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The River Ale House (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
3 Brewers of St. Albans - Classic English AleExcellent1
Oakham - Reaper's WishExcellent1
Kent - Green DwarfExcellent1
Kent - CobnutExcellent2
Twisted Barrel - RookieExcellent1
Iron Pier - Wealdway IPAGood1
New Bristol - Cinder Toffee StoutGood1
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 5Good1
Brew York - TonkokoGood3
Mighty Oak - The HengeGood4
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Rye Pale AleGood1
New Bristol - My Citra RomanceGood1
Oakham - CelesteGood1
Iron Pier - First Gold & Ekuanot Joined at the HopGood2
Lunebrew - LB501 Session IPAGood1
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) Acceptable2
Siren Craft - MesmeristNot Tried0
Elusive - WoodstockNot Tried0
360° - All Day Every DayNot Tried0
Oakham - HopWalk Green Hop AleNot Tried0
Staggeringly Good - Totally Under Appreciated in my TimeNot Tried0
Marble - Manchester BitterNot Tried0
Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde MildNot Tried0
Oakham - Scarlet MacawNot Tried0
360° - Session IPANot Tried0
Kent - NeomexicanusNot 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
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Visits Details

13 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Oakham - Reaper's Wish4.50ExcellentDark bitter in excellent form
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - No. 54.40GoodFresh on today
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Rye Pale Ale4.00GoodSour hopped taste
Twisted Barrel - Rookie4.00Not Tried
Oakham - HopWalk Green Hop Ale4.10Not Tried
Staggeringly Good - Totally Under Appreciated in my Time4.50Not 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.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Twisted Barrel - Rookie4.00ExcellentFull bodied spicy peppery and tropical notes served refreshingly cool to alleviate the tropics.
Brew York - Tonkoko4.30GoodToasted coconut, vanilla and chocolate silky smooth nectar. £5.10pp for the thrifty minded..
Lunebrew - LB501 Session IPA4.60GoodHazy with a soft mouth feel and low bitterness
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Rye Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
3 Brewers of St. Albans - Classic English Ale4.00Not Tried
Kent - Green Dwarf3.70Not TriedThe green hop entropy is spreading...
360° - All Day Every Day3.70Not 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.
BeerABVScoreNotes
3 Brewers of St. Albans - Classic English Ale4.00ExcellentSuperb 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 Dwarf3.70ExcellentFresh 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 IPA4.50Not Tried
Brew York - Tonkoko4.30Not Tried
Twisted Barrel - Rookie4.00Not Tried
360° - All Day Every Day3.70Not Tried
Lunebrew - LB501 Session IPA4.60Not Tried
10 Oct 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
Quiet footfall for last 40 minutes of serving.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Brew York - Tonkoko4.30GoodGood 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 Henge3.70GoodTwo 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 IPA4.50Not Tried
Oakham - Celeste4.00Not Tried
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) 4.20Not Tried
360° - All Day Every Day3.70Not Tried
10 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Iron Pier - Wealdway IPA4.50GoodGood condition but I recall this once being a clear not a murk ale
Brew York - Tonkoko4.30GoodNeeded more natural carbonation to really bring on the flavourings
Oakham - Celeste4.00Not Tried
Mighty Oak - The Henge3.70Not TriedStill holding on
Iron Pier - Challenger Joined at the Green Hop (2024) 4.20Not Tried
360° - All Day Every Day3.70Not Tried
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

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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
Excellent597
Good1144
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 1001 times, seen 1625 different beers and tried 916 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SE10 0RJ