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Leyton Star (Electric Star)

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Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Wild Beer Co. - Millionaire		1
Tiny Rebel - Cwtch		3
Three Sods - SeSsiON IPA		2
Five Points - Five Points Pale		1
Signature Brew - Backstage IPA		1
Signature Brew - B-Side		1
Three Sods - Trade Union		1
Sharp's - Doom Bar	Not Tried	0
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur	Not Tried	0
Three Sods - BoHo Bitter	Not Tried	0
Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)	Not Tried	0

Picture 1. Leyton Star, Leyton, Greater London

Stephen Harris

Visits Details

17 Feb 2019 (Stephen Harris)

A brief late-evening visit when pub is quiet.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Tiny Rebel - Cwtch	4.60
Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)	4.70	Not Tried

31 Dec 2018 (Stephen Harris)

Just one as a token nod towards New Year's Eve.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Five Points - Five Points Pale	4.40		On very fine form.
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00	Not Tried
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur	5.90	Not Tried

26 Dec 2018 (Stephen Harris)

A late evening visit for a quick one. Pub near deserted.

Beer	ABV	Score
Tiny Rebel - Cwtch	4.60
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00	Not Tried
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur	5.90	Not Tried

22 Dec 2018 (Stephen Harris)

Mid-evening visit. Busy.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Tiny Rebel - Cwtch	4.60		Always a good idea to order this one.
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00	Not Tried
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur	5.90	Not Tried

19 Dec 2018 (Stephen Harris)

Unexpectedly busy in the early evening with office workers having Christmas drinks. I say unexpectedly as I am at a loss to think of where they might have come from, Leyton not being noted for its offices.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Three Sods - Trade Union	4.50		I have a stinking cold and this beer comes over as almost tasteless – it would be churlish though to mark it as ‘poor’ as the fault is almost certainly mine, not the beer’s.

03 Dec 2018 (Stephen Harris)

A quick one on passing. Pub quiet.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Three Sods - SeSsiON IPA	4.40		Pale, crisp and hoppy with a slight haze.
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur	5.90	Not Tried
Three Sods - BoHo Bitter	4.10	Not Tried

06 Nov 2018 (Stephen Harris)

Quiz night crowds are in.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Wild Beer Co. - Millionaire	4.70		A very rich Stout.
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00	Not Tried
Three Sods - Trade Union	4.50	Not Tried

23 Oct 2018 (Stephen Harris)

Here in mid-evening for a meal and lucky to get a table. TV football and Pub Quiz night have filled the place out.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Signature Brew - B-Side	4.70		Good top see all these Brown Ales appearing on bars with the turn of the seasons. This one is quite heavy.
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00	Not Tried
Tiny Rebel - Cwtch	4.60	Not Tried

07 Oct 2018 (Stephen Harris)

Late evening visit when pub is quiet.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Signature Brew - Backstage IPA	5.60		IPA in great condition tonight. Tropical fruit, pine and sticky orange.
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00	Not Tried

03 Oct 2018 (Stephen Harris)

I watched the second half of the Spurs v Barca match in here on the TV. I don’t watch much televised football, but enjoyed what I saw of this game. Notable that the majority of customers were cheering for the Catalans, not the north Londoners.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Three Sods - SeSsiON IPA	4.40		Pale gold and hazy. Crisp and light, with good hop character. Nothing like the pint of the same name that I drank here recently – I wonder what that one was.
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00	Not Tried

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About the Leyton Star

The pub sign. Leyton Star, Leyton, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

	Total
	1
	46
	31
	13
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Website.

The pub is found in Leyton, Greater London, E15 2BX.

This pub was established in 1887 as the King Harold, replacing the former Grenadier, which had stood further north in Leyton. It was a Savill Brothers pub (the local brewery at the time), eventually passing to Charrington’s. By the turn of the twenty-first century this pub had acquired an exceedingly seedy reputation. To nobody’s surprise, it eventually closed in 2015, but re-opened in July 2016 as the Leyton Star, much refurbished and beautified. It occupies a street corner position, close to Leyton tube station. A large single bar with an upstairs function room (formerly used as a gym). Rear garden. Four handpumps on the bar. CAMRA discount available.

We have visited this pub 74 times, seen 75 different beers and tried 52 of them.

Map location

Postcode: E15 2BX