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The White Hart (McMullen)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
One Mile End Brew Co. (formerly Mulligans at the White Hart and then WH Brew Pub) - Blonde AleGood1
One Mile End Brew Co. (formerly Mulligans at the White Hart and then WH Brew Pub) - Wheat BeerGood1
St Austell - TrelawnyAcceptable1
Harvey's - Sussex Best BitterUndrinkable1
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London PrideNot Tried0
Brains - SANot Tried0
Brains - SA Gold (now 4.3% see separate entry)Not Tried0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ChiswickNot Tried0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Gale's Seafarers AleNot Tried0
Picture 1. The White Hart, Whitechapel, Greater London

Visits Details

09 Jul 2013 (Stephen Harris)
I hear surprising news that this pub (universally known as ‘Murphy’s’, after former owners) has a brewery in the cellar. It is true – and they have been brewing for around a week. The pub is a bit of a mess just now, staying open despite being in mid-refurbishment.
BeerABVScoreNotes
One Mile End Brew Co. (formerly Mulligans at the White Hart and then WH Brew Pub) - Blonde Ale3.70GoodGolden, smooth and balanced.
One Mile End Brew Co. (formerly Mulligans at the White Hart and then WH Brew Pub) - Wheat Beer4.50GoodCloudy, yellow and lemony.
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Chiswick3.50Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Gale's Seafarers Ale3.60Not Tried
07 Mar 2013 (HSB)
Still on our East End crawl. Not been here for many years. Still a comfortable pub. A group of fellow drinkers were dressed as characters from children's fiction. National Book Day I think.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Austell - Trelawny3.80Acceptable
10 Feb 2011 (ChrisE)
I held my leaving do in here when I left Royal Mail, in those days it had splendid glass partitions and mirrors, an amazing mix of customers. Sadly the partitions have all gone, but it is still a very pleasant comfortable pub, and it retains a good mix of clientele.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter4.00UndrinkableSadly, this was cold and winey. I took a few sips of my half pint and left. I do intend to return as I like the pub and am optimistic about getting a better pint next time.
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride4.10Not Tried
Brains - SA4.20Not Tried
Brains - SA Gold (now 4.3% see separate entry)4.70Not Tried

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About The White Hart

The pub sign. The White Hart, Whitechapel, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional1
Excellent53
Good33
Acceptable14
Poor2

Website.

The pub is found in Whitechapel, Greater London, E1 4TP.

This pub was present at the London end of Mile End Road as early as 1750. It was rebuilt in its present form in around 1900 and is a striking building with a cupola high above the corner door. In the 1970s and 1980s it was the principle pub of the small Murphy’s chain of East End pubs, owned by a family of that name. This pub in particular became known simply as ‘Murphy’s’, and the White Hart name was forgotten for a while. It was notorious for its late night lock-ins, and a tap on the side door in the early hours was usually rewarded by the chance of a sly late one. At this time the pub retained superb etched-glass partitions and mirrors. All that was swept away some time in the late-1990s in a controversial refurbishment that left the pub with a large, open-plan, wooden-floored main bar and a function room upstairs. Further refurbishment came in 2013, and this saw the introduction of an open view kitchen and a micro-brewery in the cellar. Brewing was initially in-house, with beers sold variously as Mulligans at the White Hart or as WH Brew Pub. This brewing venture met with mixed success and in August 2014 the new One Mile End Brewery took over the kit and was immediately successful with its full-flavoured brews. The brewery quickly outgrew the premises and, in the summer of 2016, relocated to Tottenham. 6 handpumps on the bar counter. In September 2022 the pub passed to McMullen.

We have visited this pub 53 times, seen 117 different beers and tried 73 of them.

Map location

Postcode: E1 4TP