Along with venturing into the farming trade along with his Diddly Squat Farm, TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson opened an accompanying store with native items along with his accomplice Lisa Hogan, earlier than enterprise the huge renovation venture of his pub, The Farmer’s Canine. All through his Prime Video docuseries, Clarkson’s Farm, viewers gained perception into the mammoth job of taking up rural nation pub The Windmill in Asthall.
After a number of clashes with West Oxfordshire District Council, the pub ultimately had its grand opening in August 2024, which reportedly noticed tons of of individuals queuing for hours to enter the Farmer’s Canine on its first day. After buying the pub for round £1,000,000 final 12 months, Jeremy has free rein and serves his alcohol model Hawkstone in its many kinds. This consists of lager, cider, IPA and stout. Because of this, the pub has proved common with each locals, vacationers and Clarkson’s Farm followers after it turned the primary focus of season 4.
Regardless of the pub’s reputation and rave critiques, the previous Prime Gear star was dealt a significant blow after the Farmer’s Canine was snubbed from the celebrated Good Beer Information 2026 by The Marketing campaign for Actual Ale (CAMRA).
Itemizing 4,500 of the very best boozers from throughout the UK, as many as 67 entries have been made for Oxfordshire, however Jeremy’s pub was not one among them.
A CAMRA spokesperson addressed the snub by way of the Oxford Mail and said: “The Information is the definitive guidebook to pubs that serve nice cask beer, and makes use of an unbiased, volunteer-led choice course of that makes it the authoritative and trusted voice of cask beer drinkers.
“Listings within the Information are extremely aggressive and do change 12 months on 12 months. Entries within the Information are determined by the hardworking volunteers of native CAMRA branches throughout the UK.”
Whereas Jeremy has but to handle being left off the information, it was additionally revealed that Charlbury’s well-regarded nation pub, The Bull, led by Michelin-starred chef Sally Abé, was additionally snubbed, regardless of being visited by former US Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this 12 months.
This comes simply days after the TV star’s former co-host, James Might, hit again at Jeremy for “banning” him from his Farmer’s Canine pub.
When requested about it on ITV’s Lorraine, James stated, “Nicely, apparently. However I’ve stated earlier than that it is a bit like being banned from the golf membership, as a result of I wasn’t going to go anyway.”
The ITV host burst out laughing because the Prime Gear star elaborated: “I’ve bought my very own pub, which is simply across the nook, so I am not going to go 75 miles to his. Particularly if mine is healthier.”
