The Rising Sun, Berkhamsted

Very attractive canalside pub immediately adjacent to a lock. Tring ‘Riser’ (I asked if it was a re-badge of a regular Tring beer but they claimed it was an exclusive brew, hmm), Rutland Panther, Beartown Ginger Bear, Great Newsome Frothingham Best. A sign above the bar invites you to ‘try our draught cider from the cellar’ and 3 separate boards each displayed 5 cider pumpclips, some annotated ‘sold out’, also another 3 handpulls offering Westons Cider & Country Perry, plus Addlestones. Snuff boxes sit next to the ale pumps. Bare board floor throughout leads beyond small bar room to another with stand alone banquette/pew seating, framed sample knots, mirrors. Background was quiet classical music ~13:30. Some picnic sets outside enable seating right next to the canal and a small bay window (with seating) in each room overlooks water. Very good indeed; should’ve stayed for another instead heading off for the train, which we missed. Oddly, and coincidentally, one of a couple of locals at the bar recommended Eastwoods butchers (‘if you want to gain some points with the missus’), which one of the group had praised moments earlier when we passed it.