The Door Hinge (Free House)
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Michael Croxford
Visits Details
03 Jan 2020 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
| Dorking - DB Number One | 4.20 |  | No lover of Dorking beers but this one was spot on |
| Iron Pier - Amber | 3.90 |  | |
| Wantsum - Black Prince | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
31 Dec 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening visit. Ticketed for those staying the full session and there was a guitar singer soloist, an emigree from The Long Pond. Great atmosphere.
| Iron Pier - Session IPA | 4.20 | | Lip smacking bitterness, albeit of an all too citrus nature |
| Wantsum - Montgomery (was SS Richard Montgomery) | 4.00 | | |
| Dorking - DB Number One | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Dorking - Black Noise | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
28 Dec 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Lightly loaded here for my evening visit until 10pm close.
| Tonbridge - Old Chestnut | 4.40 | | In fine form |
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Lord | 5.00 | | Unfined, just lacking a full conditioning |
| Iron Pier - Perry St Pale | 3.70 | | |
21 Dec 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
| Whitstable - Winkle Picker | 4.50 | | In lovely nick |
| Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Tonbridge - Velvet Raven | 5.20 | Not Tried | Ran out |
20 Dec 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. The light green and cream wall painting is completed with fewer wall adornments now but where have the CAMRA Pub of the Year certificates gone!?
| Tonbridge - Velvet Raven | 5.20 | | |
| Dorking - Red India Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Mighty Oak - Jake the Snake | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
03 Dec 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit. Paint rollers at the ready with a lime green covering to the previous maroon dark red wall colour. All change all change.
| New River - Blind Poet | 4.50 | | Nourishing porter |
| New River - Riverbed Red | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Five Points - XPA | 4.00 | Not Tried | Allegedly an unfined version. I saw very murky glasses full being enjoyed |
22 Nov 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. The new Guvs have scraped off most of the stick-on frosted glass effect on the street windows to make the world visible from inside and the inside visible from the street. Some customers do not like it but there it is.
| Kent - Comfortably Plum | 4.90 | | Fruity fun with a full body |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | Not Tried | Ran out |
| New River - London Tap | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Mighty Oak - Touch Nut | 4.30 | Not Tried | New on for tomorrow |
15 Nov 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. Co-Guv Geoff is in dock with a back problem.
| Mighty Oak - Jake the Snake | 4.00 | | New cask and surprisingly tasty |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 | | |
| Iron Pier - Rosherville Red | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
09 Nov 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
| Kent - Green Giant | 6.00 | | More GG to smooth my furrowed brow after much of it yesterday elsewhere!! |
| Tonbridge - Ebony Moon | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Pardoner's Ale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Tonbridge - Old Chestnut | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
05 Nov 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 9pm close. Just me and the Doc in.
| Kent - KGB or Kent Golding Bitter | 4.10 | | |
| Mad Cat - Crispin Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's Stout | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
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