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The Shakespeare's Head (Wetherspoon)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Neame - Stone Brewing California Double IPA |  | 1 |
| Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Gothick Dark | | 1 |
| Brains - Bitter |  | 1 |
| Marston's - Wrangham's Grand Old Duke | | 1 |
| Weltons - Hiberna Maximus | | 1 |
| Cottage - Viscount | | 1 |
| Davenport's - Fury |  | 1 |
| St Austell - Coxswain's Special | | 1 |
| Exmoor - Brewtown | | 1 |
| Titanic - Last Porter Call | | 1 |
| Caledonian - Flying Dutchman Wit Bier |  | 1 |
| Archers - Golden Bitter | Not Tried | 0 |
| Hook Norton - 303AD (aka Generation) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - April Fool | Not Tried | 0 |
Visits Details
04 Jun 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
Getting busier by the minute from 11am on a Saturday morning with hen parties and England supporters arriving in force.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Gothick Dark | 4.60 | | Strong dark brown mild with a full bodied toffee maltiness. Some dark chocolate to give a little bitter balance leading to a dryish, fruity finish. My score 16/20. |
26 Feb 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage - Viscount | 4.70 | | Ruby red bitter that is almost a strong mild due to lack of hoppiness and sweet maltiness. Smooth mouthfeel makes this an easy drinking beer. My score 15/20. |
15 Jan 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltons - Hiberna Maximus | 7.50 | | A choclate and orange imperial stout. Bitter dark chocolate flavours are complemented by some sharp citrus orange notes. My score 15/20. |
23 Oct 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Busy late Saturday morning with early passing football fans having breakfast.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Austell - Coxswain's Special | 4.00 | | A fairly bitter and hoppy beer with a dry, hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
25 Sep 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport's - Fury | 4.30 | | Amber bitter with little hop character and just a slight biscuity malt flavour. My score 13/20. |
19 Apr 2009 (Ian)
Mid morning by now and there were quite a few people in and I like the area at the back of this pub, very relaxed.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonian - Flying Dutchman Wit Bier | 4.50 | | Hazy pale gold colour. Very perfumed, yes some orange blossom. Not much of a wit beer I thought. A bit like a perfumed orange drink. Bit of soap. Some hop sting on finish. Not entirely pleasant. |
08 Apr 2008 (Ian)
Chris_o said that the Stone DIPA was on here so we went here after the Porterhouse. We ordered the beer, sat down and thought, weird, it doesn't taste anything like it. Then someone else in our group came in, said that this wasn't right and queried it with the pub manager. They had put the wrong pump clip on the wrong pump. 4 free pints later and we were all happy.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Neame - Stone Brewing California Double IPA | 7.00 | | Not quite on form but it got better the more pints we had of it. Really came into condition. The simcoe hops are tremendous. |
| Archers - Golden Bitter | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Hook Norton - 303AD (aka Generation) | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - April Fool | 4.10 | Not Tried |
29 Mar 2008 (Ian)
I walked up from Whitehall, through Leicester Square, along Longacre, Great Queen Street and out onto Kingsway to this pub, so I was thirsty.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanic - Last Porter Call | 4.90 | | Dark brown with thick lasting beige head. Tasty dark malt beer, good condition, toasty more than roasty, some fruit layered on the malts too. Good malts in mouth, not really a porter, more a malty premium bitter. Bit lacking in the mouth halfway through. |
10 Nov 2007 (Ian)
Large 'Spoons right next to the Holborn tube station on Kingsway.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marston's - Wrangham's Grand Old Duke | 4.10 | | Gold with thin white head. It's a gold/blonde beer, ok in mouth, some citrus dusty hop on end. Handfull of cascade hops are nice. Like a 100 other blond beers, but doesn't stop it being drinkable though. |
| Exmoor - Brewtown | 4.00 | | Gold with thick off white head. Earthy, slightly ascetic aroma. Yeasty bitter. Fine. Some hop on end. |
28 Apr 2007 (Ian)
Late Saturday afternoon. Busy. Table of deaf people signing away opposite me.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brains - Bitter | 3.70 | | It's a bitter, some raspberry fruit is unusual, good condition, good lacing. Slight raspberry flavoured bitter. Very thirst quenching. Drinkable. |
About The Shakespeare's Head
Summary of Beer Scores
| Total | |
|---|---|
 | - |
| 5 |
| 10 |
| 8 |
| 1 |
The pub is found in Holborn, Central London, WC2B 6BG.
Long pub on corner of Kingsway and Holborn. Bar down the left hand side as you enter with lots of etched glass screens breaking up the feel of a large drinking hall. Rear section is particularly pleasant and less busy. 12 handpumps in 2 banks, each of 6.
We have visited this pub 20 times, seen 50 different beers and tried 24 of them.
Postcode: WC2B 6BG