The River Ale House (Free House)
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Stephen Harris
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13 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
Oakham - Reaper's Wish | 4.50 | | Dark bitter in excellent form |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5 | 4.40 | | Fresh on today |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Rye Pale Ale | 4.00 | | Sour hopped taste |
Twisted Barrel - Rookie | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Oakham - HopWalk Green Hop Ale | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Staggeringly Good - Totally Under Appreciated in my Time | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
12 Oct 2024 (Magnus Greel)
My long overdue re-visit to this much celebrated venue, not as busy as expected for a late Saturday evening to last orders with a couple of tables free and the rear bar empty. No open windows to allow fresh air to circulate made for a rather stuffy and uncomfortable hermetic atmosphere.
Twisted Barrel - Rookie | 4.00 | | Full bodied spicy peppery and tropical notes served refreshingly cool to alleviate the tropics. |
Brew York - Tonkoko | 4.30 | | Toasted coconut, vanilla and chocolate silky smooth nectar. £5.10pp for the thrifty minded.. |
Lunebrew - LB501 Session IPA | 4.60 | | Hazy with a soft mouth feel and low bitterness |
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Rye Pale Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
3 Brewers of St. Albans - Classic English Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Green Dwarf | 3.70 | Not Tried | The green hop entropy is spreading... |
360° - All Day Every Day | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
11 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Busy footfall for this Friday evening with many a Friday regular in plus some other regulars and for last 40 minutes of serving.
3 Brewers of St. Albans - Classic English Ale | 4.00 | | Superb head and lacing. A good old-fashioned bitter, minus the often fruitiness in them. First sip and a wonderful malty hit. Good mouthfeel of a hint of caramel with a very dry, bitter, moreish aftertaste. |
Kent - Green Dwarf | 3.70 | | Fresh on today and frothing all over the top of the glass and perfect lacing down the sides. Oozing with hoppiness and a pleasant sharpness in the mouthfeel. Everything to like about a virgin green hop brew to my taste buds. |
Iron Pier - Wealdway IPA | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Tonkoko | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Twisted Barrel - Rookie | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
360° - All Day Every Day | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Lunebrew - LB501 Session IPA | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
10 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Quiet footfall for last 40 minutes of serving.
Brew York - Tonkoko | 4.30 | | Good creamy head and lacing. Initial sip and you duck in case you get hit by its toasted coconut flavouring and in the coconut shy of old fairgrounds. Imagine drinking a Bounty Bar and you have its flavours in one but strangely not sweet and sickly. One half sufficed for me. |
Mighty Oak - The Henge | 3.70 | | Two I had of this were still lively with a head and lacing. But the last one was minus its frothy head. Still full of a very dry, bitter and moreish mouthfeel. |
Iron Pier - Wealdway IPA | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Oakham - Celeste | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
360° - All Day Every Day | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
10 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
Iron Pier - Wealdway IPA | 4.50 | | Good condition but I recall this once being a clear not a murk ale |
Brew York - Tonkoko | 4.30 | | Needed more natural carbonation to really bring on the flavourings |
Oakham - Celeste | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Mighty Oak - The Henge | 3.70 | Not Tried | Still holding on |
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
360° - All Day Every Day | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
08 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Busy for last 30 minutes of serving and with fiddlers playing in the rear seating area.
Oakham - Celeste | 4.00 | | Good 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 Henge | 3.70 | | Still 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) | 4.20 | | Presented 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 Stout | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
New Bristol - My Citra Romance | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Elusive - Woodstock | 5.60 | Not Tried | |
360° - All Day Every Day | 3.70 | Not 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.
Mighty Oak - The Henge | 3.70 | | Superb 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 IPA | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
New Bristol - Cinder Toffee Stout | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Siren Craft - Mesmerist | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
New Bristol - My Citra Romance | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Elusive - Woodstock | 5.60 | Not Tried | |
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
06 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
New Bristol - Cinder Toffee Stout | 4.00 | | Needed more condition to carry off the strong flavourings |
Mighty Oak - The Henge | 3.70 | | Basic copper ale in zesty condition |
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) | 4.20 | | Pretty lacklustre all round |
360° - Session IPA | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Siren Craft - Mesmerist | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
New Bristol - My Citra Romance | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Elusive - Woodstock | 5.60 | Not Tried | |
05 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Busy footfall for last 30 minutes of serving with many of the Saturday regulars in.
Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | | Good 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 Romance | 4.50 | | Good 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 Hop | 3.80 | | No head or lacing. Still had a fruit hit on first tasting and a hoppy aftertaste. |
360° - Session IPA | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
New Bristol - Cinder Toffee Stout | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Siren Craft - Mesmerist | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Neomexicanus | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
04 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Very busy for last 30 minutes of serving but managed to join a table of regulars.
Kent - Cobnut | 4.10 | | Fresh 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 Hop | 3.80 | | New on today and very good head and lacing. Hoppy flavouring and almost like a green hop beer with the lingering hoppiness. |
Marble - Manchester Bitter | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Oakham - Scarlet Macaw | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
360° - Session IPA | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Kent - Neomexicanus | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
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