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The Ship (Ram Pub Company (Young's))

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Marston's - Young's London Original (was Bitter) - previously brewed in Bedford and at Wychwood then Banks'sGood3
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special)Not Tried0
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London GoldNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Ship, Rotherhithe, Greater London
Magnus Greel

Visits Details

14 Aug 2017 (Stephen Harris)
Revisiting an old haunt tonight. Out of habit from long ago I sat on the Public Bar side, although the whole place is much smartened these days.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Marston's - Young's London Original (was Bitter) - previously brewed in Bedford and at Wychwood then Banks's3.70GoodGood to see that a good cellar man can still get the best out of this beer.
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special)4.50Not Tried
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Gold4.00Not Tried
24 Jun 2017 (Magnus Greel)
Late Saturday afternoon and busy inside and out. A complete contrast to my last visit 6 years ago. The pub has been refurbished however am pleased to say they've kept the same layout minus the soggy carpets and velour upholstery now replaced with wooden flooring and tables with the peripheral bench seating leather upholstered. Still a great pub atmosphere rather than a restaurant plus bar. The clientele are noticeably updated too.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Marston's - Young's London Original (was Bitter) - previously brewed in Bedford and at Wychwood then Banks's3.70ExcellentThe beer quality has improved too. Superb.
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Special (was Special)4.50Not Tried
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Gold4.00Not Tried
14 Mar 2011 (Magnus Greel)
Large dimly lit pub with a central bar area, generally unchanged and in a part of docklands which seems to have escaped major development and modernisation.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Marston's - Young's London Original (was Bitter) - previously brewed in Bedford and at Wychwood then Banks's3.70Acceptable

About The Ship

The pub sign. The Ship, Rotherhithe, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent1
Good1
Acceptable1
Poor-

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The pub is found in Rotherhithe, Greater London, SE16 4JE.

A small friendly locals' pub with a pretty beer garden to the rear and seating outside the front of the pub. It's difficult to trace the history of the Ship accurately as there have been so many pubs with this name in the area. The Ship that stands here now was built in the first quarter of the 20th century, but there has been a Ship Inn on this site since at least the early 19th century. Unusually, this pub is one of the few pubs in England to have had two names at the same time. Until 1985 a sign on one side of the pub called it the Great Eastern, after a steamship built on the Isle of Dogs by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, while on the other side of the building it was called the Ship.

We have visited this pub 3 times, seen 3 different beers and tried 1 of them.

Postcode: SE16 4JE