Prince Albert, Brixton, SW9

Official site of Prince Albert - www.greeneking.co.uk

Official site of Prince Albert - www.greeneking.co.uk

An old school Greene King pub with no cask ale available and indeed no handpumps, on keg were the usual lagers and od course Guinness, pepped up with the additions of Beavertown,Camden and Brixton pseudo craft.

I reckon that this pub's gone downhill a bit since the previous reviewer's visit. It's unusual for a Greene King pub not to do one of their bogstandard ales like IPA, but this is the second of their pubs in as many weeks not to do a real ale. But they had masses of keg beers available, such as Lagunitas Day Time, Sambrook's London Pale Ale, and Punk IPA. My pint of Camden Hells (£5.05) was served in an odd stumpy glass, but it was Camden Brewery branded. I didn't see any sign of food on Monday afternoon. As far as I could see, there are only tall tables/tall stools in here, including several large barrels doing duty as tall round tables. There's a small outside terrace at the front - really a smoking area I guess - and more outside seating at the back. I wouldn't call either of them a garden though. The only other thing worthy of note is a DJ booth with speakers surrounding it, so maybe it's used for musical entertainment of some kind. In fact I saw a "bring your own vinyl" sign on one of the walls. It's all a bit gloomy in here, with the brightest thing being the neon sign behind the servery. In general it's a characterless place with a modern feel. It's not my kind of place at all, but it must appeal to some corner of the market, and good luck to them I say.