The Old Red Cow’s located in a convenient location right on Smthfield Market. The pub’s quite small, but welcoming and bright. The pub’s in a business district of London, so I wasn’t suprised to find that when I visited the place was filled with suits. The selection is suprisingly good. 4 casks and 12 beers on keg. The selection was pretty well curated and full of locals and quality southern micros (Kernel, Redchurch, Crouch Vale, Camden, Dark Star etc). No macros. They’re the first pub I’ve seen that has Redchurch beers on keg. They seem to focus on sessionable, approachable beers (no imperial stouts and double ipas for instance). Clearly they know their customers wishes. The one point I’ll raise with their selection is that they were selling Sierra Nevada Celebration on keg in mid-June. Surely it’s a bit late for that, lads? The prices are a bit dear, but given the location I won’t complain. The food looked good, though not exactly cheap. Service was fine. Overall, a nice pub that you could happily have a few pints in. It’s not too far from Craft, so you could easily work this into the schedule.

A very decent beer bar in the Smithfield area. I was surprised to stumble across this place as I have never heard it mentioned by anyone in London. The Old Red Cow has about four cask pumps and c. 12 keg taps. You’ll find stuff from the likes of BrewDog, Camden, Kernel, Harviestoun, etc. There is also a large bottle list, though most of the stuff on it is fairly pedestrian.The bar has two floors and the first floor is pretty small. I didn’t visit the second floor, but I gather they have music there sometimes. Bartender was very pleasant. Definitely worth checking out if you’re in the area.