| Where: | Formerly Holborn, London at the Holborn Whippet pub on Sicilian Avenue |
| When: | Formerly 17th October |
| Time: | Formerly 12 noon - 11 pm |
On 17th October 1814, a disaster at the Meux Brewery led to vats of fermenting porter bursting, releasing hundreds of gallons of beer into the residential area nearby and killing 8 people. On the anniversary each year, the Holborn Whippet commemorated the event by selling Beer Flood Porter all day on cask.
Helpful Hints
The pub is currently closed.
It was closed on Sundays so you needed to make sure you went in a year that 17th fell on any other day of the week (this last happened in 2021 so isn’t due again for a few years!).
Click here for the pub website: https://holbornwhippet.com
and here for the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/holbornwhippetlondon
Many thanks to John Shepherd for selflessly sampling the porter in 2019 (apparently it’s strong and goes down a treat!).
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