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The Cowper Arms, Welwyn
Digswell
Postal town: Welwyn
AL6 0EA
Served areas
Reviews of The Cowper Arms (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Steve of N21 left this review about The Cowper Arms
This one is not to be confused with the Cowper Arms at Cole Green, a mere five miles away towards Hertford. Although in certain respects they are very similar pubs in that they are both food focussed, this one I found to have a better pub vibe.
You enter into a low-ceilinged wood beamed, tiled floor main bar section that wraps around the L shaped bar. Then off the bar area are two additional carpeted room spaces, one left one right, which are mainly set for dining. Then there is some external patio space to the left and the back of the pub which gives you a good vista of the car park. Unfortunately, there is no spacious garden here like there is at the other Cowper Arms.
This one is a McMullen’s pub and there are two sets of three hand pumps on the two sections of the L Shaped bar. Both had the same three ales on in the form of the breweries AK Mild, IPA and something called Quin which I hadn’t come across before. According to the pump clip it is a Peachy Juicy Golden 3.8% cask ale from their Rivertown experimental brewery section. Sounded horrible but asked for a taster and on a fine weather day it wasn’t too bad and the essence of peach is extremely light.
Not a bad example of a modern village pub that has to have a focus on food and its extremely handy for Welwyn North train station.
On 30th April 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2121 recommendations about 2000 pubs]
Steve of N21 left this review about The Cowper Arms
This one is not to be confused with the Cowper Arms at Cole Green, a mere five miles away towards Hertford. Although in certain respects they are very similar pubs in that they are both food focussed, this one I found to have a better pub vibe.
You enter into a low-ceilinged wood beamed, tiled floor main bar section that wraps around the L shaped bar. Then off the bar area are two additional carpeted room spaces, one left one right, which are mainly set for dining. Then there is some external patio space to the left and the back of the pub which gives you a good vista of the car park. Unfortunately, there is no spacious garden here like there is at the other Cowper Arms.
This one is a McMullen’s pub and there are two sets of three hand pumps on the two sections of the L Shaped bar. Both had the same three ales on in the form of the breweries AK Mild, IPA and something called Quin which I hadn’t come across before. According to the pump clip it is a Peachy Juicy Golden 3.8% cask ale from their Rivertown experimental brewery section. Sounded horrible but asked for a taster and on a fine weather day it wasn’t too bad and the essence of peach is extremely light.
Not a bad example of a modern village pub that has to have a focus on food and its extremely handy for Welwyn North train station.
On 30th April 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2121 recommendations about 2000 pubs]
Steve of N21 left this review about The Cowper Arms
This one is not to be confused with the Cowper Arms at Cole Green, a mere five miles away towards Hertford. Although in certain respects they are very similar pubs in that they are both food focussed, this one I found to have a better pub vibe.
You enter into a low-ceilinged wood beamed, tiled floor main bar section that wraps around the L shaped bar. Then off the bar area are two additional carpeted room spaces, one left one right, which are mainly set for dining. Then there is some external patio space to the left and the back of the pub which gives you a good vista of the car park. Unfortunately, there is no spacious garden here like there is at the other Cowper Arms.
This one is a McMullen’s pub and there are two sets of three hand pumps on the two sections of the L Shaped bar. Both had the same three ales on in the form of the breweries AK Mild, IPA and something called Quin which I hadn’t come across before. According to the pump clip it is a Peachy Juicy Golden 3.8% cask ale from their Rivertown experimental brewery section. Sounded horrible but asked for a taster and on a fine weather day it wasn’t too bad and the essence of peach is extremely light.
Not a bad example of a modern village pub that has to have a focus on food and its extremely handy for Welwyn North train station.
On 30th April 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2121 recommendations about 2000 pubs]
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Welwyn Garden City, 2.11 miles, 40 min walk (show)
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Car Park : Yes last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Child Friendly : Yes - No under-14s after 9pm - last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Darts : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Function Room : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Jukebox : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Karaoke : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Live Music : Yes last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Micropub : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Pinball : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Pool Table : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Real Cider : No last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
- WiFi : Yes - The Cloud - last updated 12 August 2018 by Komakino .
