Good Beer Guide 2014

[The Large One]

Shame he cannot employ decent, polite staff.

Talking of pubs with odd staff, I notice the GDC has started haunting the Open House of a Saturday evening.

 

[Dandyman]

Shame he cannot employ decent, polite staff.

You know that would only disappoint you.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Talking of pubs with odd staff, I notice the GDC has started haunting the Open House of a Saturday evening.

Trying to mix it up and the pub does not smell of toilet blocks.

 

[Dandyman]

Talking of pubs with odd staff, I notice the GDC has started haunting the Open House of a Saturday evening.

We're going for a Phantom theme this season.

 

[Uncle Buck]

You know that would only disappoint you.

I have never understood why they are so rude.

 

[beorhthelm]

Looking at the list of pubs in the Lewes section, how many of those are Harvey's pubs I wonder ?

its in Lewes, its a Harveys pub. even if it isnt. the Lewes Arms stopped having it as the guest and there was a boycott.

You see it should not just be about real ale.

If the pub does not offer decent cider and decent continental lager (I mean German / Czech type stuff), it should not be listed.

i agree, but CAMRA is about real ale so they dont consider anything else. their remit is somewhat unnecessary these days, i brought 2 different real ales in the supermarket today from a selection of dozens, its come back from the dead.

 

[Bill Cassidy's tie up]

Shame he cannot employ decent, polite staff.

Never found anything wrong with the staff always get served quick even when rammed

 

[The Large One]

Trying to mix it up and the pub does not smell of toilet blocks.

It's the same people who run (among many others) The North Laine Pub thing.

So you get the same choice of drink, but with fewer muppets in the pub.

 

[Uncle Buck]

i agree, but CAMRA is about real ale so they dont consider anything else. their remit is somewhat unnecessary these days, i brought 2 different real ales in the supermarket today from a selection of dozens, its come back from the dead.

It becomes a real frustration. I do not like real ale (or rubbish UK lager), I want a decent German beer if possible. I do like a lot of the GBG pubs, but I dislike those that do not cater for those that do not like real ale.

Go up north and the decent pubs cater for both, such as the Grove in Huddersfield.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Never found anything wrong with the staff always get served quick even when rammed

Lucky you.

A classic case of them serving their mates even if they are not a the front of the queue.

 

[Dandyman]

its in Lewes, its a Harveys pub. even if it isnt. the Lewes Arms stopped having it as the guest and there was a boycott.



i agree, but CAMRA is about real ale so they dont consider anything else. their remit is somewhat unnecessary these days, i brought 2 different real ales in the supermarket today from a selection of dozens, its come back from the dead.

Real Cider does get a fairly constant mention in the GBG. I think pubs who serve proper German and Czech beer are worthwhile but that is not what CAMRA was set up for although the Bier Sans Frontiers element of the GBBF is now well established and very popular.

 

[maresfield seagull]

Castle Inn Lullworth Dorset if that s not in it throw the book away its worthless

 

[Uncle Buck]

It's the same people who run (among many others) The North Laine Pub thing.

So you get the same choice of drink, but with fewer muppets in the pub.

It has a better choice of lager than the North Laine.

 

[Superphil]

i agree, but CAMRA is about real ale so they dont consider anything else. their remit is somewhat unnecessary these days, i brought 2 different real ales in the supermarket today from a selection of dozens, its come back from the dead.

CAMRA is about real ale, so no surprise really that they don't cover lagers, or other beers, in the same way. Out of interest, what real ales did you buy, and in what supermarket. Our local stores no longer do them, well, they do Sierra Nevada in Waitrose, but that's American, and that's about it.

 

[Uncle Buck]

CAMRA is about real ale, so no surprise really that they don't cover lagers, or other beers, in the same way. Out of interest, what real ales did you buy, and in what supermarket. Our local stores no longer do them, well, they do Sierra Nevada in Waitrose, but that's American, and that's about it.

But decent lager brewed to the purity laws is proper beer, which is actually what CAMRA are promoting. Some of their snobbery towards this is pathetic. But then you look at the social misfits that make up a larger chunk of the CAMRA demographic and it is no surprise.

 

[joeywortho]

The Stanley should be in! A proper boozer with great beer.

The greatest local I will have ever had - cant say I miss too much about the slade but man what a boozer!

 

[spring hall convert]

The Prince George is not far from you - at the bottom of Trafalgar Street.

Some of the pubs on the Brighton list are fine, but some are a bit random. The Mitre might serve decent ale, but it still scares me.

I've just looked, it's the one that does the veggie food opposite the Great Eastern, for some reason I rarely go in there.

 

[atfc village]

How many Wetherspoons in it this year? Camra and spoons make very nice bedmates.

 

[Uncle Buck]

How many Wetherspoons in it this year? Camra and spoons make very nice bedmates.

Is the Legion in it?

 

[atfc village]

Is the Legion in it?

No only 1 Real Ale on .A few came in to test the beer and were told to do one.