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22nd Worthing Beer & Cider Festival Assembly Hall Worthing Friday 26th and Saturday 27th of October 2018

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22nd Worthing Beer & Cider Festival Anchored in Worthing Brooksteed Ale House, Worthing Green Man Ale & Cider House, Worthing The Selden Arms, Worthing The Georgie Fin, Goring by Sea The Henty Arms, Ferring The Stanley Ale House, Lancing The New Inn Littlehampton The Duke of Wellington, Shoreham The Evening Star, Brighton For up to the minute information please see our website: https://aaa.camra.org.uk/ worthingbeerfestival.html This year’s festival will take place on the 26th & 27th of October 2018 at the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ Assembly Hall Worthing, Stoke Abbott worthingbeerfestival/ Road, Worthing BN11 1HQ. Or follow us on Twitter: @CAMRA_WBF As in previous years there will be plenty of Session times and pricings are shown space and seating. We are aiming for below: around 103 beers, 25 ciders and the • Friday 26th October, 11am – 4pm (£5.50) Egremont Gin Bar will be returning. • Friday 26th October, 5pm – 11pm (£6.50) We will be supporting the breweries in the • Saturday 27th October, 11am – 9:30pm* Arun & Adur Branch area by providing (£6.00) brewery bars offering their beers. • Late entry on Saturday 27th October, after 5pm (£2.00) As usual a souvenir Pint glass will be * or until the beer runs out included in the ticket price and the beer and cider will be available in thirds, halves or The venue is easy to find and is only a 10 pints (there will be no extra cost for halves minute walk from Worthing Station. or thirds). The first 100 CAMRA members Closest bus stops are in: for each session will also receive £2.50 in Chapel Road – outside Worthing Town Hall beer tokens on production of their Richmond Road – outside Worthing Library membership card. High Street – near Waitrose The Piggery and Magpies Magnificent Pies For more details see the Worthing Theatres will be returning to provide a good website. selection of food to accompany your drinks. This year we have chosen St Barnabas There is a slight change to the running House as our festival charity. St Barnabas order of the festival. The Friday will remain House provides specialist palliative care to the same with 2 sessions, but on the adults with life-limiting illnesses, both Saturday there will be just one session (see within the hospice and in the comfort of below for details) patients’ homes across West Sussex. Tickets go on sale on the 1st of August and Please note over 18s only, If you are lucky are available from the Worthing Theatres enough to look under 25, please bring website: https://worthingtheatres.co.uk/. photo ID. Or in person from the Box Office as well as from the following pubs:

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News of new developments and updates on ■■ BOGNOR REGIS the Sussex pub scene will be gratefully Bognor’s received by the Editor for consideration in first Scratchings. The standard disclaimer on micropub p47 applies to all items. the Dog & Duck opened ■■ BATTLE at the During the beginning of World Cup June in a large crowds former small gathered at shop unit in Battle Norfolk St, just off the western end of the Brewery’s High Street and within sight of the sea. The Taproom to interior is cosy and features tall pine tables, watch the enough space having been found for a bar action on a counter at the rear with beers served by big screen. gravity from cooled casks stillaged behind. Their three At least 3 local beers are available, core beers were on draught, all in excellent increasing to 6 at busy times, and real cider condition, plus the new Imperial Russian comes from boxes in the fridge. In common Stout in bottles. This all added up to a great with many micropubs they are closed atmosphere at the brewery. completely on Mondays, but they open 12- ■■ BELLS YEW GREEN 10pm Tues-Sat and 12-6pm Sundays. For In April full details see their entry on whatpub.com. Digby and The Alex re-opened in early July with Katie Sharp’s Doom Bar and Bath Gem on the Furneaux hand pumps, which is what the previous took over tenant had on. the Brecknock ■■ BRIGHTON Arms, close The to Frant Hanover, Station. Their focus is more on food than Queens before but they are mindful of a loyal Park Road; clientele of regulars at this traditional the Harvey’s village pub. Therefore, while the owners restaurant section has been upgraded with were new furniture and it’s now much brighter, given permission to knock it down and the bar area and seating remain largely as build nine houses on the site in 2002. Only they were. Opening times have been three houses were built, on the pub’s beer considerably extended. As would be garden, but this means that the whole expected, beers are from the Harvey’s permission is still valid. Now, they have range - Sussex Best Bitter and IPA with an applied for a variation on the permission, additional alternating ale. When visited, the moving the position of the houses Sussex Best was in excellent form. earmarked for the building’s footprint

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Sussex Pub Scratchings — continued forward to create back gardens. The Pearce enjoyed on a recent visit. family says they are just adjusting the permissions in case Indigo Leisure, which ■■ COOLHAM runs The Hanover, decide to stop operating The Selsey it as a pub and there are no immediate Arms is an plans to proceed with demolition. unspoilt village pub The Ranelagh, St James’s St has a tenancy on the A272, available with an ongoing cost of £10,250 which and a rent of £31,000. abounds with local ■ BURGESS HILL ■ history, was the local branch Pub of the Year The in the 1990’s, and has a pleasant suntrap Watermill garden. Ei Group Lessees Kenny Easton and Inn, Belinda Grover offer Harvey’s Sussex Best Leylands and Long Man Long Blonde Road has re- opened and ■■ CRAWLEY at the time At the time of writing the Swan, Horsham of the visit, Road is closed until Ei Group can find a new was selling tenant. Rob Brindley the long term licensee the regular of the Swan has left, and we thank him for Harvey’s Best Bitter, with guests Robinsons his contribution to the pub tapestry of Dizzy Blonde and Sambrook’s Wandle. The Crawley, and wish him well for the future. pub will close for a few days in October to enable a new bar counter area to be The Railway, Brighton Road, now has some installed, this will replace some the timber real cider alongside the range of real ale. and mirror fittings on the left-hand side of ■■ CROWBOROUGH the bar when viewed from the front of the After being pub, with stainless steel providing a in the same hygienic food preparation area. hands for ■■ BURY more than The Squire & thirty years Horse, traditional situated at country pub the foot of the Boar’s Bury Hill on Head Inn has the A29, is a new management. Licensees Megan and pleasant Gary plan to expand their cask ale offer to roadside pub, four beers. Harvey’s Best Bitter remains as with a patio the regular with up to three guests, mainly garden to the side, and usually has Harvey’s from local breweries. It’s just one mile north Sussex Best, Arundel Gold and or another of Crowborough on the A26. LocAle. The Blue Anchor recently changed hands again with a new licensee, Amy. This large ■■ COCK MARLING restaurant-type pub usually has two, The Plough, on the Udimore Road out of sometimes three, cask beers from the Rye, has three beers on including Cellar Shepherd Neame portfolio. Head and Three Legs. The latter was

8 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 WILKES HEAD Church Lane, Eastergate, West Sussex, PO20 3UT Tel: 01243 543380 Ÿ Historic 17th century Inn Ÿ

20 minute walk (1.3 miles) from Barnham mainline station Six Ales always on tap Ÿ In the Good Beer Guide Cask Marque Approved Ÿ Secluded beer garden Open Every Day All Day 20% off food when you present Food served this advert Tuesday to Sunday Sussex Pub Scratchings — continued

■■ DIAL POST Card-carrying CAMRA members get a The Crown is an excellent welcoming village discount in here. pub, found just off the A24, and has much On the to offer as well as well kept Downlands Best outskirts of and two other changing LocAles. town, Old ■■ EASTBOURNE Dunnings Mill After being is a large closed for Harvey’s pub repairs and with four of redecoration their ales to for five choose from, months the during May it was good to see both types of former Mild available. Buccaneer in A recent visit Compton Street reopened in June with a to the Crown new name - the Stage Door. This council- on East owned pub is now managed by Devonshire Grinstead’s Park Catering, who run the restaurants, High Street cafes and bars in the adjacent theatres and had a well- conference centre. A new menu and range kept Adnam’s of drinks have been introduced with Real Lighthouse Ale now from Harvey’s and Long Man, (3.4%) on tap, however it’s now one of the more expensive as well as Landlord and Harvey’s Best. pubs in town. A new outdoor area at the There is a well-priced menu available all day side of the front entrance has tables with and friendly service. The pub has Cask umbrellas while inside there’s more Marque accreditation. comfortable seating. ■■ EAST PRESTON ■■ EAST CHILTINGTON The Seaview More details have emerged about the Jolly Hotel, Sportsman; the freehold is available for situated close £695,000. to the beach, ■■ EAST GRINSTEAD is a popular Good news for East Grinstead. The Engine Spanish style Room, Brewery Tap and Bar has been bar and granted their license. The pub will primarily restaurant be the brewery tap for High Weald Brewery, which has and it is hoped that they will open in Fuller’s London Pride, Goldmark Microbus & September. Mosaic and Harvey’s Sussex Best The Dorset ■■ FELPHAM Arms in the The Thatched High Street is House has been a large purchased from Greene King Fullers, and is pub, with up currently closed to five ales and being available. refurbished.

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■■ FRAMFIELD ■■ HARTFIELD New licensees New licensee Peter and Simon Briggs Lorraine took took over the over the Anchor Inn in fifteenth April. Now century Hare there’s and Hounds improved in April. Like access with many village wider steps, a pubs they focus on food and offer an new outside terrace, refurbished B&B upgraded menu in the restaurant. There’s facilities and an updated cellar. Harvey’s also a comfortable area for drinkers and bar Sussex Best and Larkin’s Traditional are the food. Outside the car park has been regulars as well as a third changing beer. extended and new decking in the garden The pub is close to Pooh Bridge in the has been installed for live music. Harvey’s Ashdown Forest, which attracts visitors Sussex Best Bitter is the regular with a from around the world. changing beer, often from Gun Brewery. ■■ HASTINGS ■■ GRAFFHAM The Jenny The Foresters Lind Arms has continues to reopened offer friendly after being service and a closed for wide range of two years. real ales on The pub has their ten hand been pulls. Seven refurbished, are constantly rotating with an emphasis on and now offers good food, regular live Sussex and Kent breweries. You’ll also find a music, and a choice of three real ales. selection of at least four traditional ciders from local suppliers South Downs, Seacider ■■ HAMMERPOT and Battle Organic, as well as from further The Woodman Arms is a splendid and afield. The winter loyalty card will return in popular October and a Monday Ale Club reward roadside card has been introduced. Taster beer Fuller’s flights of thirds of a pint can be sampled on pub weekdays. which has After two recently years of work changed the Jolly hands and is now in the good hands of Colin Fisherman is and Karen Bradshaw - who also have the now officially GBG listed Clockhouse in nearby East a pub again, Preston, and their business partners, well nearly 60 known Master Chef Dan and Sophie Clarke. years after it Alongside a couple of the house beers, they closed, and also offer Dark Star Hophead. it’s Hastings’ first micropub. Visitors can

12 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 Sussex Pub Scratchings — continued find three cask ales, real cider, over 40 Greene King pub these days, stocking two bottled beers (about half of which are GK ales, plus a couple of guests from larger Belgian), homemade bar snacks and independent brewers. The Crown Inn is a traditional pub games, including toad-in- freehouse and has up to three ales available, the-hole. including Harvey’s Sussex Best, which features in virtually every pub in the area. ■■ HAYWARDS HEATH They do have a house beer, Horsted Keynes Shortly after the re-opening of the Fox & Best Bitter (4.2%), although it’s a secret as Hounds, in Fox Hill Village was reported in to who brews it. the last issue of Sussex Drinker, a lorry ploughed into the toilet block of a pub and ■■ LEWES severely damaged the building, although The White Hart, previously marketed by miraculously nobody was seriously injured Fleurets, is now being marketed by Oakley in the crash. The manager Mark Ellis said at who now include the words “Land/ the time, “The ladies toilets are completely Development” on their blurb. gone, but the gents is intact as is the pub ■ MAPLEHURST itself.” The pub re-opened on the following ■ Simon & Beth at the White Horse are Thursday. delighted to have been named CAMRA ■■ HORSHAM 2018 Sussex Pub of the Year, and are Some drinkers will remember the Horse & looking forward to a busy evening on Groom, at the junction of East Street and August 18th when they will be presented Denne Road, it closed as a pub back in with their certificate. All welcome. 2008, following some issues relating to ■ PAGHAM drug use on the premises. After a period of ■ The Lamb is only a few hundred yards from closure, it became a Wabi Japanese the former Western Sussex Pub of the Year Restaurant and continued as this until the the Inglenook and has been quite good for end of May this year, when very short notice beer lately. It is a popular pub and on a was given that it was closing. The building recent visit, beers included Sharp’s Doom had been sold to Brewhouse & Kitchen and Bar, Greene King Abbot, Fuller’s London by the time you’re reading this, it should Pride. Adams Ghost Ship and Castle Rock have reopened and various beers will be Harvest Pale. The latter two were tasted brewed on the premises. and were in good condition. On 6th October ■■ PEACEHAVEN North Sussex Jerry and Lyn branch are Dudeney are due supporting a to celebrate 50 big Sussex years running the Meet the Dewdrop Inn, Brewer at the Peacehaven on the 24th September. Kings Arms (Bishopric) where up to 6 local (to Horsham The interior was last changed when they area) brewers will be on hand to take us on took over in 1968 a journey with their beers. and the pub is on the Sussex ■■ HORSTED KEYNES Regional Inventory There are two pubs in this village, both of Historic Pub overlooking the green. The Green Man is a Interiors.

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■■ PETWORTH is attracting new business with long The Star is opening hours: 10-midnight (1.30am Fri & easily missed Sat) and 10-11 Sun, and breakfast served 7 in this former days a week (from 8am weekdays!). The market town’s local community must be delighted to have narrow their pub finally open again, and we assume streets. This that efforts to raise the cash for a small cosy community buy-out (as reported in Sussex Fuller’s pub Drinker Summer issue) will continue. with a small side patio, now also offers Dark Star Hophead. ■■ RYE As a real ale destination the town improved ■■ PEVENSEY even more when the first micropub in The Royal CAMRA’s Oak and South East Castle Inn has Sussex area been LocAle opened its accredited by doors in May. the local The CAMRA Waterworks branch. It’s a is handily not friendly family run establishment with a far from the sizeable beer garden. Good affordable pub station at the junction of Rope Walk and food is served every day of the week. From Tower Street in a historic building which the handpumps Harvey’s Sussex Best Bitter, had been a water pump-house for 300 Wadworth 6X and a changing beer are years as well as having been a soup kitchen, served in top form. The pub is located just public convenience and antique shop. In by the main Castle entrance. fact the antique shop connection hasn’t been entirely severed as any furnishings not ■■ ROGATE nailed down have price tags as they’re all The White for sale! It leads to an ever-changing Horse re- environment. Eight rotating cask ales, all opened at the brewed within twenty miles, are served end of May directly from barrels stored in a large under a refrigerated glass cabinet along with four 3-year free- local ciders. It’s an impressive addition to of-tie tenancy the Rye scene, which already has three arrangement pubs in the 2018 Good Beer Guide. with owners Harvey’s. A recent visit found the pub in fine ■■ SHEFFIELD PARK STATION order despite having been closed and for During May, it sale since August 2017. The oak-beamed was good to bar area is happily unchanged apart from see Harvey’s the Harvey’s pumpclips being replaced by Sussex Dark national brands including Taylors Landlord Mild available and Fuller’s London Pride. New landlady in the Wendi is determined to restore the White Bessemer Horse to profitability and to its former Arms, position as the focal point of village life. She alongside the regular Harvey’s Halt Bitter.

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Another recent guest was Long Man’s Wild A fourth Man (5.2%). pump is to be installed ■■ SOUTHWICK ready for a A new micro pub; the Southwick Beer guest ale Engine, 2 Southwick Square, Southwick, from local BN42 4FJ, opened on 6th July it is larger breweries at than most other micro pubs with a capacity the Welcome, of 50 persons. Regular opening hours are in 2pm, until 11pm from Monday to Thursday Seddlescombe Road North. and 11.30pm on Friday and Saturday. Garry, Jan ■■ TURNERS HILL and Laura at The Red Lion the Dripping (Harvey’s) Spring continues to Alehouse stock up to now have six of that local beers brewers ales. joining the Probably one nationally of the few brewed beers. Harvey’s pubs to sell Dark Mild all year round, at the end of ■■ WASHINGTON June, it was a surprise to see that Old Ale At the was still available. The pub hosts a quiz Frankland night fortnightly, on Wednesdays, which is Arms just always popular. days after our delivery of ■■ ST LEONARDS ON SEA the summer Traditional edition of this local, the magazine, we Horse and learned from Groom, a notice on the front door that this popular served an Ei Group leased pub had closed for the excellent pint foreseeable future ! of Exmore Stag on a ■■ WEST WITTERING recent visit. Old House at Home has Early last year (2017) this column reported reopened on grand plans for the Norman Arms from following a pub company Star Pubs and Bars. However, purchase by a after years of being empty the building has group of now been sold. It’s understood that new locals. owners intend to keep the downstairs as a pub, also serving food, with a music venue ■■ WORTHING upstairs. We’ll report again if and when The Bottle & Jug Dept was the first local there’s news of reopening. outlet to stock the rather good alcohol free range of Big Drop Beers.

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Across the Wood chippings to impart a light smokiness road, in a pale gold beer. If others know better Brooksteed please let them know! Alehouse Worthing looks set to be having more also offer micropubs; Richard Butterworth of three Big Worthing has submitted a planning Drop beers application to convert the former Bike Shop and Brew Dog Nanny State. at 65 Brighton The ever Road, Worthing popular to a micropub; Selden Arms Gareth Harries with it’s wide and Gemma choice of Clegg are cask ales and opening a small Belgian specialist bottle bottles, now shop and also has the micropub on Big Drop Milk Stout. Brighton Road, Worthing near The the well known Parsonage Chipwick , Tarring Bar Chipshop. has Burning Sky Plateau, Harvey’s Sussex Best and two rotating LocAles. During the summer period on Tuesday to Saturday lunchtime they also offer a £10 garden menu that includes either a burger or fish with a pint of cask ale or glass of wine. Anchored in Worthing, the first Sussex micropub, celebrates its fifth anniversay on August 23rd with a one off ale brewed in collaboration with Gary Lucas at Kissingate Brewery. Nigel Watson and Gary believe this will be a unique ale, using a single hop and single pale malt. The unique bit, they believe, is that half of the hops have been gently smoked over Plum

16 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 The Stags Head Serving up to six real ales Mark & Team offer a warm welcome to all old and new customers On the Number 1 Bus Route 35/37 High Street, Portslade Old Village, BN41 2LH, 01273 416058 [email protected] follow us on Facebook - The Stags Head pub, Portslade Bus to the Pub

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The Sussex Bus to the Pub group (BttP) has Fri 21st Uckfield; Catch 10.45 B&H 29 from been running since May 2009 and attracts Churchill Sq for Highlands and Alma (Harvey’s) participants from many areas of the county, so if then return to Lewes for various GBG pubs. you enjoy visiting different pubs with fine ales Thurs 27th Halnaker, Oving & Eastergate; Catch and informal convivial company without the 11.25 Stagecoach 55 from Chichester Bus station constraints of the car, then BttP may just appeal! to Anglesea Arms. Then return to Tangmere (55) Itineraries and the number of pubs visited vary and walk across disused airfield to Gribble Inn, but often it is possible for participants to dip in later on to Wilkes Head. or out of a trip to suit. Please see our page on the Sussex branches website sussex.camra.org.uk/ October BttP for more details. Some of you reading this Thurs 4th Fittleworth & Byworth; Catch 11.05 may also be interested in Pete Brown’s Stagecoach 1 from Worthing South St then 15 bi-monthly Trains to London Pubs (TTLP) group minute walk to Swan. Then r/t to bus stop and on (see the Diary Dates). to Black Horse. Thurs 11th South Harting, Rogate & Stedham; Catch 11.25 Stagecoach 54 from Chichester bus August station (bay 7) for White Hart (Upham) then 13.42 Thurs 2nd Snargate; Meet Brighton station for to White Horse. Then 14.41 Stagecoach 92 to 10.01 Eastbourne train on arrival (at EB) change Hamilton Arms. onto Ashford diesel to Appledore then 1.5 mile road walk to Red Lion. Please bring AND wear Hi Fri 19th Spa Valley Railway Beer Festival (Tunbridge Wells West) at noon. Viz yellow jackets as it’s a very fast, narrow, winding road. Fri 26th Worthing Beer Festival – Lunch time session from 11am. Thurs 9th Isfield & Lewes; Catch 10.35 B&H 29B for Laughing Fish, later return to Lewes for November Snowdrop and other Good Beer Guide pubs. Thurs 1st Southwick; Meet Schooner at noon Thurs 16th West Marden, Compton & then later walk to Beer Engine (new pub). Chichester; Catch 11.25 Stagecoach 54 from Possibility of going on to Portslade later. Chichester bus station (bay 7) for Victoria then Wed 7th Turners Hill & East Grinstead; Catch short walk to Coach & Horses. Return to 12.09 Metrobus 272 from HH Perrymount Rd for Chichester at 14.47 for Hornet Ale House Micro Red Lion and / or Crown. Then 13.54 Metrobus 84 Pub. for Engine Room & Open Arms (both Micro Thurs 23rd Durrington & West Worthing; Catch Pubs). 11.45 Stagecoach 5 from Worthing South St to Fri 16th Brighton; Meet Hand in Hand at noon. Park View. Then Compass 7 to North Star, later on Then Bierhaus followed by Pump House. to Green Man via Tarring. Thurs 22nd Selsey, Nyetimber & Chichester; Thurs 30th Horsham; Meet Anchor Tap (Dark Catch 11.20 Stagecoach 51 from Chichester bus Star) at noon. Then onto Piries Bar and finally to station for Crab Pot (Micro pub). Then S/C 51 to Malt Shovel. Mundham Corner bus stop to change on to Stage September Coach 600 for Inglenook Hotel. Later r/t to Chichester for Chi Inn / Hornet Ale House. Thurs 6th Clapham & Angmering; Catch 11.32 For any queries on the above trips either send an Stagecoach 9 from Worthing Marine Parade to email to [email protected] or Angmering for 20 minute walk to Fox and World’s phone me on 01243 828394. End at Clapham. Then bus back to Spotted Cow. Many of these pubs are in the current edition of ; Catch Sat 15th Littlington, Berwick & Alfriston the Good Beer Guide. To see which ones are in 11.42 Cuckmere Valley Ramblerbus 47 from the guide, please purchase a copy of the guide Seaford Library for Plough & Harrow. Then to from shop.camra.org.uk or try the new GBG App Berwick Inn & Smugglers at Alfriston. (iOS or Android).

18 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 We are a country pub situated deep in the heart of The Sussex Oak Sussex. Here you will find a 2 Church Street large selection of local and national ales on 8 hand Warnham pumps. Nr Horsham We have an extensive food menu prepared from fresh RH12 3QW local ingredients. Fresh local food served lunch and dinner Monday to Sunday.

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in future. BLO John Quick ADUR Steyning, 01903 867614. www.adurbrewery.com , [email protected] BLO Nigel Watson

Information here is generally ARUNDEL supplied by the Brewery Ford, nr Arundel, 01903 Liaison Officers (BLO) 733111. named at the end of each www.arundelbrewery.co.uk report. Where percentages Latest news on the are shown after beer names, Brewhouse Project at this is the alcohol by volume, Crossbush is that Arundel (ABV). The Brewery Liaison have received their licence Coordinator for London & approval so they just need South East Area is Peter to complete some of the Page-Mitchell. This report is planning conditions before compiled and edited by com work gets underway with Peter Adams, Deputy BLO Jason Phillips the refurbishment of the site. Arundel have launched Brewery Liaison Coordinator 81 ARTISAN for Sussex. an exciting Crowdfunding Lavant campaign aimed at raising 1648 BLO tbc £10,000 towards the cost of East Hoathly, 01825 840830. ABYSS this project. A new range of www.1648brewing.co.uk Framfield , 01825 840561, low-strength beers themed After selling very well last 07919 445345 around the project will be year, we will see a welcome The brewery’s beers have launched towards the end of return of (4%) La Blonde been well received in recent July. which will be available from months and efforts have There was success for early autumn. Alongside it been focused on keeping up Arundel at the recent will be (3.8%) and Festival with demand. The new Yapton Beerex. The event (4.6%). With log Bee Head canning facility should be was used to showcase two fires and dark nights closing running soon with the beers new prototypes. One of in we will be on to the ‘dark available sometime in these, Maple Stout (5.4%), stuff’, so look out for Black August. The brewery is won Locale of the Festival (5.5% - extra oatmeal Velvet interested in experimental and this is already available stout and Winter Solstice beers and work is in key keg. (4.3%), smoked barley with proceeding on a new BLO Glenn Johnson a hint of ginger. Our full speciality beer, Project range of bottle conditioned BARTLEBYS Emtroido, which reflects the beers is always available. Brighton, 01273 275012 brewery’s links with [email protected] BLO David Platt Northern Spain. As This brewery is due to move mentioned in the previous 360° to Belper, Derbyshire, so will report, Abyss beers are Sheffield Park, 01825 not feature in this report in currently key keg but it is 722375. future. hoped to offer cask versions www.360degreebrewing. BLO Sean Burke

20 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 Come along to The The Spotted Cow An ever changing range Spotted Cow at 1 High Street, Angmering of five cask conditioned Five Bells Angmering to savour a West Sussex, BN16 4AW ales that always includes Smock Alley Real country Pub with one mild, one session West Chiltington Home cooked Fresh 01903 783919 bitter, two best bitters Food. Open: Mon-Thu 11-3, 5.30-11 and one strong bitter. West Sussex Fri-Sat 11-11 Sun 12-10.30 RH20 2QX We have been Plus one changing craft awarded a Meals: Mon-Sat 12-2, 6.30-9 keg beer, Hacker Pschorr 01798 812143 Sun 12-3, 6.30-8.30 Finest Cask genuine Munich lager, Arun & Adur Marque for our and Lilleys Gladiator CAMRA Country Real Ales, usually six cider on gravity. on tap to enjoy. Pub of the Year Homemade traditional In 2014 we were the food, plus 5 en suite 2016 proud winners of The bedrooms. Pub of the Year, All of this in a very 2017 South & South East traditional pub! in Bloom. 2018 thespottedcowangmering www.spottedcowangmering.co.uk www.thefivebellsinn.com

The Foresters Arms Graffham

Welcome to The Foresters Arms Come in and relax. We have comfortable rooms, a beautiful garden, delicious food and great beer. We offer three rotating guest real ales sourced from local breweries. Open: Mon closed; Tue-Sat 11am-11pm; Sun 12pm-7pm

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BATTLE tour programme. Recent pale E.P. (3.6%). Also a new Battle, 01424 772838 new brews have included range of SMASH beers is [email protected] Brewski, Amangansett coming out called Smash Production of their main along with Killington Peak Hit which will feature a beers Abbey Pale, all focussing on American different popular hop every Conquest and Black Arrow hops, with Wilde, a brew. Porter continues to grow in grapefruit pale ale to be BLO Lee Argent line with increasing demand launched in late July in both from existing and new cask and keg. BREWING BROTHERS customers. Over the course This range is supported by a Hastings, of the last few months, they permanent presence of www.brewingbrothers.org have also had some fun with British beers, including Brewing Brothers are currently brewing up to some trial beers. Caldbec Benchmark, their Sussex eight different brother Copper was kegged and best bitter and Porter, the sold in the tap room and SIBA gold medal winning themed beers at the they launched a very special brew. Imperial in Hastings; mainly keg, although at least one limited edition World Cup BLO Peter Mitchell cask beer is always available, Beer. Based on traditional eighteenth century export BEER ME often Charltons Bitter (4%). recipes brewed for Russian Eastbourne, Belgian Café. The Kelly’s Pacific Ale Nobility, a full bodied 01323 729967, (4.5%) made with the Russian Imperial Stout with thebelgiancafe.co.uk addition of New Zealand coffee, chocolate and roast Regular beers IPA, Saison, and Australian hops has flavours designed to help Big Blonde, Cherry Popper been a big seller during the you celebrate the highs and and Oyster Stout can be recent heatwave. remediate the lows of the found on tap and in bottles Plans to continue World Cup. in the café and other outlets showcasing their beers at a More seating has been in Eastbourne throughout monthly pop up bar on added to the tap room, with the summer. Hastings Pier have been picnic benches outside so BLO Scott O’Rourke abandoned following the recent controversial change people can enjoy the views BEERCRAFT whilst soaking up the of ownership of the pier. Hove The excellent Half Man Half aromas of the latest batch www.beercraftbrighton.co.uk being brewed. Brother (4.7%), a refined This will be the last report single hop Mosaic, is a big BLO Mac McCutcheon for Beercraft Brighton as seller at the Half Man Half BEDLAM they have merged with Burger restaurants in Albourne, 01273 978015. Hand Brew and the plant Eastbourne and St. www.bedlambrewery.co.uk sold to the owners of the Leonards. Exciting times at Bedlam Watchmaker’s Arms, Hove. BLO Robin Hill which has seen them move BLO Peter Mitchell BRICK HOUSE to their new brewery BREW STUDIO located on a farm near Patcham, Brighton. Sompting, 07980 978350 [email protected] Ditchling Common. This f:daBrewStudio. No further news this time. allows them to vastly Brew Studio is adding BLO Paul Free increase the brewing another fermenter to the capacity, introduce a retail line up which will allow the BRIGHTON BIER store later in the year, whilst output to increase by 50%. www.brightonbier.com expanding their successful Upcoming is a new extra No news from this brewery.

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BLO Peter Mitchell landlord Chris Steward. and The Kernel and also with Representing the ‘best of Phil Markowski of Two BROLLY modern British brewing’ Roads Brewing,USA), have Lowfold Far, Wisborough entry is free and there will gone ahead and are now Green be a bar in each of the pub’s aging in barrels. The Brewery Tap bar is now quirky rooms. This coincides BLO Ian Hodge open, Friday evenings and with the first ever Brighton Saturday & Sunday and Hove Beer Week, CELLAR HEAD afternoons. Sample freshly running from 24 August to 2 Framfield, 01825 890078. brewed beers and watch the September, so there will be www.cellarheadbrewing.com brewing process in action. lots of other activities Cellarhead goes from Brolly is now supplying the around the Prince Albert. strength to strength and Kings Arms, Horsham, with Burning Sky plans to release their main problem has been their house beer Bishop’s various limited beers, to satisfy demand. They are Pric (3.6%), a New England including the first release purchasing a new 10bbl Pale. from their cool ship, a brewery and have been Some collaboration brews traditional vessel used for double brewing on their are planned for the year and cooling hot wort that is used 5bbl plant. They will be the brewery is hoping to be to produce 100% moving to a new 5000sq ft present at more local and spontaneously fermented brewery site by the Flimwell regional beer festivals. beers. Alongside Elwood’s, Crossroads in the autumn BLO John Goodsell they are the first British with a tap room and shop. They now have a low abv BURNING SKY brewery to do so in recent times and the beer will be 2.7% ale and their single hop Firle, 01273 858080. 4.6% pale is very popular, www.burningskybeer.com presented in champagne bottles. The Brewery has proving that their USP Mark and his team were (unique selling proposition) delighted to win the 2018 also taken part in the seventh and final year of the of using local English hops BBC Radio Four Food and and unfined beer is very Farming Awards “Best International Rainbow Project involving seven US successful. Drinks Producer” category BLO Phil Dixon following an extensive and seven UK brewers judging process. They have celebrating the various CHAPEAU BREWING also won a medal at the colours of the rainbow. Horsham equally prestigious biennial Paired with 3 Floyds The brewery released two World Beer Cup in Nashville, brewery, their allotted new summer beers, Summer USA. which had over 8000 colour is orange and the Flamme Rouge (4.2%), a entries over the different beer will be an innovative ginger pale ale, an orange categories That award was barrel-aged, bottle gold colour with a subtle for their bottle conditioned conditioned Barley Wine. hint of ginger, a refreshing Saison Anniversaire 6.2% They are also planning a summer drink. The second is ABV. This year marks their southern hemisphere-type Attrition (5.5%), a hazy APA 5th year as Artisan Brewers version of Aurora (5.6%) with a generous hop and Blenders and to using New Zealand hops, forward aroma and flavour, celebrate they are having a hopefully available in late complemented by a spicy beer festival at the Prince summer. The projects rye finish. Albert pub in Trafalgar mentioned in the previous BLO Paul Sanders Street, Brighton from, 31 edition of the Sussex August to 2 September at Drinker, (collaborations with the kind invitation of Olivers Cider, Mills Brewing

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DARK STAR Beer and Music matching recently, and their regular Partridge Green, 01403 event at the brewery in range of beers continue to 713085. November, more on that in remain popular in pubs www.darkstarbrewing.co.uk. due course.” - James throughout Sussex and “You will be pleased to hear Cuthbertson, MD Kent. that the sun didn’t fall out of BLO Clive Watson BLO Bill Turner the sky, post Fuller’s acquiring us. It’s been a busy DOWNLANDS FIREBIRD few months with the Small Dole, 01273 495596. Horsham, 01403 823180. integration and we have not www.downlandsbrewery.com www.firebirdbrewing.co.uk got it all right yet. There There is no fresh news from Shokata Elderflower have been a few distribution the brewery. Summer Ale is selling well, problems as the team BLO Peter Mitchell with Bohemia, Two Horses, merges, but I think we are Parody, Paleface and ENGINEER Coffee Porter now available pretty much over these now High Hurstwood, 07841 and I am delighted to report in cans. Work Ethic, the new 669096 New England IPA is that beer is still flowing out www.theengineerbrewery.co.uk, of Partridge Green and the currently available as craft [email protected] keg and will be in 440ml recipes are all staying the Cask beers continue to be same and we are staying cans by the end of the supplied to the Hurstwood summer. put, in fact I am just about to at High Hurstwood, the sign a new 10 year lease Outside events are going Open Arms in East well with the newly extension. For those of you Grinstead, the Hatch at that predicted that Fuller’s converted horse box/craft Colemans Hatch and the beer bar now finished. It will would change us, you were Coopers Arms in right. They have already be at this year’s Horsham Crowborough. These outlets Big Nibble event in early invested heavily in the site also now sell Engineer beers and I can reveal that we shall September. in bottle as does the Cuculo BLO John Goodsell be adding a barrel aging deli and wine merchants in room to the brewery in the Heathfield. FRANKLINS coming months, along with Beers were supplied to both Ringmer, 01273 814447 more capacity and a the Lewes Beer and Cider www.franklinsbrewery.co.uk canning line. We’ve also just Festival and the CAMRA Franklins now have a full keg completed a collaboration beer tent at the Tunbridge range of Go Man Go, A with UnBarred, which will be Wells County Cricket event, Bitter Pils to Swallow, due out next month. If very well received at both. Optimist NEIPA and anyone is concerned or has The website lists all the Epiphany, which is the latest any questions about the beers available with more in the range and is a 2.2% Fuller’s Thing just call me information or contact John Table Beer. They have also 07841742678 rather than as above. welcomed Jaye Arbuckle to wonder if gossip is true. BLO Richard Saunders the team, qualified cicerone To social matters, we have and former brewer on the our Hopfest on 28th-30th FILO pilot kit at Brew Dog. Jaye September this year, with a Hastings, 01424 420212. has been helping with recipe wide range of our beers plus www.filobrewing.co.uk development and sales. guest beer from Downland FILO’s seasonal beer Thirst Expect to see an out Brewery, more on that on of May to celebrate the Jack pouring of exciting new beer the website. I have also in the Green weekend in cask, keg and can. They agreed to host Pete Brown’s proved very popular have hosted a number of

2424 SussexSussex Drinker:Drinker: AutumnAutumn 20182018 Bru News successful events in their tap these will become regular BLO Chris Wright room with many more to festival dates, so note them come. in your diaries! GUN BLO Mac McCutcheon The new beer, Cosmos, Gun Hill, Heathfield, 07900 (4.5%), a very light premium 683355. GOLDMARK APA, has been well received, [email protected] Poling, nr Arundel, 01903 becoming a firm favourite The new canning line is now 297838 / 07900 555415. with many drinkers. fully installed and www.goldmarks.co.uk Greyhound and Ballards operational. This is a big High demand for Microbus have six pumps at the GBBF step forward in small pack Pale Ale and Moshpit IPA in this year and plan to have for the brewery, as it means cans has kept the brewery someone there for most of the beer can now be busy. The seasonals, Pitch- the time to greet people. packaged at just the right Shifter, Wah Wah and They are launching a new ale time to capture all the hop Liquid Gold are available in there too and plan to have a aroma and fresh taste. cask or bottle conditioned; special give-away for Two new fermenters have Hop Idol, Vertigo Lager and anyone with an Arun and also been installed to help Mandarin Orange Wheat Adur CAMRA membership keep pace with demand. Beer are also available in card, so if you have, make Following the meticulous keg. yourselves known. There will refurbishment of their bar, In between brews, Mark has also be a chance to be in a The George Inn at Eartham been asked to don his draw for a free cask donated now run a number of Gun biochemical analyst’s hat to you or a local cause or Brewery beers on a and is collaborating with an pub of your choice. permanent basis. Whether American company to From 10:30 on Saturday eating or drinking this is a develop new yeast strains. 29th September there is an great pub and well worth a BLO Jim Waterston open day and brew day, a visit. fun and casual event open The brewery website has GOOD THINGS now also been updated with West Hoathly to everyone, so go along, drink some ales, take a few beer now available for sale www.goodthingsbrewing.co.uk online. Delivery is free for BLO tbc away and see the team brewing beer. orders over £45. GOODWOOD BLO Roger Kille BLO Steve Obey Pulborough HAMMERPOT BLO tbc GRIBBLE The Gribble Inn, Oving, Poling, near Arundel, 01903 GREYHOUND 01243 786893. www. 883338. Smock Alley, West gribbleinn.co.uk www.hammerpot-brewery.co.uk Chiltington, 07973 625510 Lazy Buzzard is increasingly BLO Rob Gowland www.greyhoundbrewery.co.uk popular, particularly in the HAND BREW f:greyhound brewery recent hot weather. Brighton, 07508 814541 t:@greyhoundbrew Unfortunately www.handbrewpub.com The brewery’s second mini administrative issues may The brewery is currently beer festival at the end of mean its exclusion from running at capacity and May was a great success so GBBF 2018. Beer sales awaiting the delivery of thanks to everyone’s continue strongly and after three new fermenters at the support. For 2019: 19th April the success of the spring end of August, which are (Good Friday) and 25th May festival another is proposed being manufactured in the (Bank Holiday Saturday); for late summer. UK. There will be substantial

25 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 25 Bru News building work done in the church service at St Thomas’ festivals, including pub cellar to fit them in. Also followed by dancing in the Glastonwick where special two new serving tanks from Brewery Yard. beers Earl Grey, Vintage which they will serve the The expensive replacement Droughtbuster, Chilli German style Pilsener Hans of the wooden flooring of Ginger ISA and Mince Pie straight to the bar from tank. the first floor Malt Room has featured, while at the South The core cask pales, Low been completed, probably Downs Beer & Cider Festival Five and High Five continue for the first time since 1927, it was represented by the to sell really well and are as part of their continuous more regular brews ISA and generating good feedback. programme of maintenance Honeyed West Coast. After the installation of the of the large listed building. BLO Paul Free new tanks they will start to There are plans for subtle produce the seasonal dark upgrades to brewery tour HEPWORTH beers again for the autumn. facilities, including improved Pulborough, 01403 269696. BLO Peter Mitchell access, changes to the www.hepworthbrewery.co.uk sample-room area and BLO Chris Stringer HARVEY’S better cloak-room facilities. Lewes, 01273 480209. HIGH WEALD This is subject to the East Grinstead, 07836 www.harveys.org.uk necessary listed building There was delight that 291430. consents and reflects the andy@highwealdbrewery. Sussex Nuptial Ale (6%) desire to ensure visitors was voted Beer of the co.uk continue to experience the Exciting news is that High Festival at June’s South uniqueness of Harvey’s. Downs Beer and Cider Weald will be opening its Progress with the micro- own Tap Room & Bar in East Festival, a date for the brewery remains work-in- presentation is to be Grinstead town centre in the hand, as does the possible autumn, The Engine Room. arranged. While this was a introduction of gluten free one-off brew to celebrate It will be selling their own beer(s). beers, alongside beers, wine the wedding of the Duke Plans are in the early stages and Duchess of Sussex in and gin from other local for their own beer festival, producers. There will be a May, consideration is being hopefully in conjunction given to producing more, good selection of gluten with CAMRA, and in free bottled beers and often possibly for further bottling celebration of independent or even in cans. GF cask and keg beer. brewing, maybe in 2019, but Watch this space for more The Brewery will have their avoiding clashes with other usual stand at the Great information. well-established festivals Otherwise, High Weald are British Beer Festival in and events. August with three light and very busy with beer orders. The shop continues to be A special Duke & Duchess of three dark beers available. very popular, with the new 5 Seasonal beers to come are Sussex Royal Ale was made litre keys selling well and for the Half Moon in in August, Lewes Castle, a with Harvey’s Malt Gins back traditional brown ale, Balcombe and as well as the on the shelf. pub trade, beers have been foraging for fresh hops will BLO Ian Hodge begin for Southdown ordered for many local Harvest (5 %) for HEATHEN festivals including Oxted, September, before the Haywards Heath, 07825 Godstoneberry, the Spa return of Old Ale (4.3%) in 429428. Valley and Bluebell Railways, October. This, will be www.heathenbrewers.co.uk and a special for Ashstock. celebrated with the usual June was a busy month for BLO Jonathan Samways

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HOLLER Lower Beeding, 01403 beers will now be more Blackboys, 01342 824272 891335 widely available in Punch www.hollerboysbrewery.co.uk www.kissingate.co.uk Houses. The Brewhouse was At the beginning of The brewery team are proud refurbished in July 2018 and September our new brewery to announce that Black the kitchen and menu have and taproom will open in Cherry Mild (4.2%) and its consequently been central Brighton. We will be higher ABV relative Black expanded. On 24th August doubling our capacity to be Cherry en plus (7%) have the Brewhouse will be able to produce 150 casks a both been selected for this hosting the launch of the week. We are really looking year’s Great British Beer Brighton Beer Week, and forward to joining the Festival. The summer Laine will be collaborating wonderful brewing scene in months have placed high with many other East Sussex Brighton and our taproom demand on Kissingate’s breweries to produce some will be open five days a lighter beers such as jointly badged brews. From week with beer to drink in or Storyteller (3.5%), August onwards darker take away. Also this month Kissingate Sussex (4%), autumnal and winter brews has seen the launch of our Pernickety Pale (4.5%), will become more summer beer Um-Bunko Moon (4.5%) and Chennai prominent in the (4.2%) a fruity New England IPA (5%). However sales of Brewhouse’s offering. pale ale and next month we dark beers have been higher BLO Billy Tipping launch our Black IPA (6%) in than usual this season too. cask also. The new brewery taproom LANGHAM Lodsworth, 01798 860861. BLO John Packer has become a very popular watering hole for local www.langhambrewery.co.uk HURST villagers and those from BLO Peter Luff Hurstpierpoint, 07866 further afield. Events such LISTER’S 438953. as Curry Nights, Vintage www.hurstbrewery.co.uk Ford, 01903 885950 / 07775 Cream Tea Afternoons, Arts 853412. BLO Steve Floor & Crafts Days, Gin Evenings www.listersbrewery.com KILN and Wine Tasting Evenings Brewing continues apace at Burgess Hill, 07800 556729. ensure that the brewery Lister’s current site but with www.thekilnbrewery.co.uk social calendar is full. The ‘change of use’ permission Following a search for new annual October Festival will granted for the new, larger premises, Kiln has linked up be held on Saturday 13th premises plans are well with Missing Link brewery. October 11am to 8pm, no underway for a move in the Although there appears to tickets required. See very near future. As summer be a stronger focus on website for details of all rolls in, the core range of supplying keg and canned events. beers continue to be beer, cask beer is continuing BLO Roy Bray popular, with the lighter ales to be brewed with Bricks LAINE being in particular demand. and Porter being supplied The North Laine, Brighton, A fantastic article in ‘Taste to the South Downs Beer & 01273 683666. West Sussex’ magazine Cider Festival and new www.drinkinbrighton.co.uk/ rounds off another Session IPA (4.4%) in the north-laine successful few months for style of an American amber Following the Lister’s. ale being launched shortly. ‘conglomeration’ of Laine BLO Glenn Johnson BLO Paul Free and Punch Taverns by a KISSINGATE hedge fund investor, Laine

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LONG MAN LOST PIER busy with festivals and Litlington, 01323 871850 / BLO tbc concerts at the moment! 07976 777992. Stout and Session IPA www.longmanbrewery.com LOUD SHIRT BEER bottles are in The Ivy The brewery is growing its Brighton, 07901 856436 Restaurant in the Brighton team over the summer as www.loudshirtbeer.co.uk Lanes and kegs are still they gear up ready for the Four new beers have been making up 80% of sales. A brewery shop and tasting added to the range, new Blood Orange White rooms to open; the build is Hypnosis Pale (4.5%), IPA was on the way in June coming along nicely, old Bohemian Gold (5.3%), BLO Adrian Towler beams and flintwork have Transcendence Pale (5.0%) been repaired and and Insomnia Black IPA POLARITY sandblasted and electrics (5.8%). Worthing, 07872 105300 and plumbing are being BLO Keith Newell www.polaritybrewing.co.uk installed for an autumn A couple of recent additions MISSING LINK to Polarity’s line up have launch. The website will West Hoathly soon show information on appeared. Mobius (4.5%), a www.missinglinkbrewing.com session IPA with big fruity this and online tour Jeremy the brewer is bookings will also start in flavours and low bitterness, continuing to expand as well as Trinity(4.4%), an due course. Lots of planning capacity at West Hoathly. is going on for a series of APA with refreshing, citrus More details next time. flavours, a classic American launch events too, keep an BLO Mike Head eye on social media feeds pale ale and a very popular for updates on progress. OLD TREE beer this summer. Popular seasonal beers Brighton, 07413 064346. BLO Gemma Mackay Copper Hop and Sleeping The brewery has mainly RECTORY Giant appeared bottled in been concentrating on Streat, 01273 890570. June as part of the brewery’s brewing low alcohol The brewery was due a visit commitment to continue to Kombucha which is selling from the Environmental brew and bottle a selection well from the Duke of Health Officer in the last of the Small Batch beers to Wellington, Shoreham-by- week of June, to check that augment the usual range. Sea and the under new all is well and they can The SIBA South East Beer management, the Jolly re-commence brewing. The Awards saw the brewery win Brewers, Ditchling Road, hope is to re-open the three new awards including Brighton. brewery in September. a Gold for the previously BLO Andrew Coleman BLO Paul Free mentioned Copper Hop in PIN UP bottle. RIVERSIDE Southwick, 01273 411127. The small batch range Upper Beeding, 01903 www.pinupbrewingco.com continues for the rest of the 898030 The brewery has expanded year with Session IPA, www.riversidebreweryltd.co.uk a little, with two new bigger Sussex Pride, Sleeping We have been awarded fermenters and a larger heat Giant, Gunpowder Stout some funding from West exchanger to cope with and Inn Keeper taking us Sussex County Council speed of transfer. A larger through until Christmas. which will be spent on a new cold room has been created BLO Scott O’Rourke can filling/seaming machine, and a Tap Room is likely to another fermenter and LOST & FOUND come along at the end of the many more firkins. This will BLO Mike Head summer, but they are too allow us to continue to

28 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 28 Bru News increase production and The Watchmaker’s Arms, eye of Mat & Lee from meet demand for our beers, Hove. It has been fairly quiet Polarity. we will also be looking to over the summer months, BLO Gemma Mackay increase our workforce. Our but looking forward to (Brewery at the) Bee Ding Mead was September and brewing launched at the start of June Equinox DIPA (8.6%) again, WATCHMAKER’S ARMS to some rave reviews. We also something special for Hove, 01273776307 have a new collaboration Top-Notch’s fifth Their first beer is an with the campaign, Save anniversary with 5 malts/5 American Pale brewed with Tangmere Tower, to produce hops at 5%. The keg offering German pilsner malt. That a golden ale with all British continues to expand to should be available in cask hops. The beer will support include #BONZER Dark IPA around the middle of July. the campaign to restore the (5.9%). Expect another in They expect to brew two iconic WW2 RAF control the SMaSH series of cask casks, of varying styles, tower at Tangmere Airfield. ales in the late autumn every week going forward. Planning has already begun BLO Keith Newell BLO Peter Mitchell for our Beer Festival jointly WELTONS run with the Adur Brewery TWO TRIBES Horsham, 01403 272102 Horsham, 01403 242901. at Steyning Cricket Club on www.weltonsbeer.co.uk 28th to 30th September. We www.twotribesbrewing.com BLO Mike Head Three Lions IPA sold out are expecting to have a few very quickly during the more beers than last year, UNBARRED World Cup. Weltons always some cider, live music and Hove, 07850 070471. brew a hoppy IPA and in hot food. www.unbarredbrewery.com August this will be BLO Ian Bolt unbarredbrewery@gmail. Spinnaker PIA (4.1%), with ROTHER VALLEY com tropical fruit flavours, as Northiam, 01797 252922 In addition to his own part of a sailing theme with www.rothervalleybrewery.co.uk innovative modern beers, Cowes Regatta in mind. [email protected] Jordan continues to work Schooner Blonde, (6.6%), a Nothing new to report; sales with other brewers on sweet summer ale will also remain good. collaboration projects. For be brewed, as well as BLO Dawn Lincoln Brighton Beer Week, he Capstan, (5.0%) a clear brewed a coffee sour with German style wheat beer. THREE LEGS Pharmacie coffee roasters Horsham Beer Festival will Brede, 07939 997622 from Hove, and there might feature Fruitburst IPA www.thethreelegs.co.uk be some of July’s Peaches & (6.0%). Pebble Beach IPA [email protected] Cream (7%) brewed with (4.1%) and Coconut Porter No news this time. Brixton bottle shop Ghost will also be available in BLO Peter Harrison Whale still available in keg September/October. The and can. TOP NOTCH brewery open nights remain BLO Mike Head popular on the first Friday of Haywards Heath, 07963 each month. Look out for 829368. VINE Old Night in October. www.topnotchbrewing.co.uk Tarring, 01903 201121 BLO Nigel Bullen Homebrew winner Dance The Vine brewery is now Commander Imperial Stout running with a 1bbl setup, (8.5%) brewed in they are continuing to collaboration with Tommy produce a cask ale once a Bowen and Rick Evans from month under the watchful

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Regional Cider pub of the year Seasonal Reminder While this issue is on the bars of your local we will be entering the apple picking season, many of our local makers running picking days on various weekends during September and October, those known to do this are Village Green (Turners Hill), JB (Maplehurst), Bignose & Beardy (Framfield, enquiries@ bignoseandbeardy.com). Incidentally B&B have supplied me with their dates (9/9, 23/9 and 7/10) helpers This year’s Regional Cider Pub of the will get fed on these days and there may year is from Sussex and is the Brewery be some cider to sample. Shades in Crawley. Well done to Nicki Picking days are always good fun and a and her team. You will find The Brewery great way to get young people out in Shades on the High Street in Crawley. the fresh air. Most makers run a website The competition was close and most of or Facebook page with more details and the pubs nominated in the region I will post some events on https://www. scored well. facebook.com/ Regional Cider Award CAMRACiderSurreySussex. Bignose & 30 years and counting Beardy’s This October marks thirty years of the Hedgerow Apple committee which is the part of was CAMRA responsible for campaigning selected as for real cider and perry. Over the next runner up in few months you will see some articles in this year’s What’s Brewing? about the committee. competition One thing that we are hoping to do is at the have an anniversary perry made from Racecourse this years fruit which will be available to in March. festivals next spring. Pictured Paul Sanders here is Regional Cider Coordinator Steven Stark at their barn (missing is business partner Phil Day).

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Langham brews up funding for South South Downs Way.” Downs National Park Trust She added: “We have welcomed the Langham Brewery has released the first opportunity to collaborate with the trust to bottles of its raise awareness of the fabulous countryside classic South that surrounds us, and to lead the way in Downs Best raising funds to conserve the much-loved Bitter to South Downs Way for future generations.” support work in the South New South Downs information point Downs The steam heated brewery is also creating a National Park, South Downs National Park Information including a Point at the brewery and has signed up to campaign to the National Park Authority’s new Cyclists raise funds and Walkers Initiative. Lesley Foulkes, co-founder of for critical Foulkes said: “The information point will be Langham Brewery and Andy repairs on the Gattiker, South Downs Way a place where weary cyclists, walkers and South Downs manager, toast the launch of South people just passing by can drop in and Way national Downs Best Bitter enjoy refreshments in convivial trail. surroundings and discover the delights and Five pence from every bottle sold will go to possibilities of the National Park, the South the South Downs National Park Trust’s Downs Way and surrounding countryside.” ‘Mend our Way’ campaign to fix broken Andy Gattiker, who manages the South sections of the South Downs Way. Downs Way, said: “Langham Brewery are The independent craft microbrewery, which award-winning local producers, based right produces cask conditioned real ales and in the heart of the National Park – it would keg beers including Halfway to Heaven, Hip be hard to find a more a natural partner to Hop and Arapaho, is based within the the new charity. The new beer looks and National Park on the Cowdray Estate, near tastes great and we are really grateful for Petworth, West Sussex. Langham became their support of the ‘Mend Our Way’ appeal the first corporate partner of the South and other future work. Downs National Park Trust, which launched “Fifteen thousand pairs of boots, 10,000 last year. bicycle tyres and 800 hooves travel the Lesley Foulkes, the brewery’s co-founder length of the trail each year, and millions said: “We’re thrilled with our South Downs more will enjoy a section of it, causing a lot Best Bitter which features a striking image of wear and tear! Langham Brewery’s inspired by the beautiful South Downs on donations will help us with significant its label. We are aiming to raise a significant projects on more remote sections of the amount over the next couple of years path which, are too expensive to tackle towards projects in the National Park, using existing funds.” including vital restoration of sections of the

32 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 Spotlight on Breweries Range extended with new keg beers Bedlam’s brought it home! The launch of South Downs Best Bitter Bedlam comes hot on the heels of Langham Brewery took Brewery’s Triple XXX beer taking the silver home a haul award in the ‘Cask Champion Standard Mild of 4 Gold and Brown Ales’ category at the SIBA Medals National Independent Beer Awards 2018, including adding another win to its already Overall Cask impressive trophy cabinet. Champion Now the brewery is extending beyond cask for Phoenix and bottled ales with the launch of six new at the SIBA National Independent Beer craft keg beers including three unfiltered Awards, which recently took place in from its cask range, which provides real ale Tonbridge. with all the advantages of keg, and three Bedlam new brews. Phoenix, The three new keg beers available this Porter and summer are - Lodsteiner, an authentic Amagansett German Pils; O’Reallys an authentic Irish beers also stout and a powerfully hopped fruity New won Gold England IPA called Rocket Juice. awards within their Cask categories. Beer alchemist and co-founder James Berrow said: “Our passion is to produce “We’re incredibly proud to have beaten innovative, distinctive and flavoursome real such tough competition to bring home a ales using the finest quality ingredients and total of 4 medals from this South East traditional craft skills. As we are completely competition!” said Ops Manager, Oliver independent we are not constrained in our Marsh, “we were up against the likes of recipes. The beer always comes first.” Hammerton, Redemption Brewing and Andwell Brewing; all of whom are really He adds: “We pride ourselves on our good and we love what these guys are modern brews with a traditional twist and doing.” our new craft keg beers are no exception. We have invested in a state of the art These awards mean so much to Bedlam as kegging plant and taken our time to ensure they’re judged by brewing peers, industry we are completely satisfied with our new experts and beer journalists, local CAMRA beers. You can’t hurry a good brew!”. members and beer enthusiasts and very much seen as the prestigious ‘Brewers’ Langham Brewery was one of the first four choice Awards by the industry. breweries in England to gain a Cask Marque and SALSA plus Beer accreditation for its Phoenix 3.9% is an extra pale American ale quality brewing processes and with some of the boldest US hops: Citra, performance and still secondary cask Amarillo and Cascade. Top fermenting conditions its ale. yeast used in many of the iconic American craft beers is imported and pitched to give South Downs Best Bitter (4.5% ABV) is its characteristic dry, soft, smooth and clean available in 500ml bottles. It is a tawny- finish. coloured classic best bitter with well- balanced malt flavours, finished with a hint To find out more about Bedlam Brewery of blackcurrant and a slightly spicy, sweet visit their website aroma. https://bedlambrewery.co.uk/ Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 33 Branch Beer and Pub Awards

South East Sussex Awards the year by a minimum of four CAMRA South East Sussex, North East Sussex and members. This means that it is an award Western Sussex Branches met for a joint based on people’s experiences in pubs, social at the Gun Brewery. On a dry day our where most real ale is consumed. In hosts fired up the barbecue, treating us to a accepting the two awards for the brewery, sausage lunch and plenty of beer, including Mark valued each highly and was pleased samples of the two award winners. with the latter for the reason that it reflected people’s opinion of the beer Steve Obey, CAMRA’s Brewery Liaison throughout the year. Officer for Gun, presented the Sussex Microbrewery Beer of the Festival from The South East Sussex Branch Pub of the Eastbourne 2017. The popularity of Gun Year for 2018 is the Standard Inn in Rye, the beers at the festival was reflected in the fact first ever branch pub of the year award in that five of their casks were on the stillage the town, in which there is an improving and that the festival drinkers, CAMRA range of real ale pubs. members or not, voted for the award. Steve The Standard dates from the fifteenth rightly praised the quality of the beers and century; it was sympathetically re-vamped the winning beer, Imperial Whisky Stout, in and re-opened by owners Tim Brown and particular. In return, Mark of the brewery Rajh Siva in November 2014. said that they were delighted to host a CAMRA group and were grateful for the It now sells four cask ales including house support that CAMRA had always given beer Standard Farmer Ale, a beer from Old them. Dairy Brewery unique to this pub, the others are a selection of beers from Three The second award, presented by the Branch Legs, there is invariably a range of beer Chair, Peter Adams, was for the South East styles on offer. Sussex Branch Beer of the Year for 2017, the champion beer being Zamzama IPA. Recently Rajh left the business for pastures new and when we arrived for the presentation in July, it appeared that Tim had too, but a phone call soon brought him to the bar and all enjoyed a selection of the ales as the presentation was made.

The picture shows, left to right: Toby and Mark from the brewery, Peter, Branch Chair; Pete from the brewery and Steve, Brewery Liaison Officer.

This is awarded to the beer brewed and drunk in the Branch area with the highest average score on CAMRA’s National Beer Scoring System, with the proviso that it has been assessed at least ten times through

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South Downs Beer Festival 1st Beer Festival at Holly Tree, Walberton The World Cup and hot weather didn’t Andy and Carol Fox-Hilderley held their deter drinkers enjoying themselves at this first-ever Beer Festival at the Holly Tree, year’s festival. Two very busy Friday Walberton (near Barnham, West Sussex) sessions boosted the attendance to nearly over the weekend of 1st – 3rd June. Since 1200. taking over the pub last January with complete freedom in buying choice they Those attending voted as their Beer of the have already gained a reputation for their Festival Harvey’s Nuptial Ale a 6 % beer range with 4 pumps dispensing a described as an amber coloured ale brewed rotating selection of mainly local brews. using barley from Arundel, hops from Bodiam, Burwash, Robertsbridge and Wadhurst. The honey used in the brew came from Hassocks. The cider and perry drinkers really enjoyed themselves as there was hardly any left. A difficult choice for Cider of Festival this year but Harry’s Cider Scrummage from Somerset was voted the winner and the Perry of the Festival was Skyborry based in Powys. Our festival charity chosen this year was AITC, Albion in the Community raised nearly £400 by the kind donation of unused beer tokens and cash. A huge thanks go to the pubs selling tickets the Gardeners Arms, Brewers Arms, Harvey’s Brewery shop Lewes and the Evening Star, Brighton. A special thank you must go to the organising committee, all the volunteers and Town Hall staff who made the festival such a success. See you next year 21 - 22 June 2019. Andy had described this first festival as “dipping a toe in the water”, with a small Peter Mitchell selection of beers and ciders available on a Festival Organiser stillage in the right-hand bar (see photo), but after the event both he and Carol expressed their delight at the response and declared that not many months would pass before their pub would see another, larger festival. The Holly Tree is in the centre of Walberton and is a short bus ride or a 1.3mile walk from Barnham station. See their entry on www. whatpub.com for more details.

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Isle of Man 2018 flow throughout the afternoon, with the In April, a group of North Sussex and East & official opening taking place at 6.30pm. Mid-Surrey Branch members returned to This year, it was opened by the Hollywood the Isle of Man, to volunteer their services at actor, John Rhys-Davies, a Manx resident, the 7th Isle of Man Beer Festival, held once who arrived at the event aboard the Okells again in the Villa Marina in Douglas. Brewery double-deck horse tram. For those who don’t know, he’s been in the business This was the fifth consecutive year that for over fifty years appearing in films, some of us had travelled across and we all television and on stage. Probably best look forward to it. It gives us a chance to known for playing the role of Gimli in the have a holiday and to visit some of the Lord Of The Rings film trilogy, he’s got a island pubs at the same time. We always very impressive imdb listing and he willingly meet up with others who attend each year stayed behind to talk to people, sign and socialise with them, notably at the pre- autographs and for the obligatory selfies to festival quiz night, held in the Prospect be taken. Hotel in Douglas. The 2018 festival took place Thursday to Saturday, 12th to 14th April and this year featured nearly 170 beers, together with 50+ ciders and perries, with some fruit wines and meads thrown in for good measure. Each year, the festival raises money for one of the islands good causes, this year, the Manx Wildlife Trust was the beneficiary and Bushy’s Brewery produced a beer, Swift One, especially for the occasion. This was on sale at the festival and at pubs around the island, with 10p from the sale of each Over the next three days, nearly 2900 pint going to the charity. people passed through the doors, around Once again, there were four bars, three of 500 of whom had travelled across to attend which had some handpumps, with a stillage the festival. By the time the doors had to the rear. The main bar featured the Manx closed at 11pm on the Saturday night, a lot beers, plus an eclectic mix of beers from the of the beer had been consumed, virtually all mainland, of varying styles. Additionally the cider and perry had disappeared, there was another smaller bar which together with all the fruit wine and mead. featured beers named after birds and The beer of the festival was a Porter from various animals, then there was the third Tyneside, Brinkburn Street Brewery House bar featuring a selection from Northern of the Rising Sun (7.2%). The cider of the Ireland breweries, which generated a lot of festival was Farmer Jim’s Rhubarb Bob interest Finally there was the Cider Bar, (4.0%), from Devon. Needless to say, we’re which always takes a hammering, this year already looking forward to 2019, the dates being no exception. have yet to be confirmed, but if you’re Sussex breweries appearing this time interested in visiting, you won’t regret it. around were 360 Degrees, Dark Star and When not working at the festival, time was Harvey’s. At 2pm on the Thursday, the spent touring the island, we kept bumping doors were opened and there was a steady into people who were over for the festival,

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On the Monday, a small group of us headed out on a pub crawl around the south of the island, starting in Port Erin and working our way back to Douglas, visiting eight different pubs in twelve hours. There is a good selection of pubs listed in the current Good Beer Guide and yet, there are still some good ones that don’t feature, but are worth visiting. The first micro-pub on the island should have opened by the time you read this, in Peel on the west coast of the island. including a group from Peterborough Hopefully this article might interest you CAMRA. It’s easy to get around, the cost of enough to come over next year, possibly a seven day Go-Explore ticket has not the chance to visit somewhere new and changed at £47 and it’s valid on all the attend a great festival. transport on the island, a real bargain. There Thanks go to Thomas Black for providing is an excellent bus service, with the added the photos. interest of travelling on the steam, electric and Snaefell Mountain Railway’s, also the Peter Spooner horse trams in Douglas now start earlier in the year.

Save Your Pub Obituary

DYKE PUB LATEST PAUL SIMONS The whole of the activity around the pub, News broke during the South Downs Beer & appears to be very quiet with the Save The Cider Festival of the early and unexpected Dyke Pub campaigners getting behind death of Paul Simons, also known as protests regarding the removal of train Rudolph. services from Preston Park station, but not Although a member of Bexley branch, he making any comments about the pub. became resident for a while in Sussex, then Likewise the owner appears to be he moved away following the break-up of a maintaining a silence. relationship. THE GREYS He will be remembered for working at beer The situation regarding the Greys seems to festivals throughout the UK. He believed be all good at the moment with the that beer festivals were the best way to Friends of the Greys happy with the way promote real ale. the pub is going. The musical acts continue to regularly perform, and the pub Our condolences go out to his family and continues to sell a range of beer, including friends. that from Sussex brewers like Gun. The Friends of the Greys intend to keep to active and support the new owners Paul & James in making the pub successful. Paul Free

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Four go mad in Pompey Several years ago, the North Sussex Branch spent a day in Portsmouth, visiting a number of interesting and historic hostelries within the city. For some time, there had been talk of revisiting and as the pub scene had probably changed a bit during the intervening years, maybe visit a few pubs not previously visited. A date was selected and the Social Secretary went down several weeks earlier to have a mooch around, selecting a few pubs to visit. A few weeks before, it dawned that the date selected, clashed with Lewes Beer Festival. an interesting little number to say the least. Not to be deterred, three of us decided to Fans of cider will love this place, as up to ten go with the original date and on Saturday different are available. 23rd June, headed off for a day at the seaside, not that any of us saw the sea. After a pleasant hour in here, following a tip we’d received earlier, cabs were ordered Meeting at Fratton railway station, we set and we headed out to pay a visit to the off to visit the first pub on the list. However Staggeringly Good Brewery, which can be within five minutes, the heat of the day was found on having an effect (well, that’s our excuse) an and thirsts needed to be slaked, as we industrial found outside the Fawcett Arms (176 estate in Fawcett Road). Peering through the the north window, we noted four handpumps, three of the of which displayed Titanic clips, the other city. They being Woodfordes Wherry. A split-second have a decision was made that it would be rude taproom, not to call in at this unplanned stop, which is where it’s a Grade II listed street corner pub, once part possible of the Brickwoods estate. While we were to sample inside, we were chatting to a local couple their who gave us some tips on other places products, worth a look, when we espied another be it cask, North Sussex member wandering by, keg, heading for what should have been the first bottles or port of call. cans. We thanked the locals, sank our pints and There is a dinosaur theme to their beers and headed out of the door, to the Lawrence we spent another hour in here, the only cask Arms (63 Lawrence Road) arriving at the beer available was Post Impact Porter, bar, just as the fourth member of the group which was pleasant enough. was getting his wallet out, perfect timing! Having by this time, consumed a few This is another Victorian-built street corner stronger beers, it was decided to book pub and has six ales available, including another cab and head back into town, to try some interesting ones which change and pick up the itinerary and visit the regularly. Some of us settled on the Merchant House (9-11 Highland Road). This Revolutions Swoon Chocolate Fudge Stout,

38 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 is a small modern street corner pub, which drinking ale. offers four regularly changing beers from Time was marching on and we were keen to small independent brewers and a selection get to one more pub, the Brewhouse & from Arbor, Marble and Siren Craft were Kitchen (26 Guildhall Walk). Located a available, so a couple of session-strength short distance from Portsmouth & Southsea beers were welcome. railway station, we called in to find that up Leaving here, we walked down the road for to five cask ales are brewed on site, plus a few minutes, until we reached the Phoenix some keg products. A couple of beers were (13 Duncan Road), an interesting two-bar tried, all pleasant enough and something to community pub, displaying a large look forward to, especially when their pub collection of autographed photographs of opens in Horsham. stars, past and present, who had appeared Here we called it a day and headed off to at the nearby Kings Theatre. Just three catch trains home. Many thanks to Thomas beers available here, but one from Irving Black for organising the day out (and for Brewery stood out and was sampled. the photos), also to Jonny Coates and Keith Carrying on from here, we headed to the Nichols for coming along. By the time you Hole In The Wall (36 Great Southsea will have read this, the branch will have had Street), a freehouse which is one of the a day out in Maidstone and planning is smallest pubs in the city and an interesting underway for a tour of micro-pubs in North and regularly changing selection of beers is West Kent. available. Out of the five on offer, I settled on Abbeydale Deception NZ Pale, an easy Peter Spooner

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CAMRA EVENTS IN BOLD. For FREE inclusion in this column and on the Sussex Branches website, contact the Editor; for PAID advertisements contact Neil Richards. Copy-by date and contact details on the contacts page 47. For up to date information on beer festivals and other beer and cider related events in Sussex, and often more details than appear here in print, please visit the Beer Festivals page on the Sussex Branches website, sussex.camra.org.uk/festivals. 10-12 Aug The Dolphin, South Street, Hog Roast, free entry, live music, Eastbourne, Summer Beer Festival, www.newinnwestfield.com 01323 746622 25-27 Aug Partridge Inn, Singleton, Music 11-12 Aug Plough Inn, Crowhurst, near & Beer Festival Battle, Beer Festival. 01424 830310. 31 Aug - 2 Sep The White Dog Inn, 16-19 Aug Lewes Tap Takeover Weekend. Ewhurst Green, Beer and Music Festival, Four Lewes pubs (Elephant & Castle, Patch, local ales and bands, food, Brewers Arms, Black Horse) will invite six of www.thewhitedogewhurst.co.uk the country’s best breweries to take over 7-9 Sep Big Green Cardigan Music Festival, their cask and keg lines for the weekend. Cripps Corner, near Sedlescombe, award See Facebook: The Lewes Tap Takeover. winning ales from Langham and the Battle 18 Aug Sussex Pub of the Year Breweries, presentation evening at the White Horse, www.biggreencardigan.com Maplehurst 8-9 Sep Horsham Beer Festival, Drill Hall, 24-26 Aug Wheatsheaf Inn, Willingdon, Horsham. Tickets from Beer Essentials, East Bank Holiday Beer Festival. Street Horsham. Details at 23-27 Aug RIVERFEST Beer & Music www.thebeeressentials.co.uk Festival, at the Duke of Wellington, 15 Sep Lewes Sausage ‘n’ Cider Festival, Shoreham-by-Sea. 30 Beers & 10 Ciders. Lewes Town Hall. Commercial Square Trade Day Thursday at 4pm to have a chat Bonfire Society are running their Sausage ‘n’ with brewers. BBQ food. Entertainment Cider festival on the 15th September in every day (world folk styles) Lewes Town Hall from 4pm until 10:30pm, 24-27 Aug 5th Annual Real Ale and Cider selling a good range of cider (both local and Festival at The Victoria Inn, West Marden. furter afield) along with craft ales/lagers 20+ Ales and 10+ Ciders, live music, dog and of course Harveys. show and more. First half free for Card 22 Sep Train to London Pubs – TTLP 43 carrying CAMRA Members. has been planned on a Saturday so that we 24-27 Aug The Huntsman, Eridge Green, can visit some of the South-East London Bank Holiday Beer Festival with local ales, Brewery Taps that were closed because of local bands and BBQ, 01892 864258 the cursed ‘Dry January’ effect post last Christmas and New Year. Details TBA. To be 25 Aug Live at Langhams, 1pm-11pm. Food, included on mailing list contact Pete Brown, award winning ales, live music and a friendly [email protected] . atmosphere. See langhambrewery.co.uk. 28-30 Sep The Berwick Inn, adjacent to 25-27 Aug The Smugglers, Alfriston, Bank Berwick Station, Beer Festival, Holiday Beer Festival, 01323 870018 www.smugglersalfriston.co.uk 28-30 Sep Fourth Steyning Beer Festival, 25-27 Aug The New Inn, Westfield, 30 jointly run by Riverside and Adur Breweries beers (all from within 40 miles), BBQ and and held at Steyning Cricket Club.

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28-30 Sep 3rd Emsworth Beer Festival, Friday night and throughout Saturday/ Emsworth Community Centre. 30+ real ales, Sunday and buskers on trains and in rail ciders, organic apple juice, meet-the- shed. Thai Street Food, BBQ and more. brewer, live music nightly. Find more on http://www.spavalleyrailway. 6 Oct Kings Head Horsham Meet the co.uk/product.php/19/beerfestival2018 or Brewers day, including award winning local Facebook WKCamraSVRFest. beers from CAMRA Equinox festivals 26-27 Oct 22nd Worthing 14 Oct Bonkers for Conkers at Langhams, Beer Festival, Assembly Hall, 1pm. Extreme sports for fearless Worthing. See page 3 for more contestants. Plenty of ale, plus music, steam details. engines, stalls, hog roast...and much more!!! 9 Nov Train to London Pubs – TTLP 44 might possibly be a catch-up on 19-21 Oct 8th CAMRA Spa Valley Railway the latest micropubs to open in the London Real Ale & Cider Festival. West Kent CAMRA and Spa Valley Railway will be area, plus some re-visits to those we have holding their 8th Beer Festival from 19th – enjoyed in the past. To be included on 21st October. 150 Real Ales and Ciders, Over mailing list contact Pete Brown, 25 Green Hop Beers, Keg Bar, Wine, Gin, and [email protected] . soft drinks. Beer/cider on all trains and Stations. Open from 11am until 10.30pm, Sunday 11am until 6pm. Live Entertainment

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The First ‘Brighton & Hove Beer Week’ Manchester, London, Norwich and Sheffield Brighton & Hove is set to celebrate all things – as ways of showcasing and celebrating beer and brewing with the city’s first beer beer and brewing. This will be Brighton & week. Brighton & Hove Beer Week will run Hove’s first beer week. from Friday 24th August – Sunday 2nd The venues involved and the events during September 2018 and will showcase the very the week are listed on the Brighton & Hove best that the city has to offer beer lovers. Beer Week website – More than twenty of the city’s beer venues www.brightonandhovebeerweek.com. – including The Evening Star, Brighton Beer Dispensary and The Watchmaker’s Arms - are coming together to offer a series of exciting events over the ten-day period. They’re pairing up with breweries both within the city - including Brighton Bier, Hand Brew Co. and Loud Shirt Brewing Co. - and throughout Sussex - such as Burning Sky, Harvey’s and UnBarred – to ensure the city is full to the brim of the freshest, tastiest beer. There will be no festival wristbands or lanyards, and no central beer tent: just a whole city full of great beer to explore and enjoy. Brighton and Hove Beer Week’s founder and coordinator is award-winning beer writer and broadcaster, Emma Inch. She produces Fermentation – the UK’s only regular beer and brewing show on FM radio - for Brighton’s Radio Reverb, and has made the city her home for the past twenty-five years and. She says, “This event is about world-class beer served where it should be: in the pubs, bars, restaurants and bottle shops that bring it to you all year round. There’ll be tap takeovers, brewery open days, walking tours, a homebrew competition, tastings, exclusive brews, music, food, and some more quirky events that will demonstrate why drinking beer in Brighton & Hove is so different to drinking beer in any other city. We’ll be celebrating what makes us unique in terms of our heritage, our diversity, our ‘green credentials’ and everything else we have to offer as a one-of-a-kind city by the sea. It’s going to be quite a party!” Beer Weeks are becoming increasingly popular in cities across the UK – including

42 Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018 Contact Information

Sussex Branches of CAMRA Surrey & Sussex Regional Director: Chris Stringer, 01403 270505, (Horsham) [email protected] Sussex Area Organiser: Peter Page-Mitchell, 01424 422128, (St. Leonards- on-Sea), [email protected] Website: sussex.camra.org.uk Beer Festival: Brighton Racecourse, 2019 *PotY: TBD, *CotY: TBD Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2018. No. 95 Arun & Adur Pete Barlow, 07902 166071 Circulation 13,500 [email protected] Published by Sussex Branches of www.aaa.camra.org.uk the Campaign for Real Ale Beer Festival: Worthing, 26-27 Oct 2018 Editor: PotY: Green Man, Worthing; CPotY: Green Man, Andy Shaw Worthing; COTY None Email: [email protected] Brighton & South Downs Advertising: John Kirkland, 01293 519844 Neil Richards MBE [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.brightoncamra.org.uk www.matelotmarketing.co.uk Beer Festival: South Downs, June 2019 Tel: 01536 358670 Mobile: 07710 281381 PotY: Brewers Arms, Lewes; CPotY: Old Star, Shoreham; CotY: None Next Publication Date: 3rd November 2018 North Sussex Copy: First call 1st October; deadline 15th Paul Sanders, 07778 035971 October [email protected] Copy Submissions: www.northsussex.camra.org.uk The Editor invites submissions that celebrate the Beer Festival: Equinox, March 2019 real ale scene in Sussex. Please keep to a PotY: White Horse, Maplehurst; CPotY: Brewery maximum of 700 words. Please use plain text or Shades, Crawley; CotY: None Word files. Please send good quality pictures North East Sussex separately, preferably in JPG format. (Sub Branch of South East Sussex) Standard Disclaimer: John Packer, 07841 669096, Views expressed in this magazine are those of [email protected] the individual authors and not necessarily PotY: King’s Arms, Rotherfield; supported by the editor or CAMRA. CPotY: King’s Head, East Hoathly; CotY: None All content © Sussex Branches of CAMRA South East Sussex Phil Cozens, 01323 460822 For Consumer Advice: [email protected] If you have a complaint about goods or services, www.southeast-sussex-camra.com please contact Citizens Advice for information Beer Festival: Eastbourne, May 2019 and advice: PotY: Standard Inn, Rye; CPotY: George, Hailsham; Visit the Citizens Advice Website CotY: Albatross RAFA Club, Bexhill-on-Sea www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/ Western Sussex Or you can call the Citizens Advice consumer Max Malkin, 01243 828394 helpline on 03454 04 05 06 [email protected] Please note: National Trading Standards cannot www.westernsussexcamra.org.uk help members of the public with specific Beer Festival: Yapton, May 2019 complaints or advice about goods, services or PotY: Crab Pot, Selsey; CPotY: None; CotY: None specific businesses. Campaign for Real Ale Ltd *PotY: Pub of the Year; CPotY: Cider Pub of the 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LW Year; CotY: Club of the Year Tel: 01727 867201 Fax: 01727 867670 Website: www.camra.org.uk

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