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Old Fountain (Free House)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Arbor Ales - Artisan |  | 1 |
| Kent - Gold Fountain | | 1 |
| Buxton - Kinder Stout | | 1 |
| Fyne - Sanda Blonde | | 1 |
| Kent - Brewers Reserve | | 1 |
| Mighty Oak - Boomslanger | | 2 |
| Mighty Oak - Maldon Gold | | 1 |
| London Fields - Amarillo IPA | | 1 |
| Summer Wine (SWB) - Zenith Pale Ale | | 2 |
| Oakham - Green Devil IPA | | 1 |
| Cronx - Kotchin |  | 1 |
| Cronx - Fallout Hazelnut | | 1 |
| Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | | 1 |
| Windsor & Eton - Canberra | | 1 |
| Kent - Session Pale | | 1 |
| Marble - Ginger Marble | | 1 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Legally Blonde |  | 1 |
| Hobsons - Mild | | 1 |
| Vale - Black Swan Mild | Not Tried | 0 |
| RedWillow - Feckless | Not Tried | 0 |
| Cronx - Standard | Not Tried | 0 |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride | Not Tried | 0 |
| Crouch Vale - Brewers Gold | Not Tried | 0 |
| Marble - Dobber | Not Tried | 0 |
| Summer Wine (SWB) - Barista Expresso Stout | Not Tried | 0 |
| Crouch Vale - Yakima Gold | Not Tried | 0 |
| Buxton - Black Rocks | Not Tried | 0 |
| Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Stormstay | Not Tried | 0 |
Visits Details
11 Dec 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Busy on a Tuesday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent - Brewers Reserve | 5.00 | | Strong pale bitter with citrus hops to the fore. Full bodied and smooth tasting with a citrus hop finish. My score 16/20. |
03 Dec 2012 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening with a considerable crowd.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Wine (SWB) - Zenith Pale Ale | 4.00 | | |
| Buxton - Kinder Stout | 4.10 | | |
| Marble - Ginger Marble | 4.50 | | Felt this was more cloying and less clean and fresh than on previous encounters |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Mighty Oak - Maldon Gold | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Crouch Vale - Yakima Gold | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Buxton - Black Rocks | 5.50 | Not Tried |
03 Dec 2012 (HSB)
Christmas gathering of a monthly drinking group. Pub was very busy.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mighty Oak - Maldon Gold | 3.80 | | |
| Summer Wine (SWB) - Zenith Pale Ale | 4.00 | |
27 Nov 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Busy on a Tuesday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor Ales - Artisan | 4.80 | | Amber strong bitter with a full bodied full on fruity hop character. Citrus and tropical fruits dominate, with a good malt base. My score 16/20. |
| Cronx - Kotchin | 3.90 | | Sweet and malty pale bitter, perhaps just a little too sweet for a bitter. Fruity hop in the finish. My score 15/20. |
20 Nov 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Busy on a Tuesday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mighty Oak - Boomslanger | 4.10 | | Dark red bitter with good bitterness from pacific type hops giving fruity and citrus hoppiness. My score 16/20. |
20 Nov 2012 (Stephen Harris)
Several familiar faces in here and I stood at the bar chatting with Martin the Mildman, who was kind enough to give me some pub tips for my forthcoming visit to Derby.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Fields - Amarillo IPA | 6.00 | | One of London Fields’ elusive, single-varietal hop beers – here on keg dispense. Pale and strong with a very good grapefruity, peachy, fruity hop taste. |
| Mighty Oak - Boomslanger | 4.10 | | Ruby-coloured, fruity malt tastes, some good hops and a bitter finish. |
| Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Crouch Vale - Brewers Gold | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Mighty Oak - Maldon Gold | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Marble - Dobber | 5.90 | Not Tried | |
| Summer Wine (SWB) - Barista Expresso Stout | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Summer Wine (SWB) - Zenith Pale Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Fyne - Sanda Blonde | 5.50 | Not Tried |
31 Oct 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Quite busy well into a Wednesday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor & Eton - Canberra | 4.00 | | Red in colour, not too sure what this beer is trying to be, it has sweet maltiness, some hoppiness and a strange fruity flavour. Quite pleasant all the same. My score 15/20. |
16 Oct 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Busy on a Tuesday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent - Gold Fountain | 4.40 | | A special brew left over from the previous weekend's beer festival, this was a well balanced hoppy golden ale with a hopy fruity finish. My score 16/20. |
| Cronx - Fallout Hazelnut | 4.60 | | A very sweet dark brown beer with virtually no bitterness or hoppiness. Even milder than a mild. My score 15/20. |
12 Oct 2012 (Stephen Harris)
I meet up with a good sized-group of CAMRA members here – but we’ve messed up, having come a day early for the pub’s beer festival. Never mind, the place is packed, there is a good atmosphere, and the beer is flowing.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakham - Green Devil IPA | 6.00 | | Outstanding, strong IPA. |
| Fyne - Sanda Blonde | 5.50 | | Pale and intensely hoppy. |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Legally Blonde | 4.00 | | Rather middle-of-the road, hoppy and buttery pint. |
| Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Stormstay | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Vale - Black Swan Mild | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| RedWillow - Feckless | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Cronx - Standard | 3.80 | Not Tried |
04 Oct 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Very busy with a visit from the Thursday evening mild drinkers along with the usual evening crowds.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | 3.70 | | This sample lacking the usual sweetness and berry fruitiness of some samples to give a fairly dry and chocolatey mild. My score 15/20. |
| Kent - Session Pale | 3.70 | | A fruity pale bitter with the flavour of New Zealand hops. Good fuity hop finish. My score 15/20. |
| Hobsons - Mild | 3.20 | | Dry, nutty and malty red coloured mild with a dry, toasty finish. My score 14/20. |
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 Whitbread‘s 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