Dark Star - British Beer festival.

[Questions]

Champion Beer of Britain Ruby Mild will go down a treat with the ladies - Times Online


Dark Star wins Golden Ale catagory.

 

[Scotty Mac]

what about harveys?!

 

[Arthur]

what about harveys?!

What about Harveys?

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

And the winners are . . .

Champion beer of Britain Rudgate Ruby

Mild bitter Surrey Hills Ranmore Ale

Best bitter Southport Golden Sands

Golden ale Dark Star American Pale Ale

Strong bitter West Berkshire Dr Hexter’s Healer

Speciality Nethergate Umbel Magna

Winter beer Oakham Attila

Sounds like a good night in

 

[middletoenail]

Is it local, Ansty I believe?

 

[Badger]

Excellent, I'll be there on Friday, I hope there is some left

 

[Arthur]

Is it local, Ansty I believe?

Correct and producer of far better beer than the lot from Lewes.

Excellent, I'll be there on Friday, I hope there is some left

What was on yesterday had gone already. No idea if they've got any more though.

 

[The Large One]

Is it local, Ansty I believe?

True.

The Evening Star, The Duke of Wellington in Shoreham and another pub in Lindfield are theirs too, but you can get Dark Star beers in a fair few pubs nowadays.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Operation Dark Star

I believe its now the second biggest brewer in Sussex behind Harveys. Their pub in Shoreham is very nice, but it all started in Surrey Street down from the station.

The American Pale ale that won an award is very good.

 

[The Auditor]

Excellent, I'll be there on Friday, I hope there is some left

so will I

 

[Scotty Mac]

What about Harveys?

well surely an ale that EVERYONE thinks is the best drink in the WORLD must have come somewhere?

or could it be that it is infact VASTLY overrated. is that a banning offence?

 

[vegster]

What about Harveys?

That was used to flush the urinals

 

[siclean]

give me a pint of brown and mild anyday..beats and lager !!! hmmmm

 

[Dandyman]

Should be a fair number of us at the GBBF on Thursday afternoon to settle the debate.

 

[Arthur]

well surely an ale that EVERYONE thinks is the best drink in the WORLD must have come somewhere?

or could it be that it is infact VASTLY overrated. is that a banning offence?

Well if it is you'll have to ban me as well as I concur.

Can't understand some of the folk on here who actively seek it out when you can get it in pretty much every town in Sussex and Kent. Suppose it's a bit like those who go abroad and only eat English cuisine.

And to answer your original question none of the Harveys beers achieved any form of recognition this year (Gold, Silver or Bronze) from the judges. I'm sure if you go on the CAMRA site they'll have the full results if you are that way inclined. I seem to recall Harveys had two beers in the SE section but didn't spend a great deal of time there for the reason I've made clear above.

 

[robinsonsgrin]

my ex owns hammerpot brewery....very decent real ales....if you havent partaken...i would highly recommend...check out website.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Dark star brew some lovely beers,Dark star Original is THE amber nectar.

 

[Questions]

You`ll have to wait until march because it is a seasonal but their Saison is great.
Actually all their beers are top notch. I really do think they are the best brewery around.

I pretty much agree with Arthur on Harveys though. Nothing wrong with it but I would never go looking for it.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

and for the lager drinkers, their Natural Blonde is far superior to the mass produced chemical crap available in most pubs.

 

[dougdeep]

We are lucky enough to have several good breweries in Sussex. Amazing how people even do the "My favourite is better than yours" stuff on a beer thread though. I thought that was reserved for the player rankings on match days.