Snowdonia Parc, Waunfawr, Caernarfon

This brewery tap is still called Tafarn Snowdonia Parc despite the national park's official name now being Eryri. The beers are labelled with the brewery's name in both Welsh and English, so maybe the pub sign will change too, eventually. This multi-roomed pub is smart and well presented, with plenty of white paint and large windows. Numerous hand pumps are dotted about various sections of bar counter, with three beers on at the time of our Sunday afternoon visit: these were all from the house brewery: Aur Eryri (or Snowdonia Gold), Carmen Sutra (a bitter) and Theodore Stout. All were in good or better condition, with the bitter probably most to my taste but the gold being in the best condition. Service was friendly and informal - the young barman, seeing me take photos of the hand pumps and ask for a half of each, very kindly lined up the glasses in front of their respective pumps for me to take another photo. He'd obviously come across beer ticking before. My daughter now lives less than four miles from here, so I expect we'll be back some time, though I hope we don't get soaking wet through on the way back next time. (What are the chances?)

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