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The New Cross Turnpike (Wetherspoon)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Banks's - Yazoo Hop Perfect IPA |  | 1 |
| Greene King - Abbot | | 2 |
| Wolf - Granny Wouldn't Like It !!! | | 1 |
| Phoenix - Wobbly Bob | | 1 |
| Arundel - Black Beastie | | 1 |
| Titanic - Capt. Smiths |  | 1 |
| Purple Moose - Dark Side of the Moose | | 1 |
| Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | | 1 |
| East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter | | 1 |
| Purity - Mad Goose | Not Tried | 0 |
| Harviestoun - Schiehallion | Not Tried | 0 |
| Sambrook's - Powerhouse Porter | Not Tried | 0 |
| Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - Old Growler | Not Tried | 0 |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | Not Tried | 0 |
| Sambrook's - A.P.A. | Not Tried | 0 |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Sambrook's - Scrumdown | Not Tried | 0 |
| Cairngorm - Trade Winds | Not Tried | 0 |
| Vale of Glamorgan (VOG) - South Island | Not Tried | 0 |
| Stonehenge - Danish Dynamite | Not Tried | 0 |
| Sambrook's - Pumphouse Pale Ale | Not Tried | 0 |
| Sambrook's - Session | Not Tried | 0 |
| Salopian - Darwin's Origin | Not Tried | 0 |
| Lancaster - Black | Not Tried | 0 |
| Prescott - Summer Season's Best | Not Tried | 0 |
| Adnams - Broadside | Not Tried | 0 |
| Brains - SA Gold | Not Tried | 0 |
| Black Sheep - Twilighter | Not Tried | 0 |
| Brains - The Rev James Original | Not Tried | 0 |
Michael Croxford
Visits Details
23 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter | 4.20 | | Did not expect the haze in this ale |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Sambrook's - Scrumdown | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Vale of Glamorgan (VOG) - South Island | 4.20 | Not Tried | Almost unreadable pumpclip when trying to identify the brewer |
| Arundel - Black Beastie | 4.50 | Not Tried |
19 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arundel - Black Beastie | 4.50 | | Very sweet brew. £1.97pp today with JDW's Tax Equality Day 7.5% price reduction |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Lancaster - Black | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Sambrook's - A.P.A. | 4.50 | Not Tried |
13 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf - Granny Wouldn't Like It !!! | 4.80 | | Very full bodied with high malt content. Perhaps an acquired taste and I am Granny |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Harviestoun - Schiehallion | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - Old Growler | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sambrook's - Powerhouse Porter | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
| Lancaster - Black | 4.50 | Not Tried |
09 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks's - Yazoo Hop Perfect IPA | 4.80 | | Much better than I anticipated but I had cheated by having a taster first |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Harviestoun - Schiehallion | 4.80 | Not Tried | 12 abortive pulls of the pump proved the beer was not on - so I turned the clip round to save further annoyance to other customers |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Sambrook's - Powerhouse Porter | 4.90 | Not Tried |
04 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Brief late evening bus change visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purple Moose - Dark Side of the Moose | 4.60 | | |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Purity - Mad Goose | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Sambrook's - Session | 3.40 | Not Tried |
30 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanic - Capt. Smiths | 5.20 | | Overly sweet after-taste |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | Ran out but clips left showing!! |
| Brains - The Rev James Original | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Brains - SA Gold | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Black Sheep - Twilighter | 3.90 | Not Tried |
26 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale) | 4.20 | | Must be tried every so often. Lacklustre tasteless and unexciting. Rounded off a pretty poor old beer evening |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Salopian - Darwin's Origin | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Lancaster - Black | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Black Sheep - Twilighter | 3.90 | Not Tried |
23 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | | Becoming a staple diet for me in Spoon's for its traditional English bitter style, in a mire of other lacklustre middle range Spoon's list beers |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Salopian - Darwin's Origin | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Brains - SA Gold | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Lancaster - Black | 4.50 | Not Tried |
20 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix - Wobbly Bob | 6.00 | | Best beer of the evening. Powerful fruity bitterness |
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Salopian - Darwin's Origin | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Lancaster - Black | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Prescott - Summer Season's Best | 4.30 | Not Tried |
10 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late night bus change visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | | An OK sort of Abbot |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Cairngorm - Trade Winds | 4.30 | Not Tried | Others' I saw were flat |
| Stonehenge - Danish Dynamite | 5.00 | Not Tried | When I ordered confusion if on or off, until cleaning fluid was seen in the glass! |
| Sambrook's - Pumphouse Pale Ale | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Sambrook's - Session | 3.40 | Not Tried |
About The New Cross Turnpike
Summary of Beer Scores
| Total | |
|---|---|
 | - |
 | 36 |
| 101 |
| 68 |
 | 16 |
The pub is found in Welling, Greater London, DA16 3PB.
Ex retail premises (NatWest Bank) in Bellegrove Road, decent and typical conversion, airy and on a number of different levels which includes a balcony area. Equipped with 2 banks of 6 handpumps. Re-opened in February 2016 after a fire over the autumn bank holiday in 2015. BEWARE sometimes seems to randomly apply a late night bar to entry well before advertised midnight closing time.
We have visited this pub 196 times, seen 401 different beers and tried 152 of them.
Postcode: DA16 3PB