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Old Street Brewery & Taproom (Brewery)
We believe this pub is CLOSED
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Limone Life |  | 1 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Desert Sunrise | | 1 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Silent Alarm | | 1 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Yum Yum Juice | | 1 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - I Need More Dates | | 1 |
| Deviant & Dandy - No Figgity Stout | | 2 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Gnome Parade | | 1 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - I'm So Brutiful | | 1 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Schlub Juice |  | 1 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - My Dad is a Carrot | | 1 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Peely Wally | | 1 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Pleasant Juice |  | 1 |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - No Room to Fail | | 1 |
| Good Chemistry - Natural Selection | | 1 |
Stephen Harris
Visits Details
11 Jul 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Busy in here.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Silent Alarm | 5.00 | | From key-keg. A thick murk fruit thing. |
04 Jun 2019 (Stephen Harris)
The enlarged brewery is now functional and the bar is busier than I expected for a rainy Tuesday early evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Gnome Parade | 8.00 | | A strong IPA. A very slow keg pour with minimal carbonation. It's a murky gold, soft, fruit smoothie thing with minimal bitterness. |
26 Apr 2019 (Stephen Harris)
A flying visit.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Limone Life | 5.40 | | Fresh from the tank. Cloudy gold. No surprise to find that it is very lemony. |
03 Mar 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Relatively quiet here on Sunday afternoon. New equipment (ex-Presure Drop) is being installed to increase brewery capacity- so guest beers only today.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deviant & Dandy - No Figgity Stout | 8.00 | | Very full-flavoured. |
01 Feb 2019 (Stephen Harris)
A busy evening session. It's good to see how this venue is developing.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Yum Yum Juice | 5.50 | | Direct from the tank. Murky gold. A citrusy Pale Ale with Rakau, Waimea and Huell Melon hops in a really nice blend. |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - I Need More Dates | 7.00 | | Direct from the tank. Black and a little bit flat. Dates, honey and lactose. |
| Deviant & Dandy - No Figgity Stout | 8.00 | | A strong Stout with added figs. |
09 Nov 2018 (Stephen Harris)
There are two Old Street Brewery beers available direct from the tanks tonight, alongside several guest kegs.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Desert Sunrise | 6.70 | | A pale beer, well-hopped with Citra and Mosaic. It also has a pleasant fruitiness which I discover comes from cactus. |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Yum Yum Juice | 5.50 | Not Tried |
16 Sep 2018 (Stephen Harris)
Early evening on a relaxed late-summer Sunday.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - I'm So Brutiful | 6.70 | | Cloudy gold, full-bodied and dry. |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Peely Wally | 5.50 | | In the currently ubiquitous, cloudy gold, soft and fruity style. |
20 Jul 2018 (Stephen Harris)
Quite busy in the mid-evening, including a couple of friends to natter with. I have not quite worked out the ‘real ale’ status of the beers here. The beers brewed on site are served direct from the tanks in a similar way to those at Zero Degrees or Howling Hops. Not sure if any gas is added. Anyway, they are very drinkable.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Schlub Juice | 6.00 | | A very bitter, murky brew. |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - My Dad is a Carrot | 6.50 | | A West Coast IPA style. No carrots were harmed in its making apparently. |
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - Pleasant Juice | 7.40 | | The murkiest NEIPA I have encountered yet. |
26 Apr 2018 (Stephen Harris)
A small gathering of people here in the mid-evening. All home brewed beer is apparently ‘sold out’.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good Chemistry - Natural Selection | 4.00 | | From some kind of keg arrangement and overly fizzy. Pale gold and dry. |
06 Apr 2018 (Stephen Harris)
Although the Taproom had a soft launch a couple of weeks ago, tonight seems to be the first night with an Old Street Brewery beer actually for sale. I thought the advertised prices were quite a bargain, until I discovered that all beer is sold by the two-thirds of a pint measure.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Street (formerly Queen's Head) - No Room to Fail | 5.00 | | Poured straight from the conditioning tank. A fierce Pale Ale – a bit raw I thought. |
About the Old Street Brewery & Taproom
Summary of Beer Scores
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The pub is found in Bethnal Green, Greater London, E2 0EJ.
Old Street Brewery began life in 2016 and for a while brewed on a very small kit in the cellar of the Queen’s Head pub near King's Cross railway station. In early 2018 the brewery was relaunched in a railway arch very close to Bethnal Green tube station. A taproom area has been developed at the brewery which now opens daily except Mondays. No cask conditioned beer is sold at the Taproom. Closed October 2021.
We have visited this pub 20 times, seen 29 different beers and tried them all.
Postcode: E2 0EJ