Star & Garter (Free House)
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Visits Details
28 Feb 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
Siren Craft - Broken Dream Breakfast Stout | 6.50 |  | Good nightcap |
JW Lees (see also Lees) - Founder's | 4.50 |  | Tasty basic bitter |
Elusive - Spacedrift | 4.20 |  | Not hazy and not a lemon juicer |
Track - Sonoma | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Tonkoko | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Verdant - Penpol | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Sureshot - 3rd Birthday Pale Ale | 3.30 | Not Tried | |
22 Feb 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit.
Burning Sky - Nourishing Stout | 4.20 |  | An archetypal dry stout |
Brew York - Calmer Chameleon | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Party Wave | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Kernel (The Kernel) - Mild | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Mallinsons - Jester | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
Bristol Beer Factory - Lookout | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
21 Feb 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until midnight close.
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Tropical Deluxe | 3.80 |  | A beer or just a lemon juice milkshake? |
Howling Hops (Brewed at Hackney Wick) - Party Wave | 4.50 |  | Well balanced |
Mallinsons - Jester | 3.90 |  | Sour hopping |
Brew York - Calmer Chameleon | 4.10 | Not Tried | Came on late almost at closing time |
Kernel (The Kernel) - Mild | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Wiper and True - Long Shadows | 4.20 | Not Tried | Ran out as I ordered |
14 Feb 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until midnight close.
Five Points - Railway Porter | 4.80 |  | Very creamy |
DEYA - Friend of the Podcast | 4.00 |  | Compulsive hop bitterness |
Track - Sonoma | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Maris the Otter | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
Elusive - Oregon Trail | 5.80 | Not Tried | |
Siren Craft - Sparkle | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Brighton Bier - Smash or Pass | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
08 Feb 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until midnight close.
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Rattlesnake | 6.50 |  | Excellent in every way |
Hammerton - Crunch | 5.40 |  | Nourishing nightcap stout |
Siren Craft - Broken Dream Breakfast Stout | 6.50 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Maris the Otter | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
Brighton Bier - Smash or Pass | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Two Flints - Santiago | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Marble - Atlas | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
07 Feb 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until midnight close.
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Rattlesnake | 6.50 |  | 4½* Bordering on the top score - for balance and condition |
Siren Craft - Broken Dream Breakfast Stout | 6.50 |  | As it should be |
Hammerton - Crunch | 5.40 |  | Top form head and lacing |
Siren Craft - Yu Lu | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Mythic Harmony California Pale Ale (collaboration with Siren Craft) | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Newbarns - 80/- Export | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Make It Pacific Sunrise | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
31 Jan 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until midnight close.
Fyne - Jarl | 3.80 |  | Felt as if it was first out for a while |
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Salted Caramel Lucaria | 4.50 |  | Poured quite flat from "That pump". Multiple decantings between two glasses brought some head and lacing. Marked as poured |
Marble - Mild | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Burning Sky - Dark Mild | 3.20 | Not Tried | |
Left Handed Giant - Simcoe Pale | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Tartarus - Snow Wasset | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Big Trip - The C Word | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
25 Jan 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
Full Circle - Pale | 3.80 |  | Clean and refreshing |
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Salted Caramel Lucaria | 4.50 |  | Poured flat through "that pump" hence this mark. Multiple decantings between two glasses brought it to life |
Verdant - Lamanva Best Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Make It Summit | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Tartarus - Snow Wasset | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Sureshot - God Bless The Great Indoors | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Tartarus - Cactus Cat | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
24 Jan 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit.
Siren Craft - Broken Dream Breakfast Stout | 6.50 |  | Very good yet it was the last out of the cask |
Tartarus - Snow Wasset | 5.50 |  | Overpowering flavour. Needed more condition to make it more appetising |
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Salted Caramel Lucaria | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Verdant - Lamanva Best Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Verdant - Lightbulb | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Make It Summit | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Sureshot - God Bless The Great Indoors | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
18 Jan 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit.
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Salted Caramel Lucaria | 4.50 |  | With its overpowering taste a half would have sufficed |
Siren Craft - Broken Dream Breakfast Stout | 6.50 | Not Tried | |
Saltaire - Best | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Make It Summit | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Keras | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
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