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Three Cranes (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Redemption - Rock the KazbekExcellent1
Redemption - TrinityExcellent1
Picture 1. Three Cranes, City, Central London
Stephen Harris

Visits Details

04 Oct 2016 (Stephen Harris)
This pub now very much up and running, and well-populated by City suits in the early evening. Again just one cask beer available tonight.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Redemption - Trinity3.00ExcellentThere may just be one beer on, but it’s an excellent one.
18 Aug 2016 (Stephen Harris)
A ‘soft launch’ night for this forthcoming pub opening, where the builders still have work to do. Just one real available for the night, but it’s a good ‘un.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Redemption - Rock the Kazbek4.00ExcellentWonderfully fresh and tasty.

About the Three Cranes

The pub sign. Three Cranes, City, Central London

Summary of Beer Scores

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Exceptional-
Excellent2
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Acceptable-
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in City, Central London, EC4V 2BA.

A small, City pub in Garlick Hill that was once one of several in this area called the Three Cranes (more of a dockland reference than an ornithological or heraldic reference). In 1938, the name changed to the Hatchet when a full licence was transferred here from an old pub called the Hatchet nearby on Little Trinity Lane. It was a Charrington’s pub (as evidenced by the surviving green-panelled windows), later becoming a Greene King pub in 1993. 2016 saw a complete refurbishment of the pub and the reversion to the Three Cranes name. There are two small ground floor bars, one with a beaten metal ceiling, and a first floor dining room. Beers are served from taps set into the back wall, with two reserved for cask-conditioned beer. The pub is very handy for Mansion House tube station. Now operated by Harcourt Inns. Closed December 2023 with freehold for sale. Re-opened in August 2024.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 2 different beers and tried both.

Map location

Postcode: EC4V 2BA