The Broken Drum (Free House)
We believe this pub is CLOSED
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26 Mar 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. Pub has just won local branch CAMRA Pub of the Year.
| Stratford upon Avon - Stratford Mosaic | 4.20 |  | Very well balanced single hop job |
| Iron Pier - Porter | 5.30 | | Full bodied, best Iron Pier brew I have had so far |
| Hop Fuzz - Fallout | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
08 Mar 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Now proudly displaying its corrected SPBW London Pub of the Year certificate dated for **2018**!!
| Thames Side - Black Swan Porter | 4.60 |  | |
| Iron Pier - Bitter | 4.00 |  | A wet dog sort of bitter which still needs some refinement to endear me |
| Nelson - Pieces of Eight | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
06 Feb 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close plus quite a bit.
| Whitstable - Winkle Picker | 4.50 | | |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's Ale | 4.00 | | |
| Brockley - Winter Golden Ale | 4.00 | | Very refreshing |
23 Jan 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Now proudly displaying its SPBW London Pub of the Year 2018 certificate, presented last Saturday.
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Host's | 5.20 | | A nice surprisingly warming spiced dark ale |
| Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA) | 4.10 | | |
| Brumaison - GB | 4.40 | | Rather thin |
04 Jan 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Got there at the dog-ends of cheese night.
| Weltons - Xmas Old | 4.50 | | Promised spiciness was quite distinct |
| Bexley - Session Pale Ale | 3.80 | | Taste ok but little life or condition |
| Weltons - Old Cocky | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
14 Dec 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening 10pm close. Tales of the Guv's toying with home brewing and plans to commercialise.
| Kent - Zingiber | 4.10 | | |
| Four Candles - Cascade Mosaic Pale | 4.00 | | |
| Rockin Robin - Blizzard of Oz | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
21 Nov 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
| Tonbridge - Traditional | 3.60 | | First rate for condition, nor overly bitter just old fashioned in taste |
| Rockin Robin - RPA | 3.90 | | |
| Mighty Oak - That Old Chestnut | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
14 Nov 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. Some conversation about what happens to the coffin and contents when it finally goes behind the curtain at a crem.
| Tonbridge - Blonde Ambition | 4.20 | | |
| Mighty Oak - Due South | 3.50 | | |
| Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
07 Nov 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
| Bank Top - Bad To The Bone | 4.00 | | Superb condition, mouthfeel and head retention |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's Ale | 4.00 | | Held head right to the end |
| Mighty Oak - Captain Bob | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
01 Nov 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Very interesting conversation with a former owner of the Tower Bridge Brewery, the successor to Simon's Tower Bridge Brewery which filled in some gaps in my historical knowledge of that concern.
| Goacher's - Best Dark Ale (aka Original) | 4.10 | | In lovely nick |
| Bank Top - Flat Cap | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Southwark - Gold | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
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