The Door Hinge (Free House)
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Michael Croxford
Visits Details
29 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 9pm close.
| Mad Cat - Platinum Blonde (previously Meaney's Platinum Blonde Ale) | 4.20 |  | In top form |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Wife of Bath's Ale | 3.90 |  | |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's Stout | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
18 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
| Iron Pier - Perle & Challenger Joined at the Hop | 3.80 | | Great hop balance |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 |  | Second to last out of cask and the poorer for it. None of this beer's usual hop bitterness |
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Lord | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
11 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. D-Day has arrived and founding Guv Ray has passed on the business to local fellows Geoff and Steve.
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top | 6.00 | | Allegedly near end of cask but still superb |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - HPA Hoppy Pale Ale | 3.60 | | |
| Bristol Beer Factory - Low Rider | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
08 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 9pm close. D-Day mey be Friday!
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top | 6.00 | | A glorious anaesthetic |
| Buxton - Moor Top | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Session IPA | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
04 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. No change of ownership here yet.
| Buxton - Moor Top | 3.60 | | First out of new cask. Zingy and as dry as the proverbial bone |
| Mallinsons - Citra | 3.80 | | Near end of cask but still superb |
| Mighty Oak - Captain Bob | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| BritHop (originally cuckoo or contract brewed at Franklins) - Shakermaker | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
27 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. We are definitely into the last knockings of the present owner's tenure.
| Bristol Beer Factory - Fortitude | 4.00 | | Everything you could expect |
| Buxton - Myrcia | 4.00 | | Clip warned it was hazy - in fact like a scrumpy soup. Bearable citrusness |
| Redemption - Trinity | 3.00 | Not Tried | |
24 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 9pm close. The Broken Drum Tuesday night off contingent populated the corner seats.
| Redemption - Trinity | 3.00 | | Spot on |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew | 3.80 | | First out of new cask. Rather fresh needing the night to settle I suspect |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
21 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
| Redemption - Trinity | 3.00 | | Amazing flavours for such a low abv |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 7 | 3.80 | | Rather yeasty with a yeasty broken head |
| Northern Monk - Eternal Session IPA | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
17 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit until 9pm close.
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Festiv'Ale | 3.80 | | 4½* once more here. We must be told how the Guv does it |
| Kent - Black Mirror | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Session IPA | 3.90 | Not Tried | Can't track this ale down on Kent's website or any other |
13 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. Nice slice of cake for a customer's 54th, albeit with little white decorations that seemed almost as strong as teeth enamel.
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 | | |
| Mighty Oak - Three Kings | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Bristol Beer Factory - Fortitude | 4.00 | Not Tried | Ran out |
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