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The Victoria (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Cliff Quay - Sea DogExcellent3
Cliff Quay - SuhailiGood1
Cliff Quay - MermaidGood1
Earl Soham - Albert AleGood1
Earl Soham - Victoria BitterGood2
Earl Soham - Brandeston GoldGood1
Earl Soham - Sir Roger's PorterNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Victoria, Earl Soham, Suffolk

Visits Details

27 Aug 2021 (Jack William)
Final pint Friday evening on our last night nearby - we have enjoyed Suffolk and having a rather good local on our doorstep.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Cliff Quay - Mermaid3.80GoodFresh on today, blonde and very quaffable.
Earl Soham - Victoria Bitter3.60Not Tried
Cliff Quay - Sea Dog5.50Not Tried
Earl Soham - Brandeston Gold4.50Not Tried
25 Aug 2021 (Jack William)
A quiet drink with my wife. Pleasantly busy. It seems we quite like having a good pub 50 metres away.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Cliff Quay - Sea Dog5.50ExcellentReally like this.
Earl Soham - Victoria Bitter3.60GoodThat ticks all the ales on offer so far here.
22 Aug 2021 (Jack William)
Sunday evening. A smattering of customers inside and out. My wife and I chose inside today and listened to locals comparing horse-fly bites and bee stings. Very good value here £3.20 to £3.40 a pint. The Soham badged beers used to be brewed at this pub - but are now brewed by the Cliff Quay brewery in nearby Debenham.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Cliff Quay - Sea Dog5.50ExcellentVery good still.
Cliff Quay - Suhaili4.00GoodI couldn’t detect the spiciness promised - but then I struggle a bit with subtle flavours these days.
21 Aug 2021 (Jack William)
Late afternoon. We have a holiday cottage less than 100 metres from here. It would be rude not to visit. Probably largely unchanged since Ian and Andrew’s visit in 2007. A real gem. I will be back!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Earl Soham - Brandeston Gold4.50Good
Earl Soham - Victoria Bitter3.60Not Tried
Cliff Quay - Sea Dog5.50Not Tried
Cliff Quay - Suhaili4.00Not TriedLabelled as a “Spicy golden amber”
21 Aug 2021 (Jack William)
Early evening - back with the family - we chose the rear garden, the front garden is bigger but on the main road. Same beers on as earlier.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Cliff Quay - Sea Dog5.50ExcellentA local warned me on my earlier visit not to have more than two pints of this. Had three, and a very good conversation with my daughter (who had a pint and a half).
28 Jul 2007 (Ian)
Pub at the southern end of an idyllic Suffolk village. Front bar, serves 2 rooms. Seating on green at front. 4 handpumps. Real fire, piano and Victorian prints on the walls. Busy Saturday lunchtime and I had the corned beef hash which was excellent.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Earl Soham - Albert Ale4.30GoodChestnut, lasting beige head. Excellent condition. Strong hop and rich brown sugar malt aroma. Smooth in mouth, and then a big burst of hop on the finish. Really peppery. Decent best bitter, with a very heavy hop finish for an English beer. Malts are toffeeish.
Earl Soham - Victoria Bitter3.60GoodPale copper, thin off white head. Quite a hoppy session bitter, some toffee malt, good dusty drying finish. Some apricot fruit. Rather a nice session beer that has certainly got good hop.
Earl Soham - Sir Roger's Porter4.10Not Tried
28 Jul 2007 (Andrew)
Great old pub with a L-Shaped layout. The 2 rooms are separated by a central fireplace. Out the front is the beer garden. This is the brewery tap for the Earl Soham brewery.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Earl Soham - Albert Ale4.30Not Tried
Earl Soham - Sir Roger's Porter4.10Not Tried
Earl Soham - Victoria Bitter3.60Not Tried

About The Victoria

The pub sign. The Victoria, Earl Soham, Suffolk

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent3
Good6
Acceptable-
Poor-

The pub is found in Earl Soham, Suffolk, IP13 7RL.

Old two roomed pub in The Street, separated by a central fire place. At one time a brewery operated from here but its beers are now produced elsewhere.

We have visited this pub 7 times, seen 7 different beers and tried 6 of them.

Map location

Postcode: IP13 7RL