The Door Hinge (Free House)
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Michael Croxford
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26 Apr 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. Lots still in after the Welling United last home match of the season nearby.
| Tonbridge - Blonde Ambition | 4.20 |  | Top notch and a new cask on today |
| Musket - Ball Puller | 4.00 |  | New cask on today - more condition to develop yet |
| New River - Blind Poet | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
19 Apr 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| New River - Blind Poet | 4.50 | | In superb condition with long lasting head and lacing to boot |
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Health | 3.60 | | A decent drop |
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Genesis | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
11 Apr 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| Kent - Black Forest - Stout | 4.70 | | Superb condition and well balanced fruit / bitterness taste |
| Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | | Good head and lacing on a tasty brew |
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Goodness Gracious Me! | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
28 Mar 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| New River - Five-Inch Drop | 4.60 | | First rate, head and lacing held |
| Kent - Old Skool | 4.10 | | First rate, head and lacing held |
31 Jan 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| Mighty Oak - Kings (was 3.9% before 2013) | 4.20 | | Excellent with a great tongue zinginess |
| Wantsum - Imperium | 4.00 |  | Disappointing with little condition at all |
29 Nov 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| New River - Great Amwell | 4.60 | | Geoff here proves that if kept well New River ales can be very good |
| Tonbridge - Globe Hopper | 4.30 | | A newish ale from Tonbridge |
| New River - Blind Poet | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
22 Nov 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| New River - London Tap | 3.80 | | Zingy pale ale with superb head and lacing |
| Tonbridge - Traditional | 3.60 | | Rather sour hopped I thought |
18 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Early evening visit after local chores. Delayed arrival due to ludicrous traffic congestion from Bexleyheath.
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Sheppard | 4.50 | | One of the best Goody's ales I have had for years. Top notch condition |
| Wantsum - Heart of Darkness | 4.50 | | 3rd pint out of new cask. Won't get much better |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dark Conspiracy | 4.90 | Not Tried | Guv took it off sale after his own taster. Been on a week |
| Pig & Porter - Cosmic Jive | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
11 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. No silence here, all chat.
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dark Conspiracy | 4.90 | | In lovely nick, alas no time for a second one. Only tapped today |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - She Sells Sea Shells | 4.70 | | |
| Wantsum - Imperium | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
28 Sep 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. Guv Geoff delighted to be in the 2025 Good Beer Guide.
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 | | In peak condition and had only been tapped earlier in the day |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - HPA Hoppy Pale Ale | 3.60 | | Surprisingly bitter, a great foil to the No 5's more roundedness |
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