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The Great Harry (Wetherspoon)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Wickwar - BOBGood1
Mordue - IPAGood1
Conwy (Bragdy Conwy) - RampartGood1
Hop Stuff - FusilierGood1
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Champions AleGood1
Vale of Glamorgan (VOG) - Dark MatterGood1
Hook Norton - Old HookyAcceptable1
Goffs - Jouster AleAcceptable1
Adnams - BroadsideAcceptable1
Brewster's - AromanticaPoor1
Hook Norton - Townshend Cathcarts Xtra Pale AleUndrinkable1
Greene King - AbbotNot Tried0
Sharp's - Doom BarNot Tried0
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)Not Tried0
Oakham - JHBNot Tried0
Adnams - New Realm American Pale AleNot Tried0
Rooster's - YPA (Yorkshire Pale Ale)Not Tried0
Dorset Brewing Company - Flashmans CloutNot Tried0
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Hop CommotionNot Tried0
Upham - Fields of GoldNot Tried0
Otter - BrightNot Tried0
Oakham - Raucous ReindeerNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Great Harry, Woolwich, Greater London

Visits Details

19 Dec 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until midnight close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hop Stuff - Fusilier4.30Good
Oakham - Raucous Reindeer4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
05 Nov 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Early morning after midnight visit, felt a tad feral here.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Mordue - IPA5.10Good
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Otter - Bright4.30Not Tried
01 Oct 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Brief after midnight early morning post local Tesco shopping visit.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Broadside4.70AcceptableNot my favourite beer at all but this was with rather acidic bittering
Hook Norton - Townshend Cathcarts Xtra Pale Ale4.20UndrinkableServed with an intense murkiness compared with total clarity of same beer in Gravesend earlier. Replaced with some reasonably good grace and taken off sale
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
28 Sep 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until midnight close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Goffs - Jouster Ale4.00AcceptableUnexceptional
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Hook Norton - Townshend Cathcarts Xtra Pale Ale4.20Not Tried
19 Aug 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
After midnight early morning visit.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Brewster's - Aromantica4.20PoorReaching a new low here. Underhand decanting from a glass below the bar counter. As no other real ale was sold during my visit once assumes the decant was of aged stale beer. Most unappetising and the barmaid thought there was nothing wrong with doing it
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Upham - Fields of Gold3.80Not Tried
19 Jul 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until midnight close, trying out the JDW festival ciders.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Dorset Brewing Company - Flashmans Clout4.50Not Tried
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Hop Commotion4.10Not Tried
09 Jul 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Just after midnight early morning visit. The JDW cider festival was taking up half of the handpumps.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Conwy (Bragdy Conwy) - Rampart4.50Good
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Rooster's - YPA (Yorkshire Pale Ale)4.10Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
24 Jun 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Just after midnight early morning visit. pretty well packed out still here and people still arriving.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Wickwar - BOB4.00Good
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Adnams - New Realm American Pale Ale5.20Not Tried
13 Apr 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Near midnight visit.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hook Norton - Old Hooky4.60AcceptableDistinctly average
Oakham - JHB3.80Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
01 Feb 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until midnight close.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Twickenham (also uses sub-brand Old Hands) - Champions Ale4.70GoodA red rye IPA with lots of flavour
Vale of Glamorgan (VOG) - Dark Matter4.40Good
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried

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About The Great Harry

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional1
Excellent5
Good33
Acceptable31
Poor5

Website.

The pub is found in Woolwich, Greater London, SE18 6PQ.

Large, corner plot Wetherspoon's. Stone's throw from Woolwich Arsenal Bus/Mainline Railway/DLR terminus by walking across the paved and grassed General Gordon Square into Wellington Street. Woolwich first came to prominence in the early 16th century, when King Henry VIII established a dockyard here to build the Great Harry, the flagship of his new navy. This yard, where many famous ships were built, including the Sovereign of the Seas (in 1637), saw many royal visits and departures of voyages of exploration. Seriously damaged by fire in the early August 2011 riots and closed for the rest of the year and into 2012. A race was on to renovate and re-open by time of the 2012 Olympics as Woolwich was a venue for shooting events. The deadline was met and a new look and brighter and more shiny Great Harry arose. 10 handpumps, in 2 banks each of 5, adorn the bar counter which extends across almost all the width of the pub.

We have visited this pub 66 times, seen 146 different beers and tried 68 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SE18 6PQ