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The Jolly Butchers (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
King Beer (formerly W.J. King) - Black Symphony with juniperExcellent1
Tempest - A Face With No NameExcellent1
Buxton - English Pale AleExcellent1
Welbeck Abbey - CalypsoExcellent1
TicketyBrew - StoutExcellent1
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Original Port StoutNot Tried0
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Red AleNot Tried0
Windsor & Eton - Knight of the GarterNot Tried0
Buxton - Wild BoarNot Tried0
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - AK 1911Not Tried0
Revolutions - RewardNot Tried0
Celt Experience (now brands are owned by Evans Evans) - Brigid FireNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Jolly Butchers, Stoke Newington, Greater London

Visits Details

06 Apr 2014 (Stephen Harris)
Early afternoon and this pub is crammed full of Sunday lunchers. I find room on a table outside and then lose that, ending up leaning on a corner of the bar counter.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Welbeck Abbey - Calypso5.40ExcellentA very good example of a golden, fruity, single-hop, US Pale Ale.
TicketyBrew - Stout5.20ExcellentGreat stout.
King Beer (formerly W.J. King) - Black Symphony with juniper5.00ExcellentBlack and a bit fruity, a bit sour, and a bit roasted.
Old Dairy (being contract brewed after it closed) - AK 19114.00Not Tried
Revolutions - Reward4.50Not Tried
Celt Experience (now brands are owned by Evans Evans) - Brigid Fire6.30Not Tried
10 Nov 2012 (Stephen Harris)
I have been exploring in Abney Park Cemetery, which to me is always at its best and most spooky on damp, autumnal mornings. To recover, I partook of an early beer and ‘Soffles’ lunch in this classy pub that stands right by the cemetery gates.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Tempest - A Face With No Name6.00ExcellentReddish/Amber in colour, with full-on, slightly dusty malt character, some toffee and a good load of hops. Very dry finish.
Buxton - English Pale Ale4.90ExcellentGolden-coloured, Very hoppy and bitter.
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Original Port Stout4.80Not Tried
Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Red Ale4.50Not Tried
Windsor & Eton - Knight of the Garter3.80Not Tried
Buxton - Wild Boar5.70Not Tried

About The Jolly Butchers

The pub sign. The Jolly Butchers, Stoke Newington, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

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Website.

The pub is found in Stoke Newington, Greater London, N16 7HU.

A long-standing, high street pub which did not exactly have a good reputation either for its clientele or for its beer. That all changed in around April 2010 when the pub was revamped in alehouse-style. There is a large, single room with plenty of wooden furniture and an open-plan kitchen. There are also pavement tables outside. Food is available at all times, but does not dominate. There is a long line of handpumps, dispensing cider as well as beer, plus a clutch of keg fonts with an ever-changing range of keg beers from craft brewers. Look for the faded tiling on the exterior wall, and note that one of the pub signs bares more than a passing resemblance to that of another fabled freehouse not so far away, although the two are no relation.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 12 different beers and tried 5 of them.

Map location

Postcode: N16 7HU