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» Cumbria » Dog & Gun, Keswick |
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After a hard day's cycling or walking in the hills I find that there's few things that can beat a decent pint of real ale in a good pub as you relax and recover. The Dog and Gun is just that sort of pub and is certainly worth a visit if you're in Keswick. To find it, find the centre of town, head up Market Street past the Tourist Information Centre and follow a narrow road around to the right and you'll find it on the right on the corner. Very friendly, this unpretentious pub is deservedly popular with a wide ranging clientele both for its beer, food and atmosphere. They offer very reasonably priced bar food all day (until about 9pm) and interesingly they don't serve chips. The Hungarian Goulash is one of their specialities. The interior itself is beamed with old coins that have been persuaded into the cracks. You'll find a lovely warming log fire at one end with a bare slate floor. Plenty of tables and chairs scattered around and good quality photos of mountains on the walls along with other bits and bobs. Enough of all that. The reason why I walked into the pub in the first place was that I caught a glimpse of a 'Hook Norton Haymaker' (abv 5%) pump clip through a window, ad this alone was enough to entice me inside. What a wonderful golden Cotswold summer beer that had fortunately survived the arduous journey up the M6. I last consumed a pint of it in Warwickshire at the Navigation in Lapworth and was so impressed with it then that I took a photo of it! Anyhow, on this occasion, I offered to buy the friends that I was with a pint each, they nodded acceptance and agreed that it is an excellent brew. They may well have it on when you visit, though they do regularly rotate their guest beer alongside Theakston and Yates brews.
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