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South East Sussex Phil Cozens, 01323 460822 [email protected] www.southeast-sussex-camra.com Beer Festival: Eastbourne, 8-10 Oct 2015 POTY: Dolphin Inn, Hastings COTY: Albatross RAFA Club: Bexhill-On-Sea Sussex Branches of CAMRA Surrey & Sussex Regional Director: Chris Stringer, 01403 270505 () Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015. No. 81 [email protected] Circulation 13,250 Sussex Area Organiser: Published by Sussex Branches of the Campaign for Real Ale Editor: Peter Page-Mitchell, 01424 422128 The Quaffer (St. Leonards-on-Sea) Email: [email protected] [email protected] Advertising: Beer Festival: Brighton Corn Exchange, 19-21 March 2015 Neil Richards MBE Email: [email protected] POTY: Wilkes Head, Eastergate www.matelotmarketing.co.uk Tel: 01536 358670 Mobile: 07710 281381 COTY: Albatross RAFA Club: Bexhill-On-Sea Next Publication Date: 7 May. Copy by 27 March Western Sussex Copy Submissions: Max Malkin, 01243 828394 The Editor invites submissions that [email protected] celebrate the real ale scene in Sussex. www.westernsussexcamra.org.uk Please keep to a maximum of 700 words. Please use plain text or Word files. Beer Festival: Yapton, 15-17 May 2015 Please send good quality pictures separately, POTY: Wilkes Head, Eastergate preferably in JPG format. Standard Disclaimer: Arun & Adur Views expressed in this magazine are those of the individual authors and not necessarily supported by the editor or CAMRA. Patricia Bond, 01903 753018 All content © Sussex Branches of CAMRA [email protected] Your local Trading Standards Offices are: www.aaa-camra.org.uk East Sussex: Beer Festival: Worthing, Oct 2015 St Mary’s House, 52 St Leonards Road, POTY: Parsonage Bar & Restaurant, Tarring Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 3UU Tel: 01323 418200 Fax: 01323 418227 Email: [email protected] North Sussex Website: www.eastsussexcc.gov.uk Roy Bray, 07833 205901 : [email protected] Details of all complaints are passed to www.northsussexcamra.org.uk West Sussex Trading Standards Service by CACS Citizens Advice Consumer Service Beer Festival: Ardingly Vintage Vehicle Show, July 2015 Tel: 08454 040506 POTY: Jolly Tanners, Staplefield Website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index /getadvice/consumer_service.htm Brighton & South Downs Brighton & Hove: Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, John Kirkland, 01293 519844 Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1JP [email protected] Tel: 01273 292523; Fax: 01273 292524 www.brightoncamra.org.uk Email: [email protected] Website: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk Beer Festival: Lewes, 19-20 June 2015 Campaign for Real Ale Ltd POTY: Gardener’s Arms, Lewes 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LW COTY: Constitutional Club, Lewes Tel: 01727 867201 Fax: 01727 867670 Website: www.camra.org.uk

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orders (sterling only) made payable to Sussex More information is available on the festival Sussex CAMRA Branches CAMRA Beer Festival. No refunds will be website. The ticket price will include a free processed after 12 March. There will be no on- souvenir glass and festival programme. For 25th Beer & Cider Festival line facility for the purchase of tickets this year. card-carrying CAMRA members there will be £2 worth of beer tokens available from the Brighton Corn Exchange Again, contrary to the information given in the CAMRA membership stand. If you look under Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1EE last Sussex Drinker, a minimum of 100 tickets 25 please bring a photo ID and there will be no will be on sale at the door before each of the five admission for under-18s at ALL sessions with sessions. no exceptions. Bags may be inspected at all times. ID wristbands will be issued to all Real ale is bucking a lot of trends and going available. It is not our policy to hold back for Opening Times & Ticket Prices: attendees. from strength to strength with over twelve later sale any beers which are ready for Thursday 11am to 3pm £5 hundred breweries in the UK, including over consumption. 5pm to 11pm £8 All enquiries: [email protected]; forty in Sussex, producing over 5,000 different Friday 11am to 3pm £5 07450 656148; www.sussexbeerfestival.co.uk. beers. With a new venue this year we will not be Unfortunately, due to space limitations, we will 5pm to 11pm £8 able to have as much choice as we have had not be able to provide any live entertainment Saturday 12am to 10pm† £8 Peter Mitchell and John Kirkland previously, but there will be over 150 specially this year. To help soak up those pints there will After 5pm‡ £4 chosen real ales on sale. Cider and perry lovers be a variety of food on sale, including († Or whenever the beer runs out if before) Joint Festival Organisers will have more than thirty ciders and perries vegetarian and vegan choices. Kaz and Camilla (‡ No Advance Tickets for Saturday after 5pm - available and there will be a selection of British from Ace Faces will be doing face painting and Pay on the Door) real ales in a bottle together with foreign beers. temporary tattoos. All bars will operate a token Please bear in mind that real ale takes at least system with each token being worth 10p. two days to settle before it can be served, Refunds will be given only for whole £s and therefore the earlier you can get to the festival must be requested before time is called at the the greater the choice of beer that will be bar. Any surplus tokens as well as any spare cash you have can be donated to this year’s Festival Charity which will be Blind Veterans UK (formerly St Dunstans). If you wish to volunteer to work at the festival there are full details on the festival web site: www. sussexbeerfestival.co.uk.

Tickets will go on sale from 19 January until 14 March at the following outlets: Evening Star, Brighton; Beer Essentials, Horsham; Gardener’s Arms, Lewes; Duke of Wellington, Shoreham-by-Sea and Selden Arms, Worthing. Please note that, contrary to the information given in the last Sussex Drinker, tickets will not be available from the Buckingham Arms, Shoreham-by-Sea. For Postal Sales please send a 9x4 SAE with your payment to SBB&CF Ticket Sales, 16 Connell Drive, Woodingdean, Brighton BN2 6RT. Please state which session(s) you require with cheques or postal

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SD81.indd 4-5 08/02/2015 12:54:02 Contributors: Peter Adams, David Cowley, Phil Cozens, Stuart Elms, Gary Lucas, Max Malkin, Geoff Mallett, Phil Mellows, Peter Page- Mitchell, Peter Mitchell, Jason Phillips, Peter Spooner, Spud Tate, Tim Walker, Philip Wildsmith, Phil Wood, Chris Wright and the Ed.

News of new developments and updates on the Beer & Burger Joint. It offers karaoke, live Sussex pub scene will be gratefully received by music, multi screens, pool tables, darts, Sky the Editor for consideration in Scratchings. The Sports and two real ales on hand pump: Fuller’s standard disclaimer on p. 3 applies to all items. Pride and Sharp’s Doom Bar.

■■ ALCISTON All attempts by Aldwick residents to refloat the The Sussex Bus to the Pub group paid its first Ship, including a 2500-strong petition and visit to the Rose Cottage, a cosy, old, village getting the pub listed as an ACV, have been pub-restaurant, with many original features, ultimately unsuccessful after Arun District where well-kept Harveys Best and Old were Council’s development control committee enjoyed. The pub is easy to access using the approved plans to turn the empty property into a Compass 125 bus from Lewes to the stop just a Morrisons convenience store. few hundred yards south of the A27. ■■ CAMBER ■■ BATTLE The Camber Castle, previously having had no The Squirrel real ale, now has three Shepherd Neame beers reopened in mid on hand pump. December. Early reports are of five ■■ COMPTON beers: Harveys, Dark David Butler will celebrate thirty years as Star, two from licensee of the Coach & Horses on Thursday Greene King and a guest. 12 February.

■■ BERWICK ■■ After a short closure the Berwick Inn reopened The Brewery Shades in December with new management. Beers can be relied upon to from Harveys, Long Man and Burning Sky offer something a bit were found in excellent condition during a different for the area. January visit to this free house where food is A random evening served all day. visit found a Burning Sky beer, plus others ■■ BOGNOR REGIS from Bespoke, Goldfinch and York breweries. The Claremont was Quality is also very good here. purchased in August by local people who ■■ CROWBOROUGH are new to the pub Dave and Judith at the Coopers Arms serve trade. They plan to excellent quality ales from far and near. Dark reintroduce real ale Star feature regularly, together with some of the using the existing more interesting brews from Fuller’s appearing single hand-pump and are hoping to do food as from time to time. Noted on various visits have well. been products from further afield including Arbor, Blue Monkey, Hawkshead, Liverpool What was previously the Railway is now Jacks Organic, Marble and Moor. For the beer 6 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 7

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connoisseur there is an impressive selection of The last edition reported that a Sainsbury’s interesting bottled beers. For many of the supermarket was likely to be built, despite local Sussex Bus to the Pub group, the travelling opposition, on the site of the Drive. Work has from one end of the county to the other can be a now started; this will be a sturdy nail in the challenge but visits to two of the pub’s recent coffin of the unique shopping experience that is beers festivals - the excellent Green Hop and Albert Parade, which is directly opposite. London Calling events - made the journey more than worth it. The Cavalier Inn remains closed. We ■■ DANEHILL hope the owners find The Coach & Horses continues to offer two new tenants soon to well-kept ales, with the regular Harveys Best bring out the potential and the changing guest. Black Pig Cider is now of this pub that is, available all year round due to its popularity. uniquely, both free of tie and only a stone-throw Tucked away off the A275, to some this could from the theatres and main town seafront. The be considered the perfect country pub and it is local branch are concerned that planning easy to see why. permission has been granted, despite opposition, to change the use for about 10% of ■■ EASTBOURNE the building to residential accommodation, On Friday 27 although fortunately the pub and its cellar are February, the Eagle, not affected. South Street, will be launching a brand- Live music venue Busker’s Bar, 170 Seaside, new Cask Ale Club is currently being refurbished. We hope real ale that will offer will still be available once the work has been customers a wider range of real ale at a reduced completed. price. The price of their cask ales will be reduced across the board on a permanent basis. ■■ EWHURST GREEN The price of a pint of real ale will now start The White Dog Inn is comfortably busy much from £2.99; these new prices will be available of the time with both regular and guest beers in all day, every day, to every customer. There will this traditional village pub. be an increase in the amount of beers available ■■ FRIDAY STREET () and it is hoped to have all six hand pumps in use The Royal Oak most of the time. continues to support The Hurst Arms local brewers, with (Harveys) in Dark Star and Surrey Willingdon Road has Hills ales as regulars. new management Andwell, Downlands, keen to maintain the Hammerpot and Langham products frequently pub’s reputation: it appear and Havant brewery beers have also was branch Pub of the Year in 2010. Four been noted. Three or four ciders are also Harveys beers are served on the hand pumps in available. the comfortable lounge and lively public bar. ■■ HASTINGS The Plough (Enterprise Inns) in Priory Road, 8 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 9

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West Hill, has reopened with new management Old and Timothy Taylor Landlord. branch in the last year! The branch were Nikki through what must have been a most after the refurbishment mentioned in the delighted to hold a social at the pub on 17 frustrating period for them, as well as for previous edition. Harveys Best, Wells Courage ■■ HOVE January. Gribble beer drinkers. Directors and Timothy Taylor Landlord were The intended conversion of the former York served on a recent visit. House Wines off-licence, Richardson Road, ■■ NEWHAVEN ■■ PEACEHAVEN into a micro pub (as reported in the autumn New licensees of the Ark are Penny and Steve. Three real ales are available at around £3.20 a The Jenny Lind now has ten hand pumps and is 2014 issue) failed to occur; but the four people Having installed three new hand pumps they pint at the Sussex Coaster. Two recent visits therefore serving an even greater range of real behind the venture - Rick and Ruth Evans and would like to welcome real-ale lovers to their have found Sharp’s Doom Bar alongside two ales. Also in the Old Town High Street, the Dave and Ali White - have won planning pub. Acoustic folk nights are held every changing beers including Black Sheep Bitter, FILO seasonal Our Auld Ale (6.5%) was in permission and a licence for a micro pub in Wednesday with regular live bands at Wadworth 6X. Hobgoblin It’s Christmas, good form again this year at the First In Last Goldstone Villas. To be called the weekends. Everards Wonderland and Thaites Yule. Out. Watchmaker’s Arms (the property, a former second-hand electronics shop, was once a ■■ NYETIMBER The Cliff Inn (formerly White Schooner) has Churchills Hotel Bar, St Helen’s Crescent, watchmakers) it is due to open in the spring. The Inglenook has won the local Observer had a revamp. Beers recently seen on the four usually has two ales on and was serving over newspaper’s Pub of the Year award. It was also hand pumps include a selection from Long Man Christmas a good pint of Greene King Hardys What was originally the Adur Hotel and more runner-up in the CAMRA Sussex Bus to the and Beachy Head plus a rare sighting of and Hansons Rocking Rudolph. The bar is open recently the Blue Lagoon is now the Gather Pub group’s Pub of the Year. Following the BttP Rockin’ Robin Brewery Robin Redbreast, to non-residents. The Double Dragon Chinese Inn. group’s initial visit early in 2014, they indigenous to Kent. Still on stillage from a restaurant is housed within the hotel. completed that year with a return to this superb recent beer festival were Burning Sky Aurora ■■ LICKFOLD hostelry where they enjoyed welcoming and Devil’s Rest, Beachy Head Christmas Ale, Marston’s have made a planning application to After four years of closure under its previous hospitality and some excellent strong, dark ales. Dark Star Hophead and Meltdown, as well as turn the old Hurst Court site on The Ridge into a owner, Chris Evans, the Lickfold Inn reopened five local ciders, available as three-thirds for £3 ■■ OFFHAM pub. We await the outcome with interest. in December having been purchased by ales and £3.50 ciders. Plus a choice of four The Blacksmiths restaurant chef Tom Sellers. The upstairs is a meals and a pint (goat curry, very good). ■■ HEATHFIELD dining room while the ground floor respects the Arms changed hands The Cross in Hand, ultimately owned by legacy of a proper pub, serving craft and local earlier this year and ■■ PETWORTH Heineken, reopened with new tenants in late beers and a range of modern and traditional has extended its beer Skinner’s Betty Stogs has replaced Sharp’s December. Three hand pumps initially offer cocktails and snacks. The survival of the inn range and opening Doom Bar at the Stonemasons Inn where the Fuller’s London Pride and Theakston Old owes much to the active village campaigners times. It is now open guest beers are from Sussex breweries. Peculier plus one changing beer. who, supported by the local authority, were all day (12noon-11pm Monday-Saturday and Licensees Tracey and Ian celebrate their second successful in having it listed as an Asset of 12noon-10.30pm Sunday). Four hand pumps anniversary here at the end of March and have ■■ Community Value. are in use supplying, during a December visit, done a lot to improve this popular pub, The Bell has closed and is now a funeral Harveys Best and Old, Goldmark Amarillo and including the introduction of Irish music on the directors. ■■ LITTLEHAMPTON Hurst Poacher’s Gold. The first three were tried first Sunday lunchtime of the month and jazz on The is ■■ HORSHAM New Inn in fine fettle at around £3.40 a pint. the third Sunday of each month. See this issue’s making great strides A recent visit by the diary dates for details of their May Bank towards improving ■■ OVING Sussex Bus to the Pub Holiday weekend beer festival. the reputation of the Work began on 9 December to restore the group to the Malt town as a drinking Gribble Inn, with an estimated completion ■■ PEVENSEY BAY Shovel found a new venue. Under its date of the end of February 2015. An interim The is under new management; enthusiastic Beach Tavern energetic manager Becky, it has replaced all its measure is the ‘Gribble Brewery Tap’, open in the pub has two hand pumps. Enterprise lessee, beer lines, overhauled the cellar, improved beer what was the old skittle alley at the following Sam, who has given quality and range, introduced a CAMRA times: Friday 12noon-10.30pm; Saturday ■■ PORTSLADE the pub an internal makeover and added well discount of 20p per pint and has brought twenty 12noon-6pm; Sunday 12noon-6pm. Do drop in The Stags Head has a new landlord. The pub kept LocAle beers from Surrey Hills - Ranmore new CAMRA members into the Arun & Adur for a drink and continue to support Simon and has been redecorated and the TVs and pool and Greensand IPA. Also available were Kings tables removed. They plan to have four real ales

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on all the time. A December visit found Dark its banks, the lovely, old country pub the White Star Hophead and APA, Harveys Best and one Hart reopened open on Saturday 15 November. other. ■■ UCKFIELD What was formerly the Whistlestop will be The Alma must closed for refurbishment for a couple of months be considered to at the start of the year, to reopen under its be the best pub in original name of the Railway Inn. The licensee town, serving will be Zoe Rogers who, during her tenancy at excellent quality the George Payne, Hove, won Best Turnaround Harveys ales. It Pub at the 2013 Great British Pub Awards. is one of the few in the estate selling Dark Mild all year round, so ■■ ROWFANT a visit in December found three dark beers on Excellent news from October: Rowfant House sale, as additionally, Old Ale was on available CEO Lisa Porter and her team were successful on hand pump, plus pins of Christmas Ale were in saving this Elizabethan manor from on the bar. developers. They are also rebuilding its reputation as a real ale venue. Their second beer ■■ WADHURST festival will be 3-6 April. Kissingate brewery Reopened is the have been working closely with them on beer Best Beech, a issues and have brought in many guest ales Shepherd Neame alongside the Kissingate beers permanently on house in the bar. North Sussex CAMRA have been very Tidebrook with supportive of the venue and use it for meetings Harveys Best on a regular basis. also available. Reported closed ■■ SEDLESCOMBE is another Shep’s house, the Red Lion at The Queen’s Head offers Sparrow’s Green. In the village centre the four ales, including two from White Hart reopened under new management local micros. in September and has since maintained a range ■■ ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA of six beers under the Greene King ‘local hero’ The Duke, Silverhill, now has three ales scheme, three from Bury St. Edmunds and three available; Rother Valley Copper Ale tasted very from local micros. good on a recent visit. ■■ WESTFIELD Excellent news - after remaining empty for The sixth hand pump has been installed in the some years, the former local branch Pub of the Tower. This free house is now selling Somerset Year, the Old Courthouse, is due to reopen this Snuffler West Country Cider, which is proving February under its original name of the very popular. New Inn. ■■ STOPHAM Having been closed for much of 2014 following severe flood damage when Flickr photo credits: John Law, Malt the nearby River Arun burst Shovel at Horsham.

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Monday 20 to Nyetimber and West Dean; And so to our ‘pub of The Group meet Chi bus stn. for 11.43 Stagecoach 60 to the year’ for the 2014 Sussex Bus to the Pub Inglenook (GBG) then return to Dean at West calendar year; we are Dean delighted to announce Join us on our travels! Wednesday 29 Around Brighton; meet noon that the GBG-listed at Dispensary then onwards Hand in Hand – a tiny The Sussex Bus to the Pub group attracts February locals’ bar and brew pub participants from many areas of our fine May in Kemp Town, Brighton, county and has been running for some five Wednesday 4 BttP PotY presentation; meet that has long been one years, so if you too would enjoy visiting from noon at Hand in Hand, Kemp Town, Brighton Wednesday 6 to Maplehurst and Shoreham; of the group’s most different pubs with fine ales in friendly, (GBG) either 10.00 Stagecoach 17 from B’ton to popular and enjoyable informal and convivial company without the Wednesday 11 to Hove & Shoreham; meet Crabtree (or 10.27 Metrobus 23 to pubs to visit - is the richly deserved winner. constraints of the car, then ‘Bus to the Pub’ from noon at Neptune (GBG) then Brunswick & turning) then walk to White Horse (GBG) approx. (BttP) may just appeal! Old Star 1.75m from Crabtree (or 2m on road from Owner, Brenda Robbins, will be known to many as Copsale) then back to Old Star Often there is a short paved or metalled road Thursday 19 to Turners Hill & West the wife and business partner of the famed and Monday 11 to a Sx PotY pub; (ring for details walk from the nearest bus stop to the pub. If it Hoathly; 10.15 Metrobus 270 from B’ton C’hill characterful Bev who - after buying the pub in is more than an half mile then we will show an Sq. to Hay Heath Perrymount Road (adj. stn.) for nearer time) 1986 – had by 1989 established ‘the world’s approximate distance and if it is across 11.42 Metrobus 82 to Red Lion (GBG), then 13.58 Thursday 21 to Friday Street; either 10.00 smallest tower brewery’ behind and above the footpaths which could be muddy or uneven, M’bus 84 to Cat Stagecoach 17 from C’Hill Sq (or 10.27 Metro 23 pub. Bev sadly passed away in 2006 after a long then you will also see a walking boot Wednesday 25 to Eastbourne; meet at C’hill from W’tg) to H’sham Bus Stn for 11.49 Metro 93 battle with throat cancer but the Kemptown symbol. Sq. for 10.30 B&H 12x from C’hill Sq then around to Kingsfold then footpath walk approx brewery happily continues in his memory. E’borne South Street pubs (GBG) 1.5m, with some stiles, to Royal Oak (GBG) With so many good pubs struggling to survive Friday 29 either to a Sx PotY pub or around Runner-up is the most excellent now GBG-listed in the current economic climate and County March Kemp Town, Brighton; (ring for details nearer Inglenook - a cosy country hotel in Nyetimber, Council budget cuts threatening the time) West Sussex – until recently one not especially subsidised bus services that serve many rural Wednesday 4 to Staplefield and Burgess noted for its real ales - but to the group’s delight communities, join us in ‘supporting them’. Hill; 10.48 Metro 271 to Jolly Tanners then return For further info or to join our mailing list not only has it proved to be the ‘find of the year’ to Quench Bar (both GBG) Local Bus timetables can be found at: Email [email protected] or ring but also a most unexpected and deserved one! Brighton & Hove www.buses.co.uk Wednesday 11 to Laughton* & Lewes; meet 07817 058 928 Compass Bus www.compass-travel.co.uk John Harvey Tavern from 11.30 then 12.20 The top ten pubs are: Emsworth www.emsworthanddistrict.co.uk Compass 143 to Roebuck then return for Lewes 1st. Hand in Hand, Kemp Town, Brighton Metrobus www.metrobus.co.uk pubs. *= subject to pub reopening ; one alternative Bus to the Pub, Pub of the Year 2nd Inglenook Hotel, Nyetimber joint 3rd Cooper’s Arms, Crowborough Renown www.renowngroup.co.uk could be Selmeston & Alciston so pl. check with As always, the group – now into its sixth year – Brewers Arms, Lewes Stagecoach www.stagecoachbus.com/south Stuart has had an interesting and most enjoyable 2014 Sussex Bus www.thesussexbus.com joint 5th Anchored in Worthing Monday 16 to Lancing & Sompting; meet out and about visiting pubs, bars and even a club Brooksteed Alehouse, Worthing from 12 noon in Stanley Alehouse then onto all over our wonderful county. A particular Some of you reading this may also be Crabtree (GBG) and Gardeners Arms (GBG) joint 7th Albatross (RAFA) Club, Bexhill interested in Pete Brown’s bi-monthly Trains pleasure has been the emergence of four of the Thursday 26 Awayday to Snargate; 10.32 Royal Oak, Friday Street, Rusper to London Pubs (TTLP) group (see the Diary new breed of micro-pubs, with at least one other train from B’ton to Appledore (Kent) for easy Snowdrop, Lewes Dates). in the pipeline, so it would be no surprise to see Wilkes Head, Eastergate road walk (approx. 1.5m) to Red Lion (GBG) numbers increase during 2015 as the industry Important note : many of the rural routes that continues to adapt to the growing demands from we use are subsidised by local councils. With A presentation will have been made to Hand in April well-informed and knowledgeable consumers for Hand manager Matt Davies and owner Brenda government funding to County Councils continuing to interesting, innovative and tasty real ales and be reduced year on year, cuts can and do occur at short Thursday 2 to a Sx PotY pub; (ring for details Robbins shortly before publication of this spring notice. Currently we are awaiting to learn the full extent nearer time) ciders. Whilst we are, sadly, all too aware that edition of Sussex Drinker but the BttP group will of the upcoming East Sussex CC cuts which are likely to Friday 8 Around Worthing; meet from 11.30 daytime trade continues to be a challenge for be visiting the Inglenook again on Monday 20 be introduced in Spring 2015. Any changes to this at Brooksteed Alehouse then onwards many publicans, equally we have been encouraged April, and returning to the Hand in Hand possibly programme will be advised to those on our Thursday 16 to a Sx PotY pub; (ring for details to find a good number pubs of all types, sizes and at the end of May, so do please join us there. mailing list so do please join (see below). nearer time) locations really buzzing.

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ale using wild hops gathered from around Monday to Friday being sought to double the size of and proprietor Mark Tranter was the brewery’s own farm. 9.30am-6pm, sometimes to 7pm. It the brewery, with the work voted Brewer of the Year 2014 by BLO TBC will also open every first and third expected to be completed by this the British Guild of Beer Writers - a Saturday of each month from spring. well deserved honour. As the ARUNDEL 10am-1pm. Please call or email if you Peter Mitchell Porter went down very well at Ford, nr Arundel, 01903 733111. want to check if the shop is open Christmas, there will be a seasonal www.arundelbrewery.co.uk before visiting. It is intended to BLACK CAT cask beer produced in limited At the end of September the stock some of the brewery’s own Framfield, Uckfield. quantities aimed mainly at the local company launched its Sussex beers in bottles as well as beer www.blackcat-brewery.com market; the spring beer is yet to be Information here is mostly supplied Cyder, made from a high direct from the cask by 500ml, 2 litre New owners Paul and Kate are decided. The new Saison is Saison by the named Brewery Liaison proportion of bittersweet cider and up 5 litre mini-kegs. Deliveries aiming to develop two areas of the Rouge, a 5.5% beer incorporating Officer. The Brewery Liaison apples grown in the county. It is now and set up for 72 pint casks for business. One is in East Sussex four yeast strains and brewed using Coordinator for London & South available at the brewery shop. In parties and barbecues etc. can be supplying the existing pubs as far as cardamom and orange blossom; it East Area is Peter Page-Mitchell. production until the end of arranged. A local delivery service the Spotted Dog, Penshurst and the will be available in key keg and February is the seasonal Winter (within ten miles of the brewery) Crown, Groombridge, also creating bottles. More bottle conditioned 1648 Knights (4.9%), a dark-chestnut old but with a minimum order of 5 litre some interest at the Coopers Arms, beers from the ageing programme East Hoathly, 01825 840830. ale that includes chocolate malt in mini-keg is also available. Tel: 01273 Crowborough, and, locally to the will follow as 2015 progresses. The www.1648brewing.co.uk the grist and Golding hops in the 915025 / email: brewery, the Griffin, Fletching. The first will be an export porter, aged in The brewery had a very good 2014 copper. This was joined throughout [email protected]. other is feeding the pubs in oak for three months with on the sale of bottled beer and will December by Red Nose, a 5.0% Peter Mitchell Weybridge where the husband and Brettonamyces yeast. be continuing the production fermenting vessels, a fully- festive amber ale that debuted at wife team reside. They have a large Ruth Anderson throughout 2015. Brewery tours functioning cold room and a the Arundel by Candlelight festival. BEACHY HEAD unit enabling growth to a 10-barrel will be offered again once all work conditioning room. Sales were up at Jeff Vinter East Dean, 01323 423313. plant. They have already brewed DARK STAR has been completed on a Christmas at local farmers markets www.beachyhead.org.uk Original, Hopsmack and Black , 01403 713085. refurbishment to the fermenting and stocks are now plentiful due to BALLARD’S Business was very good leading up Cat. www.darkstarbrewing.co.uk vessels and flooring.St George increased production. Nyewood, 01730 821362. to Christmas and the signs are that BLO TBC Surprisingly for a strong, dark beer, (4.5%) will be a must for 23 April; Special, 5.5% bitter, is currently the www.ballards-brewery.co.uk things look good for 2015. More December’s Crème Brûlée was also on offer will be two award- best seller. One new member has A new event in November, “Beats at casks are on order as plans are afoot BRIGHTON BIER one of the brewery’s fastest selling winning ales, Ruby Mild (3.6%) and joined and the brewery is still Ballard’s”, combining live music and to increase production. Brighton, 07515 956976 / 07967 beers of all time. Also very well Three Threads (4.3%). looking for more, so check the food may well be repeated early this Once again the Famous 681203. received was the oak aged 10% David Platt website if you are interested in year. The Ballard’s Walk winter brew Christmas Ale has been a great www.brightonbier.com Critical Mass, all bottled ready for helping out. A good outlet for was Kippered (insert your own success. This could lead to more The new brewery will enable an Christmas. Hophead is now 360° bottled beers is the Sussex Produce UKIP reference here); at 8.5% and brews of this ale next year. increase in the availability and available in bottle, a move previously Sheffield Park, 01825 722375. Company, Steyning - the 2014 being very drinkable it has since sold Tony Harman distribution of the core beers as resisted because of its fame and www.360degreebrewing.com bottles of 9.2% Very Merry out. The walk was again very well well as allowing for more frequent appeal as a cask ale; but with The first two seasonal beers were Andrew have gone down well. supported and raised £450 for the BEDLAM brews of the Dealer’s Choice IPA modern bottling technology and launched very successfully and have Nigel Bullen local Headway charity. A new Albourne, 07955 684041. range, which has proven very care, the beer has retained its proved popular: Pacific Red #45 bottled beer, Ginger Binger, is www.bedlambrewery.co.uk popular in its first few guises. Later freshness and character while, due was produced for autumn and ANCHOR SPRINGS being trialed; at 6.0% and based on Many more pubs are buying direct this year the team will be launching a to the extended conditioning Oatmeal Stout #45 for winter. Littlehampton, 01903 719086. Wassail, each bottle will contain a from the brewery while greater new signature brew called, simply, required to eliminate later chill haze, The members club is growing www.anchorspringsbrewery.com small sliver of ginger. If successful, it success and market exposure has Brighton Bier. As well as being it is produced without the need for steadily. Two events have been held The brewery was very busy will be added to the seasonal list. been also been achieved by sold on draught, this will be the first isinglass and therefore carries the at the brewery where a guest supplying outlets for the Christmas The label artwork was created by distributing through HT White. of their ales to be available packaged vegetarian logo on the label. speaker is invited and free beer rush. Its new restaurant bar, the local artist Ruth Leach, who also Indian Pale Ale (4.8) has been in bottles or cans. Clive Watson provided. A 10% discount applies to Contented Pig, has opened on the designed the label and the pump clip introduced to the permanent range Peter Hartley all of their produce available at the town’s High Street. Here you can for On The Hop. of beers. Also launched is a seasonal DOWNLANDS brewery shop, open most Saturdays. purchase all bottles and order casks Barry Woodward beer, Pilgrim (4.2%), brewed with BURNING SKY , 01273 495596. Jason Phillips as well as sample the daily ale served the first harvest of hops grown on Firle, 01273 858080. www.downlandsbrewery.com from the barrel. Food is prepared by BASELINE the farm at Albourne. A change over www.burningskybeer.com The winter seasonal beer, ADUR a new team of talented chefs and the Small Dole, 01903 879111. on the bottling process from The brewery wishes to thank Migration Song (4.6%), and the Steyning, 01903 867614. Cornish Pasties will still be available. www.baselinebrewing.co.uk pasteurised to “chilled filter” has Harveys for very kindly lending two Christmas beers, Pyecombe www.adurbrewery.com The bar will soon stock Home and Baseline’s Sussex Brewery shop is improved the flavour and quality of them casks for local deliveries over All Ye Faithful (7.4%) and The brewery now has three now open. Trading hours will vary the beer. Planning permission is the Christmas period. Head brewer Christmas Pud (5.0%), have all 16 Colonial, a new bottle conditioned 17 16 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 17

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sold well. A number of awards have FRANKLINS hand-picked apples from the south the first of the mini hops is & Grain off-licence and delicatessen. BLO TBC been won this year at beer festivals Bexhill, 01424 731066. east of . At 5.0%, it comes in underway. Special beers will be Plans for 2015 include at least two with notable success at Worthing www.franklinsbrewery.co.uk two varieties: Straight Apple and brewed for this on the brews per month, new beers and HURST with CAM-RAA and Best, while After the busiest December on Strawberry & Blackcurrant! microbrewery. Other anniversary increased distribution. Hurstpierpoint, 07866 438953. Devils Dyke Honey Porter was record, Steve and Andrew are really Paul Free events will take place, details of BLO TBC www.hurstbrewery.co.uk overall best at Yapton. looking forward to 2015 and which will hopefully be available for Inroads have been made into the Roger Coton growing the company even further. GRIBBLE the next issue, but we can expect a HEPWORTH bottled beer market with a limited They expect to be able to reveal The Gribble Inn, Oving, nr special anniversary brew in June. Horsham, 01403 269696. edition run of Winter FILO some exciting news in the next issue Chichester, 01243 786893. Jack Wilkinson www.hepworthbrewery.co.uk Watchtower. Now established as Hastings, 01424 420212. as well as launching several new www.gribbleinn.co.uk To coincide with new labeling a firm favourite in the session beer www.filobrewing.co.uk beers in the spring. A company trip The tragic arson attack on the pub HASTINGS regulations Hepworth have been market is Oldland Sussex Pale The festive season saw the welcome to Berlin supplied inspiration for a caused major damage. The brewery St Leonards-on-Sea, 01424 850961 / able to brew, through entirely Ale (3.7%), brewed to mark the return of Our Auld Ale (6.5%) and pilsner style lager as well as other was fortunately spared and has 07708 259342. natural processes, a number of completion of restoration work on Cardinal (4.6%) supplementing kegged and bottled products, all of continued to brew on a reduced www.hastingsbrewery.co.uk gluten-free beers. These include local post mill Oldland Mill, and as a other regular beers, Churches which it is hoped to have available scale. The old skittle alley has been The brewery has launched a range bottled Iron Horse, Blonde tribute to the mill volunteers who Pale, Crofters, Gold, and Old soon. Other highlights will include converted to a new Brewery Tap, of Saison beers, available both (organic lager), and Saxon (lager). have just been awarded the English Town Tom, all of which remain as the annual team up with Bexhill open Fridays and weekends, where a bottle- and keg-conditioned. The latter two are also available on Heritage Angel Award for their popular as ever in various pubs Rotary Club in order to stage the couple of beers, just now Fuzzy Varieties so far have included draught. Hopefully, these will be endeavours. This pale ale, along with throughout Sussex and Kent. Ale and Arty festival. Duck and Gribble Ale, are Simple (4.0%), Rye (5.8%), Rye followed with further beers this Founder’s Best Bitter, Keeper’s Bill Turner Mac McCutcheon available on gravity. Celeia (5.1%), épices de Noël year. Golden Ale and Watchtower Chris Wright (4.2%, with Christmas spices), and BLO TBC Black London Porter, is now FIREBIRD GOLDMARK Sour Cranberry (4.2%). The latest available all year round, with , 01403 823180. Poling, nr Arundel, 07900 555415 / GUN beers in the Handmade range HIGH Summer 700 appearing from late www.firebirdbrewing.co.uk 01903 297838. Hawthbush Farm, Gun Hill, include a hopped-up Stout (6.0%, East Grinstead, 07836 291430. spring. Plans are in hand to The run up to Christmas was www.goldmarks.co.uk Heathfield, 07900 683355. with Chinook, Columbus, Cascade) www.highwealdbrewery.co.uk introduce further seasonal ales and extremely busy with sales of beer Three new beers were released for [email protected] and a Red RyePA (6.0%, Citra, The brewery has settled into its increase the bottled beer range. far exceeding expectations. New for 2015: Black Lion Porter (4.8%), Equipment has been installed and Chinook, Simcoe). Both are available larger unit at the same address as Steve Floor the holiday period were Barnabus, Vertigo Craft Lager (4.8%) and the first beers should be available by conditioned in cask, bottle, and keg. before and is benefiting from an authentic German-style 7.0% Red IPA (4.3%). The porter was the the time you read this. The 3.7% Handmade 17: Session increased production of both cask ISFIELD Dopplebock, available both in bottle first beer to sell out at the Worthing BLO TBC Pale recipe has changed to include and bottled ales. Site restrictions Framfield, 01825 750633. and craft keg, and Festive 51 (4.8%), Beer Festival. The lager is one of both rye and wheat, along with Ella, prevent Andy selling direct from the [email protected] a version of the much loved King & Mark’s German recipes in the Helles HAMMERPOT Cascade, Citra and Columbus hops. brewery so the focus is on Sales are good, especially of Barnes Festive. There are plans for style clear beers, which has been Poling, nr Arundel, 01903 883338. Handmade 15: Mosaic Pale Ale continuing to increase bottling Autumn Red, the new 4.4% further interesting cask and keg aged for twelve weeks and in which www.hammerpot-brewery.co.uk won a silver award in its category at capacity to meet demand. The run autumn seasonal, which has proved beers in the next few months. To time it naturally carbonates. Bottles A year of consolidation at the Vinery the SIBA South Craft Beer in Keg up to Christmas was very busy, very popular and had a successful help with production, four new are available from the website. in an increasingly crowded market is Competition in November. showcasing bottles at tasting days, debut at the Eastbourne Beer 2000-litre conical fermenters were Jim Waterston going to be followed by a year of Peter Page-Mitchell market stalls and other events to Festival. To allow him to concentrate installed during January, bringing development. Australian Pale Ale promote the regular beers, which on brewing, Steve Wheatley is fermenting capacity up to 90 barrels. GOLDSTONE was the standout success of 2014 HEATHEN have also been selling well through looking for somebody to work on An extra 1000 square feet of space Ditchling Common, 01444 257053. and more innovations will be issuing Heathen Brewers, Grape & Grain, pubs and outlets such as the Market telesales for about thirty hours per has been taken on to be used www.goldstonebrewery.co.uk forth, particularly with the 51 The Broadway, Haywards Heath, Square, East Grinstead and the week. predominantly as storage for A special seasonal brew for the East brewery’s 10th anniversary coming West Sussex, RH16 3AS, 01444 Bedford Beer Cave, Tunbridge Wells. Peter Adams bottled beers. The indoor beer Slope Bar at the Sussex University up in the summer. 456217 / 07825 429428. Jonathan Samways garden and bar is now completed Students’ Union was Ginger Tim Walker www.heathenbrewers.co.uk KEMPTOWN and will be used to launch the Beard: this golden-coloured ale The brewery was founded in the HOP YARD The Hand in Hand, Brighton, 07967 brewery members club in the spring. featured root ginger, cloves, HARVEYS spring of 2014 and launched on 21 Forest Row, 07769 313410. 681203. As part of plans to help aspiring cinnamon and chillies in its 4.8% Lewes, 01273 480209. September at the Broadway Village www.hopyardbrewing.co.uk The brewpub was excited to be brewers, the first intern, Eric Hymas, recipe. Bottles of Amarillo, www.harveys.org.uk Fete and Ale Festival, with Heathen Golden Ale was on tap at one of voted Pub of the Year by the is joining the brewery for a three Beacon, Old Charmer and One of the steam engines was fired Chemistry (Belgian style Wheat the brewery’s Pop-up events. Future CAMRA Sussex Bus to the Pub month spell in January. Ruddy Duck have become up as usual on Christmas Eve. The Beer) and Heathen Honey plans are evolving fast; check the group. Following the 25th BLO TBC available. The brewery is marketing a year 2015 marks the 225th (Honeyed West Coast IPA, 5.9%). Facebook page (www.facebook. anniversary of the brewery in product called Sea-Cider. anniversary of the opening of the Brewing takes place on a 2.5-barrel com/hopyardbrewingco) or Twitter November 2014 and a return to the Described as 100% organic, it uses brewery. As part of the celebrations, plant in the basement of the Grape feed. GBG for 2015 it seems that good 18 19 18 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 19

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news comes in “3’s”! The time hosting various events at the brew as it catches up on the heels of fermenting vessel ordered, an onsite has already ordered the equipment [email protected] management would like to thank brewery throughout 2014. Their Hip-Hop. In the test brew kit is shop being built, and more, 2015 but is unable to say at the moment Turners have won the Sussex Life Matt the landlord and the brew October and Christmas Festivals, two different takes of Rye malt style already looks to be just as busy and where the process will take place. Newcomer of the Year award for team from Brighton Bier for their Beer and Curry nights, Cream Tea ales. Meet the Brewer events in local exciting as last year! Brewing will continue on Harveys 2014. In partnership with @ contribution towards putting this afternoons and several private pubs, and also brewery trips, are still Scott O’Rourke microbrewery for the foreseeable SouthpawAgency the brewery has historic gem of a pub back on the functions have kept the diary full. very popular. future. been chosen to brew and package Sussex beer map. House favourites The next Kissingate Open Day is Peter Luff NAKED Jack Wilkinson the concept beer called 3 Ginger Gold (4.0%) and Red (4.5%) the annual Spring Festival on Lancing, 01903 791230. Monkeys, to be distributed continue to be available exclusively Saturday 30 May. Details of other LISTER’S www.nakedbeerco.co.uk ROTHER VALLEY predominantly in Kent. The brewery on-site at the brewpub, alongside an events can be found on the brewery Ford, 01903 885950 / 07775 853412. Another new staff member, Ian Northiam, 01797 252922 / 07798 hosted a French school party as part ever-changing selection of guest website. More wins and placements www.listersbrewery.com Venton, has joined as an assistant 877551. of an educational visit to this cask ales and an extensive bottle list. at beer festivals have resulted in a Priding itself on producing brewer. A new 10-barrel conical Colin and Steve have managed to country where the brewing process Peter Hartley significant increase in sales traditional ales, the brewery has had fermentation vessel has been added, obtain some organic barley and was demonstrated. Enquiries for particularly for the speciality beers, an exciting few months with more doubling capacity, and two new hops grown in East Sussex, keeping brewery visits to the contact details KILN Stout Extreme Jamaica, promised for 2015. Best Bitter conditioning tanks and ‘kegging with the idea of sourcing local above. Burgess Hill, 07800 556729. Nooksack APA, Micro Lot (3.9%) is now joined by Special Ale equipment’ purchased, allowing the ingredients for a new brew called Jason Phillips www.thekilnbrewery.co.uk Coffee Porter and Six Crows. (4.6%). A golden ale and a dark mild brewing of ‘keg beers’ to begin. The Organic Pale Malt (OPM). This Kiln describe themselves as “an New to the core beer range is are to follow. The ales are regularly imperial stout made with sloes will 4.8% beer will be available February/ WELTONS independent nano-brewery Sussex (4.0%), well received since available at the Windmill, Rustington; now appear early February and will March. Horsham, 01403 242901. dedicated to creating the types of distribution started in October. Stanley Arms, Portslade; be called Sloe Down. A re-release Dawn Lincoln www.weltonsbeer.co.uk beers we like to drink: unfiltered, Roy Bray Clockhouse, East Preston; Black of Depeach Mode will be After twenty years of brewing unpasteurised and most importantly Horse, Binsted; and the Gardeners produced exclusively as a keg beer. A TOP NOTCH Weltons finally own a pub, location full of great flavour.” They are LAINE Arms, Sompting. They also appear at yet-unnamed pale is due for release Haywards Heath, 07963 829368. still to be announced, which will concentrating (for the time being, at The North Laine, Brighton, 01273 other pubs between Brighton and at the end of February. www.topnotchbrewing.co.uk serve as their brewery tap. A least) on producing bottled beers. 683666. Havant and even as far afield as Roy Bond A runners-up award was achieved carbonator has been purchased to Brewlin Rouge (5.1%) has already www.drinkinbrighton.co.uk/north-laine Wiltshire. Two pence from every with Hop Festival in the Best produce beer in keg form as an been available in bottle and The green hop beer noted as pint or bottle sold goes to a local PIN UP Sussex Beer category at the addition to the fine cask range. Trade Broadwalk Pale (4.5%) has been forthcoming in the previous issue dogs rescue centre in memory of Southwick, 01273 411127. Worthing Beer Festival. This is now was 30% up in December and a bottled and will shortly be on sale. was released as Queen’s Park Lister. www.pinupbrewingco.com a summer-only seasonal beer, with whopping 600 firkins of the 6.6% Paul Free Green (3.8%). Nigel Dallas, the Glenn Johnson Sales are still increasing and all Royal Fanfare a winter-only Churchillian Stout are being original brewer, has, sadly, left the efforts at the moment are going into seasonal beer. Flare-Path is brewed for the mid-March KING BEER brewery to pursue his old career in LONG MAN increasing the production (including currently available year round but is Wetherspoon beer festival. There Horsham, 01403 272102. IT. His place has been taken by Chris, Litlington, 01323 871850 / 07976 by looking to invest in a new brew likely to become an autumn will be a range of beers with a St. www.kingbeer.co.uk who has worked at a number of 777992. plant) so that the brewery can keep seasonal with a new beer launching George theme in April, including Wonderland proved to be a big hit Sussex breweries. His first brew was www.longmanbrewery.com up with orders. Extension of the in the spring to coincide with the 4.9% Red Cross Mild. The 6.0% over Christmas, as was the stylish Ruby Slipper, the annual, dark Three awards in 2014: American fermentation vessels is also under Sussex Branches Beer & Cider beers Persian Princess and Black Symphony and the ever festive beer. He is continuing to Pale Ale (4.8%) received a major way with two already done and two Festival. Benchmark IPA, 4.7%, Headless Horseman have made a popular Old. If you have not yet produce the full range of Laine international accolade with Bronze more to be completed this year. was a hop-forward, one-off, single- welcome return while an Equinox managed to try Red River since its beers. in the European category at the New artwork will be released for cask collaboration with Unbarred beer will be available at the North return in November, more is being Ruth Anderson World Beer Awards; Crafty some of the pump clips and bottles. Brewery, another small micro, Sussex CAMRA Equinox Beer brewed and it will be available Blonde (4.3%) won Bronze in its Session IPA (4.1%) will be a new hoping to launch soon in Hove. Top Festival. Waterloo themed beers will throughout the winter. Events at the LANGHAM category at the SIBA South Craft beer this year, as will be a spring ale. Down is a collaboration with follow in June to mark the brewery continue, notably a recent Lodsworth, Petworth, 01798 Beer in Keg Competition, and Long It is hoped to start kegging some of Downlands Brewery. Twenty-two bicentenary of the historic battle Sussex Gourmet Bus tour, as part of 860861. Blonde topped the microbrew the products by the summer. casks of this 5.0% red rye pale ale is and there will be a new set of the Brighton & Hove festival. www.langhambrewery.co.uk category at the CAMRA Eastbourne Adrian Towler to be distributed across mid and bottled beers in the forthcoming “Brewer for a day” experiences are Busy times up at Lodsworth with Beer Festival. Old Man has been west Sussex with limited availability President range, to be sold in Beer now on sale. lots of beer produced for Christmas added to the bottled range and RECTORY also in 500ml bottles. Essentials, Horsham, and at the new Mike Head and the New Year. Christmas Copper Hop will be the next to be Streat, 01273 890570. Keith Newell pub. Check the website for details of Cracker, a slightly spiced version of bottled, ready for early March. By the time you read this, a the next Live at the Brewery events. KISSINGATE the 4.5% best bitter has been Sussex Pride (4.5%) will return as traditional bitter (4.5%) and an TURNERS Nigel Bullen , 01403 891335. brewed three times this season. the spring seasonal, while Jamie has oatmeal stout (4.5-4.8%) should Ringmer, 07710 581042 / 08456 www.kissingate.co.uk Arapaho, the 4.9% American Pale also promised a few new additions have been produced. Bottling should 892689. Gary and Bunny have had a busy Ale, may soon be the top-selling to the line up. With another also have started by now - Godfrey www.turnersbrewery.com 20 21 20 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 21

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7NX, 01797 225220 Snowdrop Inn, 119 South Street, Lewes, BN7 Half Moon Inn, Ditchling Rd, Plumpton, BN7 2BU, 01273 471018 CIDER HOUSE NOTES 3AF, 01273 890253 Stanley Arms, 47 Wolseley Road, Portslade, Hand in Hand, 33 Upper St James Street, BN41 1SS, 01273 430234 Cider all year round… 770773 Brighton, BN2 1JN, 01273 699595 Station, Hampstead Rd, Brighton, BN1 5NG, Black Dove, 74 St James’s Street, Brighton, Hope Inn, West Pier, Newhaven, BN9 9DN, 01273 501318 Wassail, and all the best for the new year! BN21PA, 01273 671119 01273 515389 Temple Bar, 121 Western Road, Brighton, BN1 Make one of your resolutions to be more Black Horse, 55 Western Rd, Lewes, BN7 1RS, Horns Lodge, South Street, South Chailey, BN8 2AD, 01273 721501 interactive with CAMRA: check this list of 01273 473653 4BD, 01273 400422 Victoria Hotel, 27 Latimer Road, Eastbourne, pubs in Sussex serving all year round what Brewers Arms, 91 High St, Lewes, BN7 1XN, Jolly Boatman, 133-135 Lewes Rd, Newhaven, BN22 7BU, 01323 722673 CAMRA considers to be real cider and let me 01273 475524 BN9 9SJ, 01273 510030 Victory, 6 Duke St, Brighton, BN1 1AH, 01273 know of any additions, amendments or Brighton Beer Dispensary, 38 Dean Street, Kent & Sussex Cider Centre, Perryhill 326555 deletions - even let me know if these pubs are Brighton, BN1 3EG, 01273 710624 Orchards, Bolebrook Lodge, Hartfield, TN7 Volunteer, 12 Eastgate St, Lewes, BN7 2LP, listed in the correct county (which can be Caroline of Brunswick, 39 Ditchling Rd, 4LJ, 01892 770595 01273 476357 awkward with changing and convoluted Brighton, BN1 4SB, 01273 624434 Kings Head, High Street, East Hoathly, BN8 Wellington, 53 Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2 3ET, boundaries between East and West Sussex). It Crown and Anchor, 213 Preston Rd, Brighton, 6DR, 01825 840238 01273 603675 may in fact be better to contact direct the BN1 6SA, 01273 559494 Kings Head, Rye Rd, Udimore, TN31 6BG, Westbourne, 90 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 APPLE Committee at CAMRA, through Chris Dover Castle, 43 Southover Street, Brighton, 01424 882349 5DN, 01273 833633 Rouse ([email protected]), as any BN1 9UE, 01273 245338 Lansdown Arms, 36 Lansdown Place, Lewes, White Rock Hotel, 1-10 White Rock, Hastings, changes will be acted on much more quickly. Dripping Spring, 34 Tower Rd, St Leonards, BN7 2JU, 01273 470711 TN34 1JU, 01424 422240 All changes to the list are updated on TN37 6JE, 01424 436222 Laughing Fish, Station Road, Isfield, TN22 approximately a monthly basis, and can be Druids Arms, 79 Ditchling Rd, Brighton, BN1 5XB, 01825 750349 West Sussex viewed on the CAMRA website at www.camra. 4SB, 01273 680596 North Laine, 27 Gloucester Place, Brighton, Anchor Hotel, 3 Market Square, Horsham, org.uk/real-cider-pub-near-you. Eagle, 57 South St, Eastbourne, BN21 4UT, BN1 4AA, 01273 683666 RH12 1EU, 01403 250640 01323 417799 Old Boot, 16 South Street, Seaford, BN25 1PE, Anchored in Worthing, 27 West Buildings, So there you go - loads of lovely cider to drink Earth and Stars, 46 Windsor St, Brighton, BN1 01323 895454 Worthing, BN11 3BS, 01903 529100 as you go round checking out all the pubs! But 1RJ, 01273 722879 Palmeira, 70-71 Cromwell Road, Hove, BN3 Beer Essentials, 30A East St, Horsham, RH12 please don’t try too many at once - remember Elephant and Castle, White Hill, Lewes, BN7 3ES, 01273 720641 1HL, 01403 218890 that cider is much stronger than most beers. And 2DJ, 01273 473797 Prince Albert, 48 Trafalgar Street, Brighton, Black Horse, Street, Nuthurst, RH13 don’t forget to come along to the Sussex Evening Star, 55-56 Surrey St, Brighton, BN1 BN1 4ED, 01273 730499 6LH, 01403 891272 Branches Beer and Cider Festival, 19-21 3PB, 01273 328931 Queen Victoria, 54 High St, Rottingdean, BN2 Black Jug, 31 North St, Horsham, RH12 1RJ, March, at its new venue at the Brighton Corn Fitzherbert’s, 25 New Rd, Brighton, BN1 1UG, 7HF, 01273 302121 01403 253526 Exchange, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1EE. 01273 682401 Queens Head, Parsonage Lane, Icklesham, Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney, RH17 Gardeners Arms, 46 Cliffe High St, Lewes, TN36 4BL, 01424 814552 5RL, 01444 881200 Again, wassail ... BN7 2AN, 01273 474808 Robin Hood Inn, Main Road, Icklesham, TN36 Brewery Shades, 85 High St, Crawley, RH10 Geese, 16 Southover Street, Brighton, BN2 Jackie Johnson 4BD, 01424 814277 1BA, 01293 514105 9UA, 01273 693491 Surrey and Sussex Regional Cider Coordinator Rose Cottage, Alciston, BN26 6UW, 01323 Buckingham Arms, 35-39 Brunswick Rd, George Inn, High Street, Robertsbridge, TN32 870377 Shoreham, BN43 5WA, 01273 453660 East Sussex 5AW, 01580 880315 Salehurst Halt, Church Lane, Salehurst, TN32 Chichester Inn, 38 West St, Chichester, PO19 Ancient Mariner, 59 Rutland Rd, Hove, BN3 Ginger Pig, 3 Hove St, Hove, BN3 2TR, 01273 5PH, 01580 880620 1RP, 01243 783185 5FE, 01273 748595 736123 Ship Inn, The Strand, Rye, TN31 7DB, 01797 Cricketers Arms, High Street, Duncton, GU28 Barley Mow, 92 St Georges Rd, Brighton, BN2 Gladstone, 123 Lewes Rd, Brighton, BN2 3QB, 222233 0LB, 01798 342473 1EE, 01273 682259 01273 620888 Signalman, 76 Ditchling Rise, Brighton, BN1 Crown, 29 High St, Littlehampton, BN17 5EG, Bell, 15 Belfast St, Hove, BN3 3YS, 01273 Globe Inn Marsh, 10 Military Road, Rye, TN31 4QQ, 01273 689783 01903 719842

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Duke of Wellington, 368 Brighton Rd, Swan, 1 Horsham Rd, West Green, Crawley, Shoreham, BN43 6RE, 01273 389818 RH11 7AY, 01293 527447 Five Bells, Smock Alley, , Watermill, 1 Leylands Road, Worlds End, RH20 2QX, 01798 812143 Burgess Hill, RH15 0QF, 01444 235517 Hare and Hounds, Stoughton (off B2146), Wheatsheaf, 22-24 Richmond Rd, Worthing, PO18 9JQ, 023 9263 1433 BN11 1PP, 01903 233167 Heath, 47 Sussex Road, Haywards Heath, White Horse, Park Lane, Maplehurst, RH13 RH16 4DZ, 01444 416762 6LL, 01403 891208 Jolly Tanners, Handcross Rd, Staplefield, RH17 Wilkes Head, Church Lane, Eastergate, PO20 6EF, 01444 400335 6UT, 01243 543380 Lamb Inn, , RH11 4RG, 01293 871336 Malt Shovel, 15 Springfield Rd, Horsham, RH12 2PG, 01403 254548 Old Star Ale and Cider House, 16A/B High St, Shoreham, BN43 5DQ, 07982 842057 Ounce and Ivy Bush, The Atrium, King Street, East Grinstead, RH19 3DJ, 01342 335130 Owl at Kingsfold, Dorking Rd, Kingsfold, RH12 3SA, 01306 628499 Piston Broke, 88 High St, Shoreham, BN43 5DB, 01273 441622 Poacher, 193 High St, Hurstpierpoint, BN6 9PU, 01273 834202 Queens Head, , RH13 0PS, 01403 730436 Red Lion, 45 High St, Arundel, BN18 9AG, 01903 882214 Red Lion, Lion Lane, Turners Hill, RH10 4NU, 01342 715416 Romans, Manor Hall Rd, Southwick, BN42 4NG, 01273 592147 Royal Oak, Friday Street, Rusper, RH12 4QA, Known locally as Wipers Ypres Castle Inn 01293 871393 this 17th century pub Gungarden Selden Arms, 41 Lyndhurst Rd, Worthing, offers five real ales and locally produced food. BN11 2DB Rye Nestled behind Ypres East Sussex Shepherd and Dog, The Street, Fulking, BN5 Castle the pub is ideally 9LU, 01273 857382 located to enjoy the TN31 7HH Sloop Inn, Sloop Lane, Scaynes Hill, RH17 surrounding views from 01797 223248 7NP, 01444 831219 the pretty beer garden. www.yprescastleinn.co.uk Spyglass, 31a Marine Parade, Worthing, BN11 Live music is provided every Friday & Sunday 3PU, 01903 237622 night. Sussex Oak, 2 Church St, , RH12 3QW, 01403 265028

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On Tuesday 18 The ten-year long campaign was So thank you to all CAMRA members, November, as part Pubco Reform launched in a pub closed by volunteers and supporters; this campaign win of the Small Enterprise Inns at just hours’ would not have been possible without your Business, Campaign Win! notice, but reopened as a free tireless efforts. At present the reforms only Enterprise & house after a community apply to England and Wales but we continue to Employment Bill, licensees from unfair business practices in the campaign. The eleven coalition campaign for it to be introduced across the UK. MPs voted to introduce a market rent only pubs industry. The adjudicator will crack down organisations including, of There is still a lot more to be done: the obvious option for licensees tied to the large pub on cases of inflated rents and excessive beer course, CAMRA, were all motivated by the next step is stopping the ridiculous loophole companies, thus securing a win for CAMRA in prices charged to publicans. There will be more blatant injustice. The campaign road has seen allowing good pubs to become supermarkets one its Key Campaigns - for Pubco Reform. power to the licensee to ensure they are no CAMRA contribute to four Business Select without permission (and CAMRA’s Pubs The Government was defeated by 284 votes to worse off than their free-of-tie counterparts. All Committee investigations, several high-profile Matter campaign is designed to do just that). 259 with MPs from all parties voting in favour of this will help deliver more investment in Parliamentary debates, a Government The industry backlash has been hysterical and of a new clause to the Bill that will empower your local pubs, better choice and ultimately consultation, an Office of Fair Trading Super will no doubt spark fresh myths to bust. But for Pubco licensees to choose between a tied fewer pub closures. Over the last decade many Complaint and numerous rallies in Parliament now, as the Government has said it cannot agreement and a market rent only agreement, thousands of pubs have been lost as big pub (pictured). CAMRA members and branches overrule the will of Parliament, we can allowing them to buy beer on the open market. companies have squeezed them out of existence have distributed half a million beer mats and celebrate this historic victory. The family brewers (who generally treat their with sky-high rents and beer prices. With thirty- posters promoting the campaign in pubs and licensees fairly) will not be affected. one pubs closing a week it is vital that sent 8,000 letters to MPs on this issue in the last Your Editor adopted this article from www. publicans, who are on the frontline of keeping year alone! And the most recent activity saw a fairdealforyourlocal.com and a news release The new amendment follows the Government’s our valued community pubs open, are given petition reach nearly 45,000 signatures which from Gareth Epps, Public Affairs Coordinator decision to introduce a Pubs Adjudicator and protection from heavy-handed business was handed to the Business Department. for the Fair Deal for your Local Steering Statutory Code to protect thousands of practices from the big Pubcos. Group. Cat & Canary Pub Upper Station Road, Henfield, BN5 9PJ Come and join We are a country pub situated The Sussex Oak deep in the heart of Sussex. us at the Cat Here you will find a large 2 Church Street selection of local and national and Canary ales on 8 hand pumps. Warnham Sky Sports Steak Night Curry Night We have an extensive food Nr Horsham menu prepared from fresh RH12 3QW Tuesday Thursday local ingredients. Harvey’s Sussex Best Bitter, Timothy Taylor Fresh local food served Landlord and a guest ale all day Friday to Sunday, and lunch and dinner 20th Feb - Crazy Murdocks Monday to Thursday. 15th Mar - Mothers’ Day Special - Jay Hunter 1.30-4.30pm 28th Mar - Karaoke disco and Pyjama party In the CAMRA 2015 Good 3rd-6th Apr - Fun Easter weekend with BBQ Beer Guide 11th Apr - Live Music and CAMRA Good Pub 25th Apr - Karaoke disco Food Guide Large Garden and field. 01273 492509 Celebrating 12 years in the Good Beer Guide [email protected] Come and celebrate Great Beer in front of a Roaring Fire 01403 265028 The-Sussex-Oak-at-Wareham

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SD81.indd 26-27 08/02/2015 12:54:24 Diary Dates Diary Dates

Welling. To be included on mailout list contact May 30 Kissingate Brewery Springfest, Pole Pete Brown, 01243 552908, peteb@ Barn, Church Lane Farm Estate, Lower CAMRA EVENTS IN BOLD. For FREE inclusion in this column, contact the Editor; for PAID custardtowers.plus.com Beeding, RH13 6LU, 01403 891335, www. kissingate.co.uk advertisements contact Neil Richards. Copy-by date and contact details on p. 3. May 1-4 Anchor Inn 4th annual “Keep it Feb 13-15 Stanley Arms Winter Beer Mar 28-29 NORTH SUSSEX CAMRA 2nd Local” Bank Holiday Beer Festival, with live Jun 13-14 Taste! Artisan Food Festival, Festival, 47 Wolseley Road, Portslade, BN41 EQUINOX BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL, music and (if fine) BBQ, Church Street, wines, real ales and ciders, 10am-6pm, free 1SS, 01273 430234, www.thestanley.com Drill Hall, Denne Road, Horsham, RH12 1JF, Hartfield, TN7 4AG, 01892 770424, www. entry, Oaklands Park, Chichester, PO19 6AP, www.northsussexcamra.org.uk, camra. anchorhartfield.com 01243 839316, www.tastefestival.net Feb 20-21 GOSPORT WINTERFEST [email protected] XXIII, Thorngate Halls, Bury Road, Gosport, May 1-4 Stonemasons Inn 2nd annual Real Jun 19-21 Three Moles Beer Festival, PO12 3PX, www.psehcamra.org.uk/Winterfest. Apr 3-6 Eagle and Dew Drop Inn Joint Beer Ale Festival, featuring many Sussex ales, North Selham, GU28 0PN, 01798 861303, www. php and Cider Festival, South Street, Eastbourne, Street, Petworth, GU28 9NL, 01798 342510, facebook.com/TheThreeMoles BN21 4UP, 01323 723313/417799 www.thestonemasonsinn.co.uk Feb 20-23 Rose in June Winter Beer Jul 4 Train to London Pubs, TTLP24, target Festival, 102 Milton Road, Portsmouth, PO3 Apr 3-6 Rowfant House 2nd Easter Beer May 1-4 Wilkes Head Beer Festival, Church area TBA. To be included on mailout list 6AR, 023 9282 4191, www.theroseinjune.co.uk Festival, Wallage Lane, Rowfant, RH10 4NG, Lane, Eastergate, PO20 3UT, 01243 543380, contact Pete Brown, 01243 552908, peteb@ 01342 714869, www.rowfanthouse.co.uk www.wilkesheadeastergate.co.uk custardtowers.plus.com Feb 26 Meet the Brewer, Dark Star, from 7.30pm, Dolphin & Anchor (JDW), West Apr 3-6 Tanners Arms Beer and Music May 15-17 26th YAPTON BEEREX, Aug 21-23 West Marden Fest, celebrating all Street, Chichester, PO19 1QD, 01243 790280. Festival, 12-12 daily, 78 Brighton Road, Yapton & Ford Village Hall, BN18 0ET, see things local, including up to 20 ales, plus music, Horsham, RH13 5BU, 01403 588789, www. back page advert and www. food, dog show and more; Victoria Inn, West Mar 6-8 Prestonville Arms Spring Beer thetannersarms.com westernsussexcamra.org.uk Marden, PO18 9EN, 02392 631330, www. Festival, 12noon-midnight every day with 15 victoriainnwestmarden.co.uk ales plus cider, 64 Hamilton Road, Brighton, Apr 17-19 CAMRA MEMBERS’ May 22 (also Jun 19, Jul 17, Jul 31) Bluebell BN1 5DN, 01273 701007, www. WEEKEND AND AGM, Albert Hall Railway Rail Ale Evening, Sheffield Park theprestonvillearms.co.uk Conference Centre, North Circus Street, Station, TN22 3QL, 01825 720800, www. Nottingham, NG1 5AA, www.camraagm.org. bluebell-railway.com/event/rail-ale-evenings/ Mar 12 Train to London Pubs, TTLP22, to uk SW London including Wimbledon, Tooting & May 23 Spin Up in a Brewery, Beer, Bikes Clapham. To be included on mailout list contact Apr 17-19 Victoria Inn Spring Beer Festival; and BBQ, Dark Star Brewery, 22 Star Road, Pete Brown, 01243 552908, peteb@ emphasis on 10-12 spring/summer brews from Partridge Green, RH13 8RA, 01403 713085, custardtowers.plus.com local breweries plus a few from further afield; www.darkstarbrewing.co.uk chosen charity will be Headway. West Marden, May 29-30 (also Aug 28-30) Brighton Beer Mar 19-21 SUSSEX CAMRA PO18 9EN, 02392 631330, www. & Cider Festival (presented by Brighton & BRANCHES 25th BEER & CIDER victoriainnwestmarden.co.uk FESTIVAL, Brighton Corn Exchange, Church Hove Food and Drink Festival in association Street, Brighton, BN1 1EE, 07450 656148, Apr 25 SUSSEX CAMRA BRANCHES with Nutshell Construction. Hot food on the [email protected], www. LIAISON MEETING, White Rock Hotel, night by Beach BBQ), 6pm-9.30pm, over 50 sussexbeerfestival.co.uk White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JU, 01424 beers and ciders from Sussex and surrounding 422240, www.thewhiterockhotel.com counties alongside a selection of wines from Mar 20-21 Southsea Beerex, Wedgewood Butlers Wine Cellar, in festival marquees on Rooms, 147b Albert Road, Southsea, PO4 0JW, May 1 Train to London Pubs, TTLP23, a tour Hove Lawns, BN3 2WN; £7 entry including a 023 9286 3911, www.wedgewood-rooms.co. of the SE London/NW Kent blossoming micro festival glass, tickets available in advance from uk/WhatsOn/SouthseaBeerex.aspx pub scene including the CAMRA Greater www.brightonfoodfestival.com London Pub of the Year, the Door Hinge,

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SD81.indd 28-29 08/02/2015 12:54:25 Inn Focus Inn Focus

also been supplied to the pub by Brighton co- The Bevy: More operative brewery, Bartleby’s. than a Pub! The Bevendean Community Pub is open every day from 12noon-11pm. Come along and have Annual Beer Walk Sunday 1st December! Business, SE Assist, Co-operative Enterprise a bevy! The pub even has its own bus stop on Hub and the Church Urban Fund. The group the Brighton & Hove 49 route. The Bevy, 50 A selection of draught and were helped to get going along the journey Hillside, Brighton, BN2 4TF, 01273 281009, bottled real ales www.thebevy.co.uk through advice from The Plunkett Foundation Ideal for parties, weddings and the Community Shares Company. The Quaffer and functions The Bevy is the first community-owned pub on (With information from the Bevendean Bulletin, Visit our brewery shop - a housing estate in the UK. More than 700 Issue 39) week days 8-4 The autumn 2012 issue of the Sussex Drinker people have purchased community shares and carried a feature on the formation of a co- Free local home delivery! are now owners of the pub - more than any other operative by a group of residents in the co-op pub in the country. There are currently Online orders and payment Moulsecoomb and Bevendean area of Brighton twelve people on the management committee, (See our website for details) in an attempt to reopen their local, the all who live locally. The licensee-manager is the The Old Sawmill, Nyewood, Bevendean Hotel, following its closure by the well-known, popular figure and BHA supporter Nr Petersfield, hants GU31 5HA police in May 2010. The hotel was built in 1936 Chris Pobjoy, who used to be landlord of the by local architect Stavers Hessell Tiltman, most Telephone: 01730 821 362 Romans, Southwick. Their focus is on probably for the Portsmouth and Brighton www.ballards-brewery.co.uk developing: United Breweries. On Saturday 13 December 2014, at 5.30pm, the reopening of the Bevy was • a hub for the community; blessed by the Vicar of Moulsecoomb, Father • a pub that people will want to live close to; John Wall. • a café that will draw people out of their homes; Local residents themselves raised much of the • a place to eat that will stop people going £200K required, while regular ‘work-ins’ saw into town; volunteers give up their weekends to fit out the • a facility to provide training and pub ahead of its grand reopening. There were experience to our young people. also fundraising events, grants and loans from East Brighton Trust, Social Investment The light and airy premises are fitted out to a high standard: they include a large café area opening onto the south terrace and main garden area; a pub area occupying most of the space to the east and north of the pub interior; a small meeting room facility for twelve people on the north side of the pub; and a community kitchen. On its three hand pumps the Bevy serves a range of real ales from local breweries and guests. During your Editor’s visit these were Harveys Best Bitter and Old Ale, Dark Star Hophead, Fuller’s Gale’s HSB, Sharp’s Doom Bar, and Timothy Taylor Landlord. Beers have

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SD81.indd 30-31 08/02/2015 12:54:27 Spotlight on Breweries Spotlight on Breweries

various events such Maris Otter Invitation as the 24/7 and Langham Brewery Hopfest, Dark Star have been invited as Brewery were able the West Sussex to hand out over representative, and £8,000 to some great Hastings Brewery as local causes the East Sussex including Sussex representative, to the Sailability, Maris Otter 50 Beer Hustwood Park Neurological Centre and the Festival, arranged to Dame Vera Lynn Trust. James at Dark Star, who celebrate fifty years of Maris Otter malting is a member of the group PubAid, is very barley. All of the participating fifty breweries, vociferous about the generosity of pubs and from all around the UK and the rest of the beer lovers. In a rare moment of seriousness, world, will be brewing a new beer with Maris James said “did you know that this industry Otter malt to debut at the festival in Norwich, UnBarred Launch 5-barrel plant. They raises over £100,000,000 per year for charity ... 17-19 September. UnBarred brewery focus on small we all know that excessive boozing is a problem See www.h-banham.co.uk/marisotter50/ launched their batches of craft beer but let us not forget that there are a lot of great Benchmark IPA at and are happy to brew and kind people that enjoy a drink and the pub.” Anchored in to order. The beers Worthing micro pub are suitable for on Saturday 29 vegans and delivered on a Veloelectrique November. The hop-forward 4.7% India Pale tricycle. The full range is Beadlespoon EPA Ale sold out within three and a half hours. It (3.6%), Erly Red Ruby Ale (4.8%), Idle Bo was brewed at Top Notch Brewery, Haywards Stout (5.0%), Long Nose Pale Ale (5.0%), Heath, to UnBarred brewer Jordan Mower’s No.19 Porter (3.0%), Preference Dark Mild recipe whilst Jordan awaits the necessary (3.0%) and Wooden Boy Black Ale (5.6%). license. Hove-based Jordan is currently Contact them on 07845 297195, www. registering as a nanobrewery and hopes to open bartlebysbrewery.com, bartlebysbrewery@ in January. The idea behind UnBarred is not to gmail.com. be held to any rules or restrictions. Jordan uses a range of methods to make beers that often do Beer me Belgian not fit in one category. Starting with bottles, Beer Me Brewery with casks to follow, he will be making a few opened in December regular beers and numerous small batches of in The Belgian Café, one-off limited editions. Jordan is pictured at Eastbourne. Belgian the launch with Top Notch brewer Al. Follow Blonde (6.0%) has on www.facebook.com/UnBarredBrewery. been brewed so far, but only for the café Beer by Bike at present; 11-23 Grand Parade, BN21 3YN, Bartleby’s Brewery was set up in Brighton two 01323 729967, www.thebelgiancafe.co.uk. years ago, as a workers cooperative, by two Take your pick of our Award Winning Ales! friends, both called Matt. Originally using a Star Causes Sales Enquiries: 01825 840830 ~ www.1648brewing.co.uk Old Stables Brewery, Mill Lane, East Hoathly, East Sussex, BN8 6QB 100-litre kit, they recently upgraded to a Thanks to the generosity of beer lovers on brewery trips and those taking part in the 32 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 33

SD81.indd 32-33 08/02/2015 12:54:30 South East Sussex Branch Awards

The branch’s new Cider & Perry Pub of the Year award went to the Ship Inn, Rye. The South East proprietors are Karen Northcote and Theo Bekker. Theo is pictured (below left) accepting Sussex Branch the award from Branch Chair, Peter Adams. Awards, 2014

The LocAle Pub of the Year award went to the White Rock Hotel, Hastings. Photo below shows proprietor Laurence Bell accepting the award from Peter, with a host of branch Pete the landlord is accepting the award from members having taken over the bar in the Peter the Chair (above). background. The visit to Harveys Brewery was a slightly belated celebration of the 25th anniversary of WILKES HEAD the founding of the branch and also the occasion Church Lane, Eastergate, West Sussex, PO20 3UT of the presentation of the Eastbourne Beer of the Festival to the brewery for its Star of Tel: 01243 543380 Eastbourne. Peter is shown presenting the award to Harveys Head Brewer and Joint www.wilkesheadeastergate.co.uk Managing Director, Miles Jenner, after the Ÿ Historic 17th century Inn Ÿ latter had provided branch members with a tour of the premises and very generous hospitality. 20 minute walk (1.3 miles) from Barnham mainline station Applauding in the background is the branch Six Ales always on tapŸ In the Good Beer Guide Vice-Chair Phil Cozens and branch member Cask Marque Approved Ÿ Secluded beer garden Karen Mitten. At the Wheatsheaf, Crowborough, ten Open Every Day All Day. Food 12-2.30, 6.30-8.30. consecutive years in the Good Beer Guide span the tenure of previous proprietors Ted and Beer Festival Fri 1st - Mon 4th May, 16+ Real Ales Maggie Hirst and the current incumbents, Pete and Becky Randall, who have carried on the good work of their predecessors. This Harveys Sussex CAMRA tied house carries the full range of seasonal beers along with the regular ales. In the picture Pub of the Year 2014

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SD81.indd 34-35 08/02/2015 12:54:34 Victoria Inn Beer Festival Victoria Inn Beer Festival

cause’. In August we raised money to towards

installing defibrillators in the local villages. Such was the success that we were able to purchase four (one is attached to the pub). Being so impressed with this local effort, the Portable Bar selling Real Ale, Cider and Mead Ambulance Service donated a further three! The Christmas Festival raised money for a local Ideal for Parties, Festivals, Village & Country Fayres Since we took on the Victoria Inn, West Marden, back in May 2011 we always wanted girl whose mum sustained a brain injury when to have a real ale festival and we finally she was mugged twenty years ago - Kate Charity events are free of charge achieved our goal last August. Our emphasis Haywood is running the London Marathon for with 20% of all profits donated to the charity Headway, a charity that supports people with was to promote all things local so we featured seventeen ales from breweries all within twenty acquired brain injuries and their families. At the MARQUEE HIRE AVAILABLE miles of the pub. And so the ‘West Marden Fest’ last count we raised £360 and Ballard’s was born. Ever since the festival we have Brewery raised £355 with their beer walk on 07778 551352 / [email protected] adopted a policy of stocking only local ales and Sunday 7 December. this has proven to be very popular, so much so Please see this issue’s diary dates pages for that we recently held our second festival, this details our next two festivals, on 17-19 April time focussing on Christmas ales. We featured and 21-23 August. As discussed with our local nine brews, again all from local breweries: CAMRA Western Sussex branch, we are happy Arundel, Ballard’s, Bowman, Downlands, to provide lifts to and from Rowlands Castle Havant, Hepworth, Irving, Langham and and Emsworth Train Stations if we get a call in Oakleaf. advance to arrange, as public transport options With each festival we have had a chosen ‘good are limited to the 54 bus. Bearing in mind that we are a tied Enterprise pub, we are very proud of our achievements to champion the cause of local breweries.

The Victoria Inn, Great Food, Real Ale and Good Conversation, West Marden, West Sussex, PO18 9EN, 02392 631330, www. victoriainnwestmarden.co.uk

Toby Morgan Victoria Inn Landlord

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SD81.indd 36-37 08/02/2015 12:54:35 Worthing Beer Festival Another Thanks to all the volunteers who helped throughout the event and thanks to everyone Successful

that came and enjoyed the festival and helped

make another successful Worthing Beer Worthing Beer

Festival. The overall Beer of the Festival was

Loch Ness Brewery Hoppy Ness and the Sussex St Georges Day Beer Festival, George & Dragon, High Street, Tarring, West Sussex BN14 7NN Festival Friday 24th April - Sunday 26th April winning beer was Stanley Craft Ales Wolseley Bill Target Memorial Steam Rally, Highbridge Farm, Highbridge Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 6HN Best, brewed at Downlands Brewery. The promotions and events throughout 2015, Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th May

runner-up breweries were Kissingate, Top starting in January with a donation of 10 pence Floral Fringe Fair, Knepp Castle, , West Sussex RH13 8LJ Notch, Downlands, and Boggart Hole Clough. Saturday 30th - Sunday 31st May for every pint sold. Further details can be found Dene Steam Rally, Starter Gate Farm, Charlwood Lane, Monkwood, Ropley, Hampshire SO24 0HA on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st June

pages/The-Parsonage-Bar-Restaurant). The Shoreham Dogs Trust Open Day, Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre, Brighton Road, Shoreham, West Sussex BN43 5LT beer festival organisers are keen to support Sunday 28th June

local charities and would like to receive

nominations for next year’s charity of the festival. These can be sent to: 07778 551352 / [email protected] [email protected].

Freddysmile, the Lancing based children’s cancer charity, benefited from the generosity of real ale lovers who attended the festival. Bob Smytherman, the town crier, hosted the Friday night auction of beeriana, while festival goers The Jolly Tanners, Staplefield are proud donated unspent beer tokens and filled collecting tins. Pictured above is Sarah Hobden winners of North Sussex CAMRA POTY from Freddysmile receiving a cheque for for 2011, 2013 and again 2014. £1377.54 from one of the festival organisers, Friday 1st May to Bank Holiday Ray Pilkington. Monday 4th May. The current Arun & Yet again the Up to 30 Beers and Ciders. Adur branch pub of Arun & Adur Music and Food all over the weekend. the year, the CAMRA Parsonage Bar and Bus service also now Sundays and Bank Worthing Beer Restaurant, Tarring Holidays. High Street, has Festival was a decided to carry on great success. Check out on the website or phone. the fundraising with www.jollytanners.com (01444) 400335

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SD81.indd 40-41 08/02/2015 12:54:39 Matthew & Danielle Perry invite you to sample the finest Sussex Ales brewed by The Royal Oak Harveys of Lewes, in an authentic country pub atmosphere, in the centre of Barcombe Village. High Street A very warm and friendly welcome awaits you at this 16th century pub, serving real Barcombe ales, fine wines, and a scrumptious selection of traditional English and BN8 5BA International dishes in the pub and restaurant. 01273 400418 All our ingredients are locally sourced [email protected] where possible and our food is freshly prepared and cooked to your www.royaloakbarcombe.co.uk requirements. Our main food menu is seasonal and changes monthly. Open Mon-Sat 10-11 We are Cask Marque Accredited and in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide for 2013 & Sun 12-11 2014 - and we are also on the CAMRA Ale Trail. Warm & Friendly

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SD81.indd 42-43 08/02/2015 12:54:41 History and Heritage History and Heritage

Within one hour on 6 September 1820, the By 1902 the Phoenix Brewery site thatched-roofed Southwick Brewery, at that Tamplins - covered an area of 100,000 square eponymous Sussex town, was consumed by feet with a workforce of 150 men; flames. Owner, Richard Tamplin had only Brighton’s but its largest acquisitions were to purchased the brewery from Nathaniel Hall come in the 1920s. At the start of earlier that same year and was uninsured for the Biggest Brewery that decade the Southdown & East loss of over £10,000. Yet within five months of Grinstead Breweries Ltd. leased its this setback, Henry Padgen Tamplin, Richard’s to have set up a bank in Castle Square. Richard business with 93 houses to eldest son, had laid the foundation stone for the also brewed and held licensed premises at Tamplins with an outright purchase family’s new brewery behind the company’s Worthing, both before and subsequent to following on 27 March 1924. Two registered office at Richmond Terrace, finding a permanent site at Brighton. Upon years later it was the turn of Kidd & Brighton. Both this elegant terrace and the Richard’s death in September 1849 the brewery Hotblack, Cannon Brewery, brewery were designed by father and son team, passed to Henry, born in 1801, and who died on Russell Street, Brighton, with 52 Amon and Amon Henry Wilds, architects 16 December 1867 after a hunt meeting. It was licensed premises. 1928 saw responsible for some of the town’s finest Colonel William Cloves Tamplin (b. 1834), son Tamplins acquire two-thirds of the Regency buildings. of Henry and already a partner in the business at pubs of E. Robins, Anchor the time of his father’s death, who in May 1889 Brewery, Waterloo Street, Hove, registered as a limited liability company and the following year 125 houses Tamplin & Son’s Brewery, Brighton, Ltd, with of Smithers & Sons Ltd. of Brighton and Portslade.

For the following twenty-five years the Brighton pub scene was subject to a duopoly of Tamplins and local rival the Kemp Town Brewery. In 1955, Tamplins and Friary Holroyd Healey of Guildford famously The Regency Registered Offices divided between them the entire its 83 hotels, licensed houses and beer houses at Because this new venture had risen from the estate of Henty & Constable of a purchase price of £265,000. ashes of the old, albeit at a different place five Chichester, with the pubs ranked according to barrelage and the first pick decided by the miles to the east, the site at Albion Street and When the Colonel died of a heart attack on 26 Waterloo Street was called the Phoenix cutting of a pack of cards. But two years July 1893 it was the end of the family name on previously Tamplins had themselves been Brewery. It was to become not only Brighton’s the board of directors; but what was to become biggest brewery but the largest in Sussex with acquired by the London brewers Watney, a policy of acquisitions had begun the previous Combe, Reid and Co. Ltd. Although allowed to an estate of some 600 pubs, stretching into March with the takeover of Marcellus P. Hampshire, Kent and Surrey. The biggest continue to trade as Tamplins until 1969, the Castle’s close-by Albion Brewery, Albion writing was on the wall. By the time a minor concentration, about a third, was in the Street, with 35 houses. In 1899, 21 licensed Brighton area, which meant that by the early name change to the Tamplins Brewery Ltd was houses were purchased from the West Street registered on 13 February 1962, the infamous 1950s two out of every three pubs in and around Brewery, Brighton. A year later the South the town were owned by Tamplins. Watneys Red Barrel, brewed at Mortlake, Malling Steam Brewery, Lewes, with two London, was being kegged at Brighton. houses was purchased from M. H. Bishop & Richard Tamplin was born into a family of Sons, and the Brighton Brewery, Osborne mercers on 14 January 1779 at Horsted Keynes. As the reformed Watney Mann (London & Street, Hove, with 12 houses was purchased He moved to Brighton in 1811 and was reported Home Counties), the last brew took place at the The Phoenix Brewery in 1979 and the site now from Richard Carey Weekes. 44 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 Sussex Drinker: Spring 2015 45

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Phoenix Brewery on 28 November 1973. But The Brighton premises were retained as a this was not the end of the Tamplins name. bottling plant and depot until a move to Lewes When a few years later Watneys - themselves in 1991. The old Head Offices building at the brewing arm of leisure group Grand Richmond Terrace remains today as elegant as Metropolitan - revived real ale, their portfolio ever, while still standing in Phoenix Place is the included a 1038° Tamplins Bitter, described in redbrick office building with slate roof and the 1982 Good Beer Guide as a “well-balanced phoenix pediment, designed by C. H. Buckman brew”. and completed in 1893.

It was produced in East Anglia at the Norwich Brewery, but marketed for the south coast at the Phoenix Brewery, which in 1976 had become the subsidiary Watneys Southern Ltd.

By 1982 the operation at Richmond Terrace was renamed the Phoenix Brewery Co Ltd, although the brewery building itself had been demolished some two years previously. As a non-brewing company, Phoenix controlled 400-500 pubs on the south coast, the large majority serving real ale from such independents as Gale’s and King & Barnes; but Free Butt Brewery Tap Tamplins Bitter was withdrawn in early 1986 following the closure of the Norwich Brewery Behind this is the Free Butt, the old brewery- the previous year. A metal phoenix rising with tap, looking forlorn and no longer a pub but flame tipped wings can still be seen atop the with Tamplin’s Entire on the stonework tablet standing signs of numerous pubs in Sussex that over the front door. Just to the rear left of the used to be under the control of this company, Free Butt once stood the iron gates on stone while the phoenix image on pub lanterns is an pillars that marked the entrance to the Phoenix even more common survivor. Brewery. New housing now covers most of the site. The Tamplins name with its phoenix trademark can still be found etched into the glass of pub windows, survivors of several decades, or on old prices lists displayed as memorabilia on walls. And even where the name itself does not appear, the motif of birds engraved into old window glass often denotes that such a pub was once part of the vast estate of Brighton’s biggest brewer.

Thank you to John Law for use of the 1979 image of the brewery.

The Quaffer

1893 Head Offices at Phoenix Place

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Harveys Copper Ale was Grizzlebeard, The Sailor, The Poet and Myself, Chapter fifteen of this same book also contains brewed at 8.30am on Bob Copper characters in Hilaire Belloc’s farrago, The Four the most evocative characterisation of a pint of Tuesday 6 January to Men. Bob completed the walk twice, in 1950 bitter your Editor has so far encountered in celebrate the centenary and 1988, visiting on the way the many famous English literature. On having the glass set on of the birth of Sussex and Harveys pubs featuring in Belloc’s tale, including the the counter in front of him, Bob Copper muses folk singer and song George Inn, Robertsbridge; Bridge Inn, … collector, artist, author Amberley; Fountain Inn, Ashurst; Cricketers, and broadcaster, Robert Copper Ale Duncton; and the Foresters Arms, Graffham. “What wonders of re-creation can be worked by James (Bob) Copper a pint of good bitter beer. Embodied in the of Sussex alehouses are nonetheless conveyed MBE (1915-2004). The Bob’s great-uncle Tom was landlord of the limpid amber of its liquid heart are all the with warmth and joy, and levied with not a little brew took place in the presence of the Copper Black Horse, Rottingdean and later of the Kings rewards of last year’s harvest. The purity and humour. The epilogue describes the opening up family who sang ‘Oh Good Ale’. The Head, Chailey. Older brother Ron took the sweetness of April rains; the warmth and to a wider audience in the 1950s of the Copper suggestion that the Lewes brewery create a Queen Victoria, Rottingdean while Bob was at brilliance of summer sunshine; the tang of family’s repertoire of traditional songs, through special centenary beer for Bob came in a letter some point licensee of the Central Club, September dews on southern hopfields; and the BBC broadcasts and by appearances at festivals from Hastings-born folk singer and local Peacehaven, and landlord of the H. H. Inn, golden richness of sun-baked barley, all and concerts sponsored by the English Folk resident Shirley Collins. Head brewer Miles Cheriton, Hampshire. Later in life Bob would confined in one seductive glass and ready to be Dance and Song Society. Jenner said: “It is an honour for Harveys to be walk from his home in Peacehaven to the Ram released at the first touch of your lips. Good Inn, Firle, imbibing four pints of Harveys Best English beer is a tribute to English ingenuity.” marking the centenary of this remarkable man In the 1950s the BBC requested Bob to record Bitter before setting out on the return journey, a in a manner which would have given him for posterity old country dialects and traditional I’ll drink to that! tremendous pleasure.” The 5.7% copper- round trip of fifteen miles. songs. Armed with his tape-recording The Quaffer coloured beer has a smooth, malty palate and a equipment Bob journeyed in ‘The Major’, his Bob’s genuine love of traditional pubs and his restrained bitterness with a subtle aftertaste 1932 Morris Major car, extending his search to delight in a glass of ale is a recurring theme in reminiscent of nuts and raisins. It was first sold Hastings, North Chailey, Fittleworth and his books, conveyed in a at the Bob Copper Centenary Event at Cecil Angmering and into rural Hampshire. His prose style that Sharp House, London, on 24 January, which experiences of coaxing out and capturing the combines romance and featured an all day celebration of Bob’s work. extemporised performances of traditional realism - a beguilingly singers find their way into his (1973) book, Three generations of the Copper family of poetic rendering of Songs and Southern Breezes: Country Folk and Rottingdean are vividly recollected in precise observational Country Ways. The drawings of the locations characteristic anecdotal style in Bob’s (1972) A detail. Take, for that embellish and enrich the text are the Song for Every Season: example, the following author’s own. A Hundred Years of a passage from the preface of Songs and Southern Sussex Farming Family. But it was a journey While the book is part Breezes: 17th century coaching inn across Sussex by foot, in a historic market town The Bull Inn eulogy for a vanishing from Robertsbridge to “Have you ever spent an evening in early En-suite bed and breakfast 27 High Street rural way of life that was Harting, for which Bob summer sipping ale on a wooden bench outside accommodation Battle Selection of real ales charted out by the was later known and a country pub, while the sun filters its fading East Sussex rhythmic seasons of the including beers from local TN33 0EA which is documented in glory though the tracery of a flowering apple breweries year, the arduous his (1994) Across Sussex tree … have you sat in a chimney corner in a Good home made food from 01424 775171 labouring conditions for locally sourced suppliers [email protected] www with Belloc: In the flagstoned taproom, while the wind moans thebullinnbattle.co.uk the farmers and Themed food nights Footsteps of the ‘Four under the thatched eaves outside and the light of Open: Live Music, jamming shepherds of the time Men’. As the title the leaping log-flames and of the oil-lamp Mon-Thu 11-11.30pm are never idealised. The scenes of communal sessions, check www Fri & Sat 11-12.30am suggests, Bob was overhead glints in everyone’s eyes …” for details Sun 11-10.30pm singing over pots of ale in the smoky tap-rooms following the path taken in October 1902 by

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