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Old Fountain (Free House)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Salopian - Blackwater Cubism |  | 1 |
| Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | | 1 |
| Camden Town - Show Boat | | 1 |
| Fyne - West Highland Black IPA | | 1 |
| Wrekin (formerly Ironbridge) - Galaxy | | 1 |
| Moorhouse's - Black Cat Mild | | 1 |
| Kent - Beyond the Pale |  | 1 |
| Mighty Oak - Maldon Gold | | 1 |
| AllGates - Hermonie | | 1 |
| Mighty Oak - Hogman Ale | | 1 |
| Salamander - Hocus Pocus | | 1 |
| Ossett - Clean Sweep | | 1 |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - American Brown |  | 1 |
| Pitfield's - Hewitt's Red Menis | | 1 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Hertfordshire Hop | | 1 |
| Verulam - Hops In Union | | 1 |
| Kent - Harvest Moon | | 1 |
Visits Details
14 Feb 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salamander - Hocus Pocus | 4.00 | | Pale but unusually for a Salamander beer, malt dominates over hops in this lager syle beer. The finish is fairly dry with a biscuity aftertaste. My score 15/20. |
07 Feb 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Very busy with some sort of office "do" in progress.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AllGates - Hermonie | 4.10 | | Very pale bitter with a crisp, hoppy character. The finish is hoppy and quite fruity. My score 15/20. |
12 Jan 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Very busy with a visit from the Thurday evening mild drinkers.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorhouse's - Black Cat Mild | 3.40 | | Usual excellent mix of chocolate malt, liquorice and fruit flavours. My score 16/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Oscar Wilde Mild | 3.70 | | Excellent sample here, sweet but not cloying with a good base of chocolate malt and a hint of roast. Low hop rate. My score 16/20. |
| Kent - Beyond the Pale | 5.40 | | Strong pale bitter with good citrus hop character and a dryish bitter finish. My score 15/20. |
10 Jan 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Fairly busy for a Tuesday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mighty Oak - Maldon Gold | 3.80 | | Pale gold and fairly mellow with a well rounded balance of malt and hops. My score 15/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Hogman Ale | 4.00 | | Dark brown bitter with a predominately malty character with a little fruity hop in the finish. My score 15/20. |
| Ossett - Clean Sweep | 4.00 | | Very pale bitter with a good citrus hop character. Fairly bitter with a dry, citrus hop finish. My score 15/20. |
03 Jan 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Not too busy at the start of the year.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitfield's - Hewitt's Red Menis | 3.80 | | Malty red coloured ale with a bittersweet taste but little hoppiness. Fruity finish. My score 14/20. |
22 Nov 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - American Brown | 4.80 | | Very bitter with little else to relieve it, therefore not really to my taste. My score 12/20. |
01 Nov 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camden Town - Show Boat | 4.50 | | A brown ale that is ruby/brown in colour. Lots of nutty malt flavours balanced by some good hoppiness. My score 16/20. |
| Wrekin (formerly Ironbridge) - Galaxy | 4.80 | | Strong pale and hoppy with a good malt balance. Citrus hop and fruit character present throughout. My score 16/20. |
25 Oct 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verulam - Hops In Union | 4.20 | | Amber hoppy bitter with a dry hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
11 Oct 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Hertfordshire Hop | 4.50 | | Golden bitter with a bitter hop flavour but little malt balance. Fairly dry, hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
04 Oct 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fyne - West Highland Black IPA | 5.30 | | Dark brown in colour but the taste is of a well hopped IPA style with good citrus hop notes. The dark malts give another dimension and smoothness to the beer. The finish is long and with a mix of dark malt and citrus hop. My score 16/20. |
| Salopian - Blackwater Cubism | 4.30 | | Golden bitter with a good balance of malt and hop with citrus notes in evidence. Good citrus hop finish. My score 16/20. |
| Kent - Harvest Moon | 4.60 | | Pale and bitter with a crisp, dry hop character. Dry, hoppy 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 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