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The Door Hinge (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Kent - Session PaleExcellent1
Mighty Oak - Runaway GoldExcellent1
Mighty Oak - Night OwlExcellent1
Tonbridge - Union PaleExcellent1
Kent - Brewers ReserveExcellent3
Mighty Oak - Battle CruiserExcellent2
Mighty Oak - Cockney RebelExcellent2
Kent - PaleExcellent2
Mighty Oak - Highly StrungExcellent1
Mighty Oak - Daisy RootsExcellent2
Hambleton - SaddlesoreExcellent1
Itchen Valley - Citra HopExcellent1
Oakleaf (now see Fallen Acorn entries) - Nuptu'aleGood1
Lincolnshire Craft (formerly Tom Wood's) - Best BitterGood1
Pig & Porter - Ashburnham Pale AleGood1
Tonbridge - CoppernobGood1
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - GenesisGood1
Cottage - Sticky WicketAcceptable1
Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)Not Tried0
RCH - Steamed Flames BitterNot Tried0
Adnams - BroadsideNot Tried0
Box Steam - Golden BoltNot Tried0
Pig & Porter - Red Spider RyeNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Picture 2. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

07 Aug 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Brief last knockings visit.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mighty Oak - Cockney Rebel4.40Excellent
Mighty Oak - Daisy Roots4.10Good
Lincolnshire Craft (formerly Tom Wood's) - Best Bitter3.50Not Tried
06 Aug 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mighty Oak - Cockney Rebel4.40ExcellentSlow drinking as very full in flavour. First Gold and Newport hops
Mighty Oak - Daisy Roots4.10ExcellentQuick half before leaving. Excellent with very dry after-taste
Lincolnshire Craft (formerly Tom Wood's) - Best Bitter3.50GoodNot much substance to this beer
02 Aug 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. Stillage room looking bare after a real rush on beer with a big football crowd before and after the afternoon match.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Session Pale3.70Excellent
Tonbridge - Union Pale4.70ExcellentSuperb APA, full in body
30 Jul 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hambleton - Saddlesore4.00Excellent
Tonbridge - Coppernob3.80GoodPenultimate pint from the cask and still quite acceptable, perhaps a slightly stronger flavour indeed
Box Steam - Golden Bolt3.80Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Red Spider Rye4.80Not Tried
25 Jul 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. Local beer festival in Guy Earl of Warwick had brought N and SE London Branches' CAMRA custom here.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Oakleaf (now see Fallen Acorn entries) - Nuptu'ale4.20Good
Pig & Porter - Ashburnham Pale Ale3.80Good
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
22 Jul 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. One group in the corner would have liked to have been left the keys!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mighty Oak - Runaway Gold3.60ExcellentGuv Ray has a penchant for looking after Mighty Oak in a way many others fail to
Kent - Brewers Reserve5.00GoodHad lost its edge
Cottage - Sticky Wicket4.20AcceptableSweetish brew. Can never build a beer loyalty to any Cottage brew as no idea what it will be like and will never see the same one again.
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Genesis3.50Not TriedRan out
19 Jul 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Local CAMRA branch members present confirmed that the pub has been awarded CAMRA Greater London Pub of the Year for 2014. Now onwards and upwards to the National finals!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Brewers Reserve5.00Excellent
Mighty Oak - Battle Cruiser4.30ExcellentSubtly different from yesterday
Kent - Pale4.00Not Tried
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Genesis3.50Not Tried
18 Jul 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. Seems as if The Door Hinge is well in the running to win the Greater London CAMRA Pub of the Year 2014 award. Spectacular.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Brewers Reserve5.00ExcellentPreview pint of one which will be on sale from tomorrow
Mighty Oak - Battle Cruiser4.30ExcellentWheat beer with very dry and bitter aftertaste
Mighty Oak - Highly Strung4.00ExcellentA strawberry blonde. I was edgy about trying it but in the end the strawberry was incorporated into a dry tasting beer very well
Mighty Oak - Night Owl4.00Not Tried
12 Jul 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mighty Oak - Night Owl4.00ExcellentA porter with excellent head retention
Kent - Pale4.00Good
Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)3.40Not Tried
RCH - Steamed Flames Bitter4.50Not TriedRan out on pouring the pint. The barmaid would not hand it over
05 Jul 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Pale4.00Excellent
Itchen Valley - Citra Hop4.40ExcellentIntense flavour but one was enough
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Genesis3.50GoodThe Guv was knocking this out at £2.50 pp as he was not sure it was spot on. Did go a bit flat someway down the glass

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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