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Old Fountain (Free House)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Weltons - Headless Horseman |  | 1 |
| Wolf - Remus |  | 1 |
| Dark Star - Porter (aka City) | | 1 |
| Dark Star - Sussex Extra Stout | | 1 |
| Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | | 1 |
| Clark's (sometimes shown as Westgate Brewery) - Who Dunnit? | | 1 |
| Saltaire - Raspberry Blonde | | 1 |
| Adnams - Old Ale | | 1 |
| Butcombe - Bitter (or Original Beer) | | 1 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - RSX | | 1 |
| Art Brew - Renaissance | | 1 |
| Moorhouse's - Black Cat Mild | | 2 |
| Dark Star - Espresso Stout | | 1 |
| Old Mill - Fall Over |  | 1 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Test Brew 2 | | 1 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - BSPA | | 1 |
| Tomos Watkin - Cwrw Idris | | 1 |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Superior London Porter |  | 1 |
| Adnams - Broadside | Not Tried | 0 |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride | Not Tried | 0 |
| Cottage - HRD Rapide | Not Tried | 0 |
Visits Details
05 Jan 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorhouse's - Black Cat Mild | 3.40 | | Another well cellared sample, excellent sweet malt flavours and a lingering pleasant malty finish. My score 17/20. |
16 Dec 2009 (ChrisE)
A very busy late afternoon.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltons - Headless Horseman | 6.00 | | Superb. |
| Dark Star - Sussex Extra Stout | 4.50 | | |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - BSPA | 3.60 | | A rather blotchy head, but tasty with a hint of citrus. |
| Adnams - Broadside | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Cottage - HRD Rapide | 4.70 | Not Tried |
15 Dec 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - RSX | 3.90 | | Pale bitter with lots of citrus hoppiness balanced with good malt character. Lingering aftertaste of hop and malt. My score 17/20. |
| Tomos Watkin - Cwrw Idris | 4.20 | | A smokey malt taste is prominant with little in the way of hoppiness. Amber in colour. My score 15/20. |
10 Nov 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Brew - Renaissance | 4.50 | | Full bodied and well balanced bitter. Sweetish and quite malty but with some hop balance and a fruity finish. My score 16/20 |
| Wolf - Remus | 4.10 | | Golden ale with a very good malty character. Some hop bitterness to give balance. Fruity citrus hop finish. My score 16/20 |
29 Oct 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
Very busy with locals and the Thursday evening mild drinkers club.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorhouse's - Black Cat Mild | 3.40 | | Excellent, sweet and malty with a hint of hop and a good long malty finish. My score 17/20. |
| Dark Star - Porter (aka City) | 5.50 | | Full bodied modern style porter, with good hop character and toffee and roast malt flavours. My score 16/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | 3.70 | | This sample had been cellared for a few weeks, giving a very sweet beer of toffee/caramel malt flavours. Perhaps a tad oversweet, with no hop bitterness to add a bit of balance. My score 16/20. |
| Saltaire - Raspberry Blonde | 4.00 | | Superb aroma of raspberry. The beer itself it more citrussy and hoppy with the aroma doing most of the raspberry bit. My score 16/20. |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Superior London Porter | 7.10 | | Cellared for 6 months, this had the effect of giving the beer a rather lambic character. A slightly sour tasted combined with a spicy hop taste gave this the character of how a porter might have been in the 19th Century. Not reallt to my taste I have to say, so my score 14/20. |
20 Oct 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adnams - Old Ale | 4.10 | | Good malty and fruity old style mild ale. My score 16/20. |
13 Oct 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
Busy for a Tuesday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Test Brew 2 | 3.90 | | Golden colour. Good hop character giving quite a bitter beer. My score 15/20. |
06 Oct 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark's (sometimes shown as Westgate Brewery) - Who Dunnit? | 4.40 | | Quite sweet and malty with a rounded finish. My score 16/20. |
| Old Mill - Fall Over | 4.50 | | Dark bitter with a quite bitter malt character. My score 15/20. |
29 Sep 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Star - Espresso Stout | 4.20 | | Excellent as ever, dry roast coffee flavours abound. My score 17/20. |
08 Sep 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butcombe - Bitter (or Original Beer) | 4.00 | | Fairly sweet traditional bitter with good balance of hop and malt and a pleasant finish. My score 16/20. |
About the Old Fountain
Summary of Beer Scores
| Total | |
|---|---|
| 8 |
| 129 |
| 80 |
| 33 |
 | 2 |
The pub is found in Old Street, Central London, EC1V 9NU.
Just off the City Road near Old Street tube station and just behind Moorfields Eye Hospital. Entrances, in fact, on two separate streets. The pub was established in the mid-18th century, possibly originally as the Old Fountain Knights, and for a while there was another pub just around the corner called the New Fountain. Historically a Whitbreadâs pub, ownership has now been with the same family for many years. The pub has a split-level ground floor bar and a popular roof terrace. Traditional interior, with a longish dark wood bar. Ground floor upper level bar has 5 handpumps and the lower level bar has 4 handpumps.
We have visited this pub 129 times, seen 297 different beers and tried 216 of them.
Postcode: EC1V 9NU