The New Cross Turnpike (Wetherspoon)
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Michael Croxford
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04 Feb 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Extended late evening bus change visit.
Peerless - Oatmeal Stout | 5.00 |  | |
Sambrook's - After Nine | 4.40 |  | First Sammy's beer I have enjoyed for yonks. This was a mint chocolate porter |
Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Ringwood - Fortyniner | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Exmoor - Beast | 6.60 | Not Tried | |
Reunion - True Zeal | 4.30 | Not Tried | It's gotta be a newer cask than previously seen, please help and confirm! |
02 Feb 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Brains - SA | 4.20 |  | |
Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Hook Norton - Old Hooky | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Park - Killcat Pale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Reunion - True Zeal | 4.30 | Not Tried | Still on sale! |
28 Jan 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit.
Portobello - JPA | 4.20 |  | Japanese Pale Ale, not Fuller's eh eh eh |
Hook Norton - Old Hooky | 4.60 |  | Poured quite flat |
Reunion - True Zeal | 4.30 |  | AAAAAAAaarg, a taster gave a whiff and a sip gave a taste of beer that had resided in the line for half a century |
Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Ringwood - Old Thumper | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
Southwark - Chew-Black-A | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
07 Nov 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
After train delays and failures, a very late visit until midnight closure. Obvious dogends from a Southwark Brewery tap takeover a day or so previously.
Southwark - Harvard APA | 5.50 |  | |
Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Swannay (formerly Highland) - Dark Munro | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Southwark - Potters' Fields Porter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Southwark - Bankside Blonde | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Southwark - Routemaster Red | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
12 Oct 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Brewster's - Brewer's Dozen | 5.50 |  | |
St Austell - Big Job | 7.20 |  | Pure murk, either end of cask or a disturbed cask or an off brew. Replaced without question and the barmaid took the clip off its fitting |
Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Salopian - Hop Twister | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Star | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Market Porter | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Rooster's - 24/7 Twenty Four Seven | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
06 Oct 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit.
Branscombe Vale - Branoc | 3.80 |  | Rounded off an evening of 4½*s and 4* beer. Unusual in this pub these days to get an excellent condition pint but this was one |
Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Westway Pale Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Upham - Autumn Leaves | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
20 Sep 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening bus change visit. I could not face any of the real ales so partook of a 7% Cockeyed Pear Mania.
Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Junction | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Summer Blonde | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Grafton - Caramel Stout | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
18 Aug 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until midnight close.
Oakham - JHB | 3.80 |  | Right temperature, in good form |
Brains - SA | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Jennings - Sneck Lifter | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Exmoor - Stag | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
09 Aug 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening bus change visit.
Sambrook's - A.P.A. | 4.50 |  | Lacklustre, lacking a distinct taste identity |
Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Wandle | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Powerhouse Porter | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
Westerham - British Bulldog | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
13 Jul 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit, nearly until the bewitching hour.
Cotleigh - Old Buzzard | 4.80 |  | |
Brains - SA | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot Ale | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Ruddles Best | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Sambrook's - Lavender Hill (originally exclusively for Nicholson's) | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Southwark - Bankside Blonde | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
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