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The Distillers, Hammersmith, W6

64 Fulham Palace Road
W6
W6 9PH

Phone: 02087482834

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David Walton left this review about The Distillers

Visited 02/12/24

Cask offering amounted to 6 hand pumps dispensing two from Gosnells (Spiced Clementine Nectar and Dark Cherry Nectar), Dark Star American Pale Ale, London Pride, Old Rosie cider and the Old Codger from Marlow Brewery Rebellion. Keg offering was Siren Lumina, Guinness, Peroni, Asahi, a festive spiced pale from Anspach & Hobday called A Christmas Pale, Brixton Reliance Pale Ale, a dark ale called Viva Patron from Siren, the California IPA from Sierra Nevada, Cornish Orchards cider, Siren Soundwave IPA, Fullers Frontier lager, Signature Brew Reef House lager, the Siren tropical stout called the Caribbean Chocolate Cake and a red ale from Wimbledon Brewery called Wimbledon Copper.

A step up on the previous near neighbour this evening. This one a Fullers establishment with some interesting cask and keg beers on offer during my visit. There is some bench style seating out the front but on a busy main road. Inside the venue is bare boarded with the bar counter along the rear part of the right-hand wall with some well-worn tiles in front of the bar counter. The front part of the venue has a mixture of seating, bench tables, tall tables with tall unbacked stools, a smart crimson leather banquette along the front window and a curious similar banquette providing the seating around a dividing wall between the front and rear part of the ground floor. TV's were showing the cricket sans commentary, but the music was more discrete and the lighting more tranquil than in the Duke of Cornwall. The upstairs bar was not in use on my visit, but I wouldn’t fancy the stairs after a few in here. There were some large Siren tanks on the wall behind the bar and a neon pronouncing that tank beer is sold here along with other pieces of neon graffiti telling me this must be the place and that there are good vibes here. Around here the signs weren't dramatically inaccurate!

On 22^nd March 2026 - rating: 6
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john gray left this review about Distillers

Definitly the best part of this pub is the frontage.Didnt take to this pub.Tried Fullers Daydreamer 4.2.Another dull golden beer from them.Heard yesterday the female head brewer has left so maybe their is hope yet.Should have went for the Darkstar-revelation.

On 16^th March 2019 - rating: 6
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Rex Rattus left this review about Distillers

This is still a Fuller's pub, and is still largely as described by the previous reviewer. However I visited for a bite to eat at lunchtime so wasn't assaulted by the Rolling Stones music blaring out. But if the Cockroaches were playing a live gig there I would certainly want to be there. I was a bit luckier on the beer front, with the superb Dark Star Revelation (£4.80 a pint) on as well as London Pride of course. They also advertised beer of some kind "from the tank", with said tanks suspended above the servery. I gave that a swerve. Being a Fuller's pub they do food at weekday lunchtime, and I went for an Applewood smoked cheddar & balsamic onion sandwich that came with salted (ugh!) chips. It cost a bit over £8 as I recall.

The pub itself looks very attractive from the outside with its unusual curved frontage. The main arched windows are now all plain glass, but the small leaded light panes above look to have the original glazing in them. The main corner doors also have glazed panels, with blue bands and flowers (poppies I think) in the central roundels.

It's opened up and modernised inside, and with more exposed brickwork that was always intended to be covered by something more attractive, such as wood panelling perhaps. There are a couple of illuminated flying horses - Pegasus? - on one of the walls. Not sure why they're there; maybe Fuller's wanted Griffins and ended up with Pegasus? On another wall there were 78rpm vinyl records, along with what looked like cartoons of flying birds. It's all quite bizarre.

This place clearly has upmarket aspirations, as evidenced by the flowers in jars on the tables, bit I'm not sure if it really worked. On the plus side the windows let in plenty of natural light, and my pint of Revelation was in excellent condition. I found it a comfortable enough place to stop for a pint and bite to eat.

On 15^th March 2019 - rating: 6
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