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The Door Hinge (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Mallinsons - CitraExcellent1
Redemption - TrinityExcellent1
Mad Cat - Platinum Blonde (previously Meaney's Platinum Blonde Ale)Excellent1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow TopExcellent2
Kent - KGB or Kent Golding BitterExcellent1
Bristol Beer Factory - FortitudeExcellent1
Kent - Green GiantExcellent1
Viper (Mighty Oak) - Jake the SnakeExcellent1
Iron Pier - Perle & Challenger Joined at the HopExcellent1
Buxton - Moor TopExcellent1
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Wife of Bath's AleGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - HPA Hoppy Pale AleGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5Good2
Buxton - MyrciaGood1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über BrewAcceptable1
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper TopNot Tried0
Mighty Oak - Captain BobNot Tried0
BritHop (originally cuckoo or contract brewed at Franklins) - ShakermakerNot Tried0
Kent - Session IPANot Tried0
Bristol Beer Factory - Low RiderNot Tried0
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good LordNot Tried0
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's StoutNot Tried0
Mad Cat - Crispin AleNot Tried0
Tonbridge - Ebony MoonNot Tried0
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Pardoner's AleNot Tried0
Tonbridge - Old ChestnutNot Tried0
Iron Pier - Rosherville RedNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Picture 2. The Door Hinge, Welling, Greater London
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

15 Nov 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. Co-Guv Geoff is in dock with a back problem.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Viper (Mighty Oak) - Jake the Snake4.00ExcellentNew cask and surprisingly tasty
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40Good
Iron Pier - Rosherville Red4.80Not Tried
09 Nov 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Green Giant6.00ExcellentMore GG to smooth my furrowed brow after much of it yesterday elsewhere!!
Tonbridge - Ebony Moon4.20Not Tried
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Pardoner's Ale3.80Not Tried
Tonbridge - Old Chestnut4.40Not Tried
05 Nov 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 9pm close. Just me and the Doc in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - KGB or Kent Golding Bitter4.10Excellent
Mad Cat - Crispin Ale4.00Not Tried
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's Stout4.00Not Tried
29 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 9pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mad Cat - Platinum Blonde (previously Meaney's Platinum Blonde Ale)4.20ExcellentIn top form
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Wife of Bath's Ale3.90Good
Canterbury Ales (sometimes badged as Canterbrew) - The Merchant's Stout4.00Not Tried
18 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Iron Pier - Perle & Challenger Joined at the Hop3.80ExcellentGreat hop balance
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40AcceptableSecond to last out of cask and the poorer for it. None of this beer's usual hop bitterness
Goody Ales - Bleangate Brewery - Good Lord5.00Not Tried
11 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. D-Day has arrived and founding Guv Ray has passed on the business to local fellows Geoff and Steve.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top6.00ExcellentAllegedly near end of cask but still superb
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - HPA Hoppy Pale Ale3.60Good
Bristol Beer Factory - Low Rider3.90Not Tried
08 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 9pm close. D-Day mey be Friday!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Snow Top6.00ExcellentA glorious anaesthetic
Buxton - Moor Top3.60Not Tried
Kent - Session IPA3.90Not Tried
04 Oct 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. No change of ownership here yet.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Buxton - Moor Top3.60ExcellentFirst out of new cask. Zingy and as dry as the proverbial bone
Mallinsons - Citra3.80ExcellentNear end of cask but still superb
Mighty Oak - Captain Bob3.80Not Tried
BritHop (originally cuckoo or contract brewed at Franklins) - Shakermaker4.40Not Tried
27 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10pm close. We are definitely into the last knockings of the present owner's tenure.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Bristol Beer Factory - Fortitude4.00ExcellentEverything you could expect
Buxton - Myrcia4.00GoodClip warned it was hazy - in fact like a scrumpy soup. Bearable citrusness
Redemption - Trinity3.00Not Tried
24 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 9pm close. The Broken Drum Tuesday night off contingent populated the corner seats.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Redemption - Trinity3.00ExcellentSpot on
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Über Brew3.80AcceptableFirst out of new cask. Rather fresh needing the night to settle I suspect
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - Copper Top4.10Not Tried

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About The Door Hinge

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

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional20
Excellent467
Good135
Acceptable32
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 336 times, seen 500 different beers and tried 361 of them.

Map location

Postcode: DA16 1TR