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Ye Olde Fighting Cocks (Mitchells & Butlers)

We believe this pub is CLOSED

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Hop Back - Winter LightningExcellent1
Purity - Pure UBUExcellent1
Great Heck - Shankar IPAGood1
Woodforde's - FlagondryGood1
Black Sheep - Best BitterAcceptable1
Camerons - TontineNot Tried0
Harviestoun - Bitter & TwistedNot Tried0
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - McEwan's SignatureNot Tried0
Greene King - Morland Old Speckled HenNot Tried0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London PrideNot Tried0
Greene King - AbbotNot Tried0
Picture 1. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Picture 2. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Picture 3. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, St Albans, Hertfordshire

Visits Details

03 Feb 2015 (Magnus Greel)
Pub claims to be the oldest in England? Mid afternoon visit fairly quiet until peace shattered by a screaming child.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Hop Back - Winter Lightning5.50ExcellentNo different to the summer version.
Purity - Pure UBU4.50ExcellentSmooth and creamy with a strong toffee note.
Harviestoun - Bitter & Twisted3.80Not Tried
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - McEwan's Signature4.80Not Tried
24 May 2014 (Andrew)
Proper old pub. Red sealing wax wallpaper. Stained oak beams. Wooden floors. 1930's blues music on the stereo, but still conversation dominated. Great pub.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Great Heck - Shankar IPA5.90GoodThis one was in tribute to Ian, that crazy high ABV, high alpha acid loon. This beer was light copper brown in colour. It had the hopping level of a sub-double IPA (making it a new style of beer; a SDIPA - ha ha). Really nice almost deep deep orange peel finish. Actually I quite liked it even if it's from a lineage of beers I think laughable.
Woodforde's - Flagondry3.60GoodPale gold. Nice light body with rich hints of marmalade and butter (but not dyacetyl butter).
Purity - Pure UBU4.50Not Tried
Camerons - Tontine4.10Not Tried
07 Jul 2007 (Ian)
This pub seemed more geared up for tourists and the families of the children at St Albans School than for beer drinkers. Lovely building inside. I sat in the beer garden and got smoked out by the kitchen firing up.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Black Sheep - Best Bitter3.80AcceptableNormally one of my favourites. Bit more caramel than usual, but it has a sharp hop finish that is good. Fine.
Greene King - Morland Old Speckled Hen4.50Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride4.10Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried

About the Ye Olde Fighting Cocks

The pub sign. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, St Albans, Hertfordshire

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent2
Good2
Acceptable1
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 4HE.

Lovely walk down past the abbey down to the lake and the pub in Abbey Mill Lane. The building is white washed brick and has many rooms inside, with all the tables set up for food. Large beer garden at rear.

We have visited this pub 3 times, seen 11 different beers and tried 5 of them.

Map location

Postcode: AL3 4HE