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The Holy Tavern (formerly The Jerusalem Tavern) (Free House)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
St Peter's - Plum PorterExcellent1
St Peter's - Old Style PorterExcellent1
St Peter's - Organic Best BitterExcellent2
St Peter's - Cream StoutExcellent2
St Peter's - India Pale AleGood1
St Peter's - Ruby RedGood1
St Peter's - MildGood1
St Peter's - Organic AleGood1
St Peter's - Gold RushGood1
St Peter's - Hop ItGood1
St Peter's - Boo!Good1
St Peter's - Ruby Red AleNot Tried0
St Peter's - Fruit BeerNot Tried0
St Peter's - Suffolk GoldNot Tried0
St Peter's - Hoppy T'AleNot Tried0
St Peter's - Twisted EdgeNot Tried0
St Peter's - Suffolk GoldNot Tried0
St Peter's - Golden AleNot Tried0
St Peter's - Best BitterNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Holy Tavern (formerly The Jerusalem Tavern), Clerkenwell, Central London
Picture 2. The Holy Tavern (formerly The Jerusalem Tavern), Clerkenwell, Central London

Visits Details

24 Jun 2021 (Magnus Greel)
Lunchtime and the quietest I've seen this place, just the four of us inside and a similar amount outside made for a pleasant relaxed atmosphere.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Organic Best Bitter4.10Excellent
24 Jun 2021 (ChrisE)
Lunch time and quiet. Very pleasant.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Organic Best Bitter4.10Excellent
08 May 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Arrival just before 4pm allowed acquisition of the last table.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Hop It4.20GoodA copper-coloured Bitter. Sweet and malty with caramel tastes but also some good hops.
St Peter's - Cream Stout6.50Not Tried
St Peter's - Suffolk Gold4.70Not Tried
St Peter's - India Pale Ale5.50Not Tried
23 Oct 2018 (Magnus Greel)
Mid evening busy as expected, we sat in the gallery seats but found it too stuffy so moved back downstairs when a table became vacant.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Organic Ale4.50Good
St Peter's - Plum Porter4.60Not Tried
03 Jul 2018 (ChrisE)
Evening visit and relaxing, we just enjoyed good conversation and beer.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Ruby Red4.30Good
19 Apr 2018 (Stephen Harris)
I’m here shortly before 5pm, ahead of the after-work rush and it is nice to be able to find a seat inside and be able to drink out of a proper glass. I overhear somebody explaining erroneously to another customer how the pub is 300 years old and one of the most historic in London.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Plum Porter4.60ExcellentVery deep ruby-red in colour. Bursting with plum flavour.
St Peter's - Organic Best Bitter4.10Not Tried
St Peter's - Golden Ale4.70Not Tried
St Peter's - Cream Stout6.50Not Tried
St Peter's - Ruby Red Ale4.30Not Tried
St Peter's - Twisted Edge4.30Not Tried
20 Oct 2017 (Stephen Harris)
Unfeasibly busy here after work, and, like loads of other people, we’re out on the pavement. I did not really get near enough to the bar to record the full range of beers available.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Old Style Porter5.10ExcellentA really very good Porter.
St Peter's - Boo!5.20GoodI thought from the clip that this might be a pumpkin beer – in fact it was not obviously so. Dark and hearty.
St Peter's - Organic Best Bitter4.10Not Tried
St Peter's - Golden Ale4.70Not Tried
28 Apr 2016 (Stephen Harris)
After work with Dave R. Although the pub was packed, we struck lucky and after a little while acquired the table upstairs in the ‘Crow’s Nest’.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Cream Stout6.50ExcellentPoured from a bottle. Lush, smooth, creamy Stout.
St Peter's - Mild3.70GoodA pretty decent, dark Mild.
St Peter's - Gold Rush4.30GoodA malt-led golden beer.
14 Mar 2016 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 11pm close. New striking St Peter's pump clips in use. Latebirds from nearby SPBW AGM meeting were here before me.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - India Pale Ale5.50Good
St Peter's - Best Bitter3.70Not Tried
St Peter's - Mild3.70Not Tried
St Peter's - Ruby Red Ale4.30Not Tried
St Peter's - Suffolk Gold4.90Not Tried
St Peter's - Hoppy T'Ale4.20Not Tried
18 Mar 2015 (Stephen Harris)
I do so like this pub. Trouble is I find it intolerably busy at the time of day (early evening) that I am best able to visit.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Peter's - Cream Stout6.50ExcellentLush, black, strong, smooth and creamy.
St Peter's - Golden Ale4.70Not Tried
St Peter's - Best Bitter3.70Not Tried
St Peter's - Mild3.70Not Tried
St Peter's - Ruby Red Ale4.30Not Tried
St Peter's - Fruit Beer3.60Not Tried

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About The Holy Tavern (formerly The Jerusalem Tavern)

The pub sign. The Holy Tavern (formerly The Jerusalem Tavern), Clerkenwell, Central London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent16
Good21
Acceptable8
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Clerkenwell, Central London, EC1M 5UQ.

Tucked away on Britton Street off Clerkenwell, this is a fantastic pub. Opened in 1996 as a re-creation of an 18th century tavern so it is nowhere as old as it looks. If you like odd real ale and the feel of a small, all wooden pub with little drinking areas, then this is the place for you. Served St. Peter's beers on draught, by air pressure, from 6 taps (on fake cask ends) behind the bar, or by the bottle or continental lager from the taps on the bar when under St Peter's Brewery ownership until early 2022. Great place to have something different. Reopened early March 2022 after a short period of closure and with a change of name.

We have visited this pub 28 times, seen 26 different beers and tried 21 of them.

Map location

Postcode: EC1M 5UQ