The Long Pond (Free House)
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Stephen Harris
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07 Nov 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. Friendly house. Good chat with Guv about Micropubs. Larger than usual cask ale range with a mini SE London festival wooing the Eltham Arts Winter Festival events taking place.
| Cronx - Standard | 3.80 |  | Best Cronx I have ever had |
| Canopy - Ruskin Wheat Beer | 5.20 |  | |
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Cronx - Nektar | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Hop Stuff - Renegade IPA | 5.60 | Not Tried | |
| Hop Stuff - A.P.A. (Arsenal Pale Ale) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | Tonbridge Traditional by any other name |
| Southwark - Potters' Fields Porter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
11 Aug 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Late afternoon. Bus was going by.
| Ripple Steam - Original Best Bitter | 4.10 |  | |
| Rat - Bohemian Ratsody | 4.30 | | |
| Bexley - Black Prince Porter | 4.60 | | |
| Nottingham - Supreme | 5.20 | | Disappointing. Hazy and lacking the usual Nottingham crispness |
| RCH - Double Header | 5.30 | Not Tried | |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
04 Feb 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Late afternoon after chores in Eltham. Steady flow of arrivals.
| Caveman (latterly a cuckoo at Leatherbritches) - Evolution #5 | 4.20 | | Best of the visit yet this was last one out of the cask and Guv was reluctant to hand it over |
| Caveman (latterly a cuckoo at Leatherbritches) - Neanderthal (superseded by 4.4% version) | 4.60 | | |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | | |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | | Not so good as earlier |
| Wantsum - Hengist | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Wantsum - Black Prince | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| Caveman (latterly a cuckoo at Leatherbritches) - Palaeolithic | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Mad Cat - Special Relationship Anglo-American Pale Ale | 4.80 | Not Tried | Came on to replace the Caveman Evolution #5
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23 Dec 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Very late afternoon. Small groups starting to arrive.
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | | Delightful after the poor Musket |
| Musket - Fife & Drum Golden Ale | 3.80 | | Broken yeasty head. Bit sour |
| Hopdaemon - Incubus | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top | 6.00 | Not Tried | Tempted but a bit early for a sleep inducer |
| Mad Cat - Golden IPA (previously Meaney's Golden India Pale Ale) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Bexley - Redhouse | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
16 Dec 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10pm close. First visit and impressed by the enthusiasm and level of patronage. For years a pub desert now an oasis but not, alas, one where you can send your camel to bed. The 3.6% house beer Pond Life is deduced to be Tonbridge Traditional.
| Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | | |
| Kent - Porter | 5.50 | | Very yeasty headed |
| Rockin Robin - Reliant Robin (superseded by 3.7% version) | 4.20 | | |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 7 | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Gold Top | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
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