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The Door Hinge (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper TopExcellent1
Okell's - IPA (or Dr Okell's IPA)Excellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Blue TopExcellent1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 3Excellent1
Loddon - Gravesend Shrimpers BitterGood1
Triple fff - Alton's PrideGood1
Highwood - Essex IPAGood1
Purity - Pure UBUGood1
Adnams - BroadsideNot Tried0
Marston Moor (brewed at Rudgate) - Mongrel's Mumbo JumboNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Picture 2. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

06 Jun 2013 (HSB)
Late afternoon. We were joined by Philip Pirrip out in daylight. Highly unusual. My first visit here and I liked it a lot. Our group now numbered six and we had an enjoyable time.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Okell's - IPA (or Dr Okell's IPA)4.50Excellent
Loddon - Gravesend Shrimpers Bitter4.10Good
Marston Moor (brewed at Rudgate) - Mongrel's Mumbo Jumbo4.10Not Tried
23 Apr 2013 (Oompah)
Excellent real ale only venue , great beer , brilliant landlord and wonderful company . Thoroughly recommend this new venture to everyone , it's traditional and no nonsense - love it !
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12 Apr 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Late afternoon after a local £3 haircut. Lively comings and goings - as if the pub had been in situ for years.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 35.00ExcellentIn fine form
Highwood - Essex IPA3.60GoodBadged here as Canndo brewery from Chelmsford but I think that is the wholesaler's title. More a brownish standard bitter than an IPA - dryish and somewhat malty
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not TriedSells very well here but not to my palate
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not TriedJust sold out
06 Apr 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. A crowd of well oiled Bexley Beer Festival volunteers in situ after an early sell-out there.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Blue Top4.80ExcellentIn first rate condition
Triple fff - Alton's Pride3.80Good
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
26 Mar 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. This Micropub has bedded in nicely after just 12 days since opening. Local CAMRA enthusiasts discussing their forthcoming branch beer festival.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10ExcellentBest Copper Top I have had anywhere - fine condition
Purity - Pure UBU4.50Good
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
06 Mar 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Afternoon as passing by and nosing around. This will be the first Micropub in Greater London. Guvnor Ray is working like a trojan to finish off the building and open up perhaps next week. The first beers have been delivered and stand on their ends in waiting a trip to the gravity stillage.
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About The Door Hinge

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

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional20
Excellent493
Good162
Acceptable37
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 366 times, seen 519 different beers and tried 382 of them.

Map location

Postcode: DA16 1TR