Halfway House (Freehouse)
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07 Oct 2018 (Wittenden)
We came to meet Anne for lunch on a pleasant October Sunday. We sat up in the snug and enjoyed our beer.Busy with drinkers and diners.
Tonbridge - Rustic | 4.00 |  | Farmyard,grand stuff. |
Rother Valley - Hoppers Ale | 4.40 |  | Listed as Green Hop.Resinous,Morello Cherries. Thunderingly good. |
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale | 3.70 |  | Lacked a bit of that Goacher's earthiness. |
Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 |  | Muted. |
Goacher's - Special House Ale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special) | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Cellar Head - Sub Three | 2.70 | Not Tried | |
04 Jan 2016 (Wittenden)
A wet January Monday lunchtime,allegedly the nation's first day at work.After doing some, we met the rest of the family in an upper room, and watched the antics of a man fettling a wickerwork horse in the garden.
Tonbridge - Rustic | 4.00 |  | On gravity. Good dark best bitter:blackberries. |
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA) | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Skinner's - Betty Stogs Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Langham - Halfway to Heaven | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
Westerham - 1965 Special Bitter Ale | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Tonbridge - Winter Solace | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
01 Sep 2013 (Wittenden)
Early evening, fleeting visit.
Rother Valley - Smild | 3.80 |  | Dark, dry mild with a fair amount of hops. |
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Skinner's - Betty Stogs Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Tonbridge - Coppernob | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Westerham - 1965 Special Bitter Ale | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Canterbury Brewers - Engenious Stout | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
23 Aug 2013 (thebrewingman)
First day of their Bank Holiday Weekend Beer Festival. Sixty beers on the card. I have only listed the five I tried today.
Salopian - Shropshire Gold | 3.80 |  | |
Rother Valley - Golden Valley Wheat Beer | 4.20 |  | |
Long Man - Old Man | 4.30 |  | |
Dark Star - 80 Shilling | 4.80 |  | |
Canterbury Brewers - Engenious Stout | 4.20 |  | A super stout, nice and dry. |
25 May 2013 (oz11)
Afternoon visit for the start of the Bank Holiday beer festival. Every beer I tried was in great nick.
Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 4.70 |  | |
Dark Star - Hophead (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 |  | |
Stonehenge - Sign of Spring | 4.60 |  | |
Whitstable - Winkle Picker | 4.50 |  | |
Ilkley - Mary Jane | 3.50 |  | |
Tonbridge - Blonde Ambition | 4.20 |  | |
Old Dairy - Silver Top | 4.50 |  | |
Tonbridge - Rustic | 4.00 |  | |
Dark Star - The Art of Darkness | 3.50 |  | |
Rother Valley - Alliance | 4.20 |  | |
Old Dairy - Wild Hop | 4.00 |  | |
Goacher's - Best Dark Ale (aka Original) | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA) | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Triple fff - Alton's Pride | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Rother Valley - Level Best | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Exmoor - Gold | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Tring - Side Pocket for a Toad | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
Nelson - Friggin in the Riggin | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Goddards - Ale of Wight | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Dark Star - Festival | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Rudgate - Battle Axe | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Stonehenge - Pigswill | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
RCH - Hewish IPA | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
RCH - PG Steam | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
Exmoor - Ale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Tring - Jack O Legs | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Moorhouse's - Premier Bitter (was 3.8%) | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Whitstable - Native Bitter | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Whitstable - Bohemium Lager | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
Nelson - Pieces of Eight | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Rother Valley - Copper Ale | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Dark Star - Original | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Nelson - Purser's Pussy Porter | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Whitstable - Pearl of Kent | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Frome (formerly Milk Street) - The Usual (at one time 4.1%) | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Rudgate - Viking | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Old Dairy - Red Top | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Goddards - Scrumdiggity | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Old Dairy - Blue Top | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Whitstable - Renaissance Ruby Mild | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Dark Star - Partridge Best Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Tonbridge - Coppernob | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Old Dairy - Spring Top | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Nelson - Admiral IPA | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Hastings - Hastings Blonde | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
Hastings - Hastings Porter | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Sunny Republic - Beach Blonde | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Hastings - HPA | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Hastings - Best Bitter | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Tonbridge - Traditional | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
Rother Valley - Anniversary Ale | 4.40 | Not Tried | Brewed to mark the brewery's 20th anniversary. |
24 Apr 2013 (ChrisE)
Lunch time visit, and it was good to see a fair number of people sitting at the bar drinking in a fairly isolated rural pub. Definitely a pub with food rather than a restaurant with a bar. People seemed to be surprised to discover that we had managed to get there on a bus, even though it drops you right outside the pub.
Skinner's - Betty Stogs Bitter | 4.00 |  | |
Rother Valley - Smild | 3.80 |  | |
Westerham - 1965 Special Bitter Ale | 4.80 |  | |
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Goacher's - Special House Ale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Greene King - Tolly Cobbold Tolly English Ale | 2.80 | Not Tried | A fair price at £2 per pint. |
12 Jan 2013 (Pedro)
Lunchtime
Loddon - Gravesend Shrimpers Bitter | 4.10 |  | |
Rother Valley - Mild | 3.60 |  | |
Tonbridge - Coppernob | 3.80 |  | |
Greene King - Tolly Cobbold Tolly English Ale | 2.80 |  | |
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Westerham - Special Bitter Ale "1965" | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Skinner's - Betty Stogs Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special) | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Old Dairy - Gold Top | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
08 Nov 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Special occasion for me as I attend my 1000th Thursday evening mild drinkers event. Arrived in style by Routemaster bus.
Rother Valley - Smild | 3.80 |  | So good, drank this all evening, on top form as ever. My score 16/20. |
07 Oct 2012 (Wittenden)
Lunchtime on a sunny October Sunday. We sat in the adults Garden, and discussed how it could be floristically enhanced. I was told that they are all snobs in Brenchley-everyone seemed very friendly today!
Tonbridge - Coppernob | 3.80 |  | Aromatic amber session beer:some hedgerow fruits, a long bitter finish. I could get used to this. |
Beer Rocks - Scary | 4.40 |  | Pale 'n' hoppyish. Some haze. Can't find out much about this brewery.Some sources point to North Yorkshire, some to Wales. OK pint. |
Goacher's - Fine Light Ale | 3.70 | Not Tried | I was sorely tempted |
Skinner's - Betty Stogs Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special) | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Rother Valley - Mild | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
Westerham - 1965 Special Bitter Ale | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
30 Sep 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Post sunday lunch and a few diners still in plus a handful of locals.
Rother Valley - Smild | 3.80 |  | Good as ever with a good mix of caramel and chocolate malt and low hop rate. My score 16/20. |
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