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In Search Of The Best Guinness In Cambridge - Part 7: Is This The Worst Yet?

 Wow it’s been ages since I last did any Guinness challenge! Doing DIY in my house is taking up virtually all of my time. I certainly deserve a pint or two! We kick things off at The Boathouse. View from the car park  This was not a good start. One of the worst pours I’ve ever seen. No attempt to let anything settle and wonder why they are tipping large amounts of head out to get a full pint. It’s just sheer incompetence and bad training for the bar staff. The taste was completely rancid, 0.25/5, and the pint was abandoned. If you’re wondering why I didn’t return the pint what would be the point? The staff clearly don’t care about the quality of the drinks they are serving and I want to review the Guinness in the condition that the pub is willing to serve it in. I really don’t think this is a one off bad pint I honestly think it is incompetence.  Moving across the road to The Portland Arms, a pub I rarely visit and perhaps I should change that.  A solid 3/5 pint. Rea...