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Has to be up there with 'Jennings' on your doorstep

In reply to Keith Roughley:
Whit i lived in cockermouth which has ace pubs but u cant get a good pint anywhere in keswick. Try the bush in cockermouth or the bull inn in paisley

In reply to Keith Roughley:

that one opposite Needlesports is good.

In reply to Keith Roughley: Has to be York, the Maltings!

In reply to Keith Roughley:

There are load of places that pull a good pint of Jennings, but avoid Keswick!

In reply to Keith Roughley:

Was, years ago, very good. Still just hanging in there, with Jennings alone, but a mere shade of its former self. Ditto Langdale and Wasdale.

In reply to Keith Roughley:

keswick was decent for beer last time i was up there - i remember having a great pint of cock-a-hoop in the george.

In reply to staralfur:
Only to be upstaged by the great 'Snecklifter'..........

In reply to Keith Roughley:

yeah snecklifter has been the guest ale in my local quite a bit in recent months, which has lead to plenty of bad heads and late starts at work. thankfully my boss drinks in the same pub and so usually turns up after me!

In reply to staralfur:
Indeed, Cock-a-Hoop is gorgeous stuff. Thats where I had my first pint of it as well!

In reply to Keith Roughley:

Dent Bitter 3.7 A clean tasting, light bitter with hints of grapefruit in the nose and more general fruitiness along with some hoppiness and malt in the taste. The finish is short.
Aviator 4.0 A chestnut coloured ale with a full and rounded hop flavour. A popular ‘session’ beer for the discerning palate. Malts are complex, but take second place to a hop ensemble that make this a very distinctive beer indeed.
Ramsbrau Lager 4.5
Sheep Dip 4.5
Dr. Ewe 4.5
Rambler 4.5
Kamikaze 5.0 Hops and fruit dominate this full-bodied gold coloured strong bitter, with pleasant dry bitterness growing in the aftertaste. Citrus and honey in the aroma, with a hint of spiciness in the taste.


After a few of these you won't be standing, but what a way to go!

One vote here for The Keswick Lodge & Crag Rat Ale

In reply to Keith Roughley:

The Dog and Gun in Kesik had Old Pecular and various others had the Jennings "stable" when I was there at Xmas. We visited the tourist unfriendly Jennings brewery in Cockermouth on the way home, but the tours were off so we found a nice wee pub instead - The Bitter End.

In reply to Keith Roughley: We were discussing this yesterday. There is a distinct lack of descent pubs in the Lake District.
It must be the tourist effect, places been bought out for their commercial potential and greater focus on food. I remember being in the Wasdale head last year after being told it was good. It was v poor. Ale was lifeless and warm.

In reply to Lbos:

This one is superb:

http://www.queensheadinn.co.uk/

In reply to Keith Roughley:

Tyrrel Brewery - based near Rheged / Tebay. You can get the beer all around the Lakes.

wonderful stuff

that and Heskett Newmarket - Doris' 90th Birthday Ale..

In reply to steve barnbrook:

Duly noted and shall be investigated in earnest at the next possible convenience (in the name of research and furthering the cause of mankind, you understand.)!

In reply to John Rushby:

My g/f used to work in the Old Crown in Heskett Newmarket. That is a pub! outside the boundary of the park tho.

Top stuff.

In reply to Keith Roughley:

I had a couple of pints of 'Scafell Blonde' this weekend. Very good. Anyone know which brewery it's from?

In reply to Juicy Lucy: Aaah, yes, the lovely Dent ales! Can we have a trip there this year too?

In reply to Juicy Lucy: BTW, are you turning into the Jilly Goulding of beer Juicy???? You sound very knowledgeable!

In reply to Jules B:

I do sound rather like her (yuk)! Yes we shall do a trip to Dent, and a have a nice pint in the Sun!

In reply to Juicy Lucy: Fab, lets do that in late spring and have a day out in the Howgills too.

In reply to Lbos:

Heskett Newmarket is inside the park boundary (just). It is the best pub in the Lakes, though a bit of a trek round from Keswick

In reply to Jules B:
Sounds good to me!