The Long Pond (Free House)
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Stephen Harris
Visits Details
17 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| Pig & Porter - Lilac Time Mild | 3.80 |  | Good to try a dark mild every so often. Thin but tasty |
| Tonbridge - American Pale | 5.00 |  | Some loss of condition and fullness of body since Monday's |
| Hop Fuzz - Goldsmith | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Sheppard | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
15 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| Tonbridge - American Pale | 5.00 | | Heavy full bodied brew |
| Hop Fuzz - Martello (superseded by 4.5% version) | 4.40 | | Light and as clear as a bell |
| Hop Fuzz - Goldsmith | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
12 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
| Hop Fuzz - English | 4.00 | | Just a basic mid brown bitter |
| Pig & Porter - Got The Face On | 4.50 | | Excellent condition but the sour hopping not to my taste |
| Constellation - Indus | 3.90 | | 3rd of the three Constellation regular ales stocked here recently. Rather yeasty |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Tonbridge - Velvet Raven | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
09 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Pretty much last knockings visit until close.
| Hop Fuzz - Martello (superseded by 4.5% version) | 4.40 | | Full bodied with good bitterness to boot |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Hop Fuzz - Fallout | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Tonbridge - Velvet Raven | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
| Constellation - Aquila | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
08 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| Hop Fuzz - Fallout | 3.60 | | Cool and refreshing |
| Tonbridge - Velvet Raven | 5.20 | | Well balanced with no harshness |
| Tonbridge - Rustic | 4.00 | Not Tried | Ran out as I walked in |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Constellation - Aquila | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
06 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
| Constellation - Aquila | 4.60 | | Pub had made the best in cellar care it could of a rather cloying ale with scummy broken yeasty head and slight haze |
| Tonbridge - Rustic | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Hop Fuzz - Fallout | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Tonbridge - Velvet Raven | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
02 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| Wantsum - Imperium | 4.00 | | Excellent small bubbled head remained until the end. A rarity |
| Tonbridge - Velvet Raven | 5.20 | | In fine form |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Pig & Porter - Forever Lost | 5.30 | Not Tried | |
| Tonbridge - Easy Street Pale | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
30 Jul 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. A Tonbridge take-over of the beer board tonight.
| Tonbridge - American Pale | 5.00 | | No great fan of Tonbridge but this was in excellent condition which will always make a big difference. Perhaps Tonbridge ales not looked after so well elsewhere! |
| Tonbridge - Velvet Raven | 5.20 | | Nice nightcap half |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Tonbridge - Countryman | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Tonbridge - Easy Street Pale | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
26 Jul 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close, foreshortened unsuccessfully trying to help two people at Eltham station to contact staff for help.
| Goacher's - Best Dark Ale (aka Original) | 4.10 | | Recently striking me that a woodier taste is coming out in this ale |
| Wantsum - Golgotha | 5.50 | | Only a half but in fine form |
| Wantsum - Hengist | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Wantsum - Dynamo | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
20 Jul 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
| Wantsum - Hengist | 5.00 | | I soon felt its strength |
| Hop Fuzz - English | 4.00 | | Mid brown English bitter was just what I wanted |
| Wantsum - Golgotha | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
| House Beer - Pond Life | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Wantsum - Hurricane | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
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