Craft Beer Keswick

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A modern bar and bottle shop tucked away within the old shopping court off the main high street in Keswick, it features up six beers on draught and some hand-pulls too. The main room is lined with shelves upon shelves and fridges fully stocked with a mishmash of cans and bottles. There’s all kinds of beer, cider, and spirits on offer.  

Location 

This bottle shop and bar is located in Packhorse Court in Keswick and is next door to all the boutique shops, other pubs and restaurants including Lake District Wine and the Keswick Cheese Deli and a sweet shop. There is also the Pack Horse Inn across the courtyard and the Wetherspoons and Crafty Baa across the Bell Close car park.  

Plenty of tourist attractions are nearby, including the Pencil Museum, the Derwent Lakeside and the Lakeside Theatre which is about a ten-minute walk away. There are plenty of places to eat nearby as well including the aforementioned Wetherspoons and the Asaya Thai restaurant. Also, it’s not far from Costa.  

Drinks 

The bar mainly serves craft beers and other drinks available on tap and in bottles/cans. A lot of the craft beers and ciders are kept chilled in their fridges. There are also a selection of draught beers so you can grab a fresh pint or half pint at the bar; they always rotate what drinks are on draught. They also have plenty of locally produced ciders and spirits including gin, vodka, whiskey, and rum. The bar also serves non-alcoholic drinks, including beer and cider with 0% alcohol.  

Events 

In terms of events at this bar, they have regular Meet the Brewer events, which entail a local craft beer brewer coming into the bar and selling a load of their beers on the bar. There are also beer tasting sessions for people to try a platter of small third glasses of the different craft beers – these events are usually ticketed as there is limited space. 

Other events include their weekly Sunday Sessions. These typically include musicians coming in playing live music, DJs playing old vinyl records of music of different genres and other events for special occasions including Christmas and Halloween. A past Halloween event included a local street food vendor serving pizzas outside on the courtyard, with extra seating outside the bar.  

Click here to check their social media for upcoming events. 

Shop

As well as a bar, this venue is also open as a shop where you can purchase some of their beers and other drinks to take home. They also have an online store where you can buy everything from gift boxes to merchandise. Click here to check out their online shop. 

Accessibility  

This craft beer bar and bottle shop in Keswick has plenty of accessible friendly points worth highlighting.  

Wheelchair Access 

The entrance is small but doesn’t have a step to get into the building, so wheelchair users can get inside easily. Inside the main bar area, although small, it has enough space for a wheelchair to move around depending on size. The extended seating area and toilets to the left as you come in has two steps going down, which is worth bearing in mind.  

Toilet Facilities 

The toilets are located to the left as you enter the bar. There are two steps to get down, where there is another couple of tables with high stools. The toilets are single private rooms; one-in-one-out, a separate one for ladies and gents. Due to limited space, there isn’t a separate accessible toilet.  

Child-Friendly 

Kids and young children are more than welcome to visit, and the bar does sell soft drinks and water.  

Dog-Friendly 

The bar is very dog-friendly; they even sell dog treats at the bar.  

Drinks Selection 

The drinks selection is very extensive. They sell low/non-alcoholic drinks, sell gluten-free beers and other drinks. All beers and alcoholic drinks sold on draught have the names and ABV’s clearly written down on a blackboard. 

Seating Space 

Depending on weather conditions and the time of year, they do provide extra tables and chairs outside the shopfront. The seating inside includs a variety of high stools at counters and high tables and lower chairs at low coffee tables. The main area by the bar has a barrel table which can seat up to 4 people along with two lower tables for groups of up to 6 people.  They have up to three high stools sitting at a counter to one side as you walk down to the extended seating area and toilets, then there are two high tables each seating up to 5 people next to the toilets.  

Parking 

The nearest car park is the Bell Close Car Park (pay and display) which is a short walk away. Bear in mind there are steps to climb up to get from this car park to the Packhorse Court. But you can also park in an accessible parking zone along the park and do a short walk to get to the Packhorse Court from the other end where there are no steps.  

Public Transport 

The nearest bus stop is just outside the Keswick Park Hotel which is a brief walk from the bar. There are plenty of other bus stops all around Keswick.  

Conclusion

We hope that you have found this listing helpful in planning your visit at Keswick. Other similar listings for bars and pubs in Keswick include the Crafty Baa and Chief Justice of Common Pleas (a Wetherspoons).

Planning a short stay at Keswick? We have listings for accessible caravan sites in the area too;

• Castlerigg Hall
• Burns Farm
• Threlkeld Hall