Brewpub, brewing currently suspended
3 Baldwin Street EC1V 9NU (Islington)
oldfountain.co.uk
First sold beer: July 2016
Brewing suspended: November 2019
This former Whitbread pub has been in the Durrant family since 1964 and has been a free house since 2002. In mid-2017, a small in-house brewery was added: a 50 l Braumeister kit in the cellar, operated by staff member Geoff Saulini.
Brewing had already dwindled before the 2020-21 Covid-19 lockdowns and Geoff has since moved on. The kit remains in place and there’s a long-term aspiration to revive its use, though this is unlikely to happen in the near future.
Beer was nearly all sold on cask through the pub, though with availability varying due to limited quantities.
Updated 25 March 2022.
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