The New Cross Turnpike (Wetherspoon)
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Michael Croxford
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12 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 |  | Good balance, more the fruity end of its possible taste spectrum this pint |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Summer Sun | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Tropical Crush | 4.40 | Not Tried | I don't think I've ever seen a clip for this ale with the ABV declared |
Banks's - Wainwright Gold a.k.a.The Golden Beer | 4.10 | Not Tried | The clip says A Lakeland Original but it is "brewed in Wolverhampton" (latter not declared at point of sale) |
06 Aug 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 |  | First proper tasting Abbot for a few weeks anywhere |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Powerhouse Porter | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Pumphouse Pale Ale | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Market Porter | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
30 Jul 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit. Limited ale range rubbed in by Abbot clips showing (usual old JDW trick) but not available.
Old Dairy - Blue Top | 4.80 |  | Dubious, no off flavours but a haze |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Adnams - Ghost Ship | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
18 Jun 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit. Once again a 'Spoon's with that awful customer unfriendly practice of leaving pumpclips showing for beers not available, this time for GK Abbot.
Marston's - Old Empire IPA | 5.70 |  | Good dry bitterness - second day in a row when best beer of the day was in a 'Spoon's |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Burton Bridge - Top Dog Stout | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special) | 4.50 | Not Tried | The ultimate provenance double-con ale |
28 May 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | 5.90 |  | Fortuitous nightcap find here |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Brains - The Rev James Original | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Ringwood - Old Thumper | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
09 Apr 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Adnams - Terrapin Jazz | 5.50 |  | Full bodied and dry bitterness |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Daleside - Morocco Ale | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Rooster's - Tenderfoot | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
04 Apr 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Bus change late evening visit until midnight close.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 |  | |
Adnams - Fisherman | 4.50 |  | Even through the darkness of the beer a haze showed through. I had several splashes of lemonade added to make it quaffable |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Shepherd Neame - Birrificio Foglie d'Erba Hot night at the Village | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Otter - Hawthorn | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
02 Apr 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until midnight (just) close.
Otter - Hawthorn | 4.00 |  | I think this could have been a good beer but this one had a scummy broken yeasty head |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Shepherd Neame - Birrificio Foglie d'Erba Hot night at the Village | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
05 Mar 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit. Absolutely packed - busier than I have known it since the lockdown times.
Reedley Hallows - Nook of Pendle | 5.00 |  | Good one to finish on - lots of body |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Gothick Dark | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Wandle | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
26 Feb 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 |  | |
Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin) | 4.50 | Not Tried | Yet another rebranding - now clip shows IPA not Ruby Beer anymore |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
East London (ELB) - Nightwatchman | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
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