Park Satan in the Suburbs

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	06 Jan 2026
Hogan Sampling		06 Jan 2026	My third beer of this visit: Third night on for this Kingston-brewed stout and not as creamy as when first presented on Sunday. Its head needed it all having a gentle decant to reawaken it. Still that very smoky first hit with spicy notes. A dry bitterness rising from among its hints of dark chocolate and coffee. A slightly hoppy dryness lingering from its Phoenix hops.
Philip Pirrip		04 Jan 2026	Not as full bodied as promised. New cask on today
Hogan Sampling		04 Jan 2026	Fresh on is this Kingston-upon-Thames stout and presenting a fine creamy head and lacing to die for. A pleasantly smoky first hit. A good helping of roasted maltiness rising with hints of dark chocolate and coffee but not overly. A dry bitterness prevailing aided by its Phoenix hops with spicy notes helping its slide downwards. This stout is named after a short story written by philosopher, Bertrand Russell, who lived in Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park in the late 1800s.