The River Ale House (Free House)
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Stephen Harris
Visits Details
20 Jun 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 11pm close.
| Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%) | 3.40 |  | A great and consistent low gravity beer |
| Iron Pier - Bitter | 4.00 |  | |
| Daleside - Old Legover (a.k.a. Country Stile) | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Grafton - Caramel Stout | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Loddon - N.O.T.U.S | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Phipps NBC - IPA | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
17 Jun 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 11pm close. The TV for World Cup football has already got larger!
| JW Lees (see also Lees) - Founder's | 4.50 |  | |
| Phipps NBC - IPA | 4.30 |  | |
| East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Iron Pier - American Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Loddon - N.O.T.U.S | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Phipps NBC - Golden Mild | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
14 Jun 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 11pm close. The pub has imported a TV for at least the World Cup Football.
| Branscombe (was Branscombe Vale) - Summa That | 5.00 |  | |
| JW Lees (see also Lees) - Founder's | 4.50 |  | Suoerb mid brown English bitter, what the doctor ordered, pity it can't be on prescription |
| East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Tonbridge - Golden Rule (was 3.5%) | 3.20 | Not Tried | Ran out at last knockings |
| Bank Top - Lunar Halo | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Kirkby Lonsdale - Crafty Mild | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Green Jack - Jester | 4.40 | Not Tried | Ran out |
10 Jun 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 11pm close. The pub is basking in the sunlight of a column all about it in today's Sunday Telegraph.
| Green Jack - Jester | 4.40 |  | New cask on today |
| Iron Pier - Perry St Porter | 3.70 |  | Extra pale in colour and slight citrus, not my bag |
| Bank Top - Lunar Halo | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Signature Brew - Nightliner | 5.70 | Not Tried | |
| Malt, The Brewery - Voyager | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Elland - Overlord Bitter | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
08 Jun 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 11pm close.
| Signature Brew - Nightliner | 5.70 |  | The coffee favours were fortunately not overpowering |
| Malt, The Brewery - Voyager | 5.00 |  | I could feel the alcohol hit |
| Saltaire - South Island Pale | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
| Elland - Overlord Bitter | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Ilkley - Blonde | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| Robinsons - Hoppy Wan Kenobi | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
03 Jun 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 11pm close.
| Daleside - Sea Fever | 4.30 |  | |
| Upham - Tipster | 3.60 |  | Pretty lifeless and head soon dissipated. Guv concerned too how this could be, from a newly broached cask that had been fobbing earlier |
| Branscombe (was Branscombe Vale) - Anniversary Ale | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Redemption - Victorian Mild (collaboration with The Kernel) | 6.00 | Not Tried | |
| Franklins - Lawless | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
31 May 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 11pm close.
| Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 |  | Kent quality in motion |
| Kent - Brewers Reserve | 5.00 |  | |
| Branscombe (was Branscombe Vale) - Anniversary Ale | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
| Humpty Dumpty - Broadland Sunrise | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Great Newsome - Sleck Dust | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Redemption - Victorian Mild (collaboration with The Kernel) | 6.00 | Not Tried | |
| Northern Whisper - Soft Mick | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
27 May 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 11pm close. Good debrief from a customer as to how this year's Kidbrooke Beer Festival went - some 900 through the door.
| Humpty Dumpty - Broadland Sunrise | 4.20 |  | Nicely rounded orange citrus on rye |
| Phipps NBC - Farthing Ale | 3.50 |  | Tiring, been on 4 days |
| Westerham - Grasshopper Kentish Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Strathaven - Claverhouse Red Ale | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - Old Growler | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| East London (ELB) - Cowcatcher | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Bedlam - Phoenix Pale Ale | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| Great Newsome - Fine Fettle | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
20 May 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 11pm close.
| Phipps NBC - Midsummer Meadow | 3.90 |  | Nicely rounded flavour |
| 1648 - Choc Orange Mild | 3.60 |  | Had kept its head and condition and flavour despite being on a few days by now |
| Blindmans - Mine Beer | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| RedWillow - Headless | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| Tring - Enigma | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Ayr - Otto & Griselda | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
13 May 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 11pm close. Some sadness here after Charlton Athletic's play offs failure today.
| Bexley - Anchor Bay IPA | 4.80 |  | Full in body, full in flavour |
| East London (ELB) - Rascal | 3.80 |  | Ginger infused |
| Redemption - Rock the Kazbek | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Reedley Hallows - New Laund Dark | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
| Bexley - Redhouse | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Hambleton - Iced | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Grafton - Hayloft Bitter | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
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