The Door Hinge (Free House)
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Michael Croxford
Visits Details
23 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
Kent - Black Mirror | 4.50 |  | Yet again a 4½* beer here. How does the Guv do it |
Big Smoke - Solaris Session Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Cattle Shed (sub-brand of Old Dairy) - DDH Pale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
16 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. Is this the Guv's swansong, or is he the ugly duckling I asked!
Cellar Head - Summer Pale Ale | 3.70 |  | Every bit as good as on Tuesday |
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 |  | |
Harbour - Daymer Extra Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
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 | |
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