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The Milk House (Free House)
| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Three Acre - Hazy Pale Ale |  | 1 |
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | | 9 |
| Bedlam - Benchmark |  | 1 |
| Tonbridge - Golden Rule (was 3.5%) | | 1 |
| Bedlam - Phoenix Pale Ale | | 1 |
| Purity - Mad Goose | Not Tried | 0 |
| Black Sheep - Blitzen | Not Tried | 0 |
| Box Steam - Sin Bin | Not Tried | 0 |
Visits Details
18 Feb 2023 (Wittenden)
Mid evening on a February Saturday, we'd come for a family meal.Busy in bar and dining room.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Acre - Hazy Pale Ale | 4.60 | | On the tropical spectrum. |
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | Very ordinary. |
09 Apr 2022 (Wittenden)
Saturday evening:busy with drinkers and diners.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | Grainy. Second pint better than first. |
| Bedlam - Phoenix Pale Ale | 3.90 | Not Tried |
01 Apr 2022 (Wittenden)
Busy on a wintry Friday evening. We came for a family meal and sat in the booth with the large scale OS map from yesteryear.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | |
| Bedlam - Phoenix Pale Ale | 3.90 | | Thin, a bit tired. |
21 Aug 2021 (Wittenden)
Early Saturday evening,family meal. More folk outside than in.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | Grainy. |
| Tonbridge - Golden Rule (was 3.5%) | 3.20 | | Drinkable, but "sharp" sprang to mind. |
21 Jun 2021 (Wittenden)
Family meal in the early evening on a wet and windy Longest Day.Busy in the dining room;several groups of drinkers in the marquee.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 |  | The sole cask beer policy comes up trumps: this was in cracking form. |
22 May 2021 (Wittenden)
We came for a celebratory meal: plenty of diners and perspex screens.I didn't note many drinkers, though they could have been in the big marquee in the yard.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | Improved as the evening proceeded, revealing a hidden level of spicy goodness.The only cask beer available. |
01 May 2021 (Wittenden)
Outdoor service under a large marquee and adjacent garden area. Busy on a Saturday lunchtime.Prompt and friendly personnel.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | Not really what I'd been waiting for. |
11 Jul 2020 (Wittenden)
Saturday midday, my first pub visit since lockdown. Alfresco here,the inside of the pub out of bounds to us mortals. I stood under the ashtree and enjoyed the magic of cask beer.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | My first cask beer since lockdown,served by gravity in a sort of garden shed.I'd been enjoying esoterica from Good Things, Three legs and dare I say ,Brewdog, but this was almost as good as it gets. |
18 Feb 2020 (Wittenden)
Comfortably busy for a winter's Tuesday night with drinkers and diners.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedlam - Benchmark | 4.00 | | Standard fare. |
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Box Steam - Sin Bin | 4.10 | Not Tried |
11 Jan 2020 (Wittenden)
Dusk on a gloomy and dour Saturday.A few drinkers and tea drinkers.I came for a pint:the dogs enjoyed bonios.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | Seemed a bit on the sweet side. |
| Purity - Mad Goose | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Black Sheep - Blitzen | 4.00 | Not Tried |
About The Milk House
Summary of Beer Scores
| Total | |
|---|---|
 | - |
| 43 |
| 20 |
| 10 |
 | 1 |
The pub is found in Sissinghurst, Kent, TN17 2JG.
Large 16th century village pub, with the familiar Whitbread Fremlins pebbledash. A large public bar, together with a room laid up for dining to your left as you go in through the imposing front door. Previously known as The Bull Inn closed for several years then completely revamped and re-opened on 20th September 2013 as The Milk House. Run by same people as The Barrow House in Egerton.
We have visited this pub 58 times, seen 52 different beers and tried 38 of them.
Postcode: TN17 2JG
This pub was formally know as the The Bull Inn.