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The Railway (Greene King)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Sambrook's - The Railway AleGood1
Big Penny (formerly Truman's) as of late 2022 contract brewed - Captain LockwoodGood1
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)Not Tried0
Purity - Pure GoldNot Tried0
Greene King - Starry NightNot Tried0
Greene King - YardbirdNot Tried0
Big Penny (formerly Truman's) as of late 2022 contract brewed - RunnerNot Tried0

Visits Details

03 Jul 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit. Boisterous and noisy with the poor customers just really trying to talk over the music and general din. An impersonal brewery honeypot with such limited local choice.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Big Penny (formerly Truman's) as of late 2022 contract brewed - Captain Lockwood4.20GoodAnnoyingly no CAMRA discount proferred by bar staff, leaving a full whack transaction
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)3.40Not Tried
Greene King - Yardbird4.00Not Tried
Big Penny (formerly Truman's) as of late 2022 contract brewed - Runner4.00Not Tried
26 Oct 2017 (Stephen Harris)
Early-evening crowds. A somewhat impersonal, chain-pub feel I thought.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Sambrook's - The Railway Ale4.50GoodA honeyed Bitter at the same strength as Lavender Hill.
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)3.40Not Tried
Purity - Pure Gold3.80Not Tried
Greene King - Starry Night4.20Not Tried

About The Railway

Summary of Beer Scores

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Website.

The pub is found in West Hampstead, Greater London, NW6 2LU.

A much-modernised, Victorian era, station hotel that stands almost adjacent to West Hampstead tube station. There is a large, single ground floor bar area and an upstairs function room which has played host to Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones amongst others. 4 handpumps. CAMRA discount for card carrying members.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 7 different beers and tried 2 of them.

Map location

Postcode: NW6 2LU