The Broken Drum (Free House)
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30 Aug 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening 9.10pm shutters down, lights off, no sign of life. Maybe in respect to Terry Pratchett's hard drive, steamrollered earlier today??
21 Aug 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
| Wantsum - Dynamo | 4.30 |  | Refreshing |
| Hop Stuff - Renegade IPA | 5.60 |  | Hazy which it should not be and a strange taste, not right |
| Wantsum - Red Raddle | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
14 Aug 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Just two others in so conversation to all corners of the room. A Turners Rhubarb cider was also quaffed.
| Reunion - Opening Gambit | 3.80 |  | Initial promise dissipated as the pint went down |
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Miller's Ale (originally 4.5%) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Wantsum - Black Prince | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
08 Aug 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. As always conversation is obligatory but one never knows what it will be about.
| Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Knight's Ale | 4.60 |  | |
| Oakham - Citra | 4.20 | | Not as crisp as usual |
| Wantsum - 1381 | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
02 Aug 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
| Oakham - Scarlet Macaw | 4.40 | | |
| Kent - Black Gold | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Gun - Scaramanga Extra Pale Ale | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
25 Jul 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
| Cellar Head - Single Hop Pale | 4.60 | | Very flavoursome and moreish |
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | 5.90 | Not Tried | |
10 Jul 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Blue Top | 4.80 | | |
| Cellar Head - Session Bitter (unfined) | 3.50 | | Basic traditional English mid brown bitter |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
03 Jul 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. The Carlsberg takeover of London Fields "Brewery", announced today, was much discussed.
| Long Man - Old Man | 4.30 | | Very good example of an old ale style |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold Top | 4.30 | | |
| Dorking - Pacific Gold | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
27 Jun 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm. All others left just after I arrived!
| Reunion - Talwar | 4.50 | | Spicy notes in this, for taste intrigue |
| Reunion - Opening Gambit | 3.80 | | Very average, a bit hazy |
| Reunion - Beardtongue | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
19 Jun 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. I sweltered until well after the second pint had been hatched.
| Reunion - Monroe | 3.60 | | Not sure how the lemongrass taste comes about |
| Thames Side - Mallard Mild | 3.50 | | Old school mild, how Shep's once used to be and with more meat than Harvey's one |
| Bexley - BOB (Bexley's Own Beer) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
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