Ship Inn, Cardigan

A pub of two halves; the original old pub building is on the right and a more sterile modern structure is bolted onto the left side, presumably to pack in the diners during peak season. Its busy, traditional and cosy in the old main bar and of course there’s plenty of nautical paraphernalia. Four ales on; St Austell Tribute, the local Mantle Moho, Doom Bar and one I forgot to note; the Moho was in good shape. Also noted two ciders on pump in the unmanned dining room bar. It’s pretty decent given it’s the only real pub in the village and is worth sampling.

White and red painted brick pub on the edge of Aberporth Bay. The main stone walled bar has a nautical theme with plenty of ship paraphernalia and black and white sea themed pictures. There is an upstairs restaurant room with large glass windows providing excellent views over Aberporth beach and then a purpose built outside section under a permanent canopy on the side of the original pub as well as a few bench tables to the front of the pub. There were five ales available for our visit and mainstream St Austell Tribute and Wadsworth 6X were complemented by two from Evan Evans and one from the Mantle Brewery and my pint of Cwrw was well kept. We didn’t eat here but a fairly standard seaside pub menu (e.g. everything seemed to be with chips) was available.