| Thumbs up for Hawthorn 16:05 - Jun 26 with 4088 views | 222gers |
Went there as 1st pub of my ST renewal pub crawl.
Only 1 ale - Oxford Gold but it was fine. Not the greatest selection of beers, but lovely scotch egg and chips. Nice atmosphere, quite full for lunchtime. Really good jazzy & bluesy music on sound system. Even a piano(!). I played a few things but an American bloke told me I was playing all the wrong notes.
Rest of crawl - worst ever. Askew no ale, Andover closed,Thatched only duff Pride, Prisoner of War, 4 ales, all of which I had to take back. Hammersmith Belle, previous posters were correct, hell on earth.
Spoons came to the rescue. |  | | |  |
| Thumbs up for Hawthorn on 15:27 - Jul 7 with 478 views | colinallcars |
| Thumbs up for Hawthorn on 15:16 - Jul 7 by Hayesender |
On the subject of pubs, I've heard the Adelaide has closed down. Any truth in this?
The Coningham and Askew are gonna get a bit more crowded at this rate |
Open last week although I don't go there - I think it was Greene King, so hopefully better owners taking over. |  | | |
| Thumbs up for Hawthorn on 16:12 - Jul 7 with 378 views | Hayesender |
| Thumbs up for Hawthorn on 15:27 - Jul 7 by colinallcars |
Open last week although I don't go there - I think it was Greene King, so hopefully better owners taking over. |
Apparently it's boarded up |  |
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| Thumbs up for Hawthorn on 16:57 - Jul 7 with 328 views | dmm |
| Thumbs up for Hawthorn on 15:27 - Jul 7 by colinallcars |
Open last week although I don't go there - I think it was Greene King, so hopefully better owners taking over. |
I will rarely go to a Greene King pub. Awful beer. |  | | |
| Thumbs up for Hawthorn on 17:29 - Jul 7 with 288 views | DiggertheMole |
| Thumbs up for Hawthorn on 16:57 - Jul 7 by dmm |
I will rarely go to a Greene King pub. Awful beer. |
Agree - Greene King is the sort of brewery no-one welcomes taking over your pub. They can make half-decent beer but finding it is only to be achieved in parts of East Anglia ... and that rarely. A pint of IPA in "The Champion of the Thames" in Cambridge (behind Sydney Sussex} is generally excellent but it's a little far after a last pint at 2.20 on a Saturday to reach HQ in time for kick-off. Otherwise I tend to avoid Greene King. I think "The Richmond" which I used for years, has been taken over by them and despite the landlady's support for the Rs, the beer is a non-starter. |  | | |
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