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As one of Newcastle's long-standing music venues, The Cumberland Arms has always offered a great space for live music, from the well established to the new, exciting and up & coming. It’s a place where you can experience pretty much anything you fancy, as the back room gives way to a great variety of regulars each week with a feast of Ukulele’s, singing and Irish folk; upstairs will satisfy your taste for acoustic, indie, rock and jazz.
To add to the eclectic mix we also host some great evenings of poetry, ping pong and a splash of comedy once a month with the fantastic Suggestibles. Along with all this brilliant live music and entertainment we also have an exciting new addition, our very own beautiful Bed & Breakfast rooms.
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The Cumberland Arms has always been known for its real ale but being known as a cider pub has only happened in the last 5-6 years. The first ciders were the well known and ever popular Westons with a collection of ciders and perrys that were a great base on which to start. After that, a new supplier Boggart Hole Clough Brewery, meant we were able to get ciders from further afield, increasing the repertoire to things like Chedder Valley, Biddendens, Bollhayes, Hecks and Janets Jungle Juice and this caught the eye of the local cider enthusiasts and the word started getting around about the cider at the Cumberland.
Then three years ago we changed to Solway Cider, the main man being a huge fan of cider and the Cumberland Arms. He now makes one especially for the pub called Cumberland. We started getting rarer ciders particularly from Wales like Gwnt Y Draigg and alot more single variety ciders, made with only one type of apple. One of the most well known and popular is the Kingston Black which Hecks and Sheppys both make a delicious cider with. Not long after Solway took over the supply, the pub was nominated for CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year 2007 and took the regional title. This happened again in 2008 and 2009.
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The Cumberland Arms has been a stalwart of the real ale scene in Newcastle for many, many years. We pride ourselves on offering only the very best ales from our own region and occasionally guests from further afield.
You will always be able to enjoy an easy drinking session ale at 3.8%. Either Wylam Brewery’s ‘Wylam Bitter’ “A refreshing, copper coloured, hoppy bitter with a clean, bitter finish” (The Good Beer Guide 2009) known in-house as Wylam ‘Rapper’ because of the pubs age old links with Traditional Northumbrian Sword Dancing of the same name, or Jarrow Brewery’s ‘Jarrow Bitter’ “A light golden session bitter with a delicate hop aroma and a lingering fruity finish” (The Good Beer Guide 2009) known in house as ‘JB’.
As well as the session bitter you can try guest ales from a brilliant range of breweries from Northumberland, Cumberland, Tyne & Wear and County Durham including: Allendale, Big Lamp, Bull Lane, Captain Cook, Consett, Derwent, Durham, Geltsdale, Hadrian & Border, High House Farm, Jarrow, Marston Moor, Mordue, Northumberland, Rudgate, Wentworth and Wylam.
Our guest ales are all racked on sprung tilting racks, allowing us to offer ale in the traditional way ‘By Gravity’ straight from the cask to the glass. The ale isn’t forced by gas pump to the Swan Necked hand pull on the bar and comes with little or no head on it. This means the ale isn’t mixed with air so much and doesn’t oxidise, keeping its original taste, as the brewer intended. Many regulars and visitors ask for their ale this way just because it is so rarely available like this elsewhere. |
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Out of our small but beautifully formed kitchen we’ve created the best and yummiest food. Where possible we use the best ingredients from local suppliers which is as important as making the menu as home made and fresh as possible. We get a lot of our food from the lovely people at foodlocalfood.com. Be it bakery, dairy, meat or vegetables these guys will find and source anything you can think of and many that you can’t. All our soups are made with Food Local Food produce, our bread comes from Thomson bakery and we use Acorn Diary butter and oil from Yellow Fields. We make our own guacamole, salsa, and refried beans, which makes our nachos one of the tastiest plates of food ever and the home made hummus is a taste sensation. |
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The Outside beer garden boasts some spectacular south facing views so sit back and enjoy, perfect on a lovely sunny day or to watch the sun go down. If it gets a bit nippy outside however, just hire one of our Snuggle Packs from the bar (a blanket and hot water bottle) to keep you toasty. If you’re here in the winter and outside is just too cold then don’t worry because inside you can cosy up next to our lovely Open Fires. Even with the fantastic views, food and of course the great selection of ales and cider you might decide you just need something to do – we can provide! Just Borrow a Book from the shelf or have a Game of something to wile away the hours - anyone for scrabble! And if that’s not enough just have a chat with the resident cat Clarence.
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| Great Pub - What a great place to visit - very warm and welcoming with great beer... |
| Really Impressive! - As all great venues it's the people behind it's creation that makes it so special. Thank you for your hospitality and kindness. Mike (7.07.09) |
A fantastic evening spent laughing like a drain - at the Suggestibles and being in good company. Yummy ale, comfortable beds and a sympathetic landlady! See you soon.
Helen and Bruce 26th September 2009
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