Brewhouse & Kitchen, Landport, Portsmouth

Previously The White Swan, and previously a JDW, now Portsmouth's only brewpub, you smell the brewing process as soon as you enter so it's immediately a pleasant experience. They use their own branded glasses and there is free wifi. There were 2 ales on, I had a pint of Little Brickie which was really rather good. I found the staff inefficient, possibly because they are too few and overworked. Well worth including in a crawl and good for novelty value as well as decent beer.

Probably the most unlike the JDW/Lloyds brand of this chain I have been in, it just feels like a standard street corner town pub, which of course it always was and is. The building dates from 1916 but replaced a previous White Swan on the same site. The name originates from the local area, once known as the swan fields when the vicinity was dotted with ponds before being built over. Fully carpeted apart from the tiled splash area around the bar, central island bar, lots of wood panelling and mostly standard style seating with banquettes and benches around the edges. It was day 1 of the Wetherspoon's Festival and I had the Phoenix White Monk, which was superb, but although clipped as a festival beer does not feature in the programme list. I'm not unduly concerned, a good beer for £1.99! Rather worryingly though, I did pick up on a discussion between a couple of regulars talking about the possibility of the pub closing soon. There is another JDW a few doors along. I hope not, to me there were enough in of a late Weds afternoon to consider the place to be viable.