Red Lion, Porthmadog

This pub appears to be three of the New Street terraced houses knocked into one so I wonder how old it actually is. I first spotted it in the late 1990s and that's all I can vouch for as not having noticed it in the mid 1970s doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't here. Inside it is wooden floored with the bar at the back and split into separate areas which would tie in with it being converted houses. A board advertising a whole raft of footbore games was outside so this is clearly where people come to watch all that rubbish. The solitary handpump had been selling Theakston's Lightfoot but had run out. This left a dilemma, whether to walk out or drink something really horrible from a global abomination. I went for the latter and the half of Guinness (£1.70) was just as poor as I expected even though the pub was serving it well. My mind drifted back to the excellent pint of Sadler's beer I had the day before in Machynlleth at only 30p more for a pint and wondered how the pubcos can possibly justify these prices. I can't see a return visit happening.