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The Door Hinge (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Bad Seed - Mosaic Pale AleExceptional1
Redemption - TrinityExcellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow TopExcellent3
Kent - Green GiantExcellent1
Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%)Excellent1
RCH - GoldbineExcellent1
Lacons - Falcon AleExcellent1
Crate - GoldenExcellent1
Rockin Robin - Jingle Bell RockExcellent1
Grey Trees - Digger's GoldExcellent1
Empire - Golden WarriorGood1
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde MildGood1
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's Winter WarmerGood1
Rockin Robin - Robin RedbestGood2
Fyne - JarlGood1
Tonbridge - Golden Rule (was 3.5%)Acceptable1
Adnams - BroadsideNot Tried0
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Pardoner's AleNot Tried0
Bluestone (Pembrokeshire) - Bedrock BlondeNot Tried0
Mighty Oak - Santa's SecretNot Tried0
Spey Valley - Sunshine on KeithNot Tried0
Mighty Oak - Three KingsNot Tried0
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper TopNot Tried0
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's AleNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Picture 2. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

07 Feb 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 9pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Redemption - Trinity3.00ExcellentA superb 3%er
Rockin Robin - Robin Redbest4.00Excellent
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's Ale4.00Not Tried
20 Jan 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Last one in for the last quarter of an hour, very rare here for a Friday evening.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Bad Seed - Mosaic Pale Ale4.50ExceptionalExceptional condition, delicately perfumed single hop job
Crate - Golden4.00ExcellentBad experiences with Crate previously, but not with this one
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not Tried
06 Jan 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%)3.40Excellent
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild3.70Good
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's Winter Warmer5.00GoodGoing down well here but I can never forget that the pumpclip makes no reference to this beer's post September 2006 true provenance
29 Dec 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Afternoon visit after Welling chores. Good crowd around the bar teasing and being teased.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Tonbridge - Golden Rule (was 3.5%)3.20AcceptableSome haze
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild3.70Not Tried
Mighty Oak - Three Kings4.20Not Tried
24 Dec 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening after local Tescoing, nearly caught out by Ray's planned 7pm closing but he did not get the last of us out much before 8.20.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Rockin Robin - Jingle Bell Rock4.20Excellent
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top6.00Good
Spey Valley - Sunshine on Keith3.50Not Tried
23 Dec 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top6.00Excellent
RCH - Goldbine3.80Excellent3 English hop varieties in this one
Mighty Oak - Santa's Secret4.00Not Tried
11 Dec 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Very busy at Sunday lunchtime, although QPR Steve and I manage to squeeze into a little corner. So busy in fact that beer range is depleted to just the one, but good to see one brewed by Oz11 of this parish.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Rockin Robin - Robin Redbest4.00AcceptableA dark Bitter that is a bit too much at the malt end of the spectrum for my tastes, but popular with those around me.
01 Dec 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 9pm close. A lively bunch sitting near the bar counter.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top6.00ExcellentVery last almost a pint out of the cask and as good as might have been the first. A snip at £3 pp to clear
Empire - Golden Warrior3.80Good
Bluestone (Pembrokeshire) - Bedrock Blonde4.00Not Tried
18 Nov 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Late afternoon, early evening visit. Many were well settled in for the night when I left.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Lacons - Falcon Ale4.20Excellent
Grey Trees - Digger's Gold4.00ExcellentNot a style I would want a second of
Fyne - Jarl3.80GoodPreview pint, not for all until tomorrow
02 Nov 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 9pm close. Good conflicting debate about what non-cask ale products a Micropub should sell.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Green Giant6.00ExcellentNearing end of cask, not quite as good as the perfect nectar at the end of last week
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not TriedA popular beer here but not with me
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Pardoner's Ale3.80Not Tried

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About The Door Hinge

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

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional20
Excellent468
Good136
Acceptable32
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 337 times, seen 501 different beers and tried 363 of them.

Map location

Postcode: DA16 1TR