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In Search Of The Best Guinness In Cambridge: Part 6 - The Eagle Has Not Landed

 Welcome back to the Guinness challenge, I can’t believe that we are already up to part 6! Here’s a quick runaround of the places I’ve sampled Guinness in recently. 


I decided to kick part 6 off with a visit to two central Greene King pubs. The Bath House is most famous for being next door to The Eagle. To be honest, I find this place ghastly. Paying £5.90 for a 1.75/5 Guinness feels like daylight robbery. 


The dirty glass really topped off a bad Guinness tick. Things could only get better in The Eagle right? 

You’d hope. Cambridge’s biggest tourist trap was packed, even on a Tuesday. The Eagle has history, I’ll give it that, but in my opinion that’s all it has going for it. The Guinness was a marginally better 2/5. The cask ale looked flat. 


On a post football Saturday afternoon, I let friend of the blog, Nathan, be in charge of choosing the pub to meet in. Surprisingly he went for The Duke Of Cambridge, a pub I hadn’t visited since 2019. To be honest I didn’t have high hopes for the Guinness here. 

Dirty glass again… though to my surprise, it was a decent drop! 3.25/5. 

Next up, I make a return to The Regal. The former cinema and former largest spoons in The UK is far from my fave pub to visit. I’ve got nothing against spoons, but I’ve had a few questionable nights out at The Regal…
Average Guinness, 2.5/5.

Fast forward and few weeks, where I get a text inviting me to The Waterman. A new Guinness tick! 
The Guinness is creamy nectar, a solid 3.25 out of 5! 


A whistle stop tour for part 6! 








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  1. retiredmartinJune 27, 2024 at 3:46 PM

    Ouch ! Not good. Much trade in those pubs

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  2. Beer MooseJune 27, 2024 at 4:01 PM

    I get the impression they’re not overly bothered about all the faults I found. Sad.

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