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Ye Olde London (Greene King)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - London PorterAcceptable1
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London GoldAcceptable1
Sharp's - Doom BarNot Tried0
St Austell - TributeNot Tried0
Otter - BitterNot Tried0
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Conservation BitterNot Tried0
Westerham - 1730Not Tried0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London PrideNot Tried0
Picture 1. Ye Olde London, City, Central London

Visits Details

11 Feb 2015 (Stephen Harris)
Much quieter than the nearby Black Friar and mostly a tourist trade tonight. Much bigger too and considerably less atmospheric. The discount here is with CAMRA card.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - London Porter5.00AcceptableI don’t know what had happened here, but this pint had a lot less flavour than I have found in this beer in the past.
Otter - Bitter3.60Not Tried
Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Conservation Bitter4.10Not Tried
Westerham - 17304.00Not Tried
03 Sep 2012 (Stephen Harris)
Very quiet on a Monday evening – I keep forgetting that Monday is not a good day for beer quality in the City.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Gold4.00AcceptablePale, lightweight, over-chilled and a bit soapy.
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride4.10Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
St Austell - Tribute4.20Not Tried

About the Ye Olde London

The pub sign. Ye Olde London, City, Central London

Summary of Beer Scores

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Website.

The pub is found in City, Central London, EC4M 7DE.

This is one pub that does actually deserve the title “Ye Olde” as, contrary to its Victorian appearance, it has been here in one form or another since at least 1731, when it was called the London Coffee House and stood alongside the old Lud Gate into the City of London. In the 1980s and 1990s it was a Scottish & Newcastle house, selling Wm. Younger’s beers – and stained glass windows at the front hark back to this era. Today it is badged as a “Taylor Walker” pub, although never seems to have been associated with the historic brewery of that name. There is a smallish ground floor bar, with a considerably larger basement bar and a near subterranean courtyard garden.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 8 different beers and tried 2 of them.

Map location

Postcode: EC4M 7DE