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The Carpenters Arms (Free House)

Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Adnams - Mosaic Pale Ale		2
Adnams - Nut Brown		1
Purity - Pure UBU		1
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Truman's No. 8		1
Adnams - Ghost Ship		1
Timothy Taylor - Landlord	Not Tried	0
Adnams - Oyster Stout	Not Tried	0
Wild Beer Co. - Bibble	Not Tried	0

Picture 1. The Carpenters Arms, Bethnal Green, Greater London

Stephen Harris

Visits Details

23 Oct 2018 (Magnus Greel)

Late afternoon just a couple of others when we arrived however the place soon filled up with a dozen or so group turned up just before we left.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Purity - Pure UBU	4.50
Timothy Taylor - Landlord	4.30	Not Tried

05 Oct 2017 (Stephen Harris)

I came in here at least in part in the hope that the Adnams Nut Brown was still on. Apparently it has sold really well and will be back on the bar next week. The little pub was busy and I drank in the corridor area – a rare opportunity to do so in London.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Adnams - Mosaic Pale Ale	4.10		A prime example of Mosaic hops at their very best, shining in a beer served in perfect condition. Superb. A five star beer.
Timothy Taylor - Landlord	4.30	Not Tried
Wild Beer Co. - Bibble	4.20	Not Tried

29 Sep 2017 (ChrisE)

The main bar was busy so we sat in the small room at the back which was just about big enough for our group.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Adnams - Nut Brown	4.00		Superb.
Purity - Pure UBU	4.50	Not Tried

16 Feb 2016 (Stephen Harris)

Dave and I moved on here from the nearby Kings Arms. Much talk about my forthcoming visit to New York, a city where Dave lived for a while and he was full of advice.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Adnams - Mosaic Pale Ale	4.10		Just my sort of thing and I managed a couple.
Timothy Taylor - Landlord	4.30	Not Tried
Purity - Pure UBU	4.50	Not Tried

18 May 2015 (Stephen Harris)

Early evening pint and quiet enough here to have a table to myself. Pleasant atmosphere.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Adnams - Ghost Ship	4.50		Tasted rather ordinary. I’ve definitely had better pints of this.
Timothy Taylor - Landlord	4.30	Not Tried
Purity - Pure UBU	4.50	Not Tried

25 Feb 2013 (Stephen Harris)

A nice place for a post-curry pint on a Monday evening. I’m not sure why I continue to loyally buy the Truman’s beers when I see them, particularly given that there were two very good alternatives on the bar here.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Truman's No. 8	3.50		Thin, brown, bitter with a Crystal Malt taste.
Timothy Taylor - Landlord	4.30	Not Tried
Adnams - Oyster Stout	4.30	Not Tried

About The Carpenters Arms

The pub sign. The Carpenters Arms, Bethnal Green, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

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	2
	1
	2
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Website.

The pub is found in Bethnal Green, Greater London, E2 6EG.

A former Truman’s Brewery pub, present here by the 1870s. It is a small, street corner house, with two rooms and a tiny yard at the back. The pub has a colourful history, having been owned by the Kray Twins in the 1960s, with their mother Violet installed as landlady. There was a shooting outside in 1965 and this was the bolt-hole at which the family met up on the night of the shooting of Jack McVitie. The pub closed for a while in the mid-2000s, but re-opened as a freehouse in October 2007. It is a considerably safer place these days, and quite up-market with wooden flooring and chandeliers, although the Krays are remembered in a wall poster.

We have visited this pub 6 times, seen 8 different beers and tried 5 of them.

Map location

Postcode: E2 6EG