The Gate Clock (Wetherspoon)
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20 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit until close. Where were all the students?
Salopian - Disintegration | 5.10 | | Strong festival ale. A good nightcap |
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Blood Hound (collaboration with Nethergate) | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Evan Evans - Wild Coast | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
30 Jun 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit with entry initially refused by bouncers who had to be corrected by pub staff when called who said the pub was fully open for serving until the published closing time. Most confrontational.
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Stormstay | 5.00 | | Tired, little condition |
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
19 Jun 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Very last knockings visit until close.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | | Very very ordinary, none of the potential richness of taste |
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
By The Horns - Hopadelic | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
By The Horns - Heatwave | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
31 Mar 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Rushed bus change visit to meet midnight close deadline only to find had an extension to 1am.
Orkney (Sinclair) - Red MacGregor | 4.00 | | Surprisingly bitter |
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
By The Horns - Lambeth Walk | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
03 Mar 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings bus change visit until close.
Windsor & Eton - Conqueror Black IPA | 5.00 | | A very tasty nightcap, special price £1.99pp |
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Knight of the Garter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
14 Jan 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit until close.
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Winter Warmer | 5.20 | | I could not fault this for head, lacing or condition and definitely not on taste |
Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
07 Jan 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit until close.
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Yakima Valley ABA | 4.80 | | I could not fault this tasty brown ale brew |
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Grandstand Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
25 Oct 2023 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit until close.
Batemans - Steel & Oak Easy Stout | 4.00 | | Full bodied, being sold at a reduced clearance price |
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Adnams - Nut Brown | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
01 Oct 2023 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit until close. Good chat with 2 Finns who had flown over for just the weekend.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | | Held up well until the end |
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Knight of the Garter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Parklife | 3.20 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - LD 20 | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
17 Sep 2023 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit. Always a boring array of ales - the venue does not make imaginative use of the JDW quarterly guest list.
Greene King - Abbot | 5.00 | | Served far too chilled. Only got any real taste when pint nearly over and after 20 minutes of defrosting |
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Portobello - Buckingham Best | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
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