Catford Bridge Tavern (Portobello Pub Company)
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04 Nov 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit. Seeing no handpumps I did not wait but high-tailed out as fast as my legs could carry me.
14 Nov 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit. A noisy house.
| By The Horns - Giggle Mug | 3.50 |  | Much better than my expectations |
| Southwark - Routemaster Red | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
12 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit, my first for a long time. Very noisy front bar, the rear room is quieter but obviously has the ambience of a food area.
| Five Points - Citrus Pale | 4.20 |  | Good but just a one-dimensional sour hopped citrus job |
| Southwark - Bermondsey Best | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
| Big Penny (formerly Truman's) as of late 2022 contract brewed - Scratcheroo | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
26 May 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit. Good to see the old workhorse pub open again. £4.30 a pint central London pricing and booming music will probably deter regular visits.
| Brockley - Red Ale | 4.80 | | First rate for temperature, head and carbonation |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Hop Stuff - Fusilier | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Southwark - Oatmeal Stout | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
13 Jun 2014 (HSB)
16:30 Changed trains at Catford so had a look at what was going on. Still steel shuttered. A great shame as this was a good pub. A paper sign on the door directs the drinker to the Constitutional Club.
29 Nov 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. As I was nosing through a window to see progress towards re-opening (none and some items seem to have been stripped out) I was startled by a man behind me who wanted me out of the way to screw up a heavy metal shutter. Such timing! By end of late evening all doors and windows were shuttered. Bodes badly.
24 Nov 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. As The Seekers sang ... "The Carnival is over". This was the final day of Antic operating this pub. The last draught real ale to run out was ELB Orchid at 22:20 hours. Closed now until Camden Bars move in and take over the operation and the new direction for the pub will become apparent then. Most staff here are moving to the nearby Catford Constitutional Club - an Antic pub conversion opening on 28th November.
| East London (ELB) - Orchid Vanilla Mild | 3.60 | | The last ale to sell out |
| Brighton Bier - South Coast IPA | 5.00 | | |
| Baseline - Best Bitter | 4.00 |  | Last one out - cloudy but drinkable |
| Arundel - Stronghold | 4.70 | Not Tried | Ran out |
| Saltaire - Triple Choc (was Triple Chocoholic) | 4.80 | Not Tried | Ran out |
| Wild Beer Co. - Fresh | 5.50 | Not Tried | Ran out |
| Brighton Bier - "Special Edition" No 1 Black IPA Single Hop: Columbus | 5.00 | Not Tried | Ran out |
21 Nov 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. A blackboard on the bar back fitting pronounces "CBT Closing Party Sunday night". Much of the removable decoration has been boxed up so the pub is looking a little bare. Apparently we must expect a period of closure before re-opening under the stewardship of Camden Bars.
| Arbor Ales - Beech Blonde | 4.90 | | |
| Brighton Bier - "Special Edition" No 1 Black IPA Single Hop: Columbus | 5.00 | | |
| Brightside - Best Bitter | 4.30 | | Absolutely nothing like the top notch version I had had at Rochford Beer Festival the previous day. Bland rather than edge bittering |
| Belhaven - Caledonian Deuchars IPA | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Saltaire - Triple Choc (was Triple Chocoholic) | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Langham - LSD (Langham Special Draught) | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
| Wild Beer Co. - Scarlet Fever | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
17 Nov 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Opening of Antic's nearby Catford Constitutional Club pub gets nearer.
| Ilkley - Lotus IPA (was 5.6%) | 5.50 | | Very smooth but it had been ripped through a restrictor |
| Arbor Ales - Tasmanian Devil | 4.60 | | |
| St Austell - Tribute | 4.20 | | Not the beer it once was |
| Oldershaw - Grantham Stout | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Nine Standards (now brewed at Settle) - Original Standard | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
11 Nov 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening.
| Whitstable - Native Bitter | 3.70 | | Good old fashioned English bitter to get stuck into |
| Brains - SA | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Brewster's - Decadence | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
| RedWillow - Heartless | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
| Arbor Ales - Artisan | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Great Heck - Treasure IPA | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
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