The Door Hinge (Free House)
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Michael Croxford
Visits Details
13 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid afternoon visit, rare for me, after local Welling chores.
| Kent - Breakfast Oatmeal Stout | 4.20 |  | Great one to start on |
| Cellar Head - Summer Pale Ale | 3.70 | | 1st out of new cask, very zingy. Zingy must be part of the brewery's style as another of its beer was such last night elsewhere |
| Hop Back - Summer Lightning | 5.00 | Not Tried | Ran out as I ordered, must have really run out at the end of the Sunday session here |
| Totally Brewed - Ninja Shark | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
10 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. Just one small group in in one corner.
| Hop Back - Summer Lightning | 5.00 | | 4½* Don't get Summer Lightning is this condition very often, apart from here |
| Kent - Breakfast Oatmeal Stout | 4.20 | | Great head and lacing |
| Cattle Shed (sub-brand of Old Dairy) - DDH Pale | 4.00 | | Heavily hopped indeed although with a strong citrus bent. Why the hiding of true Old Dairy brewing provenance on the clip I wonder |
02 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
| Kent - Amarillo | 4.50 | | How does the Guv here keep such superb condition, head and lacing in his ales |
| Franklins - What Mama Don’t Know | 4.10 | | How does the Guv here keep such superb condition, head and lacing in his ales |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Hopfest | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
26 Jul 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
| Kent - Cain and Abel | 3.30 | | Superb taste for a low abv jobbie |
| Bristol Beer Factory - Gold Nation | 4.30 | | First rate condition |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
12 Jul 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
| Hop Back - Summer Lightning | 5.00 | | Always the best Summer Lightning here |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew | 3.80 | Not Tried | Freshly tapped for tomorrow's football |
| Mighty Oak - Here be Dragons | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
05 Jul 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. Denied my usual corner standing space by the crowds.
| Kent - Pale | 4.00 | | |
| Kent - Breakfast Oatmeal Stout | 4.20 | | Sweetish stout, nice foil to the hoppier Pale |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Friar's Ale | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
28 Jun 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit until 10pm close.
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 7 | 3.80 |  | |
| Wantsum - Black Prince | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| Wantsum - Montgomery (was SS Richard Montgomery) | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
11 Jun 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 9pm close. Increasingly the talk is of the impending sale to new owners.
| Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%) | 3.40 | | |
| Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
31 May 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
| Arbor Ales - Shangri-la | 4.20 | | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew | 3.80 | | Perhaps more citrus than usual but very crisp regardless |
| Rudgate - Ruby Mild | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
24 May 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. A football presentation night tonight so standing room only, a bit of a feast had been on earlier.
| Great Heck - Trafalgar | 4.00 | | |
| Cattle Shed (sub-brand of Old Dairy) - Simcoe | 4.20 | | Raw citrus. True brewing provenance at Old Dairy denied on the pump clip, what's to benefit from such deception |
| Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
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