The Door Hinge (Free House)
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Michael Croxford
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11 Aug 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Rare afternoon visit shortly after opening, to celebrate a dentist's check up. Guv was playing at Olympia GBBF but the fort was well held by his full match sub.
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Genesis | 3.50 |  | New cask on. So full of taste for 3.5%er |
| Kent - Prohibition | 4.80 | | |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Festiv'Ale | 3.80 |  | Bit disappointing. Broken yeasty head |
01 Aug 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
| Rockin Robin - Reckless Robin | 4.50 | | First rate with floral hop nose and great balanced bitterness |
| Adnams - Mosaic Pale Ale | 4.10 | | |
| Kent - Black Gold | 4.00 |  | |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
25 Jul 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
| Titanic - Plum Porter | 4.90 | | Last out of cask. Seemed a more pungent plum nose and taste than usual |
| Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | | |
| Mighty Oak - Strawberry Fields | 3.80 | | |
| Empire - Sun Never Sets | 4.20 | | |
02 Jul 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
After an afternoon £3 local haircut and Bexleyheath chores and nosh where better to go and find it difficult to escape from (Alcatraz of S.E. London innit some opine).
| Wantsum - Ravening Wolf | 5.90 | | Better than the fresh one on Saturday. An early turn postman seemed to want to empty the cask single-handed before he went home |
| Kent - Pale | 4.00 | | As reliable as the cuckoo's appearance in spring |
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Genesis | 3.50 | | Preview pint - full bodied for 3.5% |
| Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 4.70 | | Preview pint - perhaps a tad fresh |
| Pig & Porter - Crab & Winkle | 3.00 | | £2 pp to clear. A very sour bitter taste |
27 Jun 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. My 3000th visit entry on this site and couldn't be a better venue for this landmark.
| Loch Ness - Hoppy Ness | 5.00 | | |
| Wantsum - Ravening Wolf | 5.90 | | Slight haze |
| Kent - Black Gold | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Pig & Porter - Crab & Winkle | 3.00 | Not Tried | |
20 Jun 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. On a promise yesterday that Titanic Plum Porter would be on today I was affronted to find that the whole tub had already sold out.
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | | |
| Wantsum - Hengist | 5.00 | | |
| Rockin Robin - Robin Redbest | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
19 Jun 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. Quiet. Several other latecomers arrived after me.
| Kent - Pale | 4.00 | | |
| Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale | 4.00 | | |
| Wantsum - Hengist | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
29 May 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. A good crowd in who did not want to go home.
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Genesis | 3.50 | | Superb - as it should be |
| Kent - Pale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Mighty Oak - Head in the Clouds | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
| Three Castles - Monsoon | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
15 May 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. Very quiet tonight.
| Andwell - Gold Muddler | 3.90 | | |
| Rockin Robin - Robin Redbest | 4.00 | | Full bodied |
| Mighty Oak - Elderflower Gold | 3.60 | | Slight perfumed nose |
| Wantsum - 1381 | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
08 May 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
| Tonbridge - Blonde Ambition | 4.20 | | In excellent condition with just the bitterness I hoped for |
| Three B's - Bee Blonde | 4.00 | Not Tried | Taster had caramel tinge |
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