Clarkson's Alternative The Farmer's Dog, Minutes From HomeRather than take on The Brown Dog, Clarkson pursued a pub venture closer to home. The pub sits within easy reach of Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm, the setting for his Amazon Prime Video series Clarkson's Farm. The Farmer's Dog also serves Hawkstone, the lager and cider brand Clarkson founded using barley sourced from British farms, including his own. This is apparently what caused The Brown Dog to struggle and what led Clarkson to turn down Coulthard's offer. What is clear is that the pub remains under the ownership of Coulthard and his original business partners, following Clarkson's decision not to take up the offer made roughly two years ago.