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18th Bexley Beer Festival - 8th May-10th May 2025 (CAMRA Beer Festival)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Arundel - CastleGood1
Born in the Borders (formerly Scottish Borders) - RedGood1
Brew York - Maris the OtterExcellent1
Broken Drum Home Brew - Greebo StoutGood1
Jolly Boys' - Jolly Collier PorterExcellent1
Rigg & Furrow - Bracken - bitterGood1
Stewart - 80/-Excellent1
Sulwath - The GraceGood1
Titsey - Tail-End Charlie - mildGood1

Visits Details

09 May 2025 (Hogan Sampling)
Great attendance for my late afternoon visit. My aim was to try the lesser seen beers: bitters, milds, stouts and porters. Not a single pale was therefore sampled by me. Continuation of beer list from venue entry as here from 41 onwards up to 79: 41 Gone Durham Turkish Delight Milk Stout Stout 5.6 42 Gone Firebrick Toon Broon Brown 4.6 43 Gone Firebrick Pacific APA APA 6.0 44 Gone First & Last Rustle Mild 3.9 45 Gone First & Last Eclipse Milk Stout Stout 5.6 46 Gone Five Kingdoms McGregor's Mild Mild 3.8 47 Gone Five Kingdoms Santiago Pale 4.5 48 Gone Gun Scaramanga Extra Pale Pale 3.9 49 Gone Gun Project Babylon APA 4.6 50 Gone Gun Trombo DH IPA IPA 5.0 51 Gone Hammerton Best Bitter Bitter 4.1 52 Gone Hammerton N1 Pale 4.1 53 Gone Hammerton N7 IPA 5.2 54 Gone Hammerton Crunch Peanut Butter Stout Stout 5.4 55 Gone Hush We Built This Citra On Rock Salts Home Pale 4.5 56 Gone Hush/Spookton Tinker, Tailor, Sal Dare, Rye Mild 3.7 57 Gone Jolly Boys Jolly Collier Porter Porter 5.0 58 Gone Kent VE80 Heritage Gold Golden 3.8 59 Gone Kent Zingiber Speciality 4.1 60 Gone Kent Quiet American Golden 4.2 61 Gone Kent Black Forest Stout 4.7 62 Gone Kent California Leaning IPA 5.0 63 Gone Kent Rogue 25 IPA 6.0 64 Gone Kent Twelfth Night Speciality 7.4 65 Gone Kent/Two by Two Mashup IPA 5.0 66 Gone Little Brewing Panther Oatmeal Stout Stout 4.2 67 Gone Little Brewing Taj Session IPA IPA 4.6 68 Gone Loch Lomond Bonnie N'Blonde Pale 4.0 69 Gone Loch Lomond Silkie Stout Stout 5.0 70 Gone Lymm Gold Leaf Golden 4.5 71 Gone Lymm Dam Strong Ale Speciality 7.2 72 Gone Milestone New World Pale Pale 3.9 73 Gone Neptune Abyss Stout Stout 5.0 74 Gone Orkney Thor's Hammer Double Hopped IPA IPA 5.1 76 Gone Pied Bull Black Bull Porter Porter 5.2 75 Gone Pied Bull Taurus Stout 6.2 77 Gone Rat Ilkla Moor Baht' Rat Pale 4.3 78 Gone Rat Anth-Rat Stout Stout 4.5 79 Gone Redwillow Heritage Porter Porter 5.3 SEE UNDER ENTRY FOR Titsey, Tail-End Charlie FOR REST.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Stewart - 80/-4.40Excellent6th beer: Very good head and lacing on this brown bitter from Loanhead, south of Edinburgh. A fruit-infused bitter first hit. A malty bitterness then rose up in the mouthfeel and a pleasant dry hoppiness then shone through to the end with many a fruit flavour to delight you with its subtle sweetness. Very much enjoyed and no doubt tried it here last year as well as recall its name.
Brew York - Maris the Otter3.90Excellent3rd beer: Presented with some good head and lacing on this Yorkshire-brewed bitter. A very malty first hit emanating from its five different malts. A bitter malty mouthfeel and a hoppiness rising up and lasting from no less than three varieties of New World hops, the collective name for those from America, New Zealand and the southern hemisphere. A pleasantly malty hoppiness persisting. It reminded me of the week before in enjoying this in the River Ale House micropub and before it all got supped the following day by some of those thirsty Charlton FC home supporters.
Jolly Boys' - Jolly Collier Porter5.00Excellent9th and final beer: Was going to try 10 but another ran out and so went for a whole half this time for my last one rather another third as with the others. This Yorkshire porter from Barnsley came with very good head and lacing and lasted well. A dry malty first hit. A maltiness to die for then presented itself and carried on with the odd bitterness bobbing up and down! Maris Otter malt and Crystal malt give it its caramel-toffee flavours. Black malt gives it a hint of burnt coffee and Coffee malt does give it hints of coffee and chocolate. The odd Fuggles hops also got in on the act of its making. A wonderful porter to go out on and marking another fine visit to the Bexley Beer Festival. It was a sterling effort made by all the volunteers to ensure it was such an enjoyable festival once again!
Arundel - Castle3.80Good2nd beer: Good head and lacing on this bitter from north of Littlehampton at the Lyminster-based brewery. A very pleasantly bitter first hit. A dry moreish bitterness mixed with a hint of malt and fruit continued into the dry hoppy aftertaste.
Sulwath - The Grace4.30Good7th beer: Presented with some head and lacing on this bitter from Castle Douglas, south-west of Dumfries in Scotland. A hoppy fruit-infused first hit. A dry oily hoppiness then presented itself in the mouthfeel from the three different hop varieties used. A pleasant bitterness lingered alongside a sweet fruity infusion from its caramel flavourings and Maris Otter and Crystal malts just gave it even more!
Broken Drum Home Brew - Greebo Stout4.90Good4th beer: Was going to go for the Broken Drum micropub's Errol the Dragon bitter but alas this was one of the few on the second day of the three-day beer festival to have been entirely consumed and I sure with much enjoyment. Pleased therefore to have in its place Blackfen's Broken Drum's stout which came with good head and lacing and lasted. An unmistakably malty first hit. A hint of chocolatey maltiness then rose up in the mouthfeel and was an immense pleasure to savour. It was named after an infamous cat belonging to Nanny Ogg. Greebo is a cat in Terry Pratchett's Discworld books and is a foul-tempered one-eyed grey tomcat whose human, Nanny Ogg, insists against all the evidence that he is a sweet, harmless kitten!
Titsey - Tail-End Charlie - mild3.40GoodMy 1st beer: Good head and lacing. A very bitter first hit on this Tatsfield-based mild near Westerham in Kent. A dry and moreishly bitter mouthfeel and lasting. Rest of beer list from beer no. 80 onwards: 80 Gone Rigg & Furrow Sunrise Pale 3.8 81 Gone Rigg & Furrow Bracken Bitter 4.4 82 Gone Riverhead Golden Bitter Golden 4.0 83 Gone Riverhead Black Moss Stout Stout 4.3 84 Gone Spey Valley Any Time Sunshine Pale 4.0 85 Gone Spey Valley Spey Stout Stout 4.5 86 Gone Stewart 80/- Shilling Bitter 4.4 87 Gone Strangers Bramble Pie Saison Speciality 4.8 88 Gone Sulwath The Grace Bitter 4.3 89 Gone Sulwath Woozy Wabbit Brown 4.7 90 Gone Surrey Hills Three Peaks Pale 3.3 91 Gone Surrey Hills Ranmore Pale 3.8 92 Gone Surrey Hills Shere Drop Pale 4.2 93 Gone Surrey Hills Collusion Golden 5.2 94 Gone Tatton Black Porter Porter 4.9 95 Gone Tempest Modern Helles Speciality 4.8 96 Gone Three Acre Extra Pale Pale 4.5 97 Gone Three Brothers Billy Town Brown Brown 4.0 98 Gone Three Brothers Cherry Bakewell Milkshake Pale Pale 4.5 99 Gone Three Kings Seven Days Pale 4.0 100 Gone Three Kings Apache APA 5.0 101 Gone Titsey Tail-End Charlie Mild 3.4 102 Gone Titsey Vanguard Bitter 3.4 103 Gone Titsey North Downs Gold Golden 4.2 104 Gone Turning Point Wavelength Pale 4.5 105 Gone Turning Point Towards The Dawn Pale 4.8 106 Gone Twice Brewed (Brew Pub) Sycamore Gap Pale 4.1 107 Gone Twice Brewed (Brew Pub) Sleeping Lessons IPA IPA 5.7 108 Gone Willy Fox Karma Citra Pale 4.3 109 Gone Zapato River Stout Stout 4.5 110 Gone Zapato Tent Pale 4.5
Rigg & Furrow - Bracken - bitter4.40Good5th beer: This bitter from Morpeth and some 20 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne was presented with good head and lacing. A malty and hoppy first hit combined. A fruitiness then erupted in the mouthfeel and a hoppiness rose up and lingered aided by its Brambling & Earnest hops.
Born in the Borders (formerly Scottish Borders) - Red4.50Good8th beer: Said to be Scotland's original plough-to-pint brewery, it began brewing as Scottish Borders Brewery in 2011, using its own barley. Then became Born in the Borders Brewery, and then Born Brewery in 2020. This red ale was presented with good head and lacing and lasting. A very dry bitter first hit on this Scottish red from north-west of Jedburgh. A honey-infused hoppiness from the French hop, Barbe Rouge, and red and citrus fruited-infusions then rose up in the mouthfeel and lingered on.

About the 18th Bexley Beer Festival - 8th May-10th May 2025

Summary of Beer Scores

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The pub is found in Bexley, Greater London, DA5 1LW.

The 18th Bexley Beer Festival ran from 8th May to 10th May 2025 with an impressive 110 real ales listed at the Dartfordians Community Sports Club, Bexley DA5 1LW. List of cask ales that were on: 1 Gone 4T's Old School Dark Mild Mild 4.0 2 Gone 4T's Uncle Sam's Red 4.4 3 Gone 4T's Absolutely Plummed Porter Porter 6.0 4 Gone Alnwick Spring Pale Pale 4.5 5 Gone Alnwick Pale GF Pale 3.9 GF 6 Gone Alnwick Holy Island Bitter Speciality 4.0 7 Gone Arundel Castle Bitter 3.8 8 Gone Arundel Sussex Dark Ale Bitter 5.5 9 Gone Arundel Sussex Gold Golden 4.2 10 Gone Barney's / Two by Two Krush Superdelic Pale 4.4 11 Gone Bellfield Lucky Spence Pale 3.5 12 Gone Bexley Bursted Session Bitter Bitter 3.4 GF 13 Gone Bexley Peach Pale Pale 4.0 GF 14 Gone Bexley Chico Maestro Pale Pale 4.1 15 Gone Bexley Fifty (ESB) Bitter 4.5 16 Gone Bexley Fifty (ESB) Bitter 4.5 17 Gone Bexley Black Prince Porter Porter 4.6 V GF 18 Gone Bexley Black Prince Vanilla Porter Porter 4.6 V GF 19 Gone Bexley Anchor Bay IPA IPA 4.8 GF 20 Gone Bexley Spike Island Stout Stout 5.0 V GF 21 Gone Bexley Mocha Stout Stout 5.5 V GF 22 Gone Bollington Chinook & Grapefruit Golden 3.6 23 Gone Bollington Ginger Brew Speciality 3.6 24 Gone Born Red Red 3.8 25 Gone Born IPA IPA 4.8 26 Gone Brew York Maris The Otter Bitter 3.9 V 27 Gone Brew York Kaijuice Pale 4.4 28 Gone Broken Drum Home Brew Errol The Dragon Bitter 3.9 V 29 Gone Broken Drum Home Brew Gaspode Mild Mild 4.2 V 30 Gone Broken Drum Home Brew Greebo Stout Stout 4.5 V 31 Gone Broken Drum Home Brew Constable Bluejohn Bitter 5.0 V 32 Gone Broughton Royal Mile IPA 5.0 33 Gone Burning Sky Plateau Golden 3.5 V 34 Gone Burning Sky Nourishing Stout Stout 4.2 V 35 Gone Burning Sky Waves Away Pale 4.6 V 36 Gone Burning Sky Aurora Pale 5.6 V 37 Gone Dark Star Hophead Pale 3.4 38 Gone Darwin Beagle Blonde Golden 4.1 39 Gone Darwin Rare Stout Stout 5.0 40 Gone Durham Dark Angel Stout Stout 4.3 41 Gone Durham T

We have visited this pub once, seen 9 different beers and tried them all.

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Postcode: DA5 1LW