The New Cross Turnpike (Wetherspoon)
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10 Sep 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Grandstand Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Junction | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Banks's - Wainwright Gold a.k.a.The Golden Beer | 4.10 | Not Tried | In all its deliberately deceptive lack of brewing provenance on the clip |
12 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | | Good balance, more the fruity end of its possible taste spectrum this pint |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Summer Sun | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Tropical Crush | 4.40 | Not Tried | I don't think I've ever seen a clip for this ale with the ABV declared |
Banks's - Wainwright Gold a.k.a.The Golden Beer | 4.10 | Not Tried | The clip says A Lakeland Original but it is "brewed in Wolverhampton" (latter not declared at point of sale) |
06 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | | First proper tasting Abbot for a few weeks anywhere |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Powerhouse Porter | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Pumphouse Pale Ale | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Market Porter | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
30 Jul 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit. Limited ale range rubbed in by Abbot clips showing (usual old JDW trick) but not available.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Blue Top | 4.80 | | Dubious, no off flavours but a haze |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Adnams - Ghost Ship | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
18 Jun 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit. Once again a 'Spoon's with that awful customer unfriendly practice of leaving pumpclips showing for beers not available, this time for GK Abbot.
Marston's - Old Empire IPA | 5.70 | | Good dry bitterness - second day in a row when best beer of the day was in a 'Spoon's |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Burton Bridge - Top Dog Stout | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special) | 4.50 | Not Tried | The ultimate provenance double-con ale |
28 May 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | 5.90 | | Fortuitous nightcap find here |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Brains - The Rev James Original | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Ringwood - Old Thumper | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
09 Apr 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Adnams - Terrapin Jazz | 5.50 | | Full bodied and dry bitterness |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Daleside - Morocco Ale | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Rooster's - Tenderfoot | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
04 Apr 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Bus change late evening visit until midnight close.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | | |
Adnams - Fisherman | 4.50 | | Even through the darkness of the beer a haze showed through. I had several splashes of lemonade added to make it quaffable |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Shepherd Neame - Birrificio Foglie d'Erba Hot night at the Village | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Otter - Hawthorn | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
02 Apr 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until midnight (just) close.
Otter - Hawthorn | 4.00 | | I think this could have been a good beer but this one had a scummy broken yeasty head |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Shepherd Neame - Birrificio Foglie d'Erba Hot night at the Village | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
05 Mar 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit. Absolutely packed - busier than I have known it since the lockdown times.
Reedley Hallows - Nook of Pendle | 5.00 | | Good one to finish on - lots of body |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Wandle | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Gothick Dark | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
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