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The Duke of Greenwich (formerly The Vanbrugh) (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Oakham - CitraExcellent1
Mallinsons - Electric StreamsGood1
By The Horns - HeatwaveAcceptable1
Bexley - BOB (Bexley's Own Beer)Poor1
Brockley - Spring IPANot Tried0
Anspach & Hobday - Bermondsey PaleNot Tried0
Southwark - Top Drop Pale AleNot Tried0

Visits Details

27 Jul 2024 (Hogan Sampling)
No customers inside the main bar, adjoining rear dining-room and garden, but welcomed by three real ales and two bar staff at about 9pm.
BeerABVScoreNotes
By The Horns - Heatwave3.80AcceptablePale ale was pleasantly lightly fruit-flavoured and carbonation at first. £2.75 a half so slightly more than what I would normally pay down the road for this strength beer.
Brockley - Spring IPA4.50Not Tried
Anspach & Hobday - Bermondsey Pale3.40Not Tried
07 Nov 2023 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit. My first one since new operators came in 3 or so months ago.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Bexley - BOB (Bexley's Own Beer)4.20PoorEither been in pipes a while or a dying cask. Sharp taste
Southwark - Top Drop Pale Ale4.50Not TriedBadged on clip additionally for "Rugby World Cup France 2023"
27 Aug 2023 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit thwarted by pub being closed for the night and a wave of closed from bar staff inside. A bank holiday Sunday too!
BeerABVScoreNotes
18 Aug 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until 10.30 pm close. My first visit for many a year and remember it well when run 40 years ago as the Duke of Edinburgh by an elderly couple who chalked the bar bill calculations on a cast iron pillar (the pillar is proudly still there) and used glasses "to die for". All changed now of course being a friendly entrepreneurial establishment.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Oakham - Citra4.20ExcellentExcellent condition
Mallinsons - Electric Streams4.20GoodTaster seemed very sour, I persevered and it mellowed after a few sips of the larger measure. Slight haze

About The Duke of Greenwich (formerly The Vanbrugh)

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent1
Good1
Acceptable1
Poor1

Website.

The pub is found in East Greenwich, Greater London, SE10 9EZ.

Originally the Duke of Edinburgh a Charrington's house, a corner house in the delightfully unspoilt Colomb Street. Bare boarded L-shaped main bar with restaurant and an upper level room (the "Cabin") to the rear and a garden too. Three handpumps. Closed Friday 11th March 2022 after licensee of 18 years left - awaiting new tenants. Reopened early July 2023 with change of name. 3 handpumps and 10 keg taps.

We have visited this pub 4 times, seen 7 different beers and tried 4 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SE10 9EZ