The Door Hinge (Free House)
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Michael Croxford
Visits Details
25 Apr 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. Visit truncated by local transport difficulties getting there.
| Daleside - Premium Gold | 5.00 |  | Full bodied. Excellent head retention |
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Goodness Gracious Me! | 4.80 | | Sneak preview of a "coming next". A temptation to visit again tomorrow! |
| Goddards - Wight Squirrel | 4.30 | | |
| Florence - Titfer (branded as A Head In A Hat Brewing) | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
16 Apr 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Afternoon. Post dentist visit during the proscribed no eating time! Good mix of customers and banter.
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Genesis | 3.50 | | |
| Kent - Cascade | 4.50 | | |
| B&T (Banks & Taylor's) - Shefford Blonde | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
12 Apr 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings evening. Guv Ray had taken a crew of 17 in all by minibus earlier in the day to the Just Reproach Deal, Goody Ales Brewery, Black Dog Whitstable and Tankerton Arms then back home. The fug of a steamin' good day was obvious as I walked in.
| Mordue - Workie Ticket | 4.50 | | |
| Kent - Cascade | 4.50 | | 4.5*s. Single varietal hop beer. Taste still lingering as I post this 90 minutes after last quaff |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Pale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
08 Apr 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid afternoon post dentist in the time she'd said I should not eat. Good crowd in within 30 minutes of opening. Left as the Welling Utd. and Hereford Utd. fans started arriving for local evening football match.
| Caveman (latterly a cuckoo at Leatherbritches) - EKG | 3.00 | | 4th last pint out of cask and still full of flavour for a 3%er |
| Moles - Gold | 3.80 | | Dry and tongue rasping. New cask fresh on |
| Naylor's - Merrie England | 5.00 | | Came across as fruity and spicy in smell and taste |
| Peerless - Bunny Hop Blond | 4.00 |  | Very citrus |
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Sheppard | 4.50 |  | Too fresh. New cask fresh on |
22 Mar 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Has now been open for a year and a week and has, I believe, just become CAMRA Bexley Branch's 2014 Pub of the Year.
| Kent - Beyond the Pale | 5.40 |  | Oh dear oh dearey dearey me - 5* for this beer on consecutive visits |
| Tonbridge - Coppernob | 3.80 | | |
| Skinner's (now brewed by Goodh) - Ginger Tosser | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
22 Feb 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. Guv Ray was AWOL tonight but his Beyond the Pale shone out in his absence.
| Kent - Beyond the Pale | 5.40 | | |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Mighty Oak - Jake the Snake | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
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 | | |
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