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The Crown (JD Wetherspoon), Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted
HP4 3HH
Reviews of The Crown (JD Wetherspoon) (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Crown (JD Wetherspoon)
From the outside, you wouldn't recognise the Crown as a Wetherspoon's. Indeed even as you enter, the pub has the feel of an olde worlde coaching inn with a couple of front rooms and low beams. Beyond that the pub starts to open out a little. The ceiling becomes much higher and the familiar Wetherspoon's bar can be seen on the left-hand side. There is a more modern area to the rear.
On the bar, the usual 'spoon's ales were present - Greene King Abbott, Ruddles Best & Sharp's Doom Bar. In addition, there were 4 guest beers, all from Tring - Liberator, Squadron Scramble, Washington & Piggeries. There was no real cider.
Unusually for one of my crawls, this was probably the pick of the day's pubs in Hertfordshire. For one, it actually had some more unusual beers from the local brewery. But I also liked the fact that drinking here felt like drinking in a proper pub.
On 25th November 2024
- rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Crown (JD Wetherspoon)
One of the older 'spoons (in the building sense), being a coaching inn on one of the historic main roads north of London. Partly opened-out and extended to the rear, so little original character left inside, but comprehensively refurbished in a semi-traditional style throughout so not completely out of keeping. The former side alleyway is also now used for an outdoor seating 'terrace'. I found seven different real ales from the two banks of six handpumps: Greene King IPA, Doom Bar, Abbot, Broadside, a pair from Windsor & Eton - Guardsman and Father Thames - and Tring's seasonal Nosebag (£1.99).
On 21st February 2022
- rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about The Crown (JD Wetherspoon)
There are probably more original pubs in the Wetherspoon estate than most people realise and this is another one. Certainly in the London area they tend to be large suburban pubs often with a troubled past and many were music venues.
This is a genuine rambling old coaching inn with all sorts of nooks and crannies.
It's much bigger inside than it looks from the front.
It is GBG 2015 listed so the beer selection was on the face of it slightly disappointing. Four beers were doubled up, GK IPA, Tring Moongazing, the American Wadworth's Mermaid's Red and the American Banks's Young Henry. On their own were Haresfoot Sundial, White Park Bedford Best and a cider with one unused pump. On the plus side there was no Abbot or any of the three national beers so maybe the doubling up wasn't as bad as it first seemed especially as there were three Locale beers and two of the American series.
I went for the Tring Moongazing (£2.60) which looked like it was going to be a boring brown beer but turned out to be extremely tasty and a bit of a hop bomb.
The price for this 4.2% beer struck me as expensive for a Spoons.
On 5th October 2014
- rating: 7
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Hemel Hempstead, 3.74 miles, 1 hr 12 min walk (show)
Tring, 5.01 miles, 1 hr 36 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Beer Garden : Yes - Rear Patio - last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Car Park : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Darts : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Function Room : No last updated 05 November 2017 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Jukebox : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Karaoke : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Live Music : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Micropub : No last updated 05 November 2017 by Aqualung .
- Pinball : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Pool Table : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Quiz Night : No last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : No last updated 25 November 2024 by Blue Scrumpy
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 04 October 2014 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
