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Old Fountain (Free House)
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| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Citra |  | 1 |
| Oxfordshire Ales - Choc Ox | | 1 |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - World Cup Willy | | 1 |
| Mighty Oak - Toe Wrestler | | 1 |
| Weltons - Red Cross Mild | | 1 |
| Otley - OF | | 1 |
| Crouch Vale - Blackwater Mild | | 1 |
| Saltaire - Raspberry Blonde | | 1 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Redwood Colorado American IPA | | 1 |
| Moorhouse's - Black Cat Mild | | 2 |
| Crouch Vale - Willie Warmer | | 1 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - London Irish | | 1 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - London Porter | | 1 |
| Acorn - Pacific Jade IPA | | 1 |
| Ramsbury - 1966 |  | 1 |
| Dark Star - Old Ale (aka Old Chestnut) | | 1 |
| Northern (see also Blakemere) - Blakemere Bobby Dazzler | | 1 |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Wimbeldon | | 1 |
| Art Brew - Monkey IPA (with Ginger) | | 1 |
| Dark Star - Over The Moon | | 1 |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - American Fountain | | 1 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - American 100 |  | 1 |
| Otley - O5 Gold | | 1 |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - BSPA | | 1 |
Visits Details
14 Dec 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Vwery busy for a Tuesday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxfordshire Ales - Choc Ox | 4.50 | | Porter style beer with lots of chocolate to give a sweet and malty chocolatey beer. My score 17/20. |
07 Dec 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Busy for a Tuesday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Star - Old Ale (aka Old Chestnut) | 4.00 | | Quite bitter with a definite hop presence but also some toffee maltiness. My score 15/20. |
28 Oct 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Very busy with a visit by the Thursday evening mild drinkers.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorhouse's - Black Cat Mild | 3.40 | | On top form here as ever, smooth chocolate and liqourice flavours, low hoppiness and a lingering malty finish. My score 17/20. |
| Crouch Vale - Blackwater Mild | 3.70 | | Almost black mild with a slight bitter edge, but good chocolatey malt in evidence as well. My score 16/20. |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Redwood Colorado American IPA | 5.40 | | Excellent version of an American IPA with lots of juicy citrus hop flavours and just the right amnount of bitterness. My score 16/20. |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - London Porter | 5.00 | | Full bodied black porter with good balance of dark chocolate and hoppy flavours. My score 16/20. |
19 Oct 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Very busy for a Tuesday evening.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern (see also Blakemere) - Blakemere Bobby Dazzler | 3.90 | | Well balanced pale bitter with malt just having the edge over hoppiness. My score 15/20. |
| Otley - O5 Gold | 5.00 | | Pale gold with rather a lot of caramel sweetness bordering on diacetyl. Full bodied with just about enough hoppiness to keep it balanced. My score 14/20. |
21 Sep 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Busy with quite a few refugees from the Wenlock searching for some traditional pub furniture!
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorhouse's - Black Cat Mild | 3.40 | | Top notch in here, smooth, sweet chocolate and liquorice flavours with low hop rate to give a classic dark mild. My score 17/20. |
| Acorn - Pacific Jade IPA | 5.00 | | Golden IPA with the latest hop from the other side of the world. This one gives a strong fruity citrus hop taste giving a refreshing tasting beer. My score 16/20. |
31 Aug 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Another quiet pub after the Bank Holiday.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltaire - Raspberry Blonde | 4.00 | | Excellent pale beer with just the right amount of fruit flavour to avoid becoming oversweet and cloying. My score 17/20. |
20 Jul 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mighty Oak - Toe Wrestler | 5.00 | | Strong golden bitter with a good citrus hop character and also some biscuity malt which stays throught to the finish. My score 16/20. |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Wimbeldon | 3.30 | | Fruity and well balanced pale bitter. Slight hint of strawberries but not over dominant. My score 15/20. |
15 Jun 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crouch Vale - Willie Warmer | 6.50 | | This had been in the pub cellar for 6 months. An excellent dark brown old style ale with a full bodied smooth taste with nutty and toffee flavours balanced by some fruity hoppiness. A vineous, fruity finish. My score 17/20. |
| Dark Star - Over The Moon | 3.80 | | Now desribed as dark and bitter on the pumpclip, this is still a modern style mild in my book. It has a fairly high hop rate but also some roast and toasty malt and a little fruitiness. My score 15/20. |
| Ramsbury - 1966 | 3.80 | | Well balanced pale bitter with a dryish hoppy finish. My score 15/20. |
08 Jun 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltons - Red Cross Mild | 5.10 | | Ruby/brown strong mild with lowish hop rate and a toffee malt character. Full bodied with a fruity finish. My score 16/20. |
20 May 2010 (Flying.geordie)
Festival in progress and quite full. Nice to see one or two old friends drinking here as I am not in London very often.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Citra | 3.10 | | |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - World Cup Willy | 4.00 | | |
| Otley - OF | 5.00 | | |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - London Irish | 6.30 | | |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - American Fountain | 3.70 | | |
| Art Brew - Monkey IPA (with Ginger) | 6.40 | | |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - BSPA | 3.60 | | |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - American 100 | 8.20 | |
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