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Leyton Star (Electric Star)

Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Five Points - Five Points Pale		1
Signature Brew - Session N.Z. hopped bitter (Pacifica)		1
Signature Brew - Signature Pale		2
Goose Island - Goose Island IPA		1
Signature Brew - Session	Not Tried	0

Picture 1. Leyton Star, Leyton, Greater London

Stephen Harris

Visits Details

23 Aug 2016 (Stephen Harris)

Quite late of a Tuesday evening. The pub quiz has again brought a big crowd here, but I find room to sit out in the back garden. Quickly though, I discover that the garden closes at 10pm.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Signature Brew - Signature Pale	4.10		Golden, full-bodied and bitter.
Signature Brew - Session	4.00	Not Tried

16 Aug 2016 (Stephen Harris)

Late evening visit, after football at Brisbane Road, primarily to watch the Olympic track cycling on TV. Pub quiz also underway.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Signature Brew - Signature Pale	4.10		A very fruity pint.
Five Points - Five Points Pale	4.40	Not Tried	Ran out.
Signature Brew - Session N.Z. hopped bitter (Pacifica)	4.00	Not Tried	Ran out.

09 Aug 2016 (Stephen Harris)

Late evening visit, after watching football at Brisbane Road. Cooling equipment has been fitted in the cellar and cask beers have arrived – staff are horrified when I ask for a straight glass rather than a dimpled mug, deliveries of which have also arrived ‘for the ale drinkers’. Pub busy with a late-finishing quiz in progress.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Five Points - Five Points Pale	4.40		A full-bodied Pale Ale.
Signature Brew - Session N.Z. hopped bitter (Pacifica)	4.00		A Pacifica-hopped Bitter. On very good form.

22 Jul 2016 (Stephen Harris)

Re-opening night and absolutely rammed. It took 20 minutes to get served, only to discover that no real ale would be available for the first couple of weeks – so I had a bottle instead. I have lots of memories of this pub from days past and will be back soon at a quieter time for a good look around.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Goose Island - Goose Island IPA	5.90		Poured from a bottle – a standard US-style IPA. Tasty but nothing really special.

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About the Leyton Star

The pub sign. Leyton Star, Leyton, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

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	1
	46
	31
	13
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Website.

The pub is found in Leyton, Greater London, E15 2BX.

This pub was established in 1887 as the King Harold, replacing the former Grenadier, which had stood further north in Leyton. It was a Savill Brothers pub (the local brewery at the time), eventually passing to Charrington’s. By the turn of the twenty-first century this pub had acquired an exceedingly seedy reputation. To nobody’s surprise, it eventually closed in 2015, but re-opened in July 2016 as the Leyton Star, much refurbished and beautified. It occupies a street corner position, close to Leyton tube station. A large single bar with an upstairs function room (formerly used as a gym). Rear garden. Four handpumps on the bar. CAMRA discount available.

We have visited this pub 74 times, seen 75 different beers and tried 52 of them.

Map location

Postcode: E15 2BX