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The Door Hinge (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Kent - Green GiantExceptional2
Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%)Excellent1
Rockin Robin - RPAExcellent1
Tonbridge - Golden Rule (was 3.5%)Excellent1
Lacons - Falcon AleExcellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - 950 Battle of Hastings 950th Anniversary AleExcellent1
Mighty Oak - Captain BobExcellent1
Hambleton - Super C Session IPAExcellent1
Grey Trees - Digger's GoldExcellent1
Mallinsons - ChinookExcellent1
Frome (formerly Milk Street) - Great Uncle John's Tarantula JuiceExcellent1
Fyne - JarlExcellent2
Adnams - BroadsideExcellent1
Stonehenge - Spire AleExcellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Red TopExcellent1
Longdog - Golden PoacherGood1
Tonbridge - Old ChestnutGood1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Green Hop (2016 with Bullion)Good1
Adnams - Cashmere IPAAcceptable1
Mighty Oak - LionheartNot Tried0
Kent - Black GoldNot Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5Not Tried0
Bad Co. - Comfortably NumbNot Tried0
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Al Murray, The Pub Landlord Dependence Day Colonial Pale AleNot Tried0
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Single Hop Hallertau BlancNot Tried0
Tonbridge - CoppernobNot Tried0
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Pardoner's AleNot Tried0
Franklins - Mama Knows BestNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Picture 2. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

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
28 Oct 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. Good mix of customers in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Green Giant6.00ExceptionalThe reason for my visit, accomplished with aplomb and this innocent heady brew needed none other to follow it
Tonbridge - Coppernob3.80Not Tried
Mallinsons - Chinook4.00Not Tried
Longdog - Golden Poacher3.90Not Tried
25 Oct 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 9pm close. Just a couple of others in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mallinsons - Chinook4.00Excellent
Longdog - Golden Poacher3.90GoodPreview taster half
Tonbridge - Old Chestnut4.40Good
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Single Hop Hallertau Blanc4.20Not TriedRan out
21 Oct 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close plus a bit.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Burning Sky - Plateau (was 3.5%)3.40Excellent
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - 950 Battle of Hastings 950th Anniversary Ale4.60Excellent
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - Single Hop Hallertau Blanc4.20Not Tried
13 Oct 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 9pm close. Bexley CAMRA Branch cider trail visit. Appleforth Abbey Traditional had a fishy aftertaste so I left about a third.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Not Tried
Bad Co. - Comfortably Numb3.80Not Tried
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Al Murray, The Pub Landlord Dependence Day Colonial Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
05 Oct 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 9pm close. Tapped and ready to go the Kent Green Giant awaits the lucky few over the next days.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Fyne - Jarl3.80Excellent
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Green Hop (2016 with Bullion)4.00Good
Kent - Black Gold4.00Not Tried
23 Sep 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mighty Oak - Captain Bob3.80Excellent
Adnams - Cashmere IPA4.70AcceptableSome haze, a bit fresh but tasty
Franklins - Mama Knows Best4.10Not Tried
Mighty Oak - Lionheart3.60Not Tried
06 Sep 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 9pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Broadside4.70Excellent
Stonehenge - Spire Ale3.80Excellent
Rockin Robin - RPA3.90Excellent
23 Aug 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid afternoon after my Welling chores. Good crowd of morning golfers were in fine argumentative form.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Red Top3.80Excellent
Tonbridge - Golden Rule (was 3.5%)3.20Excellent
Hambleton - Super C Session IPA3.60ExcellentPreview pint. 4 hops subtly blended: Cascade, Centennial, Chinook and Citra
Frome (formerly Milk Street) - Great Uncle John's Tarantula Juice5.00Excellent

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About The Door Hinge

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

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional20
Excellent477
Good147
Acceptable36
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 349 times, seen 507 different beers and tried 369 of them.

Map location

Postcode: DA16 1TR