Eddie Bee
Active member
Harveys best for me, but Hophead is very good especially for those warmer days!
Dont like Harveys and wasnt sure about The Hophead but it could have been the fact that I had it in The Evening Star which I thought was an abysmal pub and everything that could be bad about a pub that had it. I will probably make a decision after trying it again in The Partridge at Partridge Green failing which I shall drink before and after going to the game, somewhere that sells a beer that I like.
For the life of me I cannot see how that pub won an award. It is dirty, rough in decor has glasses that need putting through a wash with renovator to remove the film. On a personal note the beer was too cold as it was obviously below 54 F which is what a cellar with real ale should be kept at. The day I went in there the clientele made Wetherspoons look high class. When I first started drinking my dad gave me a tip and I have followed it ever since as it is a good guide. If going into a pub for the first time go to the toilets and see if they are clean if they are not imagine what the areas of the piub you cant see are like.
As regards Harveys I do not like them as a company and their trading principals but that doesnt change my opinion of their beer for which I dont like the taste. Of the local beers I prefer W J Kings of Horsham, who is a decendant of the old King & Barnes, Arun Brewery.
None of the Harvey's beers? All dozen or so of them? Blimey. That's quite a comprehensive vendetta.
Granted, the bogs need a bit of an overhaul, but if anyone knows how to look after beers, it's them. Perhaps it says more about you than it does them if you can't understand why it's such a popular pub.
None of the Harvey's beers? All dozen or so of them? Blimey. That's quite a comprehensive vendetta.
I was always in CAMRA good beer guide in the pubs I ran but attached nothing to it because I do not believe they represent your true everyday drinker. I could tell you many stories of how easily they were fooled over certain beers.
I'm sure you are the respected authority on CAMRA and could tell us all the tales you wanted.'
As for your belief system...
I don't profess to be an authority on Camra but suffice to say while running my stocktaking company my wife worked in a pub that Camra held their meetings in because the Directors was the best in the area as they said. Only 1 problem the pub did not have any real ale only keg beer as the landlord was in financial trouble and bought whatever keg beer he could get from the wholesalers.