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Brown Horse, Windermere
Winster
Postal town: Windermere
LA23 3NR
Served areas
Brown Horse Inn
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Reviews of Brown Horse (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about Brown Horse
This pub has changed with the times since my last visit and now has every table set for dining in that way that is so off-putting to the potential beer drinking customer. A couple of drinkers were occupying the right hand end of the bar while I perused the four hand pumps in the centre. Three beers from local Handsome, plus Tirril and one lacking provenance, which I was told by the friendly and helpful lad behind the bar was from Westgate. Ah, I said, formerly Wakefield but now brewed by Castle Eden. I asked him about the microbrewery at the pub, and he pointed out the very small former premises. There is no mains water supply, and the local reservoir couldn't supply enough water for pub and brewery, so something had to give. My Handsome Top Knot was a pleasant enough drink (NBSS 3.5) but the Winster beers used to be really good, so I held a silent requiem in the beer garden.
On 27th September 2024
- rating: 6
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Will Larter left this review about Brown Horse
From the outside, a typical whitewashed country inn, but inside all the original little rooms have been knocked into one, with green painted rough plaster on the walls and pillars. The floor is stone flagged, and there is wood panelling midway up the walls, and a variety of dining tables scattered fairly randomly about what is a surprisingly pleasant room. Pride of place goes to a lovely old dresser, which is still used by the staff for storing cutlery and the like.
On the bar are four ales, all brewed on site at Winster brewery: Old School and Best Bitter, plus two brewed for nearby Cartmel racecourse: Hurdler and Chaser. I had the Winster Best Bitter, which was a fairly standard brew but very enjoyable - best bitter is probably my favourite beer style, as long as the brewer can resist the temptation to use the fashionable American hops. Although there is very much of an emphasis on food, and overpriced food at that, I wouldn't mind calling in here again for a beer or two.
On 18th July 2012
- rating: 6
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Staveley, 5.56 miles, 1 hr 47 min walk (show)
Burneside (Cumbria), 6.37 miles, 2 hr 2 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : Yes last updated 27 September 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 27 September 2024 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 27 September 2024 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Micropub : No last updated 27 September 2024 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 30 July 2013 by Will Larter
