Good crowd of locals in on a Wednesday evening. One switched to the porter after we recommended it.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
RCH - Old Slug Porter
4.50
Full bodied black porter with roast malt and hints of smokiness. Some chocolate and liquorice flavours also present. My score 16/20.
03 Oct 2009 (Pedro)
Afternoon visit
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Hogs Back - Tongham TEA (previously T.E.A.)
4.20
Loddon - Gravesend Shrimpers Bitter
4.10
Loddon - Hoppit
3.50
Hidden - Quest
4.20
28 Jun 2007 (Ian)
Came here with Phil as he had never been before. I really like the big inglenook fire and the community feel here.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Oakham - JHB
3.80
It has lost the yeasty farty aroma that it had for several months and was back to being clear, bright, lots of citrus grapefruit and tangerine fruit flavours and good hoppiness. Lovely
Saturday lunchtime and a fair number of locals in. This is one of my favourite pubs. I came here maybe 5 years ago and have been meaning to come back ever since. This is a proper public house, someone's home that has been turned into a place to sell alcohol. Great.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Oakham - JHB
3.80
Eggy yeasty aroma. Good condition, good citrus fruits.
The pub is found in Ightham Common, Kent, TN15 9EE.
This pub is hard to find as there wasn't a pub sign outside until 2017 when two wooden pins were displayed outside where the old sign used to be years ago. This is in a line of terraced cottages halfway along Redwell Lane, look for the gable where the sign used to be. Two cottages have been knocked together to form this true public house. The single small bar in the main room serves the pub. As there is no cellar, the beer is kept in a cool corridor to the rear and is served on gravity straight from the cask. The large wood burning fire dominates one wall. It is a little down at heel, but this is very much how pubs would have been. Very much into the beer from the wood scene and buys its own wooden firkins to be filled by local breweries. Local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year 2018, 2019, 2020 and Cider Pub of the Year 2018, 2019 too.
We have visited this pub 5 times, seen 8 different beers and tried 6 of them.
