Williams Ale & Cider House, Bishopsgate, E1

As mentioned, this is a Greene King pub, "crafted-up" into an old-looking new style ale house. This may not sound as positive as it should, but it's all done with style and quality. The bar splits in two, divided by a brick pillar, and you'll find 5 or so handpumps in each part. These ales are pretty much all micro-brewery sourced (with a GK interloper as a house beer). Behind the bar, there's 3 craft keg taps, and a few more offerings on the bar. Our party selected our ales from across the range and none of us were disappointed. Worth a visit, and hopefully sufficiently invisible from the nearby station that you can squeeze in after work.

This pub I really liked ,inside we find a bare wooden floor and plenty of exposed brickwork,the wooden beams do not appear to be of great age , but this doesn't detract, sympathetically lit it maintains a good pub feel and atmosphere that can't be manufactured easily.The 14 handpumps,as mentioned below not all on as weekends, by nature of location ,are much quieter than during the working week.But those that were on were very impressive, from a selection of seven or eight I tried Jo C's Kiwi which was very good and London Fields Shoreditch Triangle IPA which was outstanding. Hidden away down a small side street this pub is well worth seeking out.

It may still be owned by Greene King,but there is very little evidence of their dead hand on the beer front,apart from a couple of "house brews" with no mention of Bury St Edmunds on their pump clips.However the choice from the 14 handpumps ,split over two parts of the bar,was very impressive on my PuG crawl trip.The condition of my London Fields Shoreditch Triange IPA and Jo C's Old Bustard Bitter were both excellent.Other choices included Jo C's Norfolk Kiwi and Adnams Old Ale and a few I failed to register,but not all 14 pumps were in operation on a quiet Saturday lunchtime. The interior is quite interesting with brick arches dividing up the interior space , raised seating booths to one side while the rear opens out to accomodate a large banquette.The wooden floor gives the pub an ale house feel and three real ciders were being dispensed through wall mounted taps at the back of the bar. The friendly barmaid was offering samples to help make your beer choice,and proper handled glassware was used to serve the various halves being sampled.It may get busier afterwork in the evenings,but this place was a revelation from my point of view and deserves a much longer session given the range and quality of the real ale on offer.The best real ale outlet close to Liverpool Street IMHO.

Still a Greene King pub but under their Capital pub chain.14 handpumps but only 7 beers on my midweek visit.Nice pub but they have overdone it with the exposed brickwork. Specialising in London brewers but they had on the rarely seen WadsworTh 6x.both beers from Signature and Trumans were in good condition.Will be back due to the beer range.