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Spark House (formerly The Drum) (Laine Pub Company (now part of Patron Capital))

We believe this pub is CLOSED

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Moorhouse's - Pride of PendleExcellent1
Cotleigh - TawnyExcellent1
Greene King - AbbotNot Tried0
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)Not Tried0
Itchen Valley - Tea ClipperNot Tried0
Weltons - Old CockyNot Tried0
Shepherd Neame - Bishops FingerNot Tried0
Ringwood - Old Thumper (now superseded by 5.1% version - separate entry)Not Tried0
Picture 1. Spark House (formerly The Drum), Leyton, Greater London

Visits Details

03 Aug 2010 (ChrisE)
Reasonably busy with a good mix of customers. We sat at a table next to two ladies doing their knitting with amazing enthusiasm. Service was good and friendly. There were also a couple of beers from Weltons on sale, and one from Cottage.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Cotleigh - Tawny3.80Excellent
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Shepherd Neame - Bishops Finger5.00Not TriedJason Jones purchased a pint of this, and said it was OK but not as good as he used to have at the Bonny Cravat at Woodchurch.
Ringwood - Old Thumper (now superseded by 5.1% version - separate entry)5.60Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
18 Jun 2010 (ChrisE)
I was waiting for The King William IV to open as High Speed Rail to Stratford, and London Buses had got me to Leyton earlier than expected. I was looking for a cafe when I spotted this place. It does not look like a Wetherspoons, and it was only when I sat down with my pint and thought that was cheap that I noticed the JDW menus.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Moorhouse's - Pride of Pendle4.10Excellent
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Itchen Valley - Tea Clipper4.20Not Tried
Weltons - Old Cocky4.30Not Tried

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About the Spark House (formerly The Drum)

The pub sign. Spark House (formerly The Drum), Leyton, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent7
Good3
Acceptable2
Poor1

The pub is found in Leyton, Greater London, E10 7EQ.

One of the very first Wetherspoon pubs and quite small by their later standards, it retains a pubby atmosphere, and has a display of pump clips around the walls. Located in Lea Bridge Rpad in the Bakers Arms district on Lea Bridge Road. 10 handpumps. Sold by Wetherspoon and closed 3rd January 2022. Expected to reopen under new ownership in spring 2022 and did under Laines's operations. Now modern style pub with bare walls and wooden floorboards. Rooftop terrace. The premises aims to have digital art projections both inside and outside from local artists. Closed October 2023.

We have visited this pub 12 times, seen 53 different beers and tried 13 of them.

Map location

Postcode: E10 7EQ