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YHA Borrowdale Bar, Keswick
Keswick
CA12 5XE
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Will Larter left this review about YHA Borrowdale Cafe Bar
Borrowdale youth hostel is on the Coast to Coast walk and the bar receives frequent visits from parched walkers during the summer months, and holiday makers from the nearby cottages at any time of year. When I stayed here recently, my usual preference for walking to the pub in the village was ruled out by floods, so it was good to have the option of a bar in the hostel's lounge. Two hand pumps were serving local Keswick Thirst Noel, and a Jennings Cumberland Ale that was in better condition than I can remember for this beer. There's an open fire and comfortable seating around a communal low table, with a handful of stools at the bar lending a slightly more pub-like look to the place. A growing collection of pump clips attests the wide variety of mostly local beers that have appeared on the bar here.
On 6th January 2015
- rating: 6
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- CAMRA WhatPub :: YHA Borrowdale Bar - whatpub.com
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- Accommodation : Yes last updated 15 December 2017 by Will Larter
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 15 December 2017 by Will Larter
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Car Park : Yes last updated 15 December 2017 by Will Larter
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 15 December 2017 by Will Larter
- Darts : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 15 December 2017 by Will Larter
- Function Room : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Jukebox : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Karaoke : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Live Music : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Micropub : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Pinball : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Pool Table : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Quiz Night : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 06 January 2015 by Aqualung .
- Real Cider : No last updated 15 December 2017 by Will Larter
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 07 March 2019 by Will Larter
- WiFi : Yes last updated 15 December 2017 by Will Larter
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