The River Ale House (Free House)
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Visits Details
13 Jun 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
Redemption - Urban Dusk | 4.60 |  | Heavy on malts |
Redemption - Big Chief | 5.50 |  | |
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Pardoner's Ale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - HPA Hoppy Pale Ale | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
Thirst Class Ale - Hoppy Go Lucky | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
09 Jun 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
Bexley - Redhouse | 4.20 |  | New cask - nice and fresh with good head |
Bexley - Anchor Bay IPA | 4.80 |  | Some loss of condition since yesterday |
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Bexley - BOB (Bexley's Own Beer) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Bad Seed - State Shift | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
08 Jun 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 |  | Going down a treat here tonight. Cask almost emptied in one day |
Bexley - Anchor Bay IPA | 4.80 |  | |
Goacher's - Real Mild Ale | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Bexley - BOB (Bexley's Own Beer) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Bad Seed - State Shift | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
06 Jun 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. A good smattering of Sundayers in tonight.
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - She Sells Sea Shells | 4.70 |  | Sour tanginess |
Bexley - BOB (Bexley's Own Beer) | 4.20 |  | Disappointingly lacking much taste or body |
Bexley - May Place Spring Ale | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Southwark - Routemaster Red | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Three Sods - Dark Magus | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Bad Seed - State Shift | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
04 Jun 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. Pretty well packed and rather steamy with the humidity outside too.
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Oatmeal Pale | 4.50 |  | Very fine. Superb lingering bittersweet hoppiness. Had a second |
Iron Pier - Pilgrim & Bramling Joined at the Hop | 3.80 |  | |
Southwark - Routemaster Red | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Three Sods - Dark Magus | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Oakham - Khyber Pass Cask Aged | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
01 Jun 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. Good hubbub of conversation.
Southwark - Bermondsey Best | 4.40 |  | New on today and surprisingly good, for once, for a Southwark ale |
Three Sods - Dark Magus | 4.70 |  | Still holding up very well |
Salopian - Shropshire Gold | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Southwark - Harvard APA | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Moor - Nano Cask Faram Fuggle | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
31 May 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. Lively chat with a Swansea Jack about Brains beers, the former Adam & Eve on his home patch and Cardiff's dockland former pubs.
Three Sods - Dark Magus | 4.70 |  | As excellent as yesterday |
Salopian - Shropshire Gold | 3.80 |  | A cooking beer |
Southwark - Harvard APA | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Rooster's - Golden State | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Moor - Nano Cask Faram Fuggle | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
30 May 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Last half hour until evening close.
Three Sods - Dark Magus | 4.70 |  | First rate well balanced nourishing stout upon which to end the evening |
Rooster's - Golden State | 4.30 |  | No Rooster's lover but this was good although not exciting |
Moor - Nano Cask Faram Fuggle | 3.80 |  | Unnecessarily hazy I thought. A beer one can drink but not notice |
Southwark - Harvard APA | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Manchester - Cord | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
28 May 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. A good number in tonight.
Oakham - El Dorado / Simcoe Cask Aged | 5.00 |  | |
Stroud - Budding Pale Ale | 4.50 |  | Flat, no condition so a chore to finish and became apparent, as another customer tried to order it, mine was last out of the cask. Bordering on poor |
Tonbridge - Ebony Moon | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Southwark - Bermondsey Best | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Tonbridge - Golden Rule (was 3.5%) | 3.20 | Not Tried | |
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop | 3.80 | Not Tried | Ran out |
Rooster's - Golden State | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Manchester - Cord | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
27 May 2021 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. Very quiet in tonight.
Oakham - El Dorado / Simcoe Cask Aged | 5.00 |  | |
Stroud - Budding Pale Ale | 4.50 |  | Waning a little |
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop | 3.80 |  | Quite good for what must be last year's hops |
Tonbridge - Ebony Moon | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Manchester - Cord | 4.00 | Not Tried | Another customer described this as having teeth jangling dryness |
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