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The River Ale House (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Oakham - Scarlet MacawExcellent2
Goacher's - Gold StarExcellent3
Goacher's - Green Hop (Challenger version)Excellent2
Kent - CobnutExcellent2
New Bristol - My Citra RomanceGood2
Iron Pier - First Gold & Ekuanot Joined at the HopGood2
Marble - Manchester BitterGood1
New Bristol - Cinder Toffee StoutGood1
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde MildGood2
Mighty Oak - The HengeGood3
Southwark - Bankside BlondeGood1
Oakham - CelesteGood1
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) Acceptable2
360° - Session IPANot Tried0
Kent - NeomexicanusNot Tried0
Siren Craft - MesmeristNot Tried0
Elusive - WoodstockNot Tried0
360° - All Day Every DayNot Tried0
Southwark - Bermondsey BestNot Tried0
Vocation - Naughty & NiceNot Tried0
Elusive - SundownNot Tried0
Lunebrew - LB201 PaleNot Tried0
Siren Craft - LuminaNot Tried0
Elusive - MetropoleNot Tried0
Picture 1. The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London
Picture 2. The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London
Picture 3. The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London
Stephen Harris

Visits Details

08 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Busy for last 30 minutes of serving and with fiddlers playing in the rear seating area.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Oakham - Celeste4.00GoodGood head and lacing. A very lemony mouthfeel. Its tropical fruit flavours are a bit like a whisky might taste though not tasted one for years. Resinous hints come from it also and with a slight fizz on the tongue.
Mighty Oak - The Henge3.70GoodStill holding its head and lacing on its 3rd night. First tried it on its first night when even livelier. A very dry, hoppy hit on every mouthful, leading to a very satisfying dry, oily aftertaste.
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) 4.20AcceptablePresented with a small head but this soon evaporated and was minus lacing. Fruit hits on every sip with a citrusy mouthfeel. Tastes slightly medicinal. One was sufficient.
New Bristol - Cinder Toffee Stout4.00Not Tried
New Bristol - My Citra Romance4.50Not Tried
Elusive - Woodstock5.60Not Tried
360° - All Day Every Day3.70Not Tried
06 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Busy for last 40 minutes of serving and with the record request theme of minerals on the human juke-box.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mighty Oak - The Henge3.70ExcellentSuperb head and lacing for this Maldon bitter and new on today. Not sweet which I applaud. A slightly malty hit to it and a hoppy mouthfeel. It was so moreish that I stuck to it.
360° - Session IPA4.30Not Tried
New Bristol - Cinder Toffee Stout4.00Not Tried
Siren Craft - Mesmerist3.40Not Tried
New Bristol - My Citra Romance4.50Not Tried
Elusive - Woodstock5.60Not Tried
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) 4.20Not Tried
06 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
New Bristol - Cinder Toffee Stout4.00GoodNeeded more condition to carry off the strong flavourings
Mighty Oak - The Henge3.70GoodBasic copper ale in zesty condition
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) 4.20AcceptablePretty lacklustre all round
360° - Session IPA4.30Not Tried
Siren Craft - Mesmerist3.40Not Tried
New Bristol - My Citra Romance4.50Not Tried
Elusive - Woodstock5.60Not Tried
05 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Busy footfall for last 30 minutes of serving with many of the Saturday regulars in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Cobnut4.10GoodGood head and lacing and still had this some 30 minutes after being served at about 10.50pm. A malty first hit and which lingers alongside the dry, bitter mouthfeel.
New Bristol - My Citra Romance4.50GoodGood head and lacing at first but did not hold it for long. Lightly fruity with a lingering hoppiness.
Iron Pier - First Gold & Ekuanot Joined at the Hop3.80AcceptableNo head or lacing. Still had a fruit hit on first tasting and a hoppy aftertaste.
360° - Session IPA4.30Not Tried
New Bristol - Cinder Toffee Stout4.00Not Tried
Siren Craft - Mesmerist3.40Not Tried
Kent - Neomexicanus5.00Not Tried
04 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Very busy for last 30 minutes of serving but managed to join a table of regulars.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Cobnut4.10ExcellentFresh on as I was waiting to be served. Superb head and lacing and a malty hit on first sipping and with a bitter lingering mouthfeel. Slightly sweet but not too much.
Iron Pier - First Gold & Ekuanot Joined at the Hop3.80GoodNew on today and very good head and lacing. Hoppy flavouring and almost like a green hop beer with the lingering hoppiness.
Marble - Manchester Bitter4.20Not Tried
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild3.70Not Tried
Oakham - Scarlet Macaw4.40Not Tried
360° - Session IPA4.30Not Tried
Kent - Neomexicanus5.00Not Tried
03 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Busy for last 40 minutes of serving with a lot of regulars also in.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Green Hop (Challenger version)3.90ExcellentPerfect head and lacing. Full of hoppy flavouring with a pleasant, lingering aftertaste. Very moreish with an oily kick from those virgin hops.
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild3.70GoodStill holding head and lacing 30 minutes after being served. Very hoppy in flavouring and a slight kick from its fruitiness.
Oakham - Scarlet Macaw4.40GoodWonderful head and lacing! Fruity and a hoppy lingering mouthfeel. Very moreish!
Goacher's - Gold Star5.10Not Tried
Marble - Manchester Bitter4.20Not Tried
Elusive - Metropole4.50Not Tried
03 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Oakham - Scarlet Macaw4.40ExcellentFresh cask on today and full of natural carbonation
Goacher's - Green Hop (Challenger version)3.90GoodReasonable level of conditioning
Goacher's - Gold Star5.10Not Tried
Marble - Manchester Bitter4.20Not Tried
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild3.70Not Tried
Elusive - Metropole4.50Not Tried
01 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Busiest it has been for a Tuesday for a long while for last 25 minutes of serving.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Gold Star5.10GoodIn very good form and from first trying two nights before. Ordered shortly after 10.50pm and did not sample until 30 minutes later but held its glass-lacing well. Sweet hit on first tasting and a hoppy aftertaste.
Marble - Manchester Bitter4.20GoodGood head and lacing. Bitter and fruity mouthfeel. Slightly medicinal in supping it up.
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild3.70GoodSuperb head and lacing. Nutty and dry hit on first tasting. Hoppy and liquorice lingering mouthfeel.
Southwark - Bankside Blonde3.80Not Tried
Siren Craft - Lumina4.20Not Tried
Elusive - Metropole4.50Not Tried
29 Sep 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Gold Star5.10ExcellentCask fresh on this evening resulting in a long lasting head and lacing. Not my favourite Goacher's ale however
New Bristol - My Citra Romance4.50GoodBasic Citra jobbie
Southwark - Bermondsey Best4.40Not Tried
Southwark - Bankside Blonde3.80Not Tried
Vocation - Naughty & Nice5.90Not Tried
Elusive - Sundown6.00Not TriedA thimble sized taster was enough to reject this out of hand
Lunebrew - LB201 Pale4.10Not Tried
29 Sep 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Quiet footfall for last 40 minutes of serving on this slightly windy and drizzly evening.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goacher's - Gold Star5.10ExcellentEnded on this one and great head and lacing. Lacing even after some 30 minutes of ordering, and within drinking up time as sampling at 11.20pm. Sweet hit from first sip but not too severe and a pleasant hoppy mouthfeel. Very moreish unlike the Southwark Blonde that was a slight chore to drink. Advertised as: "Dangerously drinkable!" I agree with that 100%
Southwark - Bankside Blonde3.80GoodAlso tried on Sat on first night on and still holding head and lacing. Only slightly fruity and long-lasting hoppiness. But not moreish and not sure why it took me a while to sink a couple? Day before back from a beer festival and so slightly full was I then but not on this visit.
Southwark - Bermondsey Best4.40Not Tried
Vocation - Naughty & Nice5.90Not Tried
New Bristol - My Citra Romance4.50Not Tried
Elusive - Sundown6.00Not Tried
Lunebrew - LB201 Pale4.10Not Tried

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About The River Ale House

The pub sign. The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional11
Excellent593
Good1136
Acceptable359
Poor29

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The pub is found in East Greenwich, Greater London, SE10 0RJ.

Micropub in Woolwich Road in a former street corner lingerie and hosiery business premises and which opened on 13th September 2017. Comprises a front room with bar counter and with real ales and ciders served on gravity dispense from a temperature controlled cellar room behind the bar, and a rear room down one step. Each day a pre-prepared paper ale menu sheet, with tasting notes, is provided to every table. Bare-board flooring throughout and all seating at wall mounted high settles and hand made wooden high tables. CAMRA card holders' discount on pints and halves of real ale and cider. Card payments accepted. SPBW London Pub of the Year 2019. Local CAMRA branch 2019, 2022 and 2024 Pub of the Year and its Cider Pub of the Year too in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. CAMRA Greenwich District Pub of the Year 2024.

We have visited this pub 996 times, seen 1618 different beers and tried 911 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SE10 0RJ