Author: ewan
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The Mayflower
Right on the river in Rotherhithe, The Mayflower feels like a pub that London somehow forgot to modernise – thankfully. Everything about it leans into atmosphere. Low ceilings, dark wood, cramped corners, flickering candlelight, and the constant sense that the building has absorbed several hundred years of conversations into the walls. You don’t really “pop…
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Alhambra Especial
Some lagers announce themselves loudly. Alhambra Especial doesn’t really bother. It’s one of those beers that starts appearing on taps almost subtly — first in a couple of food-led pubs, then a few beer gardens, then suddenly you realise you’ve been ordering it repeatedly without ever consciously deciding to. And that’s probably the point. Alhambra…
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Brugse Zot
Some beers are built for sessions. Others are built for moments where the evening slows slightly, the conversation settles in, and the pub suddenly feels warmer than it did an hour ago. Brugse Zot sits firmly in the second category. Brewed in Bruges, Brugse Zot has become one of the standout Belgian beers to properly…
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Paulaner Ur-Dunkel
Most dark beers in UK pubs fall into one of two camps: stout, or something trying far too hard to be “craft”. Paulaner Ur-Dunkel sits completely outside of that. It’s a proper Munich dunkel – smooth, malt-led, and quietly one of the most satisfying beers you can find on a London bar when it’s pouring.…
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The Kenton
Tucked away in Homerton, The Kenton has built the sort of reputation most pubs would kill for: somewhere people actively travel to, not just stumble into. On matchdays, it’s firmly a Spurs pub. The atmosphere shifts early, pints start flowing quickly, and the place fills with the kind of football crowd that actually improves a…
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Leffe Blonde
There’s a certain type of pub where Leffe Blonde just makes sense. Candlelight, dark wood, maybe a fireplace somewhere in the back, and someone at the bar slowly committing to a pint that definitely wasn’t meant to be necked in ten minutes. Leffe Blonde occupies a very specific lane in British pub drinking. It’s often…
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Howl At The Moon
If you’re looking for a quiet pint in Hoxton, keep walking. Howl at the Moon is built for noise, movement, and nights that pick up pace quickly. It’s a proper late-night boozer with Sports TV, the kind of place where a match is always on somewhere and the bar is never still for long. Groups…
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Double Diamond
Double Diamond is back — but not in the way most people expect. For years it lived in the memory of British pub culture more than on the bar itself. A name tied to old-school advertising and a different era of drinking. Now it’s quietly reappearing on taps, popping up in pubs that care about…
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Starnberger Hell
Starnberger Hell is one of those lagers that’s suddenly everywhere – and then nowhere.You spot it once on a bar in London, tell yourself you’ll come back for it, and two weeks later it’s been replaced by something you didn’t ask for. That’s the problem with a beer like this. It’s not Guinness. It’s not…
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Murphy’s Stout
Guinness may be the headline act, but Murphy’s is the stout that quietly wins people over. It’s one of Ireland’s great pints – Cork-born, properly smooth, and criminally underrated in UK pubs considering how many stout drinkers claim they want something “a bit different”. Murphy’s sits in that perfect stout lane: dark, creamy, and easy…
