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Ludo's (formerly Earth Ale Taproom) (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Earth Ale - Dandy StoutExcellent1
Earth Ale - VerbenaExcellent1
Picture 1. Ludo's (formerly Earth Ale Taproom), Wood Green, Greater London
Stephen Harris

Visits Details

23 Jun 2019 (Stephen Harris)
Sunday afternoon and a good mix here of beer drinkers, tea sippers and board games players.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Earth Ale - Dandy Stout7.30ExcellentFrom keg (I assume). An earthy and subtly spicy, dry Stout. Brew recipe includes dandelion root.
14 Sep 2018 (Stephen Harris)
An interesting development. I only stayed briefly as it was actually a bit chilly at the outside tables.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Earth Ale - Verbena5.50ExcellentFrom keg dispense. Hazy gold. A sharp, herbal, bitter, lemony Pale Ale.

About the Ludo's (formerly Earth Ale Taproom)

The pub sign. Ludo's (formerly Earth Ale Taproom), Wood Green, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

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The pub is found in Wood Green, Greater London, N22 7TB.

Earth Ale was a small London micro-brewery specialising in eco-friendly beers, often with unusual ingredients more at home in a kitchen than a brewery. Since 2018 it has also had a taproom, parked in Blue House Yard, close to Wood Green tube station. I say ‘parked’ because the taproom is actually a double-decker bus, although it’s not going to be going very far as it lacks an engine. By day the bus functions as a café called Cakes & Ladders (board games are a speciality) and at night it’s a bar, with outside tables to supplement the bus seats. No cask ale is sold here. Closed when the brewery moved to Oxfordshire in 2021 - an alternative use for the bus was then sought. Re-opened with new name, same venue in April 2022.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 2 different beers and tried both.

Map location

Postcode: N22 7TB