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The George (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Belhaven - Herok & Howell’s Festival AleAcceptable1
Black Sheep - Golden SheepNot Tried0
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - TigerNot Tried0
Greene King - IPA GoldNot Tried0
St Austell - TributeNot Tried0
Picture 1. The George, Fitzrovia, Central London

Visits Details

09 Sep 2013 (Stephen Harris)
Greene King seem to be making a special effort to improve the beer offering in their London pubs just now – but I somehow allowed myself to fall for the sucker beer in here. Very nice pub though.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Belhaven - Herok & Howell’s Festival Ale3.80AcceptableRather laughably, this is described as an “American-style IPA”. Personally, I have never come across such a low-strength or bland US IPA. I could not see the word ‘Belhaven’ on the pump-clip, although it might be there. Darkish, with caramel and butterscotch tastes. Just a hint of decent hops. Tastes a lot like the regular Greene King IPA with a dash of Cascade in fact.
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Tiger4.20Not Tried
St Austell - Tribute4.20Not Tried
Black Sheep - Golden Sheep3.90Not Tried
Greene King - IPA Gold4.10Not Tried

About The George

The pub sign. The George, Fitzrovia, Central London

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The pub is found in Fitzrovia, Central London, W1W 7LQ.

This pub in Great Portland Street was present by 1869 and is an ornate, four-storey, yellow-brick, street corner pub. Internally it now features a smallish, single front bar area and an almost separate rear room. There are several surviving features from the late-Victorian period, including the wooden bar back. The back room is wood-panelled and has some great gilded and etched mirrors and all through the pub are some lovely wall-mounted ceramic panels featuring hunting scenes. Owned more recently by by Greene King, it was good to see it has reverted to a pictorial pub sign after a period with a bland, generic, company sign. Closed 2nd July 2016 with permitted developments authority to combine with next door building for a variety of possible uses on the ground floor, including residential above the ground floor. Back from the dead under new ownership in late November 2021 and reopened with the work having been carried out to a high standard with all historic fittings remaining intact.

We have visited this pub once, seen 5 different beers and tried 1 of them.

Map location

Postcode: W1W 7LQ