Hope and Anchor, Wirksworth

Is this the worst pub in Derbyshire? Probably not, but it's doing its best to win that dubious title. We visited on a chilly winter evening, when the elaborate fireplace stood fireless and the radiators were stone cold. Unsurprisingly the bar was nearly empty, and when several of us ordered pints of the local Wirksworth brew we discovered why. For the first time in our recent experience the beer was undrinkable. Not just a bit unappetising, but horrible. Yet when - reluctantly - we pointed this out to the barmaid she told us that ' the locals liked it'. Clearly we were neither local (though only four miles from home) nor real beer connoisseurs. Are we going back? In your dreams (or nightmares).