The Ivy House (Freehouse)
Michael Croxford
Visits Details
05 Sep 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 11pm close. An event was on in the back room.
| Brockley - Summer XPA | 3.60 |  | A welcome relief from the Blackjack |
| Blackjack - Bramling Cross | 4.00 |  | Awful. A dark brown liquid of sour hopping with no head and little or no condition. I would not have tried selling it |
| Dark Star - Hophead (some, if not all, also brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Truman's - Swift | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
23 Jul 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until 10.30pm close.
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 |  | Very average |
| Kernel - Pale Ale - Mosaic | 5.30 | | Murk hazy. On KeyKeg so argued to be real ale. Heavy hopping ruined by overchilling and overcarbonation (burp generating) with metallic taste dominating |
| Dark Star - Hophead (some, if not all, also brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Dark Star - Sunburst | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
| Siren Craft - Under Current | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Truman's - Swift | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
16 Jul 2017 (Philip Pirrip)
Skin of the teeth arrival at 10.30pm closing time.
| Brick - Kinsale Bitter | 4.00 |  | Very yeasty head but I am not complaining. Very English mid brown bitter |
| Dark Star - Hophead (some, if not all, also brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Truman's - Swift | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| Reunion - Opening Gambit | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
23 May 2015 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. There was a private party, in the rear room, whose noise and bustle inevitably permeated into the front room.
| Moor - Traditional Mild | 3.90 | | Not seen a mild from Moor before |
| Truman's - Swift | 3.90 | | Hazy and either too fresh or not fully fermented out. Perhaps the £2.95 pp price, when all others were £3.80 or £4, implied a fire sale |
| Dark Star - Hophead (some, if not all, also brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Buxton - Buxton Spa | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Brick - Kinsale Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
26 Feb 2015 (ChrisE)
My first visit here and I was very impressed. We sat in the theatre bar and had a couple of pints each. A few of us decided to eat here as well, good food and a very slight problem with some menus that had out-of-date prices on them. A wonderful pub that I hope to visit again.
| Jones The Brewer - Abigail's Party | 3.80 | | |
| Dark Star - Hophead (some, if not all, also brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Five Points - Five Points Pale | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
| Truman's - Runner | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Signature Brew - Dark Heart | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Cottage - Aphrodite | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Jones The Brewer - The Creature | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
26 Feb 2015 (HSB)
13:45 Been on my to visit list for a long time. Really worthwhile. Fascinating interior. Reasonable busy when we turned up. Sat in the theatre area.
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 | | Bit too vanilla |
| Five Points - Five Points Pale | 4.40 | | Rather cloudy, but tasted fine. I never know if beers are unfined or badly served these days. |
| Dark Star - Hophead (some, if not all, also brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Truman's - Runner | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Signature Brew - Dark Heart | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Jones The Brewer - Abigail's Party | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Cottage - Aphrodite | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Jones The Brewer - The Creature | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
12 Aug 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Irish fiddlers night again.
| Heavy Industry - Nelson's Eye | 4.50 | | Total clarity with orangey citrus tang. Did subside a bit part way down |
| Dark Star - Hophead (some, if not all, also brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Hobsons - Best Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
| Truman's - Swift | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| Clarence & Fredericks - Cascadian Black | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
| Hop Stuff - Fusilier | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
29 Jul 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening until close. A small of band of Irish fiddlers in the front room
| Hobsons - Best Bitter | 3.80 | | |
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 | | |
| Dark Star - Hophead (some, if not all, also brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Hobsons - Mild | 3.20 | Not Tried | |
| Clarence & Fredericks - IPA | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
| Truman's - Swift | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
11 Jul 2014 (Stephen Harris)
Terry and I made a bit of a meal of getting here from Peckham, involving the wrong bus and a lot of walking. Well worth the effort though to drink in such a delightful pub. I did not note all the beers that were available.
| Otley - Oxymoron | 5.50 | | A Black IPA. Quite heavy. |
| Hop Stuff - Pale Ale | 4.50 | | Local beer in particularly good form. |
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
07 Jul 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Easily accessible off 343 or 484 buses if one gets off at the right stop!!! Amazing survivor and a must visit. The manager gave me a peek walkaround to see the old public bar area currently used for storage.
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 | | 2nd one was cooler and fresher. Very moreish |
| Hobsons - Best Bitter | 3.80 | | |
| Brockley - Pale Ale | 4.10 | | |
| Dark Star - Hophead (some, if not all, also brewed by Fuller's) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Otley - Oxymoron | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
| Truman's - Swift | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
| Windsor & Eton - Maracanã | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
