Sussex Drinker, Summer 2012

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Celebrating the Real Ale scene in Sussex
Summer 2012
Free
ALE TRAIL 19
T
he Brighton & South Downs
CAMRA Ale Trail 19 is to be
launched at the Elephant & Castle,
Lewes on Sunday 27 May from early
evening. Come along to collect your free
passport, sponsored once again by Harveys of Lewes. If you cannot make it then
passports are available at all forty participating pubs. This year’s theme is an Ale
of Two Cities, in celebration of the
double centenary of the birth of
Charles Dickens. Prizes are a
themed t-shirt and/or sweatshirt
or souvenir glass, depending on
whether 20, 30 or 40 stamps
are collected. Bus trips to the
more outlying pubs are
planned for Saturdays 23
June and 14 July. Check the
Brighton & South Downs
branch website for full
details.
PUBLISHED
AND
FINANCED BY
THE SUSSEX
BRANCHES OF THE
CAMPAIGN FOR
REAL ALE LTD
The participating pubs
are as follows: a (C)
following the name
indicates it is also on
the Cider Rider.
BARCOMBE: Royal Oak; BRIGHTON: Basketmakers Arms, Battle of Trafalgar,
Evening Star (C), Greys, Lord Nelson,
Mitre Tavern (C), Prestonville Arms, Pump
House, Royal Oak, Sir Charles Napier,
Victory Inn (C); CUCKFIELD: Ship Inn;
FALMER: Swan Inn; FIVE ASH DOWN: Pig
& Butcher; FULKING: Shepherd & Dog
(C); HOVE: Neptune Inn; HURSTPIERPOINT: Poacher (C); ISFIELD: Laughing
Fish; LEWES: Brewers Arms (C), Constitutional Club, Elephant & Castle (C),
Gardeners Arms (C), John Harvey Tavern,
Lewes Arms, Snowdrop Inn (C);
NEWHAVEN: Jolly Boatman (C); PLUMPTON: Half Moon Inn (C); PORTSLADE:
(contiuned on p. 5 )
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Contact Information
South-East Sussex
Phil Cozens, 01323 460822
[email protected]
www.southeast-sussex-camra.com
Beer Festival: Eastbourne, 4-6 October 2012
POTY: Robin Hood, Icklesham
Sussex Branches of CAMRA
Surrey & Sussex Regional Director:
Chris Stringer, 01403 270505 (Horsham)
[email protected]
Sussex Area Organiser:
Peter Page-Mitchell, 01424 429791
(St. Leonards-on-Sea)
[email protected]
Beer Festival: Hove, 7-9 March 2013
POTY: TBA
COTY: Albatross R.A.F.A. Club: Bexhill-On-Sea
Western Sussex
Max Malkin, 01243 828394
[email protected]
www.westernsussexcamra.org.uk
Beer Festival: Yapton, 18-20 May 2012
POTY: Wilkes’ Head, Eastergate
Arun & Adur
Jerry Marchant, 01903 214020
[email protected]
www.aaa-camra.org.uk
Beer Festival: Worthing, 19-20 October 2012
POTY: Sportsman, Amberley
North Sussex
Nigel Bullen, 07791 872289
[email protected]
www.northsussexcamra.org.uk
Beer Festival: Ardingly Vintage Vehicle
Show, 7-8 July 2012
POTY: Swan, Crawley
Brighton and South Downs
Pete Coppard, 01273 683322
[email protected]
www.brightoncamra.org.uk
Beer Festival: Lewes, 15-16 June 2012
POTY: Brewers Arms, Lewes
Sussex Drinker: Summer 2012. No. 70
Circulation 12,500
Published by Sussex Branches of the Campaign for Real Ale
Editor:
The Quaffer
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East Sussex:
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Telephone: 01323 418200 Fax: 01323 418227
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Front page article - continued
ALE TRAIL 19 CONTINUED
Stanley Arms (C); RINGMER: Anchor Inn (C),
Cock Inn; SCAYNES HILL: Sloop (C);
SEAFORD: Cinque Ports, Old Plough; SHOREHAM-BY-SEA: Buckingham Arms (C), Duke of
Wellington (C), Red Lion Inn (C); SOUTH
CHAILEY: Horns Lodge (C); UCKFIELD: Alma
(C); WIVELSFIELD GREEN: Cock Inn (C).
Participants on the Trail are asked each year
to score the pubs out of 10. This helps the subcommittee decide on which pubs to retain or
change for the following year: their preference
is to have at least five ‘new’ pubs each year.
After the Trail is over, the points are totalled
and each pub’s average score calculated. In
2011, for the first time in many years, the
most popular pub on the Ale Trail (and, of
course, the Cider Rider) was not the Evening
Star, Brighton (it came second). It was decided
to award a Most Popular Pub Certificate and it
was presented on 27 March to Lisa Osborne,
landlady of last year’s most popular pub, the
Gardener’s Arms, Lewes. The Moonshine cider
served at the Gardener’s is gorgeous and Lisa
was over the moon(shine) about the award.
She is seen pictured receiving the certificate from
Ale Trail Coordinator, Andy Rivett.
What will be the Most Popular Pub on the
2012 Trail? Visit all 40 pubs, give your scores
and have a say in the outcome!
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Contributions from: Peter Adams, Allen Bartram, Andy Davey-Ayling, Bruce Bird, Dave Chapman, Stuart Elms, Pat Higgins, Max Malkin, Keith Milborrow,
SUSSEX PUB SCRATCHINGS
While the Sussex Branches of CAMRA are
pleased to acknowledge the following news
items, the Scratchings section does not constitute
an exclusive list of officially recommended pubs,
nor does it consist of critical customer reviews.
News of new developments and updates on the
Sussex pub scene will be gratefully received by
the Editor for consideration in Scratchings. The
standard disclaimer on p. 3 applies to all items.
BOGNOR REGIS
In the North Bersted area of town, the Rising
Sun is being converted to a Tesco store. At this
rate we will have more branches of Tesco in
the town than pubs!
BRIGHTON
The Spotted Dog has become Cask Pub and
Kitchen Brighton. Breweries such as Magic
Rock, Thornbridge and Dark Star are represented on the eight hand pumps. Opened in
North Road is Brewery Tap, craft bar and
bistro food. The beers on tap dispense are
from a range of UK, US and European breweries. All except Rogue brewery beers are
£4.00 a pint regardless of strength.
CHICHESTER
Near the University, despite a recent, extensive
refurbishment, the Hope is closed. Opposite
the cathedral is Belle Isle, with a global, especially South American, theme. They have another
pub in Portsmouth. Three real ales were on
when visited: Sharp’s Doom Bar, in good
condition, alongside Hook Norton Old Hooky
and one from Irving.
CROWBOROUGH
The Coopers Arms continues to be a very
reliable outlet for a good pint, with Black Cat
beers regularly appearing. Other breweries
noted recently have been Ramsgate and
Westerham. In the Jarvis Brook area, Pete and
Becky Randall (and Isabel) have settled in
well at the Wheatsheaf and the quality of the
Harveys beers remains excellent.
EASTBOURNE
The Buccaneer is offering CAMRA members a
discount of 20p per pint on real ales. Harveys
Best, Buccaneer ale, 1648 St George, Adnams
Broadside and Sharp’s Doom Bar were available when visited. In the Meads area the Pilot
has reopened following a major refurbishment.
Harveys Best and Sharp’s Doom Bar are on
offer.
FERRING
Simon Lover, the new landlord of the Tudor
Close is keen to sell ales from local breweries;
there are two hand pumps for these (currently
including Dark Star Festival), plus Fuller’s
London Pride and Wells & Young’s Courage Directors. Simon is also planning a Sussex beer
festival in September featuring all-Sussex
breweries.
FOREST ROW
Even after its refurbishment the Foresters
Arms only managed to keep going for a few
months. By early March it had closed, with Enterprise Inns looking for someone new to take
it on. There is currently an advertisement for
the tenancy.
FRIDAY STREET
At the ever popular Royal Oak, Sara and Clive
continue to stock a good selection of well-kept
ales from across the country with seven available at a time, including one or two dark ones.
Dark Star and Surrey Hills beers are regulars
here, with other locally brewed beers noted
from 1648, Hammerpot, Kent, Langham and
SouthDowns. Over the past few months,
Andwell, Great Heck, Green Jack, Otter,
Potbelly, Potton, RCH and Smarts ales have
also appeared, so a visit can always produce a
rarity for the area. In addition, cider and perry
Pet
ow,
S
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Peter F. Mitchell, Peter Page-Mitchell, David Preece, Howard Risby, Brian Skinner, Peter Spooner, Bill Turner and the Ed.
fans will not be disappointed. If you have never
visited this excellent, multi-award winning
pub, you should really make the effort. A lot do
from right across the country and the pub has
been mentioned in many CAMRA publications
nationwide. And if you want eggs and fresh
vegetables you can always get them here! NB:
During April 2012 it was posted on the pub
door that “North Sussex CAMRA members are
no longer welcome in this pub unless they are
carrying a valid C.R.A.P.O. Card”.
HARTFIELD
The Anchor continues to regularly serve
Harveys Best and Larkins Traditional. The third
hand pump is used for guest beers and
amongst those that have featured recently have
been beers from Black Cat and Old Dairy,
which proved popular.
HASTINGS
The General Havelock (formally the Havelock) will be opening on 20 April so real ale in
the town centre is to have another outlet
alongside the Dripping Well, a very popular
local, and the superb White Rock Hotel, which
recently held the 2nd Hastings Brewery Club
evening. Both the Dolphin and Frank’s Front
Room are mentioned as outlets for Hastings
brewery beers in the Bru News section. Major
refurbishments have now been completed at
the First In Last Out, providing more bar
space for customers, while the new kitchen has
enabled the return of lunch time menus. FILO
Mike’s Mild has returned for the summer and
Churches Pale Ale is also back on the pumps.
HURSTPIERPOINT
Vineyard Lodge, High Street, is now selling
Harveys Best.
Duke of Wellington
368 Brighton Road, Shoreham-By-Sea
West Sussex BN43 6RE Tel: 01273 389818
Offering award winning real ales
from Dark Star Brewery plus a
selection of guests.
Large Pub Garden with BBQ facilities,
Bar Billiards, Darts, Live music
and special events.
ICKLESHAM
Congratulations to Darcy, Sue, Carly and Lorna
at the Robin Hood for picking up the SouthEast Sussex Branch Pub of The Year award,
their reward for serving an ever-changing selection of real ales in excellent condition. The
continued overleaf >
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presentation evening is planned for Tuesday 12
June when the award will be gratefully received. The pub will also be holding the annual
Icklesham Village Beer Festival, 19-22 July.
LAMBS GREEN
The Lamb continues to concentrate on offering locally based beers at reasonable prices.
Dark Star Hophead is the regular and the two
guests will come from Kent, Surrey or Sussex
brewers. Although outside the province of
CAMRA, it is interesting to note that Ben has
dropped Guinness and stocks instead a keg
version of Hepworth Conqueror Stout. He also
gets his lager from the same source, reducing
the beer miles.
LITLINGTON
New at the Plough and Harrow is Long Blonde,
the first beer from Long Man, the new brewery
in the village. From 1 May, the full range of the
brewery’s three ales will be in the pub.
MILTON STREET
The Sussex Ox is stocking beer from the
nearby Long Man brewery, following an introductory evening showcasing the beers.
PLUMPTON
Not mentioned for some time in these pages,
the Half Moon Inn is GBG-listed and is one of
the forthcoming pubs on the local branch Ale
Trail. It sells Harveys Best plus changing
guests from Dark Star, 1648, WJ King and
other local breweries.
SALEHURST
The Halt just missed out on being the local
Branch POTY but remains a must for all to
visit. After Easter it is anticipated that the outside oven will once again being producing
pizzas to die for!
SEAFORD
The Old Plough, Church Street, always has
several cask ales available, often with one at
£1.99 a pint. Usually, all ales are sold below
the resistance limit of £3.00. The manager is
now given more freedom to select from local
breweries, Beachy Head, for example, a recent
welcome addition.
SELSEY
The Fishermans Joy has reopened after a long
interval following extensive fire damage.
SHARPTHORNE
The Intrepid Fox has reverted back to its
original name, the Vinols Cross, and has been
LocAle accredited.
ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA
Adnams Broadside (£3.00) alongside three
other beers at £3.10 means the Horse and
Groom remains a must to visit in central
town. Further north, the Silverhill Tavern has
added a fifth hand pump; with beers from
Plain Ales and Wooden Hand Brewery there is
always something interesting to taste.
Landlord Wayne has said there is to be a beer
festival, possibly in June. The Clarence, also
in Silverhill, is to trial beers from Hastings
Brewery. In Bohemia, the North Star no
longer has lined glasses; but with five beers,
often some from local breweries, excellent
food and loyalty cards the pub remains a gem.
Shane and Valerie Frost are valiantly taking on
the holding company and Enterprise Inns to
ensure beer choice and quality has once more
returned to the Dripping Spring. Although
the Tower - a true free house - has not been
on the real ale radar in recent years, Louisa
and her staff have changed all that with Dark
Star beers, and others, in fine form and at
£2.30 a pint! (A recent pint of APA scored 4.5
on the NBSS.)
STAPLEFIELD
The ever popular Jolly Tanners always
features a dark beer or two amongst the seven
ales on offer. A recent visit found a rarity in
Okells Smoked Porter on sale; again this is another pub that can offer interesting ales not
normally seen in the area. There are also four
ciders available. Landlord Chris holds a couple
of beer festivals every year, which are much
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appreciated by locals (and others) and prove
very popular.
STOPHAM
By Stopham Bridge, near Pulborough, the
White Hart is now selling Langham Sundowner as a replacement for that brewery’s
Hip Hop.
UCKFIELD
The Alma (Harveys) remains the best pub in
town for a good (and reasonably priced) pint,
with three or four Lewes brews available.
Thatchers Traditional Cider is also offered
here. Across the road from the railway station,
the Cock & Bull (Greene King) has undergone
a refurbishment and has been renamed the
Station. A recent Saturday night visit, however, found four hand pumps with all the clips
reversed and there is an imminent threat to
the existence of the pub due to a proposed
road improvement scheme by East Sussex
County Council.
WITHYHAM
It is nearly a year since the Dorset Arms
changed licensees, but the beer quality
remains excellent in this Harveys pub. Best
and Hadlow are still the regular beers with
one or two seasonal offerings.
WOODMANCOTE
Having been closed for a year (previously
Wadworth) the Woodmancote Arms has now
been opened as a free house by John Miller,
formerly of J&M Inns, one of the first pub
chains to appear in Sussex. Beers, including
three on gravity, were Brains SA, Caledonian
Deuchars IPA, Hop Back Summer Lightning,
Wells and Young’s Courage Directors and a
house beer, ‘Woodies Ale’. Langham brewery
have since established a trading relationship
with the pub and in mid-April delivered HipHop and Halfway to Heaven.
WEST CHILTINGTON
Mannie, the new landlady at the Roundabout
Hotel, Smock Alley, is keen to promote real
ales; Sharp’s Doom Bar is first on but she
hopes to sell Sussex guest ales soon.
WESTFIELD
The GBG-listed Old Courthouse has closed,
with the landlord reported having moved
away.
WORTHING
JB’s Bar, New Street, was serving WJ King
Horsham Best and Grafton Jazz (3.8%).
A 1960s incarnation of the bar was the Ocean
Club and, according to a regular, the dance
floor was later re-laid upstairs to form the
floor of what is now the main bar area.
Golden Lion: after a recent refurbishment,
this large estate pub close to Durrington
Station now shows Greene King as its owners
on the pub sign.
Bottled ales delivered to you.
We source from small independent
breweries and stock a large range
of bottle conditioned ales.
Delivery nationwide,
send a case for Fathers Day!
Recently launched with new beers
being added all the time.
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Bus to the Pub
Support our Pubs & Country
Bus Routes with ‘Bus to the
Pub’ around Sussex
I
f you would enjoy visiting different pubs with fine ales in friendly convivial company without
the constraints of the car, then our varied programme of regular daytime ‘Bus to the Pub’
(BttP) socials may just appeal! With so many good pubs struggling to survive in the current
economic climate and County Council budget cuts threatening the subsidised bus services that
serve their local communities, it is now very much ‘use them or lose them’ time.
Friday 25 May: ‘BttP’ Sussex PotY survey to
Robin Hood, Icklesham (SE Sx Branch
PotY). Meet Brighton Stn for 10.32 train to
Hastings then 12.15 Stagecoach 100 to pub
Wednesday 30 May: ‘BttP’ West Sussex Explorer to West Chiltington, & Thakeham;
11.05 Stagecoach 1 from W’tg South Street to
Five Bells (GBG) then option to go to Queens
Head, Barns Green (GBG) end back to White
Lion (GBG)
Friday 8 June: ‘BttP’ Sussex PotY survey to
Wilkes’ Head, Eastergate (GBG & Western
Sx Branch PotY). Meet Worthing Pier for
12.30 Compass 84 to the War Memorial
Wednesday 13 June: ‘BttP’ East Sussex
Explorer to Salehurst; 10.32 Train from B’ton
Stn to St. Leonards Warrior Square for 11.46
Countryliner 304 to Robertsbridge then short
walk to Halt (GBG)
Friday 22 June: ‘BttP’ Ale Trail Explorer to
South Chailey, Plumpton & Wivelsfield
Green; meet Brighton Churchill Square for the
10.55 B&H 28 to Lewes Prison then 11.30 Countryliner 121 to the Horns Lodge (GBG) then
onwards to the Half Moon (GBG) & Cock (GBG)
Friday 29 June: ‘BttP’ Ale Trail Explorer to
Barcombe, Ringmer & Isfield; meet Churchill
Square for 11.05 B&H 28 from B’ton to Lewes
Prison then 11.42 Countryliner 125 to Royal
Oak then walk to Cock (GBG) and bus onto
Laughing Fish (GBG)
Wednesday 4 July: ‘BttP’ Early evening Ale
Trail Explorer to Ringmer, Uckfield, Five
Ash Down & Falmer; meet Churchill Square
for 17.05 B&H 29b to the Anchor (GBG) then
onward to the Alma (GBG) and Pig & Butcher
before returning to the Swan (GBG)
Friday 13 July: Ale Trail Explorer to Fulking
for Shepherd & Dog Beer Festival; meet outside B’ton Stn (stop E) for 11.42 B&H 77 to
Devils Dyke then downhill walk to pub. Return
via Poynings
Friday 20 July: East Sussex BttP Explorer to
Red Lion, Snargate (GBG); 10.32 Train from
B’ton Stn to Appledore (Kent) then walk to pub
Monday 30 July: ‘BttP’ Ale Trail Explorer to
Lindfield, Scaynes Hill, Newick & Lewes.
Meet Old Steine (Stop D) for the 11.08 Countryliner 40x to Hay Heath PRH for connection
onto the 12.05 (or 12.12 at Perrymount Road
adj to Stn) Metrobus 270 to the Stand Up Inn
(GBG) then 13.05 Countryliner 31 to Scaynes
Hill and an exhilarating walk to the Sloop;
then onwards to Newick and then Lewes (7
Ale Trail stamps!)*Check details of this trip
beforehand with Stuart.
Friday 10 August: ‘BttP’ Western Sussex Explorer to Henley & Midhurst; Either 11.05
Stagecoach 1 from W’tg South St. (or train to
meet) Chichester Bus Stn for 11.46 Stagecoach
60 to Midhurst for 12.33 Stagecoach 70 to
Duke Of Cumberland (GBG) then return to
Swan, Midhurst
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Wednesday 15 August: ‘BttP’ Ale Trail & Mid
Sx Explorer to Whitemans Green, Burgess
Hill & Hurstpierpoint; Meet B’ton Churchill
Sq. 10.35 Countryliner 40 to Ship (Ale Trail)
then back to Quench Bar & Poacher (Ale Trail)
Monday 20 August: ‘BttP’ evening Ale Trail
Explorer to Seaford & Newhaven. Meet
Churchill Square for the 18.00 B&H 12x to the
Cinque Ports (GBG) & Plough then 19.49 B&H
12 to the Jolly Boatman
Thursday 30 August: West Sussex Explorer
‘BttP’ to Royal Oak, Friday Street (GBG);
either 11.00 Stagecoach 17 from B’ton
Churchill Sq., or 11.28 Metrobus 23 from W’tg
Pier, to meet Horsham Bus Stn. for 12.35
Compass 52 to Rusper then short, flat walk to pub
For more info or to join our mailing list:
Email [email protected] or ring Stuart
on 07817 058 928
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22nd Sussex Branches Beer & Cider Festival
Another Huge Success at Hove
e would like to thank each and every
one of the nearly 4,200 of you who
came to enjoy the 22nd Sussex
Branches Beer & Cider Festival, and most
certainly did enjoy it, consuming in the
process some 19,000 pints of beer, cider or
perry. That is almost an average of a staggering (not literally! - Ed.) five pints per person.
No wonder we nearly ran out of beer again on
the Saturday! This success story shows the
growing popularity of real ale, cider and perry.
Many thanks are also due to all our volunteers
who helped to make this festival happen.
W
As happens every year at this festival, various prestigious awards were made. Cider and
Perry of the Festival were Gwatkin’s Norman
S.V. and Troggi Perai, respectively. Beer of the
Festival went to the Wiltshire-based Hop Back
Brewery for their Entire Stout, while the Bev
Robbins Trophy for the best Sussex beer was
awarded to Kissingate Brewery for their
Mary’s Ruby Mild. The festival is also honoured to host the overall final judging in the
London & South-East Area of the Champion
Beer of Britain Competition. The winner was
bottle-conditioned Dark Star Imperial Stout.
Another Sussex beer, Hammerpot Bottle Wreck
Porter, was runner-up. Congratulations!
Thanks to the generosity of the festival goers
who donated unused tokens, the festival charity Leo House at Home benefited by £1309.
Another £531 was collected in cash including
donations from Olives & Things and Ace Faces.
Our Kissingate Brewery, based at Lower Beeding, kindly donated a cask of their Best, which
raised a further £127.
While the festival was another huge success,
there were two issues that we’d like to address
and explain briefly:
First, the beer list: while we are all used to
the odd last-minute substitute beer here and
there, this year we had more than ever before.
We had 38 deletions and 41 additions, which
muddled up the balance of the beer order.
It also upset the alphabetical order, as
delivered beers had to be put into spaces that
were left by unavailable beers. We can only
apologise for the confusion.
Second, we were also plagued by the
recently-installed Building Management
System of Hove Town Hall, which created a
number of challenges for the caterers to get
enough food out to hungry punters at key
times. Rather than walk away, our caterers
valiantly soldiered on in the face of this, and
we thank them for their professionalism and
effort in doing so. We would, however, still
like to apologise to any festival visitors and
volunteers who were negatively affected by
these delays.
In the meantime, planning has already
commenced for next year’s festival which is
due to be held during 7-9 March 2013 at the
same venue where, hopefully, we will have an
even better selection of beers, ciders and
perries on offer. Anybody who would like to
get involved with next year’s festival - we are
looking for a Health & Safety Officer and a
Secretary, for example - please contact us on
[email protected].
Ingrid Sharp
Festival Organiser
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Bru News
Bru News
The Sussex Breweries Pages
Information here is mostly from
Sussex Branches’ Liaison Meeting
on 14 April, by Brewery Liaison
Officers named at the end. The
Brewery Liaison Coordinator for
Sussex, Kent and Surrey is Peter
Page-Mitchell.
1648 BREWING Co
at The Kings Head, East
Hoathly, 01825 840830.
www.1648brewing.co.uk
Sales of cask ales continue to increase under the watchful eye of
Frenchman, Yannick Vuillemey the
new Head Brewer. With nobody
noticing the join, he has settled in
very well. There are two new
special celebration brews to look
out for, available in both cask and
bottles. Royal Jubilee (4.1%) is
light and bright with a slight hoppy
back-taste. And to celebrate Yannick to the brewery, The Laughing
Frog (5.2%) is full and strong, similar to the golden French ales, and
will be exported to France with
the local East Hoathly twinning
group. This will be my last report
as BLO as I stand down to allow
me to concentrate on other
CAMRA issues. I would just like to
thank 1648 for their cooperation
in the past few years and wish
them all the best for the future.
Phil Cozens
Festival. The ‘Meet the Brewer’
Night at the Spy Glass, Worthing
was a great success and the new
beer Worthing Best (4.0%) sold
more than nine gallons and has
been popular ever since. The
brewery has obtained a Brighton
pub company contract to supply
all their real ale pubs with Rip Tide
(4.1%) and other beers.
Bruce Bird (Acting BLO)
ARUNDEL
ADUR
Steyning, 01903 867614.
www.adurvalleycoop.com
After the success of the two Open
Days, the Co-op now has 29
members, many of which have
extensive brewing experience.
They are supplying pubs in east
and west Sussex, although the
Red Lion in Shoreham no longer
seems to be the Brewery Tap.
Black William Stout is a well-received brew and, the Co-op say,
“one that we are proud to offer.
We are concentrating on both
brewery and brewing improvements at the moment but
confident we are on the way to
providing high quality locallybrewed beer”. Plans are to add
additional and unique beers in the
near future.
Adrian Towler
ANCHOR SPRINGS
Littlehampton, 01903 715111.
Black Pearl Porter (5.2%) attracted considerable interest at the
Sussex Beer & Cider Festival and
was awarded joint 3rd Beer of the
Ford, nr Arundel, 01903 733111.
www.arundelbrewery.co.uk
After the usual post-Christmas and
New Year lull, the brewery is
again busy and gearing up for the
new season, hoping that it can
match or better its 2011 performance, the company’s best to date.
The pipework for the new brewing
plant has been improved recently –
a prosaic but very necessary job
to help the business cope effectively with rising demand. Sales
continue to expand into new
outlets and new areas, which in
turn means more work for the
dray. Beer is heavy stuff to ship
around, and the extra loads and
mileage delivered the coup de
grâce to the old vehicle, which has
been retired and replaced. The
beer range continues to be
reviewed, with New Horizons
joining the seasonal range in
March and featuring in the recent
Wetherspoon spring beer festival.
This is the second beer from the
company to be promoted by a
distinctive square pump clip, the
other being Old Ale, a beer with
good roast flavours and a slightly
dry finish which sold very well
throughout its 2011 October to
December season.
Jeff Vinter
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BALLARD’S
Nyewood, 01730 821362.
www.ballardsbrewery.org.uk
No report.
Barry Woodward
BASELINE
Unit 11B, Golding Barn Industrial Estate, Henfield Road,
Small Dole, West Sussex, BN5
9XH, 01903 879111
www.baselinebrewing.co.uk
[email protected]
This is a new 5BBL Brewery
focusing on using the most expensive brewing ingredients and a
batch sparge mash to make
exceptionally fine ales: Thunderbolt (3.2%), Dark Matter (5.5%)
and English Electric Lightning
(5.3%). Dual Cool Process
ensures great hot break. No
Isinglass is used so the beers are
vegetarian!
BLO TBC
BEACHY HEAD
East Dean, 01323 733603.
www.beachyhead.org.uk
Sales are outstripping production
at present. Some bottled beers
will not be available for some
time. The Birling Gap hotel
presently stocks both bottled and
draught versions of the brewery’s
beers. The brewery tap, the Tiger
Inn, continues to increase Beachy
Head sales and due to the great
demand Roger is again considering
an expansion of the brewery.
Tony Harman
BEDLAM
Albourne Farm, Shaves Wood
Lane, Albourne, Hassocks, West
Sussex BN6 9DX
No report. The brewery has not
been in contact.
Peter Mitchell
BLACK CAT
Groombridge, 07948 387718.
No report.
David Moore
DARK STAR
Partridge Green, 01403 713085.
www.darkstarbrewing.co.uk and
Twitter
Dark Star have kept to their tradition
of bringing in some of the best talent by importing Andy Paterson
down from Brewdog, Fraserburgh,
to be part of the brewing team.
It came as a very welcome surprise that Battersea Beer Festival
voted as Beer of the Festival the
new 5.7% Revelation. The beer
is heavily hopped and takes a few
extra days in production. In the
recent final judging of all the regional category winners for the
2012 Champion Beer of Britain
competition, Dark Star Brewery
yet again won several awards:
Imperial Stout - Overall Regional
Champion & RAIB Gold; APA Golden Ales (Gold); Festival Strong Bitters (Gold); Hophead Golden Ales (Bronze); Saison - Speciality Ales (Bronze). Many congratulations to Head Brewer Mark
Tranter and his team. Upcoming
monthly and seasonal specials are
Victorian Ruby Mild (6.0%, May),
Summer Solstice (4.2%, June),
Sunburst (4.8%) and Summer
Meltdown (4.8%, May to August),
Saison (4.5%, June to August) and
Hylder Blonde (4.2%, July to Sept).
A run of this year’s 6.5% Six Hop
will be going into 330ml bottles and
should be available from May.
Stuart Elms
FALLEN ANGEL
East Hoathly, 01825 841307.
www.fallenangelbrewery.com
No report. The brewery has not
been in contact.
BLO TBC
FILO
Hastings, 01424 425079.
www.filobrewing.co.uk
This year’s first brew of Mike’s
Mild should be available for the
Easter break, while the Churches
Pale Ale has now returned to the
pumps, following a short break,
owing to difficulties in sourcing the
Amarillo hops used in the original
recipe. These have now been
replaced with a blend of other
hop varieties, providing an excellent pale ale very similar to the
original. Other regulars, Crofters,
Gold and Old Town Tom (formerly
Ginger Tom) remain as popular as
ever.
Bill Turner
FRANKLINS
Bexhill, 01424 731066.
www.franklinsbrewery.co.uk
No report.
Mac McCutcheon
FULL MOON
Catsfield, 07832 220745.
www.fullmoonbrewery.co.uk
The very welcome news is that
Full Moon is currently brewing
again at the same, original site in
Catsfield (Henley Down), Battle.
The building has had some slight
renovations and new equipment
installed. There is now a website
(as above) and two beers are currently supplied: Hopdance (3.9%),
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Bru News - continued
dry golden ale with a fresh fruit
and citrus hop aroma; Celestial
Blonde (4.3%), pale ale, light
golden, fairly dry and slightly bitter
with a pine and lemon aroma and
a crisp hop and peppery taste.
BLO TBC
GRIBBLE
at the Gribble Inn, Oving, nr
Chichester, 01243 786893.
www.gribbleinn.co.uk
Pukka Mild will be brewed for
May again this year and will
replace the popular Blackadder.
Available at the Sussex Beer &
Cider Festival, Hove and the
recent Adur Beer Festival at the
Red Lion, Shoreham were Pigs
Ear and Pheasant Plucker. All the
Gribble brews are currently available from the pub as a 5, 10 or
20-litre take-away.
Chris Wright
HAMMERPOT
Poling, nr Arundel, 01903 883338.
www.hammerpot-brewery.co.uk
Bottle Wreck Porter continues to
steamroller the opposition at festivals all over the region. The Gold
award at the Gosport Winterfest
in the Porter class was followed by
Beer of the Festival at the Twickenham Beer & Cider Festival. Its
many uses now include that of
sausage ingredient, courtesy of the
Meat in the Square butcher, Arundel.
This England is being readied for
appearances around St George’s
Day and the Diamond Jubilee,
June. Lee is currently devising an
Olympics-themed summer ale
from a top secret blend of European hops. Overall sales continue
to be very strong and the brewery
is working at plus capacity.
Tim Walker
HARVEYS
Lewes, 01273 480209.
www.harveys.org.uk
Five Harveys’ beers were available
at the Sussex Beer & Cider Festival, including the special Hope of
Hove. A special beer will be produced for the Diamond Jubilee,
based on the original version of
Elizabethan Ale, first produced in
1953 for the coronation. Whilst
the bottled version will be 7.5%,
the cask version will be a mere
5.0%. It is hoped to trial some
beers on the microbrewery in the
near future but Harveys are busy
with maintenance work in various
parts of the brewery at the moment.
It has been reported in the trade
press that the lease on the
Dorset, Lewes is available.
Harveys have acquired a second
pub in London, the Cat’s Back,
Wandsworth. Contracts have
been exchanged but a date for the
actual takeover is not yet known.
It is good to know that in these
difficult times Harveys are still prepared to invest in new pubs.
Jack Wilkinson
HASTINGS
St Leonards-on-Sea,
01424 205437.
www.hastingsbrewery.co.uk
Two different Diamond Jubilee
Ales will be produced: 1952 will be
a best bitter of around 4.2% 4.4%, based on a recipe from the
period; 2012 will be a more modern type of beer, exact recipe and
style still to be determined. Expect
these in a small number of pubs,
and available to buy in bottles. In
June the brewery will be supplying
five casks of Blonde to the
Strangers’ Bar in the House of
Commons. Regarding new out-
lets: two beer engines are being
installed in Frank’s Front Room
(formerly The Priory), on Station
Road, Hastings. This means there
will soon be a permanent outlet
for Hastings ales in the town centre. Also from Easter a dedicated
beer engine will be available in the
Dolphin Inn, in the Old Town.
This will initially be for a month’s
trial and so will depend on sales.
Plans to open a micropub are still
in the very early stages, so there is
no fixed location or date but it will
probably be in the Bohemia area
of St Leonards. This pub will be a
converted retail unit, have a capacity
of about 25-30 people, and will
sell only real ales, wine and soft
drinks: there will be no music,
lager or spirits. You can see more
about micropubs at www.micropub.co.uk. The brewery now
has a premises licence so polypins
can be bought at the brewery and
online via a new website.
Peter Page-Mitchell
HEPWORTH & Co
Horsham, 01403 269696.
www.thebeerstation.co.uk
Andy Hepworth was disappointed
that the alcohol escalator put 5%
on beer, following the budget.
He commented that the point of
diminishing returns had already
been reached. On a more positive note Andy is pleased to report
that overall sales are up for all
markets, compared to this time
last year. A new low-alcohol beer,
Olympian Ale (2.5%) will be out
in May. Hepworth are celebrating
after winning the S.I.B.A. Gold
Award and becoming Supreme
Champion with their Conqueror
Stout at a recent competition involving Dark Milds, Stouts, and
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Porters: at 4.5% this stout is now
a regular part of Hepworth’s Portfolio, appearing in September and
October each year. Diamond Ale,
at 6.0% on draught and 7.4% in
bottle, will be available during May
and June celebrating the Diamond
Jubilee.
John Keller
KEMPTOWN
at The Hand in Hand, Brighton,
01273 699595.
www.kemptownbrewery.com
Gary and Matt continue to rebuild
and update the brewery at the
Hand in Hand pub. Most of the
‘hot side’ work is now done and
they will soon be putting some
test brews through the kit. They
very much look forward to inviting
CAMRA members to the pub to
taste the new range of Kemptown
beers.
Jim Hawkins
W J KING & Co
Horsham, 01403 272102.
www.kingbeer.co.uk
A large new order has been
shipped to China for bottle-conditioned ale, with hopes of more to
come along with other new
export markets. Kings Royal Mild
will be launched at an Open Day
at the brewery 11am-2pm on 5
May. A special Diamond Jubilee
beer will be available in June,
launched at a Jubilee party at the
brewery 12-2pm on 2 June. IPA
and Spring will also be available in
May, then Green Bullet (June),
Gold (July) and Summer and Sussex Downs Ale (June onwards).
Mike Head
KISSINGATE
Lower Beeding, 07909 975664.
www.kissingate.co.uk
The brewery has increased beer
sales significantly since recent
expansion. Gary and Bunny say
that they are producing cleaner
and crisper beers on the new kit.
A rise in supplies to pubs in the
Brighton and Hove area are,
however, stretching the 6BBL
brewing capacity to the limit.
Over the next few months there
are plans to purchase two more
fermentation vessels. This will
help the brewery meet demand
and allow for more beers to be
added to the Kissingate range.
Smelter’s Stout, Chennai IPA,
Black Cherry Mild and Kissingate
Best are all selling well whilst
Mary’s Ruby Mild recently won
The Bev Robbins Shield for best
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Sussex beer at the Sussex Beer &
Cider Festival. The brewery has
also won the Gatwick Diamond
New Business of the Year Award,
recognizing achievement and
growth in tough economic times.
Congratulations on this magnificent accolade. Six CAMRA
branches have visited the Kissingate in recent weeks: all are
extremely complimentary and
thoroughly enjoyed the day. North
Sussex branch also had their AGM
at the brewery in March.
Roy Bray
KITCHEN GARDEN
Sheffield Park, 01825 790775
www.kitchengardenbrewery.co.uk
The proprietor and brewster is
Bethan Godwin. The single barrel
set-up is located in the old Victorian Kitchen Garden of Sheffield
Park, where Bethan lives. She has
been inspired to start brewing by
her father who owns a vineyard
and plant nursery on the same
site. Currently only bottle-conditioned beers are produced; there
are no plans in the pipeline to produce cask. Bethan is a vegetarian
and all her beers are suitable for
vegetarians and vegans. The
current available range is Traditional Ale (3.4%, Standard Bitter);
Best Bitter (3.8%); Stout (3.8%);
Orange Wheat Beer (4.3%);
Golden Ale (5.1%); Mild (Gently
Fuggled) (3.3%); Red Robin
Spiced Winter Ale (4.5%). The
beers are available in 500ml bottles at the brewery shop and
Middle Farm, Firle. The first four in
the above list are now available
online for the very reasonable
price of £25 for a dozen 500ml
bottles from www.beermatt.co.uk.
Some stock may be supplied for
the South Downs Beer Festival,
Lewes. Bethan cannot accommodate brewery tours at present but
is looking into a possible future
event later this year, further details
to be provided.
Jason Phillips
LANGHAM
Lodsworth, Petworth,
01798 860861.
www.langhambrewery.co.uk
With summer approaching
production ramps up on the four
core beers and the spring seasonal
beer Flor-Ale (pale zesty, 3.8%).
The brewery’s beers can now be
found in about a dozen Brighton
pubs owned by Indigo Leisure.
The brewery beer tent will be at
the following events this summer:
Haslemere Classic car meet, 27
May; Haslemere Fringe, 2-3 June;
Meadowlands Music Fest, 2-4 June.
The next seasonal beer will be for
the summer equinox (20 June), the
golden hoppy 3.9% Festiv-Ale.
Peter Luff
RECTORY
Streat, 01273 890570.
Rector’s Light Relief has been
nominated for inclusion at The
Great British Beer Festival, after
confirmation that Godfrey could
supply 4 kilderkins (18 gallon
casks) from the same batch. Despite this winter being much less
severe than the last, snow on the
Downs still hampered access to
the brewery, stopping Godfrey
from collecting beers for delivery
to the Battersea Beer Festival; it
was, however, all up and running
in good time for deliveries to the
Sussex Beer & Cider Festival. The
first brew of the Diamond Jubilee
Ale has sold out; a second batch
will be brewed after Easter, with
the probability of a third brew later
in the year. The next available
beer is Easter Ale, a 4.8% golden
ale. Godfrey continues to supply
his usual outlets including the Gardener’s Arms and the Snowdrop,
Lewes, the Evening Star, Brighton
and the Stanley Arms, Portslade.
Paul Free
LONG MAN
Church Farm, Litlington, East Sussex, BN26 5RA, 07976 777992
www.longmanbrewery.com
[email protected]
Beers are Long Blonde (3.8%),
smooth, light and refreshing
golden ale with a distinctive hoppy
aroma and crisp clean bitterness
on the finish; Best Bitter (4.0%),
perfectly balanced with a complex
bittersweet malty taste, fragrant
hops and a characteristic long
deep finish; Sussex Pride (4.5%),
strong, complex IPA, bronzecoloured with a fruity nose and
well-balanced full, round flavours.
Scott O’Rourke
ROTHER VALLEY
Northiam, 01797 252922.
Sales remain steady. England’s
Best Bitter (4.0%) is due to be
brewed again in June in time for
the European football.
Dawn Lincoln
RUDGWICK
16, Foxholes, Rudgwick, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 3DX,
01403 823826
It is sad to relate that this new
brewery, after a promising start, is
no longer in commercial operation. Brewer Steve Dole produced
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two casks per brew of 144, after
the number of pints in two casks
(firkins), to supply the Sir Roger
Tichborne, Alford Bars. This lightbrown coloured bitter was
brewed with Kent Goldings and
Fuggles hops. It had a soft taste for
its (4.5%) strength with a slight
smokey aftertaste.
Jeff Peacock
able to the majority of their pubs.
Progress continues to be made
with the location of the brewery
at Small Dole. The lease is close
to being signed and equipment
has been ordered – the brew
length will be 12.5BBL.
Roger Coton
TURNERS
SOUTHDOWNS
Currently brewed at Kent
Brewery
[email protected]
Demand for the brewery’s beer is
very encouraging with lots of
orders for various Easter beer
festivals. The third beer from the
brewery is now available: Truleigh
Gold (3.7%), a light golden ale.
A special dry hopped version,
Truleigh Gold Extra, was being
supplied to the Red Lion Easter
beer festival. The Honey Porter
brewed for the Selden Arms Beer
Festival was very popular and was
one of the first beers to sell out.
The Cock Inn, Wivelsfield Green
will have a house beer supplied by
SouthDowns, named Slugwash
(after a local road). The brewery
is now an accredited supplier to
the Drinkinbrighton group of pubs
with all three of the beers avail-
Highfield Farm, Ringmer,
East Sussex
08456 598172 / 07896 892172
www.turnersbrewery.com
[email protected]
Test brews are currently being
produced at Emsworth, with an
up-scaling planned at Oakleaf. The
first beer, Turners Best (4.1%) has
been on sale at the Selden Arms,
Worthing. A 5.5BBL brew length
plant is eventually planned. There
will be five different ales of the following styles: best bitter (4.1%);
wheat beer (4.5%); light/gold ale
(3.8%); traditional IPA (5.5%)
porter/winter beer (6.0%). All will
also be available in bottled form.
The brewery is also planning to
take on an apprentice.
Ruth Anglezarke (Provisional BLO)
WORTHY CAUSES
A 10-barrel Sussex Beer Festival, organised by
Arun & Adur CAMRA, will be part of the Worthing Jamboree on Sunday 17 June at St.
Paul’s, Chapel Road from 3.00-9.00pm. Many
events will take place, including a Food Festival; cider will be on tap too; admission is free
and the proceeds are in aid of Cancer Research
UK. The branch are also organising the ales at
WELTON’S
Horsham, 01403 242901.
www.weltonsbeer.co.uk
Alexander, the new apprentice
brewer, has joined the brewery at
an exciting time with a whole host
of new beers to brew. As promised at the House of Commons,
Ray has introduced Light Duty, a
2.0% beer that is full of flavour,
yet tastes much stronger. Ray
plans to add more low gravity
beers in the near future. Topper
Mild (4.0%) and Blackcurrant
Mild (5.0%) are planned for May,
along with Buckland Shag (4.7%),
flavoured with coriander, Chanctonbury Ring (5.6%) an oatmeal
stout, Magog (4.1%), a Pilsner
and, in June, Double Fault,
brewed using two malts and two
hops. We may also see a Bavarian
Weissbier, a sour beer designed
to be flavoured with cordials. Busy
Lizzie, a 5.0% pale IPA is due in
June and Samurai rice beer at
6.0% is worth looking out for in
July. There will be a whole day of
rock music at the brewery on Saturday 8 September. If you are
near the coast, check out Lionheart, a 4.4% bottled beer, available in off-licences.
Nigel Bullen
the 4th Oak Grove Beer & Music Festival on
Saturday evening 23 June from 5.00pm, when
there will be 14 beers from Sussex and Kent
plus ciders and perries. Born To Be Jovi and
Lee Pashley will head the musical line-up with
four local bands; proceeds are to help the students with learning difficulties at the college.
Tickets (£5 & £3) are available at the gate.
Bruce Bird & Jim Waterston
Arun & Adur Branch
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Cider and Perry
CIDER HOUSE NOTES
don’t normally use this page as a platform
for my personal rants, but this time I really
need to address the thorny issue of
CAMRA’s definition of “real cider and perry”,
as I am becoming increasingly frustrated by
the constrictions of the definition. Among the
motions put forward for April’s AGM were two
seeking to amend this definition, Motions 6
(submitted by the APPLE - Apple and Pear Produce Liaison Executive - committee itself) and
7 (submitted by Kent Region).
I
APPLE’s Motion appeared to try and bring
the definition more into line with the definition of real ale, that is, make it more detailed
and descriptive of all stages of production, but
still said “No other adjuncts of any type may
be added at any stage”, so still no room for
adding real fruit of any kind beside
apples/pears in cider/perry. This Motion was
narrowly defeated by seven votes, I think
partly because there was too much detail, and
partly because cider/perry is a completely different product from ale and therefore is not
comparable in definition.
Kent’s Motion simply sought for a review of
CAMRA’s real ale and real cider definitions in
the External Policy Document, such review to
be completed in time for members to consider
at the next conference, so was simply referred
to the NE. Last year, Kent’s Motion seeking
acceptance of added real fruits and spices to
ciders and perries was narrowly defeated;
Roger Marples’ Star Letter in What’s Brewing,
July 2011 was excellent in explaining why
fruits and spices should be allowed, so I am
including extracts from his letter to showcase
the ludicrous discrepancies in CAMRA’s
definitions of real ale and ciders and perries:
“…There are strict criteria for real ciders and
perries, with relation to ingredients, but none
for real ales. Thus, CAMRA would accept a beer
brewed from sugar or glucose (with no malted
barley), hop oil, yeast and water, providing it
underwent secondary fermentation …[so] a
CAMRA beer festival [would offer] beers
flavoured with bananas, coffee or Horlicks …
but not cider flavoured with Kentish cherries…”
So in my opinion we need to be less proscriptive and more inclusive on what goes into our
ciders and perries. After all, we are promoting
traditional real ciders and perries, and in times
past all sorts of strange things got added to
cider, including slabs of meat, though I probably wouldn’t go that far.
Another minor rant, before I move on to
more newsy items, about what CAMRA stands
for. In What’s Brewing, February 2012, there
was a letter from Dr. Chris Bruton entitled “No
Place for Cider”, where he says that campaigning for cider has no place in CAMRA – luckily,
there was a reply from Mick Lewis, APPLE’s
champion for cider and perry, in the letters
page in the March 2012 edition, saying that if
it hadn’t been for CAMRA and its festivals,
perry may have almost disappeared, so although cider and perry is only a small part of
campaigning within CAMRA, it is a very important part! Besides which, APPLE has been
around since 1978, so historically is an important part of CAMRA, too.
Right, that’s got that off my chest!
Sussex Beer & Cider Festival at Hove had a
few problems, but the Cider Bar had a wide
selection of ciders and perries (37 ciders, 15
perries) which went down well with the
drinkers, and included some new Sussex cider
producers – Black Pig Orchards, Danehill;
Uncle Stoat’s, Hassocks; and Wobblegate,
Bolney. Cider of the Festival was Gwatkin’s
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History and Heritage
Norman cider (Herefordshire), Perry of the
Festival was Troggi Perai (Wales). That is
rather a long way to go for presenting certificates, though when we visited Gwatkin’s to
present certificates four years ago we had a
very enjoyable time, and I think Denis
Gwatkin did too, going by the accompanying
photo.
THE JOLLY
TANNERS
STAPLEFIELD RH17 6EF Tel: 01444 400335
Fine ales • First class food • Large garden
Children and dogs welcome
August Bank
Bank Holiday
Holiday
August
Beer Festival
Festival
Beer
Fri 24th - Mon 27th
at The Jolly Tanners
All Champion Beers
Food and Entertainment
So there may be a long weekend later in the
year to look forward to, watch this space… if
you are interested in a Herefordshire/Monmouthshire weekend away, please let me
know ([email protected]). The next
festivals to look forward to will be Yapton, in
May, and South Downs, at Lewes in June, so
more cider and perry to look forward to!
Live Jazz
Mon 27th from 4pm
Jackie Johnson
Surrey and Sussex Regional
Cider Coordinator
If we run out of fuel due to
striking tanker drivers, will all
cider deliveries be like this?
Arundel Brewery Ltd, C7 Ford Airfield Ind Est,
Ford, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 0HY
Tel: 01903 733111
[email protected]
www.arundelbrewery.co.uk
Sussex
Sussex
Drinker:
Drinker:
Summer
Spring 2012 21
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Rob and
Teresa
welcome you
to the...
Arun and Adur Branch
of CAMRA
Pub of the Year
2010, 2011 AND 2012!
• A selection of draught and bottled real ales•
• Ideal for parties, weddings and functions•
• Visit our brewery shop•
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The Old Sawmill, Nyewood
Nr Petersfield, Hants GU31 5HA
Tel: 01730 821362
www.ballards-brewery.co.uk
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Diary Dates
BEER FESTIVALS AND OTHER DELIGHTS
CAMRA FESTIVALS IN BOLD. For FREE inclusion in these diary dates, contact the Editor; for
PAID advertisements contact Neil Richards. Copy-by date and contact details on p.3.
May 12 North Sussex CAMRA Mild Day at the
Swan, West Green, Crawley, as part of a Swan
Inn Mild Festival from 11-14 May, 01293 527447
May 18-20 23rd YAPTON BEEREX, Yapton and
Ford Village Hall,
www.westernsussexcamra.org.uk
May 19-20 Beer Tent Event, 10am-5pm, Floral
Fringe Fair, Bignor Park, Pulborough,
www.ale-inatent.co.uk
May 25-27 9th Southwick Beer Festival, over 60
ales and ciders, Southwick Community Centre,
24 Southwick Street, advance tickets, 01273
592819/597094,
www.southwickbeerfestival.co.uk/
May 26 Burgess Hill Football Club 3rd Annual
Beer Festival, Leyland’s Park, Burgess Hill,
www.beermatt.co.uk
May 26 Spin Up In A Brewery, 3-8pm, Dark Star
Brewery, Partridge Green, www.spinupinabrewery.com
May 27 Brighton and South Downs Ale Trail
Launch, Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes,
01273 473797
June 1 Train to London Pubs (TTLP) 5: Clapham,
Wandsworth, Putney, Fulham, Hammersmith etc.;
contact [email protected]
June 1-3 Glastonwick 2012, Church Farm,
Coombs, 01273 870875, www.cask-ale.co.uk
June 1-4 Cat & Canary 4th Beer Festival, Upper
Station Road, Henfield, 01273 492509
June 1-4 Dew Drop Inn and the Eagle, Joint Beer
Festival, South Street, Eastbourne, 01323
723313/417799, www.theeagleeastbourne.co.uk
June 1-5 Globe Inn Summer Beer Festival, South
Street, Chichester, 01243 782035, www.chichesterglobeinn.co.uk
June 1-5 Jolly Tanners Diamond Jubilee, 30 beers
& ciders, bands, hog roast, Handcross Road, Sta24 Sussex Drinker: Summer 2012
plefield, 01444 400335, www.jollytanners.com
June 2 Diamond Jubilee Party, 12-2pm, WJ King
Brewhouse, Jubilee Estate, Horsham, 01403 272102
June 2 Friends of Broadwater and Worthing
Cemetery, Worthing area ‘Pubs and Hotels’ Cemetery Tours; meet at chapels by entrance to cemetery, South Farm Road, before 10.30am,
www.fbwc.co.uk
June 2-3 Horsham Beer Festival public event, the
Horsham Sports Club, Cricketfield Road, Horsham, including beer from Hammerpot brewery,
01403 254628, www.hcsc.co.uk
June 2-4 King’s Head Beer Festival, 12 guest ales
and 3 Harveys, BBQ; plus live music 5.30pm until
8pm, South Street, Hailsham, 01323 440447
June 2-4 Royal Oak Diamond Jubilee Beer Festival, Friday Street, 01293 871393,
www.theroyaloakrusper.co.uk
June 2-4 Wheatsheaf Spring Beer and Music Festival; 24 guest ales, 12 or so ciders and perries
and the usual range of Harveys; Mount Pleasant,
Jarvis Brook, Crowborough, 01892 663756,
www.wheatsheafcrowborough.co.uk
June 2-5 Beer Tent Event, noon-11pm, Finfest
Part 2, Nepcote Lane, Findon Village,
June 4 Beer Tent Event, 4-10pm, Copthorne
Diamond Jubilee Event, Village Green,
June 8-10 31st Stanley Arms Beer Festival, 47
Wolseley Road, Portslade, 01273 430234,
www.thestanley.com
June 15-16 16th SOUTH DOWNS BEER AND CIDER
FESTIVAL, Lewes Town Hall (see inside feature)
June 17 Worthing Jamboree Sussex Beer Festival,
3-9pm, St. Paul’s, Chapel Road; in aid of Cancer
Research UK, www.aaa-camra.org.uk
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Diary Dates
June 22-24 White Horse Beer and Music Festival,
Graffham, 01798 867331, www.thewhitehorsegraffham.co.uk
June 23 4th Oak Grove Beer and Music Festival,
from 5pm, Oak Grove College, The Boulevard,
Worthing, www.oakgrovecollege.org.uk/
June 30 Sussex Branches Liaison Meeting, Five
Bells, Smock Alley, West Chiltington, 01798 812143
July 7-8 24th ARDINGLY BEER FESTIVAL, North Sussex CAMRA beer tent at the Vintage and Classic Vehicle Show, South of England Showground, Ardingly
July 27-29 Henty Arms 11th Annual Beer Festival,
Ferring, 01903 241254, www.hentyarms.co.uk/
July 27-29 Beer Tent Event, Olympics Opening
Ceremony Beer Festival, George & Dragon, Tarring, www.ale-inatent.co.uk
July 28-29 Hare & Hounds Beer Festival, Henfield
Road, Cowfold, 01403 865354; live jazz entertainment; beers from Dark Star, Rebellion, W J
King, Dorking and more!
Aug 7-11 GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL,
Olympia, London, 0844 412 4640,
www.gbbf.org.uk
July 13-15 Shepherd and Dog Beer Festival with
30 beers, The Street, Fulking, 01273 857382,
www.shepherdanddogpub.co.uk/
Aug 24-26 Beer Tent Event, noon-11pm, Finfest
Part 3, Nepcote Lane, Findon Village, www.aleinatent.co.uk
July 14 Train to London Pubs (TTLP) 6: possibly
West/SW London; contact [email protected]
Aug 24-27 Dew Drop Inn and the Eagle, Joint
Cider Festival, South Street, Eastbourne, 01323
723313/417799, www.theeagleeastbourne.co.uk
July 19-22 Icklesham Village Beer Festival, Robin
Hood Fields, Main Road, www.wlsuk.co.uk/IVBF/
Aug 30-Sep 1 Ale at Amberley 7, Amberley
Working Museum, www.aleatamberley.co.uk/
www.amberleymuseum.co.uk
July 20-22 Horns Lodge Beer and Cider Festival,
South Chailey, 01273 400422,
www.hornslodge.com
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South Downs Beer Festival
16th South Downs Beer
& Cider Festival
he 16th South Downs Beer & Cider
Festival will take place at the usual
venue, Lewes Town Hall, on Friday 15
and Saturday 16 June. There will be around
70 cask beers to sample, plus a range of bottled beers, country wines and, of course, cider
and perry. Non-alcoholic refreshments will be
available, along with a range of hot food and
snacks, including something for vegetarians.
The festival will as usual be music-free.
T
All sessions will be admission by ticket
only, except after 17.00 Saturday. Tickets will
be on sale from late April at the Gardener’s
Arms and Harveys Brewery Shop, Lewes, and
the Evening Star, Brighton. Otherwise please
apply to: South Downs Beer Festival Tickets,
139 Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2 3ES, stating
session required, enclosing SAE, and cheque
payable to “South Downs Beer & Cider Festival”.
The ticket costs are:
Friday 15th
11.00 - 15.00 - £3.00
Friday 15th
17.00 - 22.30 - £6.00
Saturday 16th 11.00 - 17.00 - £4.50
Saturday 16th 17.00 - 20.00* Free!
* Or as long as the beer lasts!
Customers will receive a free festival glass
(not Saturday evening) very kindly sponsored
by Harveys Brewery, and a programme with
tasting notes. CAMRA members will in addition receive £2.00 in beer tokens per session
(not Saturday evening) on production of their
membership card at the membership table.
The venue is easy to find, from the railway
station turn right, climb the hill to the traffic
lights, cross over and it is on the right. The
town boasts a number of excellent pubs that
are well worth seeking out if you have the
time or, indeed, the capacity to do so.
Pete Coppard
Festival Organiser
WORTHY AWARDS
A large party of intrepid Arun & Adur drinkers
headed by train and bus to the Redemption
Brewery at Tottenham to present Andy (pictured centre) with his Beer of the Festival
award, from last year’s Worthing Beer Festival,
for the superb light mild Trinity; we were all
impressed by his expertise and thank him for
generous samples of Trinity and his other beer
at the festival, Hotspur. A month later we
headed for the wilds of Lower Beeding, near
Horsham where we were privileged to be the
first branch to visit Kissingate’s new model microbrewery; we presented Gary and Bunny
Lucas with their Runner-Up award for the excellent Six Crows, brewed specially for us. We
were treated to an enjoyable buffet in the reception area looking down on the brewery and
of course there were many Kissingate beers
available too, including the delicious Smelter’s
Stout.
Bruce Bird
Arun & Adur Branch Chairman
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Inn Focus
STARS BEHIND THE BAR
avid and Christiane Butler took over the
Coach and Horses at Compton, West
Sussex on the 12 February 1985 (which
puts them near the top of our list of long-serving licensees). They remember that day all too
well because it was freezing cold and the pub
had no heating! David is Sussex-born and
bred, but moved up to London to pursue a
career in hotel management. Christiane, his
wife of 36 years, was born in Brussels. Having
learned his trade at London hotels such as the
Ritz and the Berkeley, plus the Grand and
Metropole in Brighton, David decided that the
way forward was to acquire a pub and have
his own business.
D
The Coach and Horses had been a free house
for about three years when David and Christiane took over, but had previously belonged
to Watneys and before that Henty and Constable. Originally a coaching stop on the road
between Chichester and Winchester, the pub’s
oldest parts date back to the 16th century
although the front part that now houses the
bar was a Victorian addition. David remembers that when they moved in, the bar had
green walls and a red Formica bar top. Both
fireplaces had been boarded over and the extensive wooden panelling was covered in thick
dark brown varnish which had to be stripped
off to give the lighter finish that now prevails.
A notable feature of the bar is the original sliding
shutters that shut out the sun in high summer
or keep in the warmth on winter nights.
Dark Star Hophead is a regular beer here,
and David likes to complement it whenever
possible with a dark beer plus a traditional
best bitter. There is also a real cider on hand
pump and if you are hungry a wide selection
of food is available seven days a week, mostly
cooked by David himself. The cosy oakbeamed restaurant is towards the rear of the
pub. Compton is a little off the beaten track,
but the ride up the valley on the 54 bus from
Chichester is one of the nicest I know, and
there is plenty of good walking country surrounding the pub.
Pete Brown
Western Sussex Branch Secretary
Obituary
James Joseph Henry (Big Jim) 1943-2011
North Sussex Branch
It was with sadness that the branch heard of the
death last year of James Joseph Henry, better known
to his many friends as “Big Jim”. Jim Henry joined
CAMRA in 1974. He was an early member of North
Sussex Branch and certainly attended branch meeting No. 4, held on 19 July 1974 at the Grapes, Pease
Pottage. This was the meeting at which founder
chairman John Roberts famously stood on a chair to
address the crowded pub. Jim remembered this
event and would often quote it as being representative of the type of grass-roots campaigning that
made CAMRA so successful in its early years.
Although Jim took the decision to drop-out of
active CAMRA campaigning thirty years ago, he
remained passionate about all things to do with beer
and brewing and would often pass on information
about pubs in the branch area. Jim’s last appearance at
a CAMRA-organised activity was in mid-May last
year, when he attended our Make-May-a-MildMonth event, held at the Swan, Crawley: a pub Jim
knew well. A number of CAMRA members past and
present, including John Roberts, attended the funeral at the Friary in Crawley. Jim will be sadly
missed by all those who had the privilege of knowing him.
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Spotlight on Breweries
SPOTLIGHT ON
taste is sweetish and malty with a good
mouthfeel leading to a dry, notably bitter
lingering finish.
Worthing Best
There was a large gathering
of real ale enthusiasts at
the Spy Glass, Worthing
for the official launch of
Anchor Springs Worthing
Best, brewed specially for
the pub by the head brewer,
Frank McCabe, who was also
guest of honour at this ‘Meet
the Brewer’ Night. In his speech Arun
& Adur CAMRA branch chairman Bruce Bird
praised Anchor Springs owner Kevin Jenkins
for opening a brand-new free house at a time
of so many pub closures, thanked his son Will
for his excellent hospitality, and congratulated
Frank on producing such a fine range of beers,
including, on the night, as well as Worthing
Best, LA Gold, Rip Tide, Black Pearl, IPA, Yard
Arm and Undercurrent; the brewery beers are
also available at the Crown, Littlehampton.
Turners Best
Turners is a new microbrewery based at Ringmer, near Lewes, East Sussex with test batches
being produced at Emsworth. On Tuesday 20
March, at the Selden Arms, Worthing, I sampled their first beer, Turners Best (4.1%), a
light brown, bronze-hued bitter. It has a hop
nose with delicate milk chocolate notes and a
pronounced melon fruits palate that carries
through into the body of the beer. The initial
Here’s a Health Unto Her Majesty
In 1952 Harveys’ Head Brewer devised a barley wine in celebration of the Coronation of
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. He named it
Elizabethan Ale and it has ever since been a
part of the brewery’s portfolio. Originally
modelled on the dark barley wines prevalent
at that time, Elizabethan followed an emerging trend towards lighter coloured beers in the
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1960’s and the recipe was changed to
meet popular expectations. In
celebration of Her Majesty’s
Diamond Jubilee, Harveys are reverting to the
original recipe, which included flaked barley and
black malt. They will additionally be using Golding hops from
one of the growers who supplied
them in 1952 and still do so to this
day. A bottled version will be
produced at 7.5% to recreate the original barley wine, as well as a 5.0%
version which will be available on draught for
the festivities.
will be brewing regularly at the Hand in
Hand as well as other host breweries in
the region. They will produce small
runs of cask and bottle conditioned
beers for distribution in Brighton
and Hove. As well as a core
range of ales they will also be
focussing on more progressive
beer styles inspired by the North
American and Belgian craft beer
scenes.
Brighton Bier Co
This is a new Brighton-based roaming/cuckoo
brewery launching later this year. It will be
run by Gary from the Kemptown Brewery and
New Brus
Although sad to report that the new Rudgwick
brewery has now ceased commercial production we are fortunate to have regained Full
Moon, operating once again from their original site in Catsfield. Another new brewery
since our last issue is Baseline, at Small Dole.
The Isfield Brewing Co Ltd is also now in
production. An IPA is available from May, with
other beers to follow. Pin Up Brewery supplied
two beers at the Sussex Beer and Cider Festival. Having been contract brewed in Essex
their website states they
are now in their new brewery in Stone Cross,
East Sussex. We should hopefully be able to
confirm more about some of these developments in the next issue.
Spotlight contributions from Bruce Bird,
Miles Jenner, Jim Hawkins and The Quaffer
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2 Church Street
Warnham
Nr Horsham
RH12 3QW
We are a country pub situated deep in the heart of Sussex. Here you will find a
large selection of local and national ales on 8 hand pumps.
We have an extensive food menu prepared from fresh local ingredients.
Fresh local food served all day at weekends, lunch and dinner - Mon to Fri
Large Garden and field
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Guide
LIVE JAZZ IN OUR BAR
Second and last Thursdays each
month at 7.30pm with Mr Andy
Walker and friends
Telephone: 01403 265028
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Make
mine a
ild is typically less hopped than other
styles, to about 20-25 units of bitterness. In 1959 mild made up 42% of all
beer production, 60% of draught sales and
was twice as popular as bitter. Being cheaper,
sweeter and weaker than bitter, it was copiously drunk by industrial workers as a means
of replenishing lost energy. Yet by the end of
the 1990s mild was an endangered style,
accounting for less than 3% of draught beer
sales. The de-composition of its traditional
customer base and the heavy promotion of
lager had left mild with what marketing personnel call an image problem: perceived as a
terminally un-hip dark beer drunk only by an
aging population of working-class men in flat
caps.
M
Yet mild as a low gravity style, matching our
expectations of an almost black-coloured beer
is a modern, 20th century creation. The roots
of mild lie in the old distinction between unhopped ale and hopped beer. In the 18th/19th
centuries the description ‘mild’ came to mean
any style of ale that was ‘fresh’ or un-aged, as
opposed to ‘stale’ or mature. As a generalisation, such ales intended for quick consumption
did not require high hopping as preservative;
they were also sweeter and less potent as the
yeast did not have time to turn the higher
sugars into alcohol.
Nonetheless, some Victorian milds were
staggering strong in today’s terms with
original gravities of 1070° or more. Pale malt
predominated so they were also lighter in
colour than modern mild. One contemporary
Sussex mild brewed in this tradition is Dark
Star Victorian Ruby Mild (6.0%); mashed
with mild ale malt and other speciality malts,
a mix of European and American hops are
then added in the copper to give gentle bitterness and soft complex flavours. Kissingate
Mary’s Ruby Mild (6.5%) is also
carefully crafted in order to
capture the full flavours of
an old style mild. Deep
ruby in colour, it has
gentle aromas of
well-aged port, in-
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Header here
tense and rounded malt flavours with a light,
floral hop aftertaste.
During the 20th century the high gravities of
mild were greatly reduced, initially by government-imposed measures and grain shortages
during the First World War. The introduction
from the 1890s of amber and crystal malts
imparted a dark-amber colour to the ale.
Gravities again tumbled following a dramatic
rise in excise duty in 1931 and more shortages
and restrictions in the Second World War.
The popularisation of chocolate or brown malt
and the addition of caramel and other tinting
substances led by the 1950s to a distinction
between dark or paler versions of mild, characterised by tastes and aromas of either light
roast or fruit respectively. Gravities gradually
recovered during this period but only to our
contemporary levels of 3.0-3.6% ABV.
It is rare today to find
both a dark and pale version of the style from the
same brewery, as we do
with Harveys of Lewes. In
Harveys Sussex Dark
Mild (3.0%), roast malt
dominates the aroma and
palate leading to a sweet
caramel finish. The seasonal Harveys Knots of May Light Mild
(3.0%) was originally brewed in 1995 to
celebrate the 21st anniversary of this local
women’s team of Morris Dancers. This rubycoloured light mild imparts a delicate hop
fragrance on the nose. Also in the ruby tradition, from the 1648 brewery, is 1648 EHM
Ruby Mild (3.6%); ruby and mild with a dry
edge, the initials stand for East Hoathly Mild.
At 4.5% Kissingate Gardenia is
a stronger than average amber
mild, its light floral nose
inspired by the fragrances of a Sussex
spring garden! WJ King,
Kings Royal Mild (3.6%) is
a tawny colour mid-way be-
tween a traditional pale
and dark version. It has a
fruity, sweet perfume on
the nose, a distinctive
smooth body, full of character and a crisp, lasting
creamy head. There is a
light dryness in the finish
with a lingering hint of
toffee which warms the
palate with light peppery
overtones coming from a mix of Slovenian and
English hops.
See how many of these other superb mild
ales from Sussex breweries you can also seek
out and sample during CAMRA’s annual Mild
In May promotion. Anchor Springs Mild
(3.8%) is fruity and full-bodied with chocolate
notes and a hint of liquorice in a lingering finish; Arundel Black Stallion (3.7%) has strong
chocolate and roast aromas lead to a bitter
taste and clean, dry finish; Ballard’s Midhurst
Mild (3.5%) has a smoky, roasted nutty
aroma, with molasses, dark chocolate and biscuity flavours; in FILO Mike’s Mild (3.4%)
chocolate malt and roasted barley gives a
flavour of dark chocolate.
Gribble Pukka Mild
(3.5%) is rich and malty
with a hint of mocha
chocolate and a clean
smooth finish; Hammerpot Vinery Mild (3.2%) is
full of smooth, dry,
flavoursome malts with a
slight toasty smokiness; Hepworth
Dark Horse (3.8%) has crystal and chocolate
malt tones; the fruitiness of Kissingate Black
Cherry Mild (4.2%) comes from subtle additions of real black cherries in Muscavado with
light bitterness from Amarillo hopping; Rother
Valley Smild (3.8%) is full-bodied, dark and
creamy with hints of chocolate; while also
planned for May are Welton’s Topper Mild
(4.0%) and Blackcurrant Mild (5.0%).
The Quaffer
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UPHOLSTERY SERVICES
Re-Upholstery of all styles of seating.
Chairs and stools.
Seating made to measure.
New loose Furniture
Weather proof upholstery for outside seating areas.
Many years experience in the contract business.
Domestic work also undertaken.
Contact: Peter Hussey
Mob: 07779 245810 Tel/Fax: 01306-631884
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The Colonnade Bar,
Brighton
Edwardian elegance
we so nearly lost
y 1854 a John Edwin had turned these
premises, previously occupied by a boot
maker, into the Colonnade Stores
Refreshment Rooms and, two years later, Wine
and Supper Rooms. By 1859 it was a hotel. This
has been for many years the ground-floor bar to
the (Georgian) Theatre Royal and is today operated by the Golden Lion Group.
B
The elegant façade is recessed under a flattened archway with decorative spandrels and
pilasters topped with Corinthian capitals.
Looking out from a showcase bay is ‘Willie’ an
antique automated mannequin dressed for the
theatre in top hat and tails, carrying a cane.
On the narrow strips of far wall are tiled panels painted and signed by Webb & Co., 294 Euston Road, London, N. W. Each carries a thistle
design in turquoise and rust on cream.
The servery on the left side of the long interior
has decorative features which match the exterior
façade. The carved three-bay bar back has arched
framed mirrors and a small glass panel at the centre painted with Britannia figure trade mark. The
counter and back fittings are Edwardian but both
were reduced in length by about 10 feet when the
floor of the building was completely replaced in
1952. The red decorative plaster ceiling has moulded cornice at the rear and a short partition with
etched-glass by the entrance door. A screen once ran
diagonally from this partition to the corner of the bar
counter creating a Private Bar, entered by the now
defunct left-side door. The existing right-side door
was the entrance to the, larger, Saloon Bar.
It is easy to feel so cosily cocooned within these
soft-lit surroundings of autographed photographs
of actors, ancient playbills, sumptuous curtain
swags and red plush décor at the Colonnade Bar,
10 New Road, Brighton, East
Sussex. Harveys Best and another locally-brewed beer are
available here often alongside
Fuller’s London Pride. Enjoy the
ambience all the more in the
knowledge that plans drawn up
in 1936 for the modernising of
the interior by new counters and
fittings plus the refronting of the
premises “in modern manner
and with neon sign” (!) thankfully came to nothing.
The Quaffer
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Cemetery Tours and LocAle Update
Meet You at the Cemetery Gates
and hotels, many of which have long since
disappeared. Both of our tour guides have
downed a pint or two in their time and we are
sure that readers of the Sussex Drinker and
CAMRA members generally will enjoy these
most unusual tours, giving a unique perspective of the local drinking scene from times past.
n Saturday 2 June ‘The Friends of
Broadwater and Worthing Cemetery’ are
conducting their regular monthly cemetery tours but on that date the two different
tours at 10.30am and 11.30am both feature,
for the first time, Worthing area ‘Pubs and
Hotels’. These interesting tours will feature the
past life and times of many of the publicans,
interred in the cemetery, who once dispensed
real ale from a range of local public houses
O
Did you know that in 1830, there were only
five pubs in Worthing? We tell the story of
some of those first pubs and their landlords
who are now long-lost but definitely not forgotten, together with stories of pubs that are
still well-known in the town today. The tours
are free of charge and tour participants should
meet at the chapels by the main entrance to
the cemetery in South Farm Road, Worthing
before 10.30am. Interesting booklets, including
a ‘Pubs and Hotels’ publication, will be available at an extremely modest price of £1 each.
We cordially invite all those interested in this
small but important part of community life of
yesteryear to the cemetery on 2 June.
Sue Nea
Tour Coordinator FBWC
Updates
The following pubs are additional confirmations to the lists published in previous issues:
BOSHAM: White Swan; BRIGHTON: Colonnade
Bar; CHICHESTER: Chichester Inn; Four Chesnuts;
EASTERGATE: Wilkes’ Head; HALNAKER: Anglesey
Arms; HENLEY: Duke of Cumberland Arms; HOVE:
Cliftonville; MIDHURST: Swan Inn; MILLAND:
Black Fox Inn; OVING: Gribble Inn; PETWORTH:
Angel; TARRING: Parsonage Bar & Restaurant;
SELSEY: Seal Hotel; SHARPTHORNE: Vinols Cross;
WESTBOURNE: Stag’s Head; WORTHING: Spy
Glass.
LocAle - the local branch initiative that became a national campaign – has its own symbol in the GBG 2012. Ask your local publican
to source any of the superb range of beers
available within 30 miles of their pub from the
Sussex breweries listed in Bru News. Pubs
closer to the Sussex border will naturally be
able to source beers from any of the qualifying
breweries in east Hants, south Surrey or west
Kent as appropriate to gain LocAle accreditation.
Mo
Ve
Festi
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Eastbourne’s Diamond
Jubilee Fiesta
2nd – 4th June 2012
An exciting weekend of activities
on Eastbourne’s seafront
Real Ale Bar •18 Real Ales including Bateman’s Jewel in the Crown specially
brewed for the Diamond Jubilee • Cask Ciders • Wines • Belgian Beers
Food Stalls • Exhibitors Seafront Food Theatre Demos • Fairground
Saturday - Zumba • Rahmani • Muso Bango • Bahareque • Salsa
Cajun Dawgs • Dub N Tuff
EASTBOURNE CARNIVAL PROCESSION FROM 7.00 P.M.
Beve and the Beatroots
Sunday - Performance organised by Eastbourne Cultural Communities Network
REAL ALE BAR OPEN
Monday - Live Entertainment • Traditional Competitions •Blooming Marvellous Fruit,
Vegetable and Flower Show Pub and Club Tug o War (enter a team for Eastbourne Beer
Festival 2012 prizes) • Toss the Haybale • Classic Vehicle Cavalcade & Display • Sea Flotilla
BUCKINGHAM PALACE JUBILEE CONCERT BIG SCREEN 7.30 P.M.
JUBILEE BEACON LIGHTING AND FIREWORKS FINALE
Saturday 11.00 a.m. – 10.30 p.m.
Sunday 11.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. Monday 11.00 – 10.30 p.m.
www.visiteastbourne.com
01323-415442 • [email protected]
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