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The Red Lion (Fuller Smith & Turner)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London PrideGood1
Dark Star - Hophead (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)Good1
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESBNot Tried0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Discovery BlondNot Tried0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ChiswickNot Tried0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Gale's Seafarers AleNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Red Lion, Mayfair, Central London

Visits Details

28 Feb 2023 (Jack William)
Early evening- crammed inside with suits, spilling out onto the pavement. Another National Heritage Pub, very small front bar (that was once THREE separate bars). Back bar was reserved for a function unfortunately so I couldn’t see all the bling. Not as impressive (nor as expensive) as the Salisbury. I didn’t note all the beers - about 4 or 5, all from the Asahi stable.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Dark Star - Hophead (some has also been brewed by Fuller's)3.80Good
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride4.10Not Tried
03 Nov 2014 (Stephen Harris)
My third St James’s Lion of the evening and second Red Lion. A beautiful pub. It is almost comically over-crowded at 7pm, but began to thin out a little thereafter.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride4.10GoodAs good a pint of Pride as I’ve had in a while.
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB5.50Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Discovery Blond3.90Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Chiswick3.50Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Gale's Seafarers Ale3.60Not Tried

About The Red Lion

The pub sign. The Red Lion, Mayfair, Central London

Summary of Beer Scores

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Website.

The pub is found in Mayfair, Central London, SW1Y 6JP.

First licensed in 1788 and rebuilt in its present form in 1872, this pub has a splendid, late-Victorian interior, featuring woodwork, mirrors, a moulded ceiling and lots of etched-glass. Despite being only a little place, the former lay-out of five bars can still be just about worked out. Today there are effectively two separate bars, with vestiges of one of the partitions of the front bar still visible. This was a Nicholson’s house until recent acquisition by Fuller’s.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 6 different beers and tried 2 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SW1Y 6JP