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Craft Beer Co. (Craft Beer Company)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Acorn - 7 SeasExcellent1
Acorn - Helga IPAExcellent1
Bad Seed - BanditExcellent1
Bad Seed - Walking ShadowsGood1
Beavertown - AjnaExcellent1
Gun - Smoked RyeExcellent1
Hastings - Four Cees APAExcellent1
Kent - Craft PaleExcellent1
Redemption - Urban DuskGood1
Rooster's - Modern Way Session IPAExcellent1
Tiny Rebel - ZoolExcellent1
Acorn - Barnsley BitterNot Tried0
Acorn - GorlovkaNot Tried0
Acorn - HarvesterNot Tried0
Acorn - Old Moor PorterNot Tried0
Acorn - SovereignNot Tried0
Anarchy - Crime SceneNot Tried0
Bad Seed - HitchhikerNot Tried0
Bad Seed - Saint ClementsNot Tried0
Bad Seed - WoodsmanNot Tried0
Beavertown - Smog RocketNot Tried0
Gun - Scaramanga Extra Pale AleNot Tried0
Gun - Velo DogNot Tried0
Ilkley - BlackNot Tried0
Ilkley - Mary JaneNot Tried0
Ilkley - Mash TonneNot Tried0
Kent - Clerkenwell PaleNot Tried0
Kent - CobnutNot Tried0
Kent - Craft BitterNot Tried0
Kent - Craft PaleNot Tried0
Kent - PaleNot Tried0
Oakham - Bishops FarewellNot Tried0
Oakham - Blue Skies IPANot Tried0
Oakham - CitraNot Tried0
Oakham - InfernoNot Tried0
Oakham - Jester's FerretNot Tried0
Oakham - JHBNot Tried0
Oakham - New World OrderNot Tried0
Pig & Porter - Ashburnham Pale AleNot Tried0
Pig & Porter - Dance FirstNot Tried0
Pig & Porter - Fatal Flaw American AmberNot Tried0
Pig & Porter - Red Spider RyeNot Tried0
Rooster's - California CommonNot Tried0
Rooster's - Der KaizerNot Tried0
Rooster's - Fort SmithNot Tried0
Rooster's - PilsnearNot Tried0
Rooster's - The AccompliceNot Tried0
Rooster's - White Rose Charity Pale Ale (Henshaws Society for blind people)Not Tried0
Siren Craft - Under CurrentNot Tried0
Summer Wine (SWB) - Barista Espresso StoutNot Tried0
Summer Wine (SWB) - DiabloNot Tried0
Summer Wine (SWB) - TeleporterNot Tried0
Tiny Rebel - Beat BoxNot Tried0
Tiny Rebel - FUBARNot Tried0
Tiny Rebel - HANKNot Tried0
Picture 1. Craft Beer Co., Covent Garden, Central London
Picture 2. Craft Beer Co., Covent Garden, Central London
Stephen Harris

Visits Details

29 Dec 2017 (Stephen Harris)
Mid-afternoon in a quiet week for pubs, including this one (relatively speaking) – all tables are occupied in both bars, but I manage to find a ledge to stand next to.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Bad Seed - Bandit4.50ExcellentA golden beer with prominent New World hop flavours (Citra, Bravo, Columbus, Cascade).
Bad Seed - Walking Shadows5.00GoodA ‘Cascadian Dark Ale’, which I think is synonymous with ‘Black IPA’, but I might be wrong. This is a dark brown beer with very bitter, roast malt flavours which are not quite balanced by the strong hop flavours I was expecting. The hops do come through though and it’s still pretty good.
Kent - Craft Pale3.80Not Tried
Anarchy - Crime Scene5.50Not Tried
Kent - Craft Bitter4.10Not Tried
Bad Seed - Woodsman5.40Not Tried
Bad Seed - Saint Clements3.70Not Tried
Bad Seed - Hitchhiker6.20Not Tried
23 Jan 2017 (ChrisE)
I had not been here before because I had been put off by the Craft name and fears of high prices. I was pleasantly surprised at the choice of real cask ales and impressed with the menus that are kept up to date with the beers on sale at the time.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Redemption - Urban Dusk4.60Good
Oakham - JHB3.80Not Tried
Oakham - Bishops Farewell4.60Not Tried
Oakham - Inferno4.00Not Tried
Summer Wine (SWB) - Teleporter5.00Not Tried
Oakham - Citra4.20Not Tried
Kent - Pale4.00Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Ashburnham Pale Ale3.80Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Red Spider Rye4.80Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Fatal Flaw American Amber4.50Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Dance First4.20Not Tried
Oakham - New World Order4.00Not Tried
05 Sep 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Mid Monday evening. Busy but accessible.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Rooster's - Modern Way Session IPA4.30ExcellentA golden ‘Session IPA’. Very tasty.
Gun - Smoked Rye4.70ExcellentPale gold. Very smoky. Reeks of Bamberg.
Kent - Clerkenwell Pale3.80Not Tried
Rooster's - Fort Smith5.00Not Tried
Rooster's - The Accomplice5.70Not Tried
Rooster's - White Rose Charity Pale Ale (Henshaws Society for blind people)4.00Not Tried
Gun - Scaramanga Extra Pale Ale3.90Not Tried
Oakham - Blue Skies IPA6.00Not Tried
Rooster's - California Common4.30Not Tried
Rooster's - Pilsnear4.80Not Tried
Gun - Velo Dog5.00Not Tried
04 Nov 2015 (Stephen Harris)
A very wide selection of top-notch beers available here. I had time just for a couple of halves and a bag of Soffles. Busy, although not as crowded as in the photo above. Good to see a couple of Beavertown beers in cask format.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hastings - Four Cees APA5.70ExcellentThis beer cannot boast as many ‘C’s as Titanic Brewery’s current offering, but Cascade, Centennial, Chinook and Columbus prove quite enough for a classic, cloudy (unfined) West Coast-style APA.
Beavertown - Ajna4.00ExcellentA collaboration beer with Dogfish Head Brewery and may have been brewed in the USA, produced for this year’s Rainbow Beer project. Pinkish-red in colour. It is a tart, sour, fruity beer (raspberries?). A little bit of woodiness from oak barrel aging.
Beavertown - Smog Rocket5.40Not Tried
22 Sep 2014 (Stephen Harris)
A Monday evening close to the end of the month – surely it won’t be too busy, I thought, having failed to get served in here when I tried once before. It turned out to be busy, but not over-crowded. Nice breweriana on display in the cellar bar.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Tiny Rebel - Zool4.80ExcellentPale in colour. Excellent, hoppy taste and a long finish.
Acorn - Helga IPA5.00ExcellentA tasty, amber-coloured IPA with unfamiliar Australian hops.
Acorn - 7 Seas4.70ExcellentA golden-coloured US-style Pale Ale with rye in the mix and good hop flavours.
Acorn - Old Moor Porter4.40Not Tried
Acorn - Barnsley Bitter3.80Not Tried
Acorn - Gorlovka6.00Not Tried
Acorn - Harvester4.50Not Tried
Acorn - Sovereign4.40Not Tried
Tiny Rebel - FUBAR4.40Not Tried
Rooster's - Der Kaizer4.80Not Tried
09 Jun 2014 (Archie14)
Very very busy evening session with 12 ales on plus 15 keg beers plus over 30 unusual beers in bottles.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Kent - Craft Pale4.00Excellent
Ilkley - Mary Jane3.50Not Tried
Summer Wine (SWB) - Teleporter5.00Not Tried
Ilkley - Black3.70Not Tried
Kent - Cobnut4.10Not Tried
Summer Wine (SWB) - Diablo6.00Not Tried
Siren Craft - Under Current4.50Not Tried
Oakham - Jester's Ferret3.60Not Tried
Summer Wine (SWB) - Barista Espresso Stout4.80Not Tried
Tiny Rebel - HANK4.00Not Tried
Tiny Rebel - Beat Box4.50Not Tried
Ilkley - Mash Tonne5.40Not Tried

About the Craft Beer Co.

The pub sign. Craft Beer Co., Covent Garden, Central London

Summary of Beer Scores

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The pub is found in Covent Garden, Central London, WC1V 7AA.

This pub in High Holborn was established by 1926 as the Oporto Stores. It was a Charrington’s Brewery house and closed in 1958, re-opening in 1961 at the foot of a modern development on the site. In 2014 it was converted to a Craft Beer Co. pub, selling craft brews from real ales to interesting keg beers.

We have visited this pub 6 times, seen 54 different beers and tried 11 of them.

Map location

Postcode: WC1V 7AA