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Turner's Old Star (Free House)

Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Brockley - Porter		1
Forest Road - Ride		1
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please)		1
Forest Road - Work	Not Tried	0

Picture 1. Turner's Old Star, Wapping, Greater London

Picture 2. Turner's Old Star, Wapping, Greater London

Stephen Harris

Visits Details

18 Dec 2024 (Hogan Sampling)

Quietish for mid-evening. Just a few what appeared to be locals in from the neighbouring council estate. Warm, friendly service. The pub seemed to be very much in a time-warp, aided by the old wooden bar with ornate carvings and ornate shelving behind the bar housing the spirits. The pub's name comes from the British painter, Joseph Turner, who lived until the mid-19th century. This backstreet Victorian pub is a family-run independent with 3 guest casks on. On this visit both breweries were from SE London and for our party of eight from also this part of London.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Brockley - Porter	4.30		Now badged as Brockley's Garage Porter celebrating its 10th year anniversary, it had good head and lacing. Dark fruity flavours presented themselves with the odd blackcurrant hit but not overly sweet. A pleasantly dry lingering aftertaste.
Forest Road - Ride	4.60		Good head and lacing in this New Cross-based brewery's pale ale. A pleasantly dry, hoppy mouthfeel with a lingering dryness.
Forest Road - Work	5.00	Not Tried	An India Pale Ale I have yet to try.

12 May 2016 (Stephen Harris)

Very quiet in the mid-evening, with a few people playing pool and a beer range limited to one.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please)	4.10		A little warm. Mellow and malty.

About the Turner's Old Star

The pub sign. Turner's Old Star, Wapping, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

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Website.

The pub is found in Wapping, Greater London, E1W 2QG.

Established by 1841 as the Old Star. In Watts Street, the official story goes that this pub was first owned by painter JMW Turner and run by one of his many mistresses – Sophia Booth. However, the records show that the landlady at the time was one Mary Brierley. Some say that the story is correct, but that the pub was the nearby (and now lost) Ship & Bladebone. A former Ind Coope house, it retains ‘Taylor Walker’ branding from the late 1970s / early 1980s resurrection of that name, but is not part of the current Taylor Walker chain. Today it is a single bar, open-plan, street corner pub, with most of the fittings dating from a 1987 make-over. It was renamed Turner's Old Star at that time. Very much a community local. Sold by Punch Taverns to a developer in 2014.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 4 different beers and tried 3 of them.

Map location

Postcode: E1W 2QG