Sussex Drinker, Winter 2011 - Western Sussex CAMRA

For people who like Real Ale in Sussex 

Winter 2011 

Free 

CAMRA BEER FESTIVALS 

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THE SUSSEX 

BRANCHES OF THE 

CAMPAIGN FOR 

REAL ALE LTD 

IN ALL AREAS OF 

SUSSEX

Contact Information 

Sussex Branches of CAMRA 

Surrey & Sussex Regional Director: 

Chris Stringer, 01403 270505 (Horsham) 

pennyandchris@btinternet.com 

Sussex Area Organiser: 

Peter Page-Mitchell, 01424 429791 

(St. Leonards-on-Sea) 

ppagemitchell@hotmail.co.uk 

Beer Festival: Hove, 8-10 March 2012 

POTY: Evening Star, Brighton 

Western Sussex 

Max Malkin, 01243 828394 

ifitrainsitisanastyday@mypostoffice.co.uk 

www.westernsussexcamra.org.uk 

Beer Festival: Yapton, 18-20 May 2012 

POTY: Maypole, Yapton 

Arun & Adur 

Jerry Marchant, 01903 214020 

jerry.marchant@tiscali.co.uk 

www.aaa-camra.org.uk 

Beer Festival: Worthing, 19-20 October 2012 

POTY: Sportsman, Amberley 

North Sussex 

Debbie Bullen, 07752 476649 

debbie.bullen@sky.com 

www.northsussexcamra.org.uk 

Beer Festival: Ardingly Vintage Vehicle 

Show, July 2012 

POTY: Jolly Tanners, Staplefield 

Brighton and South Downs 

Pete Coppard, 01273 683322 

petecoppard139@tiscali.co.uk 

www.brightoncamra.org.uk 

Beer Festival: Lewes, June 2012 

POTY: Evening Star, Brighton 

South-East Sussex 

Phil Cozens, 01323 460822 

contact.camra.sesusx@gmail.com 

www.southeast-sussex-camra.com 

Beer Festival: Eastbourne, October 2012 

POTY: King’s Head, Hailsham 

Sussex Drinker: Winter 2011. No. 68 

Circulation 12,000 

Published by Sussex Branches of the Campaign for Real Ale 

Editor: 

The Quaffer 

Email: sussexdrinker@yahoo.co.uk 

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authors and not necessarily 

supported by the editor or CAMRA. 

Your local Trading Standards Offices are: 

East Sussex: 

St Mary’s House, 52 St Leonards Road, 

Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 3UU 

Telephone: 01323 418200 Fax: 01323 418227 

Email: consumer.advice@eastsussexcc.gov.uk 

Website: www.eastsussexcc.gov.uk 

West Sussex: 

Centenary House, Durrington Lane, 

Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 2QB 

Tel: 01903 839749; Fax: 01903 839743 

Email: trading.standards@westsussex.gov.uk 

www.westsussex/gov.uk/tradingstandards 

Brighton & Hove: 

Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, 

Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1JP 

Tel: 01273 292523; Fax: 01273 292524 

Email: trading.standards@brighton-hove.gov.uk 

Website: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk 

Campaign for Real Ale Ltd 

230 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LW 

Tel: 01727 867201 Fax: 01727 867670 

Website: www.camra.org.uk 

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Sussex Beer Festival 2012 

22nd SUSSEX CAMRA BEER & 

BIGGER THAN 

Following the tremendous success of last 

year, this year we will have more beer 

than ever to acknowledge the growing 

popularity of the Sussex CAMRA Beer & Cider 

Festival, with almost twice as many people attending 

last year than ten years ago. To keep it 

an enjoyable as well as busy event for all, we 

need more volunteers to help us with the festival. 

Staffing forms will be available from our 

website or by post from January onwards. 

For those who wish to remain punters, 

tickets will be available from 16 January to 4 

March at all the usual outlets: Evening Star 

and Sir Charles Napier, Brighton; Beer Essentials, 

Horsham; Gardener’s Arms, Lewes; 

Buckingham Arms, Shoreham; Selden Arms, 

Worthing. Brighton Centre Box Office 

(www.brightoncentre.co.uk) is selling tickets 

again, but please do remember there is a booking 

fee when buying tickets through their website 

or phone line. No tickets are sold at Hove 

Town Hall, other than at the door during the 

festival itself. Finally, tickets can be ordered via 

mail order from SCBCF Ticket Sales, 13 Rudyard 

Road, Woodingdean, Brighton BN2 6UB. 

Please state which session(s) you require and 

enclose a 9x4 SAE with your payment. 

Cheques or postal orders should be made 

payable to ‘Sussex CAMRA Beer Festival’. Refunds 

will only be given via mail order and 

only until 4 March. (Please get in touch if you 

would like to take over this role in 2013 as 

Alan is stepping-down after this year. Many 

thanks go to him for helping us for the last 

five years.) 

Altogether we will have 200+ different Real 

Ales and 40+ ciders and perries to start off 

with. The wine bar is being run by Lurgashall 

Winery (www.lurgashall.co.uk) and will offer 

a selection of English Wines, Honey Meads, 

Fruit Liqueurs & Country Wines from producers 

across the South as well as a selection of Spanish 

Wines & Cavas. Due to the efforts of a new 

member of the organising committee, the 

bottled beer bar will feature carefully 

selected Real Ales in a Bottle and speciality 

beers from all over the world. There will also 

be a variety of tasty food, including vegetarian 

& vegan options. All bars operate a token 

system, where one token has the value of 10p. 

Token refunds can be given only for whole £s 

and before time is called at the bar. Surplus 

tokens as well as other donations go to this 

year’s festival charity, Leo House at Home, 

which is a local charity funding specialist 

nurses who care for life-limited children in 

their own homes (www.leohouse.org.uk). 

Smart T’s (http://www.t-shirt.uk.com/) also 

will be back with some cool new T-shirts, and 

Kaz and Camilla from Ace Faces will be painting 

faces and temporary tattoos to bring a bit 

more colour to the festival during the Friday 

and Saturday sessions. Local painter Richard 

Stone (http://spoof-or-notspoof.deviantart.com) 

designed again the 

eye-catching festival logo. Saturday evening 

entertainment is provided by the Brighton 

five-piece band The Common Tongues 

(http://www.youtube.com/commontongues). 

They were voted in the top five of “best new 

acts in Brighton” via the Brighton Music 

Awards. Their unique foot-tapping style can be 

best described as infectious indie folk. This year 

they played well-received shows at both “Bestival” 

and “The Secret Garden Party” festivals. 

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Sussex Drinker: Winter 2011

& CIDER FESTIVAL 

N EVER 

MORE 

VOLUNTEERS 

NEEDED 

For opening times 

and ticket prices 

(both pretty much 

the same as last 

year), please have 

a look at the back 

cover of this issue or 

check our website. The 

ticket price includes a 

free souvenir glass and a 

programme. Card-carrying CAMRA members 

will receive beer tokens worth £2 from the 

CAMRA membership stand. Holders of a valid 

NUS card get Saturday evening tickets at half 

price, when purchasing tickets in person at the 

Brighton Box Office or at the door. If you look 

as if you could be under 25, please bring a 

photo ID to prove your age! Sorry, but no 

admission for under 18’s at the evening sessions, 

and no access at any time to any of the 

bar areas. Bags may be inspected at all times. 

There will be also be a Trade Session on 

Thursday 3-5pm, where there will be the 

opportunity to sample up to ten different products 

and speak to producers and purveyors. 

Traders that have not received a ticket by 18 

February 2012 and wish to attend are asked to 

request one. 

8 - 10 March 

2012! 

Finally, please bear in mind that at Real Ale 

festivals beer runs out. It is impossible to rack 

up new beer, as it must settle for a couple of 

days before it can be served. The earlier you 

get to the festival the greater the choice. I am 

already looking forward to it! 

All Enquiries: sussexbeerfest@yahoo.co.uk 

or 07807 105803 

http://www.sussexbeerfestival.co.uk/ 

Ingrid Sharp 

Sussex Beer Festival 2012 

LEWES CONCLUB 

BEER FESTIVAL 

25 - 26 - 27 November 

Fri 12-11.30pm| Sat 12-11.30pm |Sun 12-10pm 

15 GUEST ALES 

Club Prices NOT Pub Prices! 

Live Beer Drinking Music from 

The Contenders ~ Fri 9.00-11.30pm 

The Koans + support ~ Sat 8.00 -11.30pm 

The Moonshine Band ~ Sun 3-5pm 

All-day tickets for non members: 

Friday £2 / Saturday £2 / Sunday Free • OPEN TO ALL 

139 High Street, Lewes BN7 1XS 

Tel: 01273-473076 

Info/Reserve online at www.lewesconclub.com 

Arundel Brewery Ltd, C7 Ford Airfield Ind Est, 

Ford, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 0HY 

Tel: 01903 733111 

arundelbrewery@dsl.pipex.com 

www.arundelbrewery.co.uk 


Contributions from: Peter Adams, Loz Aslett, Allen Bartram, Bruce Bird, Melita Dennett, Stuart Elms, Richard Foster, Tony Leonard, Keith Milborrow, 

SUSSEX PUB SCRATCHINGS 

While the Sussex Branches of CAMRA are 

pleased to acknowledge the following news 

items, the Scratchings section does not constitute 

an exclusive list of officially recommended pubs, 

nor does it consist of critical customer reviews. 

News of new developments and updates on the 

Sussex pub scene will be gratefully received by 

the Editor for consideration in Scratchings. The 

standard disclaimer on p. 3 applies to all items. 

ANGMERING 

The village website announces that a local 

man has purchased the Lamb from Punch, 

whether on a long lease or lock, stock and barrel 

is unclear, but free-of-tie anyway, and is 

going for a full refit, closing the place down 

probably until next spring, eventually going 

gastro, but “tap ales” are promised. 

ASHURST 

The Fountain Inn has received outstanding results 

and full accreditation from Cask Marque. 

Check out the new website, www.fountainashurst.co.uk, 

for offers, news, recipes, 

bookings for Christmas and details of how to 

book the famous Skittle Alley function-room. 

You can also join the mailing list and receive 

offers direct to your inbox. 

BEXHILL 

Barmen Jeff and Jim at the Albatross (RAFA) 

Club are thrilled to have won COTY’s from 

South-East Sussex, Sussex Branches and, more 

recently, the Region. The locals are treated to a 

wide variety of beers, which is an example to 

many larger establishments. There is a beer 

festival from 19-20 November. 

BOGNOR REGIS 

In Aldwick Road, the Ship has reopened after 

a short period of closure. Fuller’s London Pride 

and Sharp’s Doom Bar were initially reported 

with the latter being replaced by Andwell Resolute 

Bitter. 

BOSHAM 

After a long period of closure, the White 

Swan has reopened. There has been a major 

refurbishment and four cask ales are to be on 

sale, including two from Langham. 

BRIGHTON 

Tony and Dominic of the Snowdrop Inn, 

Lewes, have negotiated a free-of-tie deal with 

Greene King over the Hop Poles. The pub 

reopened under its previous name, the 

Spotted Dog, on Monday 5 September. 

The seven hand pumps include local beers 

from Harveys and Dark Star. Emma Cole has 

left the renowned Jolly Butchers, Stoke 

Newington, to run the pub, intending to bring 

with her some of London’s best craft beers. 

The Royal Oak, St James Street, is now run by 

the team from the Basketmakers Arms. 

Alongside Harveys Best and Timothy Taylor 

Landlord on the eight hand pumps were beers 

from Fuller’s, Otter, Hop Back, Black Sheep 

and Butcombe. From 22-25 September, the 

Hampton Arms showcased the current range 

of WJ King at promotional prices. Ian Burgess 

hosted a ‘Meet the Brewer’ event on the Friday 

evening. Many congratulations to Matt and 

Karen at the Evening Star who have won 

through to the sixteen CAMRA Regional Pub 

of the Year winners that will compete to be 

crowned National Pub of the Year. 

BURGESS HILL 

A place well worth a visit is the Quench Bar 

with good quality Dark Star Hophead and APA 

plus Harveys Best. Hartleys off-licence is 

stocking bottled beers from Harveys, Hepworth 

and Welton’s. 

CHICHESTER 

Having had a new lessee from February, the 

Happy Medium held a beer festival at the end 

of July with real ales from Devon to Scotland. 

The current range at the Globe Inn is Sharp’s 

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Peter Mitchell, Peter Page-Mitchell, Allan Moores, David Preece, Peter Spooner, Spud Tate, Steve Tremlett, Philip Wildsmith and the Ed. 

Doom Bar, Brakspear Bitter, Wychwood 

Hobgoblin, and Marston’s Pedigree but 

another beer engine is to be installed to have 

five real ales running at once. The pub is to 

hold its second beer festival at the start of 

December and has recently won the title of 

‘Best Sports Pub’ in the 2011 Great British 

Pub of the Year awards, the annual contest 

organized by trade publication The Morning 

Advertiser. Congratulations! 

CRAWLEY 

A variety of ales from independent brewers 

can now be sampled at the Brewery Shades. 

During a September evening visit beers from 

Cheddar, Dark Star, Saxon City and Wyre Piddle 

were all available. 

CROWBOROUGH 

The Coopers Arms at the back of the town 

occasionally has beers from Black Cat brewery. 

It is still possible to find unusual-for-the-area 

brews on hand pump, such as beers from both 

Raw and Titanic. 

DELL QUAY 

The Crown and Anchor held a ‘Cask Ale Festival 

Week’ from 19 September, featuring 

breweries and beers such as Hook Norton and 

Sharp’s Doom Bar. 

DITCHLING 

Not mentioned for sometime in these pages, 

the former GBG regular and branch POTY the 

White Horse was recently found to have excellent 

Timothy Taylor’s Golden Best (£3.10 a 

pint), Dark Star Hophead, Harveys Best and a 

beer from the Cottage brewery. 

EASTBOURNE 

In the Old Town the Crown now keeps five 

ales on and has achieved LocAle status. 

EAST GRINSTEAD 

Tucked away off the High Street, the Sportsman 

continues to sell excellent Harveys Best 

straight from the cask. 

EAST PRESTON 

Colin at the Clock House has built up his real 

ale trade quickly since taking over; a third 

pump has been installed, with more support 

for LocAle. The line-up is Hammerpot Shooting 

Star, Skinner’s Betty Stogs and a Sussex 

guest beer. 

FINDON 

The John Henry held a spring festival, a two 

day affair in their open courtyard, showcasing 

a dozen all-Sussex beers. 

FOREST ROW 

The Foresters Arms is under new ownership. 

It has been refurbished throughout and the big 

TV screen has gone. Initially two beers are on 

offer – Harveys Best and Sharp’s Doom Bar – 

but there are plans to increase the range. 

GATWICK AIRPORT 

A new J D Wetherspoon at the South Terminal 

(landside) opened in August as a replacement 

for the original outlet which closed last 

November as part of the restructuring of the 

terminal. It is called the Beehive after the old 

British Caledonian Airways club on the 

perimeter road. An initial visit found two 

banks of three hand pumps selling three beers: 

GK Abbot Ale, Fuller’s London Pride and a 

3.9% house beer called Beehive, brewed by 

Loddon. A pint of the Pride was £3.65, a not 

atypical price for airport bars. 

GORING 

The Swallows Return has held two beer 

festivals: the first at the end of May had about 

twenty beers; the second from 16-18 September 

was a smaller one indoors with ten beers 

including Ilkley Lotus IPA, Acorn Scorachi Ace 

IPA and Orkney Dark Island. 

HAYWARDS HEATH 

Savannah Cafe Bar, The Broadway, is selling 

Dark Star Hophead. 

HORSHAM 

The Malt Shovel is closed. We understand 

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Pub Scratchings continued 

that this is due to the high costs of running the 

pub. It has been withdrawn from the 2012 

GBG. New licensees are being sought. 

LEWES 

As part of Lewes OctoberFeast there was a 

beer festival at the Snowdrop Inn from 7-9 

October. Mark Tranter, Head Brewer at Dark 

Star was invited to curate the interesting and 

eclectic mix of the beers that have inspired 

him (his Desert Island Beer List all under 

canvas in the garden). There were also tastings 

with beer-writers Pete Brown and Melissa 

Cole, a pro-am Scotch Egg Tournament and a 

BBQ with live jazz. The Black Horse is now stocking 

three well-kept Dark Star beers after Greene 

King relaxed the tie. Good, cheap food too. 

LITTLEHAMPTON 

The Cob and Pen has reverted to its original 

name of the White Hart. To complement the 

Anchor Springs ales more local beers are now 

available at the Crown; Hepworth and Hammerpot 

ales have been included in the line-up. 

A September visit found Hepworth English 

Summer Ale, Hammerpot Martlet and Madgwick 

Gold plus Anchor Springs LA Gold, Mild 

and Riptide. 

LOWER BEEDING 

The Crabtree reopened on 8 Sept after considerable 

refurbishment by Hall & Woodhouse. 

PETT 

The Royal Oak continues to attract real ale 

drinkers; with a varied menu from sandwiches 

to gourmet meals this is fast establishing itself 

as a pub not to be missed. The very busy Two 

Sawyers, further up the village, remains excellent 

for real ales and its very popular restaurant. 

PETWORTH 

Some updates from a town that hasn’t featured 

for some time on these pages. A pleasant 

atmosphere at the Fuller’s house, the Star, 

with Gale’s Seafarers and HSB plus Fuller’s 

London Pride, and the seasonal Red Fox. 

The Stonemasons offered Langham Best 

Bitter plus changing guests, such as Hook 

Norton Old Hooky, Andwell Gold Muddler and 

Skinner’s Betty Stogs, plus a beer festival from 

14-16 October with around a dozen beers. 

On the southern outskirts, the stone-built 

Grove Inn, now more of a country restaurant, 

has the one real ale, King Horsham Best Bitter. 

After a few years of closure, the Grade II 

listed former coaching inn, the Angel, 

re-opened after a tasteful refurbishment that 

has left the front entrance area unchanged. 

The rear has been opened up and extended 

with a central bar servery with three hand 

pumps, as has the side bar but there is also 

cooled stillage for six casks waiting final 

commissioning. A large suntrap patio garden 

has also been refurbished. Initial visits found 

excellent Langham Best (£3.20) plus Hammerpot 

HPA and Arundel Castle, with Langham 

Sundowner to follow. An up-market menu had 

some reasonably priced starters and light bites 

but the sandwiches proved to be excellent value, 

with superb crusty bread and very well filled. 

SALEHURST 

The continued sunshine has enabled the 

extremely popular Wednesday ‘pizzas from the 

outside oven’ to continue at the Halt. Beers 

from Thornbridge, Dark Star, Harveys and the 

local Old Dairy Brewery are ever-changing. 

SCAYNES HILL 

The Farmers is now apparently trading as the 

Inn on the Green. 

ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA 

Following a short closure of the Silverhill Tavern, 

when the previous owner failed to find the 

right formula for this real ale pub, Wayne and 

Nickki have refurbished it and, with four beers 

on, real ale drinkers are tempted again. Comfortable 

chairs and a pool table have also been 

introduced. The Dripping Spring remains 

open! After many weeks of uncertainty it can 

be reported that the pub continues to offer a 

wide range of beers. Similarly the North Star 

now has five ever-changing real ales. 

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TICEHURST 

The historic Bell Inn is due to reopen in 

mid-November. 

WINCHELSEA BEACH 

The Ship is recently reopened and fully 

refurbished together with ample seating 

outside, especially in the spectacular themed 

rear garden. Whilst trade develops two beers 

are on. Skinner’s Betty Stogs was very good on 

a recent visit. 

WESTFIELD 

The August Bank Holiday beer festival at the 

Old Courthouse was a huge success and well 

attended. Beer of the Festival was won by 

Acorn Gorlovka. The pub remains very good 

with an ever-changing beer range. 

WORTHING 

During the summer the Charles Dickens was 

reported as selling a good pint of Harveys Best 

plus Exmoor Stallion, Sharp’s Doom Bar and a 

BrewDog beer, all at reasonable prices. The 

Swan has discontinued Greene King Abbot 

Ale, which was just not selling, and is using 

the spare pump to dispense cider - currently 

Westons Old Rosie. Regular beers are now 

Harveys Best, Sharp’s Doom Bar and Shepherd 

Neame Spitfire, with Harveys Old Ale (excellent 

as ever) as current guest. 

Alan’s policy of continually-changing Sussex 

beers has been so successful at The Farmhouse, 

Durrington, that a third pump has 

been added; when he took over only one 

pump was needed. Kissingate, Hammerpot 

and Arundel beers have been the most popular 

with Dark Star and Edge appearing recently. 

Parsonage Bar & Restaurant, 6-10 High 

Street, Tarring, is a recent refurbishment of 

what was the reception area in a Grade IIlisted 

former museum, into a stylish and contemporary 

bar serviced from a cooled cellar 

room commissioned from Harveys. It is already 

gaining a reputation for the consistent 

excellence of the Harveys Best Bitter (£2.80) 

and the range of Tapas snacks. A second beer, 

Young’s Bitter is now available. 

Duke of Wellington 

368 Brighton Road, Shoreham-By-Sea 

West Sussex BN43 6RE Tel: 01273 389818 

Offering award winning real ales 

from Dark Star Brewery plus a 

selection of guests. 

Large Pub Garden with BBQ facilities, 

Bar Billiards, Darts, Live music 

and special events. 

The Stand Up Inn 

47 High Street, Lindfield RH16 2HN 

01444 482995 web: thestandupinn.co.uk 

Friendly, award winning country real ale pub 

serving a range of our own ales and guest ales 

from around the UK. Also a selection of real 

ciders and perrys and bottled Belgian & German 

beers, with Fine Wines from around the world. 

Brighton & South Downs CAMRA 

Village Pub of the Year 2009 

Sussex and Surrey CAMRA 

Cider & Perry Pub of the Year 

We serve homemade pasties and a range of teas and 

fairtrade coffee all day every day. 

Traditional bar games, i.e shove ha penny, bar 

billiards and a range of board games available. 

Email thestandupinn@live.com for more details and to 

join our mailing list of forthcoming events 


Bus to the Pub 

Support our Pubs & Country 

Bus Routes with ‘Bus to the 

Pub’ around Sussex 

If you would enjoy visiting different pubs with fine ales in friendly convivial company without 

the constraints of the car, then our varied programme of regular daytime ‘Bus to the Pub’ 

(BttP) socials may just appeal! With so many good pubs struggling to survive in the current 

economic climate and County Council budget cuts threatening the subsidised bus services that 

serve their local communities, it is now very much ‘use them or lose them’ time. 

Friday 25 November: West Sussex Explorer 

‘BttP’ to Warnham & Mannings Heath; 

either 10.00 Stagecoach 17 from Brighton, 

Churchill Square or 10.28 Metrobus 23 from 

Worthing Pier to Horsham Bus Stn. for 11.49 

Metrobus 93 to Sussex Oak (GBG) then return 

via Dun Horse and poss. Partridge 

Tuesday 6 December: Mid Sussex Explorer 

‘BttP’ to Lindfield; either 11.08 Countryliner 

40x from Brighton, Old Steine (stop D) to PRH 

for 12.05 Metrobus 270 (12.12 from Perrymount 

Road adj. Hay. Heath station) to Stand 

Up (GBG) and others 

from Churchill Square to Bus Stn. for High 

Street pubs then Swan (GBG) 

Tuesday 10 January: Mid Sussex Explorer 

'BttP' to Five Ash Down, Uckfield & East 

Hoathly; 10.45 B&H 29 from Churchill Square 

to Pig & Butcher then Alma, Uckfield (GBG) & 

Kings Head, East Hoathly (GBG) 

Friday 27 January: West Sussex Explorer 

'BttP' to Shoreham and Worthing: meet noon 

at Wellington (GBG), Shoreham then Lazy 

Toad then onto Selden Arms (GBG) Beer Festival 

from 15.00 

Friday 16 December: ‘BttP’ Exploring Lewes 

to savour Harveys Christmas Ale; 10.45 

B&H 29 from Churchill Square to Lewes High 

Street or meet at Brewers Arms (GBG) from 

11.15, then noon at Snowdrop (GBG) etc. 

Wednesday 21 December: West Sussex 

Explorer ‘BttP’ to Royal Oak, Friday Street 

(GBG); either 10.00 Stagecoach 17 from 

Churchill Square or 10.28 Metrobus 23 from 

Worthing Pier to Horsham Bus Stn. for 11.49 

Metrobus 93 to Kingsfold then pleasant, 35 

min. approx, footpath-walk to pub 

Friday 30 December: West Sussex Explorer 

‘BttP’ to Eastergate & Arundel; 12.30 Compass 

84 from Worthing Pier to Wilkes Head 

(GBG) then return to Swan & White Hart 

Wednesday 4 January: West Sussex Explorer 

'BttP' to Crawley; either 10.28 Metrobus 23 

from Worthing Pier or 10.45 Metrobus 273 

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Tuesday 7 February: Mid Sussex Explorer 

'BttP' to Whitemans Green & Staplefield; 

10.35 Countryliner 40 from Churchill Square 

to Ship then Jolly Tanners (GBG) 

Friday 17 February: Mid Sussex Explorer 

'BttP' to West Hoathly; either 11.08 Countryliner 

40x from Old Steine Brighton (Stop D) to 

PRH for the 12.17 Metrobus 81 to West 

Hoathly or meet at Perrymount Road stop adj. 

Hay. Heath Stn. for the 81 at 12.24 to the Intrepid 

Fox & the Cat 

Wednesday 22 February: West Sussex Explorer 

'BttP' to Broadwater & Sompting; 

11.15 Stagecoach 7 from South Street to 

Cricketers (GBG) then Gardener’s Arms (GBG) 

For more info or to join our mailing list: email 

stuartelms@ntlworld.com or ring Stuart on 

07817 058 928

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My kind of pub... 

My kind of pub... 

The Dolphin Inn, 

Hastings 

Having left Sheffield early this year, a 

city where I was spoilt by a glut of 

genuine free houses and brew-pubs, 

I was a bit apprehensive moving to Hastings, 

apparently in the land of Harveys and Shepherd 

Neame. However, I shouldn’t have 

worried, because there are many local brewers 

and Hastings also provides for real ale lovers 

who like variety, not least at my new ‘local’, 

the Dolphin, which sells up to six real ales, 

including three guests. 

But why, when there are other excellent pubs 

in the area, have I taken to the Dolphin so 

I suppose the first reason has to be the ale, 

always in excellent condition [The Dolphin is 

in the 2012 GBG – Ed.] and Mark, the landlord, 

likes to include three pale and three 

darker ales on the bar, taking into account the 

three regulars. The Dolphin is a genuine 

friendly family-run business too, with wife and 

husband, landlady and landlord, and two 

daughters working here, which rubs off on the 

regular bar staff members, who aren’t family, 

yet you wouldn’t know it by the friendly and 

professional reception you receive by all at the 

bar. 

The regular ales include local beers Harveys 

Sussex Best and Dark Star Hophead, plus 

Wells and Young’s Courage Directors, a 

favourite of many of the local fishermen who 

frequent the Dolphin. Guest ales can include 

those locally brewed and from further afield, 

such as Robinson’s Young Tom from up north 

or Wooden Hand Pirates Gold from the West 

Country. Included in the guest ales is usually a 

semi-regular from a local brewer kept on for a 

few months, for example, Dark Star APA or 

Harveys 1859 Porter, and for the autumn and 

winter Harveys Sussex Old Ale. 

Then there is the good value food served 

every day at lunchtime, with fish and chips a 

speciality, all fish coming from either across 

the road, or from another local market. 

Another reason for supporting the Dolphin is 

its insistence on finding local producers and 

supporting local merchants. The only evening 

that food is on sale is on Monday, with a 

special fish and chips deal, a substantial meal 

of fish and hand cut chips, with trimmings, 

and a pint of beer, glass of wine or a soft 

drink, included in the price - excellent value. 

The location obviously helps, across the road 

from the local fishing industry and working 

beach of the ‘Old Town’. At the front there is 

an area to sit and watch the world go by, or 

smoke, if that is your pleasure. So comfort and 

aesthetic factors are further reasons for 

coming here. Inside is what I can only describe 

as warm, with evidence of the fishing industry 


around you on shelves, walls and hanging 

from the ceiling. 

Finally, there is a diverse regular and visiting 

clientele, fishermen and tourists, professionals 

and artisans, young and old, male and female; 

this really is somewhere you can meet virtually 

anyone, and where you feel comfortable to 

either chat at the bar or find a seat inside or 

outside. Oh yes, and there are live music 

evenings, a weekly quiz Thursday nights and 

other regular events, if evening entertainment 

is what you seek, virtually something for 

everyone at the Dolphin. 

The Dolphin Inn, 11-12 Rock-a-Nore Road, 

Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 3DW, tel. 01424 

431197; Opening hours: 11am-11pm every 

day, except Saturdays, 11am-12midnight. 

Food is served 12noon-4pm every day and 

‘Fish and Chip night’ is Monday 6-9pm. 

Steve Colwell 

Rob and 

Teresa 

welcome you 

to the... 

Arun and Adur Branch 

of CAMRA 

Pub of the Year 

2010 AND 2011! 


Bru News 

Bru News 

The Sussex Breweries Pages 

Information here is mostly from 

Sussex Branches’ Liaison Meeting 

on 8 Oct, by Brewery Liaison 

Officers named at the end. The 

Brewery Liaison Coordinator for 

Sussex, Kent and Surrey is Peter 

Page-Mitchell. 

1648 BREWING Co 

at The Kings Head, East Hoathly, 

01825 840830. 

www.1648brewing.co.uk 

It’s that dark and spicy time of the 

year again. Back by demand are 

these highly successful ales: Ruby 

Mild, 3.6% and ruby by nature; 

Ginger No. 1, 4.2%, spicy and 

warming with fresh root ginger; 

Smoked Ale, 4.7%, rich ruby red 

with deep smoky flavour; Winter 

Warrant, a 4.8% dark-porter with 

coffee and chocolate. All are available 

in cask and bottles. The Ginger 

No. 1, not to be confused with the 

alcopop ginger beer currently 

around, has been chosen for the 

National Winter Ales Festival, 

Manchester, January 2012. 

Phil Cozens 

adur 

Steyning, 01903 867614. 

www.adurbrewery.com 

graham@adurvalleycoop.com 

Great news! The first test brew is 

now fermenting and will be available 

for consumption by the time 

you read this. Velocity (4.4%) and 

the award-winning Black William 

Stout (5.2%) will be the first two 

brews; but it is hoped that most of 

the favourites - Ropetackle Gold 

(3.4%), Hoptoken Amarillo 

(4.0%), Merry Andrew (6.2%), 

Hoppily Ever After (5.2%), Coffee 

Stout (9.0%) and Very Merry 

Andrew (9.2%) - will be available 

in bottle-conditioned form. All will 

follow former brewer Andy 

Dwelly’s superb recipes and he 

has been most helpful with his 

advice and support. 

Adrian Towler (Provisional BLO) 

anchor springs 

Littlehampton, 01903 715111. 

New to the regular range is Mild 

(3.8%), a fruity, full-bodied version 

of the style with chocolate notes 

and a hint of liquorice in a lingering 

finish. Debuting at the Worthing 

Beer Festival was Black Pearl, a 

dark, powerful (5.2%) old English 

porter with cinnamon sticks added 

to the copper during the boil. 

The as-yet-unnamed Christmas 

ale will be strong and spicy with 

added orange zest, cinnamon and 

cloves, and a red hue from the 

use of carared malt. Full tasting 

notes will appear at http://thequaffer.blogspot.com/ 

The Quaffer 

arundel 

Ford, nr Arundel, 01903 733111. 

www.arundelbrewery.co.uk 

Despite the gloomy economic 

situation, the brewery continues 

to trade well. In financial terms, 

performance is significantly ahead 

of the company’s budget and, in 

sales volume terms, 2011 is 

already the company’s best year 

ever. The premises now look 

extremely business-like and 

professional: the new stainless 

steel brewing plant dominates one 

half of them, while the even 

newer cool store (complete with 

two 20-barrel stainless steel 

conditioning tanks) dominates the 

other half. The new cool store is 

three times bigger than its predecessor, 

which also remains in use. 

While this extra space provides 

capacity for future expansion, 

already there have been occasions 

when it has been crammed with 

casks ready for dispatch, e.g. 

when servicing large orders from 

Wetherspoon. The brewery is 

coping well with demand and, 

compared with a year ago, now 

has no trouble in producing its full 

range of seasonal beers. 

With the capacity issue resolved 

for a few years, attention has 

turned to the badging of the 

beers. Sussex Mild has been renamed 

Black Stallion and given a 

stylish new pump clip (which has 

actually helped to increase sales), 

while the May to September seasonal 

brew Summer Daze has also 

received a new pump clip based 

on an attractive seashore design, 

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featuring blue sky, white surf, deck 

chair and parasol. (It looks great, 

but I would advise that this depicts 

our aspiration for the English summer 

rather than what we actually 

get.) New versions of the pump 

clips for both Castle Bitter and 

Sussex Gold have also been 

developed. The changes to these 

are evolutionary rather than 

revolutionary: the basics of the 

designs have been retained, but 

the colours have been fine tuned 

in order to make the clips stand 

out more effectively on the bar. In 

all four cases, the results look very 

classy. 

Jeff Vinter 

ballard’s 

Nyewood, 01730 821362. 

www.ballards-brewery.co.uk 

The brewery is working flat out to 

keep up with demand. The annual 

Ballard’s walk will begin at the brewery 

on Sunday 4 December. 

Barry Woodward 

beachy head 

East Dean, 01323 733603. 

www.beachyhead.org.uk 

Production continues to increase 

due mainly to the brewery 

becoming a member of SIBA and 

some local Greene King pubs 

serving Beachy Head ales. Brewing 

now takes place three times a 

week with the employment of 

more staff; another fermenter 

may be installed in the near future. 

Christmas Jumper will be released 

to the trade at the end of October 

but only in bottles this year. 

Tony Harman 

Black cat 

Groombridge, 07948 387718. 

www.blackcat-brewery.com 

All is going very well. Marcus is still 

brewing Original and when gets 

time he fits in a brew of Hopsmack. 

Marcus is going part-time 

with his flying job next year so he 

can dedicate more hours to the 

brewery. He is also thinking of a 

small expansion next year: perhaps 

another fermentation vessel and 

more casks to meet extra demand. 

After that, who knows, he might 

be looking for bigger premises! 

David Moore 

dark star 

Partridge Green, 01403 713085. 

www.darkstarbrewing.co.uk and 

Twitter 

With additional new fermenters 

and conditioning tanks in place, 

capacity is up to eight brews per 

week. Emphasis is now on training 

of new staff in order to move to 

shift-work. In addition to the 

brewery’s reputation for taking 

ideas from a wide range of beer 

styles it also continues to take on 

staff from breweries that it 

admires: the latest recruits are 

Jenn from York Brewery and Nigel 

from Thornbridge Brewery. With 

an Australian, American and Italian 

now in the brewing team, Dark 

Star may be stretching their 

LocAle credentials! On the pub 

side, all at Dark Star were 

delighted with the news that Matt 

& Karen Wickham at the Evening 

Star have won through to the last 

sixteen in CAMRA’s National 

POTY competition. 

With the start of the football season, 

Dark Star is delighted to 

share with Harveys the supply of 

Bru News 

ale into Brighton & Hove Albion’s 

new Amex stadium. Being the 

only football fan amongst the Dark 

Star team, Rob Jones has championed 

this project and he is currently 

working on the introduction of 

small mobile bars that will enable 

Hophead to be taken to the fans in 

the stadium rather than bustling 

through long queues at half time. 

During a recent Saturday morning 

invasion of the brewery by the 

regulars of Herne Bay’s micro pub 

the Butchers Arms, the prototype 

of the mobile bar was tried out … 

unfortunately, though, the one 

cask of Hophead was insufficient to 

last long. 

As aficionados eagerly await news 

of what wondrous delights the 

2012 Beer List will bring, this 

November and December will 

see the respective return of the 

6.2% Green Hopped IPA and the 

4.2% Winter Solstice, plus, of 

course, the potent 7.8% Critical 

Mass for Christmas. In a similar 

vein to the previous novelties of 

Hophead Citra and Hophead 

Amarillo, there will be a special 

hop version of American Pale Ale. 

This APA, Harvest Hop, will be 

available in December, dry 

hopped and packed full of new 

season Chinook and Centennial 

hops. These hops have been 

air-freighted in from America (at 

no small cost) as soon as they 

were picked and packed to give us 

the freshest hops possible. This is 

something that can only be 

achieved once a year and will give 

APA lovers a taste of its even hoppier 

sibling. 

Stuart Elms 



Bru News - continued 

EDGE 

Bexhill, 01424 731066. 

www.edgebrewing.co.uk 

www.franklinsbrewery.co.uk 

No report. 

Mac McCutcheon 

fallen angel 

East Hoathly, 01825 841307. 

www.fallenangelbrewery.com 

No report. 

Bill Layton 

filo 

Hastings, 01424 425079. 

www.filobrewing.co.uk 

email: info@filobrewing.co.uk 

Now located in their new premises 

at Torfield Cottage (approximately 

two minutes walk from its former 

location at the FILO pub), the 

brewery can now utilise the additional 

capacity to expand the 

off-sales side of the business. 

Supporting the regular range a 

new beer, Church Pale, was 

introduced in the summer and has 

been well received by locals and 

visitors alike. A donation from the 

sales of this beer goes towards the 

upkeep of local churches. For updates 

and news check the website. 

Bill Turner 

full moon 

Catsfield, 07832 220745. 

No new news. 

BLO TBC 

gribble 

at the Gribble Inn, Oving, nr 

Chichester, 01243 786893. 

www.gribbleinn.co.uk 

No report. 

Chris Wright 


hammerpot 

Poling, nr Arundel, 01903 

883338. 

www.hammerpot-brewery.co.uk 

Shooting Star is now established 

as the most popular beer Hammerpot 

has ever produced in 

terms of demand and is now available 

bottled. Also to be available 

bottled from next year is HPA. 

Conversely, production of Martlet 

has now ceased. Northbrook 

Harvest Ale is now available in a 

few local outlets, while a 5.2% 

APA has been produced as a 

special for the Worthing Beer 

Festival and a small number of 

other outlets. Bottle Wreck 

Porter is back in production and 

Shepherd’s Warmer will be out 

shortly for the pre-Christmas 

period. A link with Sussex Drinker 

has been established via Facebook 

that facilitates information sharing 

and feedback on the beers and 

where they are being offered. 

The re-fitting of the brewery with 

more modern equipment of a 

greater capacity has commenced 

and the process will be completed 

in the New Year. 

Tim Walker 

harveys 

Lewes, 01273 480209. 

www.harveys.org.uk 

Harveys have received yet more 

awards: From the British Bottlers’ 

Institute: Gold Medal Class D – 

Star of Eastbourne; Silver Medal 

Class D – Royal Nuptial Ale; Gold 

Medal Class E – Christmas Ale. 

At the International Beer Challenge 

2011, Blue Label, Tom 

Paine and Christmas Ale won 

Bronze, Lewes Castle Brown and 

Royal Nuptial Ale won Silver and 

Imperial Extra Double Stout aka 

Imperial Russian Stout won 

Gold. Happily all twelve stouts 

which took part in the Great Baltic 

Adventure arrived in St. Petersburg 

in good condition. Harveys 

Imperial Russian Stout won an 

award for being the most authentic. 

Staying with the Russian connection, 

a party from the Russian 

embassy recently visited the brewery. 

Following this the Imperial Russian 

Stout is being supplied to the 

embassy. The temporary manager 

who took over from John Blackman 

at the Swan, Southover has 

moved to the Blackboys. Lisa 

from the John Harvey Tavern will 

manage both the JHT and the 

Swan. I was told that for a recent 

Brighton and Hove FC game at 

the Amex stadium one hundred 

18s of Harveys Best Bitter were 

supplied. That is 14,400 pints! 

STOP PRESS: News received at 

noon on 27 October is that Harveys 

have achieved something very 

special at the World Beer Awards – 

see the ‘Spotlight on Breweries’ 

section for the full details! 

Jack Wilkinson 

HASTINGS 

BREWERY LTD 

St Leonards-on-Sea, 07708 

259342; 01424 205437. 

www.hastingsbrewery.co.uk 

The new brewery has been 

distributing Hastings Best, Hastings 

Blonde and a new 4.7% beer 

HPA (Hastings Pirate Ale / Hastings 

Pale Ale), a 5-hop IPA that 

uses European and American 

hops. Following the setting up of 

the new brewery equipment 

more than 60 barrels have been 

sold to local pubs and several trial 

brews have been carried out on

the old brewery. 

Peter Page-Mitchell 

hepworth & Co 

Horsham, 01403 269696. 

www.thebeerstation.co.uk 

Following its very successful debut 

at the Great British Beer Festival, 

cask-conditioned Conqueror Stout 

will later this year be given a place 

in Hepworth’s regular portfolio of 

ales. Meanwhile, the Brightonbased 

Indigo pub company has 

agreed to sell the product under 

their promotional name of Molly 

Malone Stout. Harvest Ale was 

launched in September as the 

autumn seasonal and will be available 

for the Sutton and Croydon 

Beer Festival. This year all the 

hops used have come from one 

farm and are in magnificent condition. 

A special version of Old Ale, 

spiced, like mulled ale, will be 

available through December. 

Hepworth bottled beer sales have 

continued to climb - up more than 

20% over this time last year. 

The new labels introduced earlier 

this year have certainly helped. 

To mark its tenth anniversary 

Hepworth have brewed Ten, a 

limited edition bottled beer: three 

thousand six hundred and fifty two 

have been produced, the number 

of days in ten years. It can be purchased 

from the brewery and at 

Real ale.com. The Beer Essentials, 

Horsham also sells bottled Ten, 

together with a cask of the 

draught version, currently available 

to customers of the real ale 

off-licence. 

John Keller 

KEMPTOWN 

at The Hand in Hand, Brighton, 

01273 699595. 

No report. 

Jim Hawkins 

w j king & co 

Horsham, 01403 272102. 

www.kingbeer.co.uk 

Production continues at virtually 

full capacity, and there are exciting 

expansion plans. Luke Brunt has 

joined the team as Commercial 

Manager. Both Wheat Mash and 

Cascade were a big success over 

the summer and are likely to 

return next year. Brighton Best 

has now been added to the extensive 

range of bottled beers. 

Old Ale will be available from early 

October until spring, along with 

the return in October of Market 

Porter, which obtained excellent 

reviews when it was launched in 

March. The next new beer will be 

a Smoky Old for November, while 

Ian also promises for Christmas an 

amended version of Merry Ale 

alongside Winter’s T’Ale. 

Mike Head 

Kissingate 

Lower Beeding, 07909 975664. 

www.kissingate.co.uk 

Output has expanded throughout 

the year. Gary and Bunny have 

been especially surprised that sales 

of Black Cherry Mild have been 

higher than ever during the summer 

months. Gary explained that 

the Mild in May event at the 

Swan, Crawley was a major 

springboard for revitalizing this 

once ailing beer style. Another 

major mild achievement was winning 

first place for the second year 

running for Mary’s Ruby Mild at 


the Sussex Festival of Tipples, 

Burgess Hill, where the new 

5.0% Chennai IPA took second 

place. Kissingate beers have also 

been in various beer festivals 

outside the county and reaped 

awards. Next on the horizon is 

Six Crows, while a beer has been 

brewed specially for the Pub du 

Vin, Brighton. 

The Kissingate will see many 

changes over the coming months 

with the building of their new 

premises on the Church Lane 

Farm Estate. The Estate owners 

have been extremely supportive 

of the brewery by offering the 

Kissingate one of their new barn 

conversions. Gary, who has been 

involved with the planning from 

the start, said that it has been a 

great opportunity to get involved 

with the new building from the 

‘ground up’. There will be more 

space, which will be good for 

manufacturing efficiency, future 

brewery tours and events. A new 

custom-made 6bbi system has 

been ordered and, if all goes to 

plan, will be installed by the New 

Year to be in full production by 

late January 2012. 

Roy Bray 

langham 

Lodsworth, Petworth, 01798 860861. 

www.langhambrewery.co.uk 

The brewery has been very busy. 

Autumn-ale (the autumn season-ale, 

brewed with hops from Northiam 

and fermented with honey) is 

going down well. All hands to the 

deck on the 9 October when the 

brewery held its 4th annual 

Conker Competition. Over 70 

competitors, juniors and seniors 

took part and the senior winner 




polished off a champion’s cupful of 

Halfway to Heaven. The brewery 

is now working on recipe for 

Christmas. 

Peter Luff 

rectory 

Streat, 01273 890570. 

The second brew of the Mild 

Pilgrimage Ale was available from 

the end of September through 

until November; this meant unfortunately 

the second brew was not 

available for the Ale Trail period. 

Available throughout the August to 

September period were Summer 

Ale (4.5%) and Rector’s Revenge 

(5.0%). This second beer together 

with Harvest Ale (4.7%) had an 

appearance at the Plumpton Beer 

and Blues Festival, while a superb 

cask of Best Bitter (4.5%) was on 

sale at the Festival of Sussex 

Tipples, Burgess Hill. The November 

Bonfire Special will be Bonfire 

Toffee Ale (4.9%). 

Paul Free 

rother valley 

Northiam, 01797 252922. 

This year’s first batch of Blues will 

be ready for the end of October. 

Available for November will be a 

new seasonal beer, Chocolate 

Porter (4.5%). Sales at the 

brewery remain steady. 

Dawn Lincoln 

welton’s 

Horsham, 01403 242901. 

www.weltonsbeer.com 

Welton’s had success with a range 

of beers for the Rugby World 

Cup, which included a 6.0% 

Samurai rice beer in honour of 

Japan! Jamaican Stout will be a 

dry-hopped version of the popular 

Export Stout. There will again be 

twelve beers of Christmas. Why 

not try them all Some beer is so 

popular it is being sold in 18-gallon 

casks. Bottled sales are going well. 

Look out for Santa’s Six Pack in gift 

bags, which will be available from 

both the brewery and Beer Essentials, 

Horsham. More exciting 

news is that there will be a Rock 

and Ale Festival at the brewery on 

Saturday 3 December (tickets 

from Beer Essentials) to promote 

local bands and good beer. Ever 

popular, this may become a more 

regular feature. 

Nigel Bullen 

Seasons Greetings! 

Make your Christmas party an extra special 

occasion with a barrel of Langham Ale! 

For all your Christmas needs - from a firkin to a pint 

to put in your Christmas pudding and festive beer 

boxes with 3 of your favourite ales in bottles. 

The perfect Christmas gift. 

Visit the brewery now to buy or choose from 

our full range of popular traditional ales in 

2, 4, 9, 18 and 36 pint containers. 

01798 860 861 • 07789112559 

07786215908 • 07795233480 

The Old Granary, Langham Lane, Lodsworth, West 

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• A selection of draught and bottled real ales• 

• Ideal for parties, weddings and functions• 

• Visit our brewery shop• 

Open weekdays 8am- 4pm 

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see our website for details 

The Old Sawmill, Nyewood 

Nr Petersfield, Hants GU31 5HA 

Tel: 01730 821362 

www.ballards-brewery.co.uk 

Church Lane, Eastergate, West Sussex PO20 3UT 

Tel: 01243 543380 

• Historic 17th century Inn • 

20 minute walk (1.3 miles) from Barnham mainline station 

Five Ales always on tap • In the Good Beer Guide 

Cask Marque Approved 

Secluded beer garden 

Extensive seasonal menu with many home made specials 

SIBA Local ales from Bowmans, Oakleaf and 

Langham plus guest ales from further afield 


History and Heritage 

The Murrell Arms, Barnham 

This classic village pub was built c.1750 

as a farmhouse by William Murrell, who 

owned much of Barnham. Its Georgian 

brick frontage is covered in Victorian stucco 

and has recently been given freshly-painted 

traditional signage. The Murrell Arms became 

a pub in 1866 after the arrival of the railway 

two years previously caused village trade to 

prosper. The full licence was granted not without 

opposition from the Railway Inn, the Vicar 

and Churchwardens. The interior is little 

altered in the 47 years since the previous, 

long-serving licensees Mervyn and Daphne 

Cutten took over. 

The public bar on the right was two small 

rooms in the distant past and retains very old 

half panelling with some wall benches and a 

circa century-old curved counter at the rear. 

The fireplace, front counter and two small bar 

backs are at least forty years old. The middle 

area was originally a Jug and Bottle where a 


partition has been lost. Behind the servery is 

the cellar with casks on stillage. At one time 

this area was the living quarters. The Stable 

Bar on the left, entered through a vestibule, 

has very old half panelling and two old fireplaces. 

Originally a stable, it was converted 

c.1910 to a wooden Club Room with a glass 

covered walkway to the public bar. There is

evidence of where a partition once divided the 

room in two and the barrel-counter replaced a 

hatch. Note the ceramic buttons with numbers 

on the doors. 

The Murrell Arms, Barnham 

The walls are covered in all manner of curios 

and artefacts collected by Mervyn Cutten 

(who died in 2006) and these were purchased 

from Daphne at her retirement earlier this year 

by the incoming, present licensees Ryan and 

Heather Mayo. In the public bar is the rare 

pub game of Ringing the Bull. Beers are from 

the Fuller’s range with weekend guests. 

The Murrell Arms, Yapton Road, Barnham, 

West Sussex, PO22 0AS, tel. 01243 553320. 

Opening hours: 11am-11pm every day, 

except Sunday, 12noon-10.30pm. Food is 

served 12noon-3pm and 6-9pm weekdays, 

12noon-9pm Saturday and 12noon-5pm Sunday. 

The Quaffer with thanks to Mick Slaughter 


Diary Dates 

BEER FESTIVALS AND OTHER DELIGHTS 

CAMRA FESTIVALS IN BOLD. For FREE inclusion in these diary dates, contact the Editor; for 

PAID advertisements contact Neil Richards. Copy-by date and contact details on p. 3. 

Nov 25-27 Constitutional Club Beer Festival, 

139 High Street, Lewes, 01273 473076, 

http://www.lewesconclub.com/ 

Dec 1-4 Globe Inn Winter Beer Festival, South 

Street, Chichester, 01243 782035, 

www.chichesterglobeinn.co.uk 

Dec 3 Rock and Ale Festival, Welton’s Brewery, 

Horsham (Tickets from Beer Essentials, East 

Street, Horsham, 01403 218890) 

Dec 4 Ballard’s Walk. A coach to the brewery, 

followed by the launch of this year’s “winter 

warmer” then a stagger around some of the 

muddiest parts of the South Downs, visiting as 

many of the half-dozen participating pubs as 

you can manage. And all for charity! 

Jan 7 Train to London Pubs (TTLP) 3: Possibly 

Greenwich (SE10) and Docklands (E1); outing 

organised by Pete Brown of Western Sussex 

branch; for details email: peteb@custardtowers.plus.com 

Jan 14 Sussex Branches Liaison Meeting, 

Brewery Shades, 85 High Street, Crawley, 

01293 514105 

Jan 27-29 Selden Arms Winter Beer Festival, 

41 Lyndhurst Road, Worthing 

Feb 10-12 Stanley Arms Winter Beer Festival, 

47 Wolseley Road, Portslade, 01273 430234, 

www.thestanley.com 

Mar 8-10 22nd SUSSEX CAMRA BRANCHES 

BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL, Hove Centre, 

Norton Road, Hove. See back page advert and 

p. 4-5 feature. 

Superb Alehouse Wins Regional POTY 

In our last issue we featured the Evening 

Star, Brighton, as winner of both the 

Brighton and South Downs branch of 

CAMRA and overall Sussex Branches Pub of 

the Year awards for 2011. This superb Dark 

Star alehouse, at 55-56 Surrey Street just a 

short walk from Brighton train station, has 

since won the Surrey & Sussex Regional POTY 

award, which places the pub as one of the 

sixteen regional winners that will compete to 

be crowned National Pub of the Year. Congratulations! 

Photograph shows Karen Wickham (left) 

receiving the Sussex POTY certificate from the 

Area Organizer, Peter Page-Mitchell, while 

Matt Wickham (right) accepts the Regional 

POTY certificate from the Regional Director, 

Chris Stringer. At the centre-rear is Bob 

Gordon (North Sussex Branch) and Roger 

Coton, Brighton and South Downs Branch 

Chairman. 

The Quaffer 


CAMRA FESTIVALS R 

14th WORTHING BEER FESTIVAL 

The new venue of St. Paul’s 

proved to be a resounding 

success and large numbers 

of drinkers were kind enough to 

comment how much they appreciated the 

atmosphere of the historic building. Not only 

that, but the beers increased from 47 to 60. 

Customers were certainly thirsty - 1900 pints 

consumed on Friday and 1700 on Saturday 

plus 300 pints of cider! The first beer to sell 

out was Hawkshead Windermere Pale, closely 

followed by Thornbridge Sequoia, Marble 

Chocolate Marble (Runner-up Champion Beer 

of Britain), Salopian Oracle, and Redemption 

Trinity, a light 3.0% mild with so much character 

and our winner of the ‘Beer of the Festival’. 

Selling fast on the Welsh bar were VOG 

Wheat’s Occurin, Waen Blackberry Stout, 

Monty’s Sunshine, Llangollen Welsh Black and 

Dark Side of the Moose. 

The most popular Sussex beers were FILO Ginger 

Tom, Dark Star Hylder Blonde, Kissingate 

Six Crows, which was our ‘Beer of the Festival 

Runner-Up’, and another of our late ‘scoops’ 

the superb Anchor Springs Black Pearl Porter - 

we were in fact the very first venue to sell this 

beer. I would like to thank Dark Star Brewery 

for once again generously sponsoring the 

event and also the pubs and other local businesses 

who kindly advertised in the programme. 

Thanks to all our drinkers who 

contributed £750 to The Oak Grove College 

for young students with learning disabilities. 

A big thank you also goes to the organising 

committee and all the CAMRA volunteers who 

helped at the Festival. We have booked the 

venue again for 19-20 October of next year, so 

we look forward to seeing you there! 

Bruce Bird 

Arun & Adur Branch Chairman 


REPORT 

9th EASTBOURNE 

BEER FESTIVAL 

The festival at the superb venue of the 

Winter Garden, Compton Street, 

attracted 4532 customers this year to its 

four sessions from 27-29 October, 120 short of 

last year’s record, but still 370 up on the 2009 

attendance. 13707 pints of beer, 2064 pints of 

cider and 864 pints of perry were consumed. 

157 different beers were available, 30 ciders 

and 12 perries. As usual, a London and South 

East Region Champion Beer of Britain heat 

was held at the festival. This year the eightperson 

panel (pictured) judged beers of the 

porter style. In addition to seven CAMRA 

members, including the mayor, we were 

pleased to welcome Brett Ross, brewer at the 

one-year old Hastings Brewery. Hammerpot 

Bottle Wreck Porter, from West Sussex, was a 

clear winner with 302 points with Larkins 

Porter, from Kent, on 257 points in second 

place. 

from Newton Heath, North Manchester. Two 

awards were given to beers previously 

honoured at Eastbourne festivals: Sussex 

Microbrewery Beer of the Festival went to 

Beachy Head Legless Rambler, from up the 

road in East Dean; while the Beer of the Festival 

(Sussex Exemption) went to Moorhouse’s 

Pendle Witches Brew from Burnley, Lancashire. 

The presentation to Beachy Head was 

made at the festival, as brewer Roger Green 

(pictured) was present, 

working as a CAMRA 

member. As has become a 

custom, Branch Members 

hope to send a delegation 

to the north-west to make 

brewery visits and presentations 

in Newton Heath 

and Burnley. The Cider of 

the Festival award went to 

South Hayne Farm near 

Tiverton, Devon, while 

Perry of the Festival was Newton Organic, 

from Newton, near Leominster, Herefordshire. 

Grateful thanks go as always to a core of 

branch members who give generously of their 

time and effort; without them there would be 

no festival. Thanks also to visiting CAMRA 

members, a number of whom we welcome each 

year; and also to our partners at Eastbourne 

Borough Council’s Events Team, who enable a 

CAMRA festival of this size to be held. 

Five festival awards were made. Beer of the 

Festival was Boggart Hole Clough Rum Porter, 

Peter Adams 

South-East Sussex Branch Chairman 


Cider and Perry 

CIDER HOUSE NOTES 

the season of mists and mellow 

fruitfulness … and indeed ‘tis very 

‘Tis 

fruitful at the moment, with plenty of 

fruit in the orchards and a good presence in 

the press of articles on cider and perry. The 

Guardian of 24 September had an article on 

American resurgence of real cider in its Travel 

section; Morning Advertiser had an article on 

bottled ciders in September; and even the 

Saga Magazine, October edition, had a sixpage 

article on the Cider Dynasties in Somerset 

(yes, I’m a Saga Lout!). 

And there are plenty of real cider 

pubs on CAMRA’s real cider sticker 

database now (over 1,000 nationally, 

with over 90 in Surrey and Sussex 

alone), with new cidermakers in 

our area, too – Wobblegate Fruit 

and Cider, in Bolney, and Uncle Stoat’s Hand 

Crafted Sussex Cider in Hassocks. There are 

two more over the border in Surrey – Peter 

Pollock’s, and The Garden Cider Company. The 

latter of these actually asks for donations of 

people’s garden apples and then produces 

cider from them, which is more akin to a Community 

Orchard or Apple Society than a regular 

cidermaker. This is what both ORCS (Old 

Rudgwick Cider Society) and Brook Street 

Apple Society does. ORCS had their Apple 

Day, when the locally produced cider can be 

sampled, on 9 October, and Brook Street Apple 

Society had their Cider Party back on Sunday 

26 June. 

I normally make it to the latter event, for I 

love their locally produced Tita’s Tipple and 

Brook Street Belter, as they are dry and 

refreshing and suit my tastebuds, but 

unfortunately I couldn’t make it; Graham 

(Spud) Tate took my place, and reported that 

the Cider Party was very enjoyable and 

entertaining, but he couldn’t drink much as he 

had to drive himself to and from the event – 

sorry, Spud! I normally have a driver…. 

As most of you know by now, October is 

CAMRA’s Cider and Perry month, but by the 

time you read this that will have passed, and 

loads of quaffing, apple and pear picking and 

pressing, and other cider and perry related 

events will already have happened, such as my 

Lewes Cider Crawl, which promises to be wellattended; 

fifteen at the last count have already 

expressed an interest. Watch out, Lewes! And 

remember to put Cider and Perry month in 

your diary for next year. 

Another event which took place since the last 

Sussex Drinker was a very successful and enjoyable 

Cider of the Festival coach trip. One 

stop was at Middle Farm, Firle to present a certificate 

for Cider of the Festival, South Downs, 

to Matthew and Carol 

Wilson of Oakwood 

Organic Cider & Perry 

(pictured). Any excuse 

to sample the cider 

and perry at Middle 

Farm … in fact we 

have some rather 

special news about the 

place which appears 

on p. 27. The other 

coach trip stop was at 

JB Cider, Maplehurst 

to present the Cider of Festival, Sussex 

Branches (pictured in the orchard). 

One last thing: CAMRA is already asking for 

nominations for next year’s Cider Pub of the 

Year, which can be either a pub or club, so get 

your thinking caps on and drinking glasses in 

hand, and vote for your favourite cider venue! 

Wassail! 

Jackie Johnson 

Surrey and Sussex Regional Cider Coordinator 

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Sussex Drinker: Autumn 2011

Cider and Perry 

PRESTIGIOUS POMONA AWARD 

FOR MIDDLE FARM, FIRLE 

“This formidable collection was a stand‐out 

winner this year, as nowhere else in Britain offers 

such a selection of real cider and perry in 

such a variety of styles. For the first-time 

drinker or the cider enthusiast, the National 

Collection of Cider & Perry is the definitive 

place to visit, to sample and buy the best produce 

from around Britain and learn more 

about Britain’s historic cider and perry making 

industry, thanks to the knowledge of the staff 

who work at Middle Farm.” 

The National Collection of Cider & Perry 

at Middle Farm, undoubtedly Britain’s 

biggest permanent showcase of real 

cider and perry under one roof has won the 

prestigious CAMRA Pomona Award 2011 for 

its outstanding contribution to the promotion 

of real cider and perry. Presented on Saturday 

8 October, during CAMRA’s National Cider and 

Perry Month, the Pomona Award is named 

after the Roman Goddess of apples, and is 

awarded annually to the individual or organisation 

which has done the most to promote real 

cider and perry over the previous twelve months, 

or for ongoing work championing the industry. 

In judging the Award this year, CAMRA’s 

Cider and Perry Committee received many 

entries from across Britain via CAMRA members 

and the general public, but it was Middle 

Farm’s National Collection that stood out as 

the undisputed winner. Also producing its own 

cider, Pookhill, the outlet supplies many pubs 

and beer festivals on a wholesale basis. Andrea 

Briers, CAMRA Cider and Perry Committee 

Chair, said: 

Rod Marsh, a Company Director at Middle 

Farm, on accepting the award said that 

“people’s perceptions of cider are altering and 

there’s now a wider audience for the drink. We 

started selling cider back in 1981 and have 

since strived to showcase it as a drink of real 

quality. With the input of the people who work 

here at Middle Farm we feel we are really 

getting somewhere and, at present, we are 

showcasing more cider-makers than ever in 

our collection.” 

The Sussex Branches are very proud and 

privileged to have this national treasure and 

resource in our own county, and wish Rod and 

Helen Marsh and their staff all the best for the 

future. Photo features Rod Marsh and Andrea 

Briers holding the certificate, with Helen 

Marsh (extreme left) and their co-workers. 



Dea Latis 

LocAle 

Updates 

The following pubs are additional confirmations 

to the lists published in previous issues: 

BRIGHTON: Battle of Trafalgar; Evening Star; 

Greys; Pump House; Royal Oak; Victory Inn; 

EASTBOURNE: Crown; 

EAST PRESTON: Clock House; 

LEWES: Brewers Arms; Constitutional Club; 

Gardener’s Arms: John Harvey Tavern; 

Snowdrop Inn; 

SHOREHAM-BY-SEA: Duke of Wellington; 

SOUTH CHAILEY: Horns Lodge; 

WHITEMANS GREEN: Ship; 

WIVELSFIELD GREEN: Cock Inn. 

N 

amed after the Celtic 

goddess of beer and 

water, Dea Latis is an 

industry forum that aims to 

encourage more women to 

taste, appreciate and enjoy 

our national drink. 

Horsham-based beer 

writer Ros Shiel is a founder 

member. Dea Latis met on 29 June at Due 

South restaurant, Brighton, for an evening of 

food and beer pairing (pictured), including 

beers from the Sussex breweries Hammerpot, 

Hepworth and W J King. 

New members are welcome to the group: 

please contact info@dealatis.org or visit their 

Facebook site www.facebook.com/pages/ 

Dea-Latis/107665732639284. 

LocAle - the local branch initiative that 

became a national campaign - has its own 

symbol in the GBG 2012. Ask your local 

publican to source any of the superb range of 

beers available within 30 miles of their pub 

from the Sussex breweries listed in Bru News. 

Pubs closer to the Sussex border will naturally 

be able to source beers from any of the 

qualifying breweries in east Hants, south 

Surrey or west Kent as appropriate to gain 

LocAle accreditation. 

STAR 

BEHIND 

THE BAR 

Pictured behind the 

bar of the Ship Inn, 

Whitemans Green, 

Cuckfield is long-serving 

landlord and our star of this issue, Bill 

Parke, who is proud to be LocAle. Bill’s pub 

was the first in the Brighton and South Downs 

Branch to be awarded LocAle accreditation in 

this year’s round of activity. 


3 Real Ales always available 

Rotating guest ale and LocAle accredited. 

Snacks and nibbles 

available 12 – 8pm. 

Wide selection of locally 

brewed bottled ales from our 

Deli next door. 

The Clockhouse Deli 

7 The Parade, Willowhayne Crescent 

East Preston, West Sussex BN16 1NS 

Tel: 01903 774000 www.theclockhousedeli.co.uk 


Protz Opens Amberley 

Ale at Amberley 

generally agreed to be excellent, combining 

extremely interesting flavours of honey, toffee 

and sourness. It could almost be thought to be 

more akin to a sherry. The huge amounts of 

hops added to the ale when it was brewed, 

had all dissipated and very little hop taste was 

left. 

Ale at Amberley 6, from Thursday 1 

September to Sunday 4 September, was 

the most successful yet and sold out of 

71 real ales and 16 ciders and perries. It was 

opened by Roger Protz, famed beer writer and 

esteemed editor of the CAMRA Good Beer 

Guide. Roger was first taken on a conducted 

tour of the De Witt kilns by Amberley 

Museum’s curator, Dr. Claire Seymour. The 

kilns have been recently restored with the help 

of a lottery grant. They are built into the chalk 

hills at Amberley and it was decided that the 

cool temperatures inside would be ideal for 

cellaring ale. Cellaring is the process where 

strong, highly hopped ales mature over time to 

a complex subtlety, just like ales sent on the 

long sea journey to India that became known 

as India Pale Ales. 

Roger then officially opened the festival by 

drawing the first pint of the De Witt kilncellared 

A over T from the Hogs Back brewery. 

Despite other obvious possibilities the name of 

this strong (9.0%) award-winning ale actually 

stands for Aromas over Tongham – the Surrey 

town where the brewery is based. It was 

Entertainment at the beer festival included 

Morris men, steam engines and vintage buses. 

Blues group Cardinal Sin & the Preachers provided 

a good musical accompaniment to the 

Saturday night. There were crafts and food 

stalls during Saturday and Sunday and many 

people decided to make the most of the warm, 

sunny Saturday evening to stay on for the beer 

festival. Helen Marbach who helped with the 

voucher sales said “we think over 2000 people 

Amberley cellering ale 

came to the Beer Festival and the Ale, Craft & 

Food show, including those who came during 

the Saturday daytime and stayed on for the 

evening ale festival. Judging by the many 

favourable comments, all seem to have enjoyed 

themselves”. 

Jim Hawkins 

Co-organiser Ale at Amberley 


Spotlight on Breweries 

World First For WJ King 

WJ King has become the first brewery in the 

world to put their head brewer in every pub! 

Seeing the opportunity with new technologies 

that are being adopted by our customers, WJ 

King has added a unique QR code to the pump 

clip and bottle label of each of its beer. Customers 

can now scan these codes with their 

camera enabled smart phones, to play a video 

of Head Brewer Ian Burgess talking about that 

specific beer and the ingredients that it is 

made from. Said Ian, “we wanted to ensure 

that the customer really understands what 

they are drinking and allow them to make an 

informed choice of what styles and flavours 

they like most. Being able to see me in the 

brewery talking about each beer will hopefully 

help them to develop their palate and understand 

a little bit about the art of the brewer.” 

Nigel Lambe, Chief Executive of the 

Horsham-based micro explained that the Real 

Ale sector is the fastest growing sector in the 

pub trade and new style microbreweries like 

WJ King are attracting a passionate new 

generation of beer drinkers who have a real 

thirst for knowledge about the provenance, 

ingredients and manufacturing process of 

what they are drinking. Marketing Director 

Orla Lambe commented “this is such a 

fantastic and obvious way to communicate 

with our customers at the point they are 

deciding which beer to choose, that we are 

sure other brewers will follow our example. 

This will be great for the consumer and we 

will be very proud of being the first brewery in 

the world to put our brewer in every pub”. 

World Awards for Harveys 

Harveys have just won two prestigious prizes 

at the World Beer Awards 2011 with their 

bottled Imperial Extra Double Stout and Tom 

Paine. The global awards select the very best 

internationally recognised beer styles from 

around the world. Blind-judging in regional 

heats are held in Europe, the USA and Asia. 

The selected style winner in each region is 

then tasted against the other regional winners 

to select the World’s Best Style. From these 

world winners is selected the World’s Best Ale, 

Lager, Stout & Porter and Wheat Beer. See 

http://www.worldbeerawards.com/ 

Tom Paine won the Europe’s Best Seasonal 

Pale Ale style, while Imperial Extra Double 

Stout not only won the World’s Best Stout - 

Strong Stout & Porter Style - but came top in 

the overall stout and porter category making it 

officially the World’s Best Stout & Porter and 

one of the top five beers in the world! I am 

sure we will all join together in congratulating 

Miles Jenner and Harveys on yet another 

magnificent achievement. 

Adrian at Adur 

Here is an update from Adrian Towler on developments 

at the Adur Brewery. The Adur 

Valley Co-operative Ltd is now registered with 

The Financial Services Authority, has keys for 

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the brewery and there are enough materials on 

site for several brews. The first, Velocity, with 

Andy Dwelly supervising, was brewed on 3 

October. There is a Management Committee of 

six: Graham Timmins (Shoreham-by-Sea), 

Colin Bates (Haywards Heath), Russ Spencer 

(Worthing), Nigel Bullen (Crawley), Roger 

Chidlow (Brighton) and Adrian Towler (Shoreham). 

Graham is managing the project, interviewing 

potential 

brewers and setting 

the pace. He has 

abandoned a 

‘launch’ meeting in 

favour of personal interviews with potential 

members. Minimum investment is to be 

£1,000 and a minimum number of 12 hours 

work per month, but the rules permit people 

to pay smaller amounts to start with. Although 

Graham does not have access to the Adur 

Brewery website he has registered both adurbrewerycooperative.com 

and 

adurvalleycoop.com. Neither yet have any 

content, but you can e-mail him via them 

should you want to be involved. We are all 

looking forward to tasting Graham’s First 

Brew! 

Spotlight on Breweries 

Ruskin’s Ram 

The SouthDowns Brewery will be 

based in Small Dole and is a 10- 

barrel joint venture between 

widdi, former brewer at Adur 

Brewery, and Geoff, owner of the 

Shepherd and Dog, Fulking. Their 

first beer is Ruskin’s Ram (4.0%), contract 

brewed at Kent Brewery until the new South- 

Downs venture is set up. The Gothic fountain 

at Fulking was raised and dedicated to the honour 

of John Ruskin, writer, art critic and 

historian, who applied his knowledge of 

hydraulics to harness the power of the spring 

water and provide the village with a proper 

supply. The beer has been on sale in the Eight 

Bells, Bolney; Evening Star, Brighton; Buckingham 

Arms and the Red Lion, Shoreham-by- 

Sea; Selden Arms, Worthing and, of course, 

the Shepherd and Dog, Fulking. Geoff and 

widdi have just invested in another 100 casks, 

their second gyle of Ruskin’s Ram is imminent 

and they have recipes in place for their next 

two beers. Email: 

info@southdownsbrewery.com; 

website under construction: 

http://www.southdownsbrewery.com/ 

And Yet More to Come! 

Specialising in smallbatch 

high-quality bottle 

conditioned ales with no 

unnatural additives the 

Kitchen Garden Brewery 

is a newly established artisan micro brewery in 

mid-Sussex. Their website carries information 

on four beers: Traditional Ale (3.2%) their 

flagship beer, light and refreshing ale with 

floral notes, delicious malt undertones and a 

delicately hopped finish; Stout (3.8%) dark, 

delectable and full bodied with the finest 

roasted malt and British Target hops; Ginger 

Beer (2.5%) fresh and lemony to refresh and 

revive, containing only ginger, sultanas, 

lemon, sugar, water and yeast; Spring Beer 

(5.1%) a refreshing golden ale with added 

wheat, tasting light, smooth and hoppy with 

citrus undertones. The Kitchen Garden Brewery, 

Old Walled Garden, Sheffield Park, East 

Sussex, TN22 3QX, tel. 01825 790775; 

www.kitchengardenbrewery.co.uk/ 

Finally, a test web site 

has opened for the Bedlam 

Brewery, Albourne 

Farm, Shaveswood Lane, 

Albourne, West Sussex, 

BN6 9DX, email: team@bedlambrewery.co.uk; 

http://bedlam-brewery.co.uk/test/. No other 

details as yet. 


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Crabtree and The White Swan 

Pub Re-Openings 

The Crabtree, Lower Beeding, famously 

featured in Hillare Belloc’s farrago, The Four 

Men, re-opened 8 September. 

The new licensees are Simon, 

Catherine, Daisy and Hamish 

Adamson-Hope. The pub has 

been very tastefully refurnished 

by Hall & Woodhouse 

with a clear 

separation between bar and 

restaurant facilities. 

The White Swan, by the A259 / Station Road 

roundabout in North Bosham, has finally 

re-opened, to local acclaim, after a major 

internal and external refurbishment. It became 

run down and finally closed in February 2009 

after the previous owners had not only sold 

part of the car park for housing but had sold 

off part of the actual building as a separate 

bungalow! 

The aim is to maintain a bar area for drinkers 

with a choice of food from a bar menu and a 

restaurant for those customers wishing to 

dine. The garden has been greatly improved 

and the car park extended. Mark Woodhouse 

attended and conducted a beer tasting session. 

Several members of North Sussex and 

Brighton & South Downs Branches attended. 

Allen Bartram 

North Sussex Branch Chairman 

New owners Nick and Tina Irish have had a 

considerable struggle on their hands to overcome 

some objections against their new 

licence but they have been to great lengths to 

inform local residents of their plans via 

meetings and a website, and to invite observations 

and suggestions. The progress of the 

refurbishment has been eagerly followed by all. 

On the opening night on 23 September a huge 

crowd attended, and beer sales were such that 

extra supplies had to be urgently found over 

the weekend. Four cask ales are to be on sale 

including two from Langham, and Dark Star 

Hophead has also proved popular. 

Pete Brown 

Western Sussex Branch Secretary 


Presentations 

Sweet win for Harveys 

On 24 September 

some thirty CAMRA 

members who had 

worked at the South 

Downs Beer & Cider 

Festival in June were 

welcomed at Harveys 

brewery to attend the presentation to Head 

Brewer Miles Jenner of the certificate for Beer 

of The Festival as voted by the customers. The 

winner was a draught version of Sweet Sussex 

Stout, which at 2.8% proved that a beer does 

not have to be strong to be tasty. 

In presenting the award organiser Pete 

Coppard thanked all at the brewery for their 

valuable support of the festival during his 

seven year spell as organiser. In addition to this 

certificate five others were handed over for 

silver and bronze awards won at regional 

Champion Beer of Britain Finals. Needless to 

say Miles was the perfect host giving a short 

tour and informative chat to those who had not 

visited previously and a splendid variety of ales 

were available for us to sample. 

Pete Coppard 

Langham does the double 

On 27 August a contingent 

from Western Sussex 

CAMRA travelled the 

short distance to Langham 

Brewery, Lodsworth, near 

Petworth to present two 

certificates relating to the Yapton Beerex in 

May: one for the Beer of the Festival, won by 

the Langham spring seasonal ale, Flor-Ale, the 

other for being the Brewery of the Festival. 

Well done to all at Langham for this double 

award. Photo shows the branch and brewery 

team together with the certificates at the front 

of the brewery. 

The Quaffer 


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