaps Celt Experience's first straight-forward beer and excellent for it |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Cotleigh - Snowy Winter Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Moorhouse's - Pride of Pendle | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special) | 4.50 | Not Tried | What a con. The pumpclip is signed by "B. Nisbet Young's Brewmaster" yet that brewery closed in 2006. I presume the clip means to say the Charles Wells Brewmaster |
Rockin Robin - Robin Redbest | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Rockin Robin - Peacemaker | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
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