O'Hanlon's, EC1R 4RQ

Drinks

O'Hanlon's Dry Stout �2.40 (16.ix.2000)

Review

Welcome Irish brewpub at a crossroads not far from Farringdon Road. Large woody interior, but it was such a nice day in August when we went that we all sat outside on the chairs and tables on the pavement, which isn't something you can usually do when drinking real stout. They'd recently had some guest ales from a brewery in Carlow, which was impressive, and a good sign for the future of Irish brewing. Yes. ( CRB viii.1999)

Mark Dickerson updates: They've taken out the glass racks above the bar, which opens up the feel of the place, but the rumoured refurbishment hasn't really altered the marvelously-shabby decor and battered old armchairs. Only one cask beer on my visit, and very quiet on a Saturday afternoon. (16.ix.2000)

Mike McGuigan updates: This pub isn't & indeed never was a brewpub AFAIK - The O'Hanlon's brewery that supplied the pub started out in the 1990s in Vauxhall, S.London, before wisely decamping to a farm in Devon! There they continue to brew stunningly good beers (bottle & cask-conditioned, in Safeway amongst other places), & now also brew the famous Thomas Hardy Ale (c12%abv!) & other former Eldridge Pope beers, under licence from the new brand owners, a US beer importer. 18th Nov 2004

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