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North Star (Ei Group (formerly Enterprise Inns))
| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Hammerton - N7 |  | 1 |
| Castle Rock - Harvest Pale | | 1 |
| East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter |  | 3 |
| Oakham - JHB | | 1 |
| Southwark - Harvard APA | | 1 |
| Redemption - Trinity | | 1 |
| Redemption - Rock the Kazbek | | 1 |
| Milestone - Shine On | | 1 |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Gold | Not Tried | 0 |
| Sharp's - Coaster (or Cornish Coaster) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Adnams - Ghost Ship | Not Tried | 0 |
| Hammerton - N1 | Not Tried | 0 |
| Otter - Ale | Not Tried | 0 |
| Hop Back - GFB (Or Gilbert's First Brew) (superseded by 3.5% version from about 2010) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please) | Not Tried | 0 |
| Kent - Prohibition | Not Tried | 0 |
| Timothy Taylor - Landlord | Not Tried | 0 |
Stephen Harris
Visits Details
25 Jan 2020 (Stephen Harris)
Our lunchtime pub crawl moves on to here, where we fill the Public Bar. Around five cask beers available.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammerton - N7 | 5.20 | | On top form. |
| East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter | 4.20 | Not Tried |
14 Jun 2019 (ChrisE)
Friday afternoon, we started in the right hand bar but quickly moved to the one on the left hand side owing to the noise from the juke box. We wondered why there was no publicity inside the pub for their forthcoming beer festival yet they have taken out a full page advertisement in London Drinker. Attentive service and the guv put a cask of N7 on specially for two members of our group.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter | 4.20 | | |
| Redemption - Rock the Kazbek | 4.00 | | |
| Oakham - JHB | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Coaster (or Cornish Coaster) | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
| Adnams - Ghost Ship | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Hammerton - N1 | 4.10 | Not Tried |
12 Jun 2018 (Stephen Harris)
The North Star has been voted the 2018 local CAMRA ‘Community Pub of the Year’ and I join around a dozen other CAMRA members for the presentation here tonight.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakham - JHB | 3.80 | | On fine form. |
| Southwark - Harvard APA | 5.50 | | Full-bodied. |
| East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter | 4.20 |  | I’ve tasted this better than it is here tonight. |
| Timothy Taylor - Landlord | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Young's London Gold | 4.00 | Not Tried |
29 Jan 2018 (Stephen Harris)
It’s early on a Monday evening and only the Saloon Bar is open. But it’s busy, there is a buzz of conversation and, so far as I can see, every customer is drinking cask beer.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Rock - Harvest Pale | 3.80 | | An old favourite, on very fine form here. |
| East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
| Kent - Prohibition | 4.80 | Not Tried |
02 Feb 2013 (Stephen Harris)
Evening drink after a grand day out in Stevenage. We sat in the, quieter, Public Bar. Quiet that is until some chaps came in and filled the juke box with coins for an evening of death metal, driving everyone into the saloon bar.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milestone - Shine On | 4.00 | | Pale and crisp, with some hop character. |
| East London (ELB) - Foundation Bitter | 4.20 | | Dark and fruity. Condition of this pint a little jaded. |
| Hop Back - GFB (Or Gilbert's First Brew) (superseded by 3.5% version from about 2010) | 3.80 | Not Tried |
10 May 2012 (Stephen Harris)
Quite busy, with everybody in the Saloon Bar, whilst the Public Bar, laid for food, is empty.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redemption - Trinity | 3.00 | | Golden and hoppy, but tasting just a little bit thin today. |
| Otter - Ale | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Hop Back - GFB (Or Gilbert's First Brew) (superseded by 3.5% version from about 2010) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please) | 4.10 | Not Tried |
About the North Star
Summary of Beer Scores
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The pub is found in Leytonstone, Greater London, E11 3AR.
In Browning Road, this pub was established in around 1860 and is a nicely traditional house, with two bars, a few pavement tables and a back yard. It is tucked away off the high street in what locals call, without any sense of irony, ‘Leytonstone Village’. The pub sign and a lot of the interior decor features railway locomotives. But it is now widely believed that the North Star was in fact a ship on which the father of the first landlord, Frederick Wildsmith, had sailed. Local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year 2019 and 2024. In early 2024 The North Star, originally formed from two cottages and included on the inventory for its 1950s layout, reopened following what seems a substantial refurbishment. Local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year 2024.
We have visited this pub 6 times, seen 17 different beers and tried 8 of them.
Postcode: E11 3AR