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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. Really lovely pub too, it has two bars and a courtyard garden.

A few days later I was treated to a rare sight in The UK, a pub with both Guinness and Murphy’s on tap! The Old Ticket Office which is next door to Cambridge train station served up a competently average Guinness. 2.5/5. 


A few weeks later I ventured out into the north of Cambridge to visit The Golden Hind, a large pub found on Milton Road. 

Almost a split!
The Guinness here was a very decent 3.5 out of 5! 

If you walk along Milton Road back towards the centre of Cambridge you’ll come across The Milton Arms, which is a Hungry Horse.

It was an average 2.5 out of 5 here. 

Back in the north of the city I wondered to The Sir Issac Newton hoping that no apples would fall on my head. 

I’m sure it wasn’t blue when I last visited 


A strong 3.5 out of 5 for the pub named after the famous historical figure! I then headed down Histon Road and into The Grapes, which is the pub I had my first pint in! (Not first legal pint of course). 


An average at best job here. 2.5/5

From here I headed to The Carlton Arms, a proper estate pub. 



It was another average 2.5/5 here.

Wow that wasn’t a very positive edition of the Guinness challenge! Let’s hope for better things in part 8! Thanks for reading. 




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