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The Broken Drum (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Goacher's - Best Dark Ale (aka Original)Excellent1
Hardknott - ContinuumExcellent1
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Port StoutExcellent1
Mighty Oak - IPAExcellent1
Kent - CobnutExcellent1
Whitstable - Pearl of KentExcellent1
Kent - KGB or Kent Golding BitterExcellent1
Tonbridge - CoppernobGood1
Hop Fuzz - TriumphGood1
Slater's - Top TottyGood1
Goacher's - Gold StarGood1
Mighty Oak - The Joy of SixGood1
Windsor & Eton - Zinzan's 2016 DropGood1
Frog Island - T.O.C. PorterGood1
Hop Fuzz - Martello (superseded by 4.4% then 4.5% versions)Good1
Frog Island - ShoemakerAcceptable1
Hadrian and Border - Ouseburn PorterAcceptable1
Rockin Robin - Really RockinAcceptable1
Rockin Robin - Ruckin RobinAcceptable2
Tonbridge - Old ChestnutAcceptable1
Ripple Steam - Farmhouse Light AleNot Tried0
Robinsons - Red JesterNot Tried0
Rockin Robin - Robin RedbestNot Tried0
Bexley - Golden AcreNot Tried0
Bexley - May Place Spring AleNot Tried0
Mighty Oak - Road KingNot Tried0
Clarkshaws - Gorgon's Alive!Not Tried0
Brentwood - BBC2Not Tried0
Slater's - Smoked PorterNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Broken Drum, Blackfen, Greater London
Picture 2. The Broken Drum, Blackfen, Greater London
Picture 3. The Broken Drum, Blackfen, Greater London
Jason Jones

Visits Details

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.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Whitstable - Pearl of Kent4.50Excellent
Tonbridge - Coppernob3.80Good
Brentwood - BBC22.50Not Tried
Slater's - Smoked Porter4.80Not 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.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Slater's - Top Totty4.00Good
Rockin Robin - Really Rockin5.00AcceptableScummy broken yeasty head
Tonbridge - Old Chestnut4.40AcceptableNot a lot of condition
14 May 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm. Well inhabited tonight.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hop Fuzz - Martello (superseded by 4.4% then 4.5% versions)3.80Good
Hop Fuzz - Triumph4.80Good
Clarkshaws - Gorgon's Alive!4.00Not Tried
18 Apr 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - KGB or Kent Golding Bitter4.10Excellent
Rockin Robin - Robin Redbest4.00Not Tried
Bexley - Golden Acre4.00Not Tried
Bexley - May Place Spring Ale4.10Not Tried
Mighty Oak - Road King4.20Not Tried
11 Apr 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Other beers details lost in this website's server crash.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mighty Oak - The Joy of Six3.90GoodNew cask on. Good mouthfeel and carbonation
Frog Island - Shoemaker4.20AcceptableGuv warned it might be past its best. It was but was drinkable
Hadrian and Border - Ouseburn Porter5.20Acceptable
04 Apr 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Others beers details lost in this website's server crash.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Cobnut4.10ExcellentIn great nick right down to the very last ¾ pint out of the cask
17 Mar 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. 4 others in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mighty Oak - IPA3.50ExcellentFlavoursome for a 3.5%er
Windsor & Eton - Zinzan's 2016 Drop4.00GoodLast ¾ pint out of cask given on the house
07 Mar 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Just 2 other customers in but they were up for a good discussion about life's privileges withdrawn over the last 25 years, things that youngsters now and in the future will never enjoy.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hardknott - Continuum4.00Excellent
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Port Stout4.80Excellent
Robinsons - Red Jester3.90Not Tried
18 Feb 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. There was a lady in who is planning to open a Micropub in Sidcup by the summer.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Best Dark Ale (aka Original)4.10ExcellentBeautifully balanced
Rockin Robin - Ruckin Robin3.70AcceptableWarned it was near the end. I just found the brew a rather sour bitter
Ripple Steam - Farmhouse Light Ale3.80Not Tried
09 Feb 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. As you'd expect in a Micropub lots of cross-tables conversations.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Gold Star5.10Good
Frog Island - T.O.C. Porter4.40GoodDistinctive taste
Rockin Robin - Ruckin Robin3.70AcceptableWarned it had not cleared. Nice full bodied bitter nevertheless

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About The Broken Drum

The pub sign. The Broken Drum, Blackfen, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional3
Excellent117
Good202
Acceptable102
Poor4

The pub is found in Blackfen, Greater London, DA15 9PT.

Bexley Borough's 3rd Micropub shop conversion in Westwood Lane planned to open in Spring 2015 sometime just after Eastertide. Finally opened on Friday 17th April 2015. Named after an inn in a Terry Pratchett novel. Formerly a nail salon called Simply Nails. Real ales and ciders sold under gravity dispense from a temperature controlled cellar room visible through its glazed door. 2 level wooden stillage holds up to 10 casks. A settle in each bay window and low tables and chairs provide the seating. Unisex toilet. Has a small bar counter in one corner. Note that last sales are 30 minutes before the advertised closing time. SPBW London Pub of the Year 2018. Local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year 2018. Card payments accepted. Closed 31st December 2025 by licensee - venue has a new operator lined up expected to re-open perhaps end January 2026. Re-opened Friday 20th March 2026 with new operator. 2 toilets now, bar counter moved and 2 cask ales now served on handpump and the addition of 5 keg taps.

We have visited this pub 221 times, seen 448 different beers and tried 308 of them.

Map location

Postcode: DA15 9PT