The Broken Drum (Free House)
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08 Aug 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. News of latest 2 more local Micropubs, opening soon, was forthcoming.
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 |  | Nearly last out of cask and very nicely balanced |
| Strathaven - Old Mortality | 4.20 |  | |
| Mighty Oak - Over the Moon | 5.00 | | |
25 Jul 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. As usual some interesting conversation with things learned.
| Kent - Black Gold | 4.00 | | Lovely nick |
| Lincoln Green - Sherwood | 4.40 | | |
| Slater's - Supreme | 4.70 |  | |
11 Jul 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Graphic details of life in Fleet Street were tonight's entertainment.
| Titanic - Plum Porter | 4.90 | | |
| Thames Side - Heron Ale | 3.70 | | Quite average |
| Kelham Island (probably brewed by Thornbridge now) - Riders on the Storm | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
30 Jun 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Busier than I have known on a weekday night.
| Titanic - Plum Porter | 4.90 | | Up there as always |
| Kent - Simcoe | 4.50 | | Some haze, rasther raw |
| Ripple Steam - Original Best Bitter | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
06 Jun 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
| Brentwood - Summer Virgin | 4.50 | | |
| Brentwood - BBC2 | 2.50 | | Not sure I quite liked the way bitterness had been brewed into this beer |
| Brightside - Underworld Porter | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
31 May 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. No one in when arrived and several others came in whilst there. The untimely autumnal weather must have contributed.
| Whitstable - Pearl of Kent | 4.50 | | |
| Tonbridge - Coppernob | 3.80 | | |
| Brentwood - BBC2 | 2.50 | Not Tried | |
| Slater's - Smoked Porter | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
23 May 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 2200 close. Being run tonight by the couple hoping to open the planned The Hackney Carriage Micropub in Sidcup.
| Slater's - Top Totty | 4.00 | | |
| Rockin Robin - Really Rockin | 5.00 | | Scummy broken yeasty head |
| Tonbridge - Old Chestnut | 4.40 | | Not a lot of condition |
14 May 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm. Well inhabited tonight.
| Hop Fuzz - Martello (superseded by 4.4% then 4.5% versions) | 3.80 | | |
| Hop Fuzz - Triumph | 4.80 | | |
| Clarkshaws - Gorgon's Alive! | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
18 Apr 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
| Kent - KGB or Kent Golding Bitter | 4.10 | | |
| Rockin Robin - Robin Redbest | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Bexley - Golden Acre | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Bexley - May Place Spring Ale | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Mighty Oak - Road King | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
11 Apr 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Other beers details lost in this website's server crash.
| Mighty Oak - The Joy of Six | 3.90 | | New cask on. Good mouthfeel and carbonation |
| Frog Island - Shoemaker | 4.20 | | Guv warned it might be past its best. It was but was drinkable |
| Hadrian and Border - Ouseburn Porter | 5.20 | | |
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