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The Castle Bar (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Titanic - Plum PorterGood2
Fallen - New World OdysseyExcellent1
Loweswater - GoldGood1
Coniston - Bluebird BitterNot Tried0
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - BitterNot Tried0
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Cumberland AleNot Tried0
Sharp's - Atlantic Pale AleNot Tried0

Visits Details

30 Jul 2018 (Jack William)
Back for an early evening snifter or two - ales still £2.20 a pint until 7pm. Good ambience, friendly service. 4 other ales on as per yesterday.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Fallen - New World Odyssey4.10ExcellentFresh on today - a very fine, dry hoppy ale.
Titanic - Plum Porter4.90GoodGrown on me - nice to finish on.
29 Jul 2018 (Jack William)
Sunday evening. Best ale selection I had found so far in Cockermouth, nice ambience with a few drinkers scattered about. All real ales are £2.20 all day on Sunday.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Loweswater - Gold4.80Good
Titanic - Plum Porter4.90AcceptableGood condition but a bit too flowery for my liking.
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Cumberland Ale4.00Not Tried
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Bitter3.50Not Tried
Coniston - Bluebird Bitter3.60Not Tried
Sharp's - Atlantic Pale Ale4.20Not Tried

About The Castle Bar

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent1
Good2
Acceptable1
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9NQ.

On Market Place - long house built into the hillside. Entrance into a double-fronted,stone floor bar with some high and low seating. A small area behind with a log burning stove and wrought iron stairs up to a first floor dining area. A larger area behind this up 5 steps with half a dozen tables, TV and a large open fireplace. Finally leading into an outside terraced area at the back with picnic tables on three levels.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 7 different beers and tried 3 of them.

Map location

Postcode: CA13 9NQ