The Door Hinge (Free House)
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Michael Croxford
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11 Jan 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Introduced the Guv and several interested customers to Frank Baillie's 1973 The Beer Drinker's Companion.
| Kent - Beyond the Pale | 5.40 |  | Good but raw |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Weltons - Horsham Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
09 Jan 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. 2035 hours and shutters down. January is the curse of the suburban drinking classes.
28 Dec 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. By then only 2 small parties in.
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top | 6.00 |  | Superb condition - could not fault |
| Tonbridge - Alsace Gold | 4.00 | | Single varietal in perfect condition. Could not fault |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
| Frome (formerly Milk Street) - Winter Spice | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
19 Dec 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Longer stay than usual as conversation and beer merged into a most pleasant visit. Lots of talk of the pub's coach trip on the Monday to Micropubs in Tankerton, Herne Bay and Sittingbourne and of the next day's sore heads.
| Stonehenge - Rudolph | 5.00 |  | |
| Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Red Top | 3.80 | | |
| Portobello - Pale | 4.00 | | |
11 Dec 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Guv Ray was in high dudgeon as he had put an iffy cask of Derventio Brewery beer on sale, we had tasters and agreed with him about its iffiness but that did not cheer him up.
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Gale's HSB | 4.80 | | Had forgotten this was so dark a beer |
| Mighty Oak - Kings (was 3.9% before 2013) | 4.20 | | |
15 Nov 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. The only Micropub on London's doorstep. Be there or be square!
| Oakleaf (now see Fallen Acorn entries) - Hole Hearted | 4.70 | | |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Rye Pale Ale | 4.00 | | Near faultless |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Pale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
09 Nov 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Pub had taken a beer bashing earlier with fans before and after Welling United v. Luton Town FA Cup (2-1) The FA Cup with Budweiser match. Still packed and not a tad of Budweiser evident in any form. Suggest all you readers pack in on non match days - give it a try.
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Seasider | 4.30 | | |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | | |
09 Oct 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close.
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Green Hop Ale (2013) | 4.80 | | Just not quite the first 5* mark that Guv Ray craves. Even a 20p bribe could not move me - my price was beer for life! |
| Kent - Pale | 4.00 | | |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
14 Sep 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Remiss of me not to have visited for 3 months. Guv Ray is as enthusiastic (no - even more enthusiastic) as ever.
| Hammerpot - HPA | 4.10 | | |
| Triple fff - Elder Skelter | 3.70 | | |
| Loddon - Gravesend Shrimpers Bitter | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
12 Jul 2013 (Stephen Harris)
An excellent little pub. Very busy in the early evening and one way or another I seemed to know most of the people here – either having a pre-match pint before seeing Leyton Orient play up the road at Welling United, or popping in after visiting the busy beer festival over the road at the Guy, Earl of Warwick (for which I did not have sufficient time).
| Kent - Bramling Cross Single Hop | 4.50 | | Hoppy, golden pint with some summer fruit tastes. |
| Salisbury - English Ale | 4.10 | | Dark copper-coloured, traditional bitter. |
| Teignworthy - Spring Tide | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Black Gold | 4.00 | Not Tried | Ran out. |
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