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The Door Hinge (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Kent - Summit Single Hopped Pale AleExcellent2
Titanic - Cherry DarkExcellent1
Tonbridge - Winter SolaceExcellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow TopExcellent1
Franklins - 1066Excellent1
Ilkley - Fireside PorterExcellent1
Adnams - Mosaic Pale AleExcellent1
Titanic - Plum PorterExcellent2
Rockin Robin - Portly RobinExcellent1
Rockin Robin - RPAExcellent2
Kent - PaleExcellent1
Bexley - Black Prince PorterGood1
Kent - Beyond the PaleGood1
Adnams - BroadsideNot Tried0
RCH - Steam SleighNot Tried0
Clarkshaws - Phoenix RisingNot Tried0
Mighty Oak - Sergeant PepperNot Tried0
Bexley - Golden AcreNot Tried0
Mordue - Five BridgesNot Tried0
Wantsum - DynamoNot Tried0
Kent - Black GoldNot Tried0
Rockin Robin - Hoppin RobinNot Tried0
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper TopNot Tried0
Loddon - RB Reading BestNot Tried0
Bexley - Crook Log Winter AleNot Tried0
Strathaven - Patron SaintNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Picture 2. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

27 Feb 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. Visit prompted by the tip yesterday that Snow Top would be appearing.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top6.00ExcellentA meal in a glass
Kent - Pale4.00Not Tried
26 Feb 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. Noisier than I have ever known it tonight despite schhhhsh schhhhsh from the Guv.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Summit Single Hopped Pale Ale4.50ExcellentTop notch
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not TriedOn for the morrow
Kent - Pale4.00Not TriedOn for the morrow
Loddon - RB Reading Best4.00Not TriedRan out
Bexley - Crook Log Winter Ale5.20Not TriedRan out
06 Feb 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. First visit of 2016 and as I walked in the collection for my wreath was stopped.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Summit Single Hopped Pale Ale4.50ExcellentFirst rate, no less
Kent - Black Gold4.00Not Tried
Rockin Robin - Hoppin Robin3.70Not Tried
31 Dec 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until an earlier than usual closure. All good cheer with the usual suspects knocking it back.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Rockin Robin - Portly Robin5.00ExcellentIn superb nick
Kent - Beyond the Pale5.40GoodUnfined. I found this more oily on the lips than the usual clean tasting BTP
Wantsum - Dynamo4.30Not Tried
24 Dec 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. A good crowd in and constantly churning.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Rockin Robin - RPA3.90ExcellentSuperb head stayed throughout
Bexley - Black Prince Porter4.60Good
Mordue - Five Bridges3.60Not Tried
18 Dec 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Titanic - Plum Porter4.90ExcellentNew cask - second out. As usual one to drown in
Franklins - 10663.90ExcellentKept a superb head
Bexley - Golden Acre4.00Not Tried
10 Dec 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Titanic - Cherry Dark4.40ExcellentFull bodied, slow drinking, heavy cherry flavouring
Clarkshaws - Phoenix Rising4.00Not Tried
Mighty Oak - Sergeant Pepper4.20Not Tried
05 Dec 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. One of the busiest Saturday nights I have seen here.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Titanic - Plum Porter4.90ExcellentFreshly on - superb
Rockin Robin - RPA3.90ExcellentFelt more like 4.9%
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not TriedAlways sells fast here but not my scene
RCH - Steam Sleigh3.80Not Tried
27 Nov 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ilkley - Fireside Porter4.20Excellent
Adnams - Mosaic Pale Ale4.10ExcellentTop notch nick
Strathaven - Patron Saint4.00Not Tried
21 Nov 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Pale4.00Excellent
Tonbridge - Winter Solace4.80ExcellentNew beer from Tonbridge. Palate took a while to attune to this after the Kent Pale. Clip shows a fox and "Fox went out on a chilly night"

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About The Door Hinge

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

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional20
Excellent479
Good149
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 351 times, seen 507 different beers and tried 370 of them.

Map location

Postcode: DA16 1TR