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The Star (Dirty Liquor (Ei Group))

Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please)		1
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Best Bitter (use Marston's entry now please)		2
Oakham - Green Devil IPA		1
Salopian - Oracle		1
Sharp's - Doom Bar		2
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale)		1
360° - Bluebell Sussex Best Bitter	Not Tried	0
Oakham - JHB	Not Tried	0
Siren Craft - Mesmerist	Not Tried	0

Visits Details

06 May 2025 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening visit.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Oakham - Green Devil IPA	6.00		Had two pints, both good but second one was a tad fresher and clearer
360° - Bluebell Sussex Best Bitter	4.30	Not Tried
Siren Craft - Mesmerist	3.40	Not Tried

07 Apr 2025 (Philip Pirrip)

Late afternoon visit after local mooching. Varied comings and goings of customers.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Salopian - Oracle	4.00		Something wrong with pump or line led to multiple pulls and heaps of froth. Had ripped the taste out of the ale
Oakham - JHB	3.80	Not Tried

23 Aug 2016 (ChrisE)

Pub number four on a tour of Plumstead and Woolwich. Doom Bar was on offer for £2 per pint but I declined the offer. We picked up copies of the latest London Drinker in here and also noted that Timothy Taylor's Landlord is normally available here, but alas, not today.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please)	4.10
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00	Not Tried

23 Aug 2016 (Magnus Greel)

Post lunchtime one other customer in this fine wood panelled pub. Jazz music playing in the background.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00		Sweet sticky and cloying. On offer at £2 a pint explains everything.
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please)	4.10	Not Tried

10 Feb 2014 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening in the public bar. Chatty locals with vivid recollections of closed Plumstead and Woolwich pubs. To Let sign outside implies imminent retirement of long serving licensees.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Best Bitter (use Marston's entry now please)	4.00

24 Oct 2013 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening. Memory lane trip although had never been in here before. Very friendly with old-fashioned values. Unadventurous beer range.

Beer	ABV	Score
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Best Bitter (use Marston's entry now please)	4.00
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale)	4.20
Sharp's - Doom Bar	4.00	Not Tried

About The Star

The pub sign. The Star, Plumstead, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

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	2
	5
	1

Website.

The pub is found in Plumstead, Greater London, SE18 2UL.

Street corner local previously Star Inn, formerly owned by Beasley's then Courage, which is located on the brow of Bird's Nest Hollow leading up to Plumstead Common. Amazingly until 2019 retained its multi-roomed compartmentalised interior with 3 separate entrances and partitions between bars but these were stripped out to become a single room then. The saloon lounge bar is an obvious later addition - probably inter-war. The Star Inn is traditionally known as one of the 5 Plumstead Common Idlers - in its case as the Star than had never shone. A pub with good old-fashioned values made it a rarity until closed early November 2018 for refurbishment and transfer from tenanted and managed house status. 4 handpumps, 2 in each of the bars.

We have visited this pub 6 times, seen 9 different beers and tried 6 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SE18 2UL