The Woodrow Wilson (JD Wetherspoon), Carlisle

This is without doubt the better of the two Carlisle Spoons apart from the beer prices. It's fairly typical consisting of a large square room with the bar on the right, a raised area to the left and the usual fixtures and fittings. It was quite busy at around 10:30 on a Saturday morning but not hopelessly so. There are two banks of seven hand pumps with the two GK beers, two unused and Doom Bore accounting for five. The rest had a good selection of Hawkshead Bitter & Red, Cumberland Corby Ale & Corby Blonde, Jennings Snecklifter, Hadrian's Legion, Everard's Inbetween, Rudgate Battle Axe and Thornbridge Jaipur IPA. I tried the Hadrian's Legion and Cumberland Corby (both £2.15) along with an Eggs Benedict and later the Jaipur (£2.85 I think) before getting the train back. All were excellent. This is a better than average Spoons and deserves inclusion in the 2016 GBG.

Standard issue 'spoons with the usual furniture and decor. Patio beer garden to the rear. Reasonable range of real ales from a total of ten handpumps, including the local Geltsdale Tarn (£2.29).