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The Roebuck (Wellington Pub Company)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Purity - Pure UBUGood3
Five Points - Best Fuggles HopsGood1
Sambrook's - WandleGood1
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Truman's RunnerAcceptable1
Big Penny (formerly Truman's) as of late 2022 contract brewed - SwiftNot Tried0
By The Horns - Stiff Upper Lip (downgraded from 3.8% in 2023)Not Tried0
Purity - Mad GooseNot Tried0
Southwark - LPA London Pale AleNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Roebuck, Borough, Central London
Picture 2. The Roebuck, Borough, Central London
Stephen Harris

Visits Details

06 Aug 2023 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit. A welcome liveliness from bar staff.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Five Points - Best Fuggles Hops4.10GoodAlways try this when I see it - probably best of Five Points's ales.
By The Horns - Stiff Upper Lip (downgraded from 3.8% in 2023)3.40Not Tried
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
25 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening visit. Rather impersonal place in my view.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Purity - Pure UBU4.50AcceptableOne of those pints with a flattish lifeless head and little mouthfeel
Big Penny (formerly Truman's) as of late 2022 contract brewed - Swift3.90Not Tried
Southwark - LPA London Pale Ale4.00Not Tried
30 May 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Early evening visit for a London Regional CAMRA communications meeting to be given feedback from the recent national AGM in Coventry, so we used the upstairs function room.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Purity - Pure UBU4.50ExcellentMust have been a cask change as this second pint was superb on flavour, head and condition
Purity - Pure UBU4.50Good
Big Penny (formerly Truman's) as of late 2022 contract brewed - Swift3.90Not Tried
05 Mar 2012 (Stephen Harris)
Not particularly busy in the early evening.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Sambrook's - Wandle3.80GoodAmber-coloured, bitter, malty beer with subtle hopping.
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Truman's Runner4.00AcceptableNow believed to be contract brewed at Everard’s (formerly Nethergate) whilst the Truman’s people continue to seek a brewery premises of their own in east London. A reddish-brown, fruity but dry bitter.
Purity - Mad Goose4.20Not Tried

About The Roebuck

The pub sign. The Roebuck, Borough, Central London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent1
Good3
Acceptable2
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Borough, Central London, SE1 4YG.

A prominent, street-corner, former Truman’s Brewery pub in Great Dover Street, a largely residential area close to Borough tube station. It was modernised and refurbished in 2003 and now provides comfortable seating in the large ground floor bar. It is operated by the Parched London Pub company. Known for its weekly poetry readings in the upstairs function room which has a bar counter but no handpumps. There is a large oval central servery on the ground floor with 4 handpumps.

We have visited this pub 4 times, seen 8 different beers and tried 4 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SE1 4YG