The Broken Drum (Free House)
We believe this pub is CLOSED
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Visits Details
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 | |
12 Jun 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
| Long Man - Long Blonde | 3.80 | | Best Long Man beer I have had, a match for Dark Star Hophead or Oakham JHB when this good |
| Thames Side - Egyptian Goose India Pale Ale | 4.80 | | Took a while to discern the taste characteristics, subtle citrus came through towards the end |
| Bexley - Redhouse | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
03 Jun 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. I was just a bit easier to get out the door than others, only just though!
| Musket - Ball Puller | 4.00 | | Grew on me, moreish dry aftertaste |
| Musket - Matchlock | 3.80 | | Tasty dark mild |
| Bexley - Golden Acre | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
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