The Duke of Cornwall, Weymouth - pub details
Address: 1 St Edmund Street, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8AS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 30315) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Weymouth (0.6 miles), Upwey (3.2 miles)
Pub suggested by Pubgrabber on 4 Aug 2006
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> Current user rating: 5.9/10 (rated by 19 users)
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| Decent locals type pub. On Monday they had Jail Ale (£2.80), Crop Circle and DBC Chesil. Liked it. GuideDogSaint - 1 Sep 2011 21:51 |
| Very small local with limited seating areas,the pint of Yeovil"BST" was ok but not in great nick,6/10 fat_beer_badger - 25 Aug 2011 14:25 |
| Definitely one for the avid CAMRA member and not for the tourists (who are well catered for round the corner on the harbour front). It's what I would class as a "straighforward" boozer in a rather sad part of the street. The "Jail Ale" was OK as was my partner's Yeovil Brewery beer. There are live music events but not much more really - I think the real ale is probably the big draw in this pub and I reckon it's one for the lads rather than the mother-in-law! mcroyal - 10 Aug 2011 10:41 |
| On first impressions the pub seems a bit down at heel and this didn't leave us throughout the half an hour we stayed. The pub advertises in colourful pen in its window their entry in the GBG, but when upon entry to the gaff you see just a few locals crowding the bar drinking 'stella' and probably bemoaning foreigners and suchlike you have to worry. Barmaid ran a bit of liquid through the pipes as 'you never know what's in there' and then served a sub-standard Dorset Ale, which had to be taken back. Tried the Jail Ale which was passable -just. Place is also over-run by bloody dogs which you have to step over on your way to the bar. Totally underwhelming. Dandillus - 16 Oct 2010 17:27 |
| Occupying a fairly central position in Weymouth is The Duke of Cornwall, a pub that is a relatively small, bare boarded single bar. As we approach the pub, we see large felt tip pen lettering on the plain glass windows advertising cocktails and live music - "Antigua Joe on Friday" - indicating an orientation towards younger customers. Inside, we find a light pine, wood dominated, cheapish looking modernised interior, with the principal item of note being a large splendid old Devenish & Co mirror. " Shoot the Duke" cocktails are offered at £ 2 each or 3 for £ 5. This, together with various montages of customers in various stages of inebriation, reinforces the initial impression that this is not a place worth lingering in for long. Although this doesn't feel in any way like your typical real ale pub, the pub is listed in CAMRA's 2010 Good Beer Guide. On my recent evening visit, beers on from the 4 pumps were Dartmoor Jail Ale, Dragons Blood from St Georges Brewery in Worcester and a beer from Potbelly Brewery. The Dragons Blood ( 4.8%) , a strongish, ruby porter-style beer was staggeringly good and at £ 2.60p could validly be considered good value. As a notice in the doorway says " drinking in this pub is not a wealth hazard", although the moreishness of the Dragons Blood did give, even an experienced drinker like me, a bit of a headache the next morning. The Dartmoor Jail Ale was pretty good as well. As a pub, I didn't warm to this place at all, but the staff were friendly, the beer was superb and the customer mix much better than might have been expected, so you might want to give it a go if you're in town and see for yourself JohnBonser - 23 Sep 2010 10:33 |
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