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The Door Hinge (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Anarchy - Strait JacketExcellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow TopExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - West Coast IPAExcellent1
Kent - PaleExcellent2
Northern Whisper - BeltieExcellent1
Fyne - JarlExcellent1
Kent - MosaicExcellent2
Arbor Ales - MosaicExcellent1
Kent - Yule LogExcellent1
Kent - AmarilloExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - SeasiderGood1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper TopGood1
Iron Pier - Victorian StoutNot Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 7Not Tried0
Cellar Head - A Winter's PaleNot Tried0
Northern Monk - Striding EdgeNot Tried0
Wild Beer Co. - BibbleNot Tried0
Brew Studio - ShowtimeNot Tried0
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde MildNot Tried0
Mighty Oak - Kings (was 3.9% before 2013)Not Tried0
Cromarty - Happy ChappyNot Tried0
Adnams - Old AleNot Tried0
Great Heck - DAVENot Tried0
Cellar Head - Amber AleNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Picture 2. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

20 Apr 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. The Guv was back serving, in fine fettle.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Mosaic4.50ExcellentEverything was right
Wild Beer Co. - Bibble4.20Not Tried
Brew Studio - Showtime4.60Not Tried
12 Apr 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Mosaic4.50Excellent
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10GoodMore bitterness than I expected
05 Apr 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. The Guv is once again in general circulation after his leg op, but was not here tonight.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Pale4.00Excellent
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - West Coast IPA5.60Excellent
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not Tried
Northern Monk - Striding Edge2.80Not Tried
28 Mar 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit until 9pm close. Thanks to Sam for allowing my seconds to close pint.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top6.00ExcellentAnd what a pint it was - top notch
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 73.80Not Tried
Cellar Head - A Winter's Pale3.90Not Tried
15 Mar 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Pale4.00ExcellentIn top form
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Seasider4.30GoodPerhaps a tad fresh, slight broken yeasty head
Great Heck - DAVE3.80Not TriedRan out
Cellar Head - Amber Ale4.00Not Tried
Iron Pier - Victorian Stout4.60Not Tried
16 Feb 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. Mystery of late opening Tuesday resolved, Guv Ray had had a nasty fall that day.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Anarchy - Strait Jacket3.60ExcellentInitially put off by the murky look but I enjoyed the tastiness enough to force a second one down
Adnams - Old Ale4.10Not Tried
12 Feb 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Attempted mid afternoon visit after local chores and prompted by the Guv's regular suggestions to "get here earlier than last knockings". However by 4.15 shutters still down so a white van crew and I left for pastures of another hue.
BeerABVScoreNotes
02 Feb 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. Old stalwarts in situ.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Yule Log4.50ExcellentLast Christmas's or next?!
Cromarty - Happy Chappy4.10Not TriedNever have I seen this about so much as this Burns Night time
29 Jan 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Early opening for this pub today as Leyton Orient have a match tonight at Welling United. I know pretty much everyone here.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Northern Whisper - Beltie4.80Excellent
Arbor Ales - Mosaic4.00Excellent
Kent - Amarillo4.50Excellent
19 Jan 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit until 10pm close, with the usual and deserved visceral welcome for such latecomers!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Fyne - Jarl3.80ExcellentSpot on
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild3.70Not Tried
Mighty Oak - Kings (was 3.9% before 2013)4.20Not Tried

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About The Door Hinge

The pub sign. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional20
Excellent480
Good152
Acceptable36
Poor1

Website.

The pub is found in Welling, Greater London, DA16 1TR.

Located in Welling High Street this is Greater London's first micropub and it follows the East Kent model initiated by Martyn Hillier at The Butchers Arms in Herne. Opened Friday 15th March 2013. For many years a corn chandler's shop selling, amongst other things, millet for bird seed. Most recently an electrical lighting shop. Planning permission received for conversion to a Micropub in late 2012. Has a separate cooled cask room with wooden gravity stillage which can be viewed through a window in the main bar. Real ales, ciders and wine are served to a small bar counter by the stillage room door. Lined glasses in regular use. One main front bar and a smaller rear quiet room with a real fire (not currently used), comfortable seating and darts board, leading to a Unisex toilet. The main bar comprises wall mounted bench seating and normal height tables. The pub name does not refer to its previous use but is a family joke related to the original Guv here. CAMRA Bexley Branch Pub of the Year for 2014 - not bad after just one year of being open. CAMRA Greater London Regional Pub of the Year 2014, deserved and even more astounding. Changed hands on Friday 11th October 2019. Card payments accepted.

We have visited this pub 353 times, seen 510 different beers and tried 372 of them.

Map location

Postcode: DA16 1TR