We often bemoan the lack of interesting beer, here in Eastbourne.
Not the lack of good beer but variety.
Wednesday this week I was runnng our 3D printing club and the man of the house was out to visit his dad who lives nearer town than us so I suggested that, if he liked, he could stroll into town and I'd scoot down just as soon as I'd kicked the kids out of the lab and we'd have a couple of pints.
I have to admit it can be a bit of a risk on beer variety in the middle of the week at the Eagle but when the boy texted me to say there was a Roosters beer on and it was nice, I have to say my beer appetite was whetted.
I left the lab with almost indecent haste and was in the Eagle a little earlier than I expected. The Roosters' beer was brilliant.
After a couple of pints we went to a back street Chinese restaurant to complete a very pleasant evening.
Yesterday is a non-working day and as there was some good autumn sun we ventured onto the South Downs for a walk. Ultimately this led us into town again. We passed the DewDrop which is very inconsistent in its beer but I noticed a Salopian beer on the bar. We carried on around the corner to the Eagle but there wasn't anythng new. Still, it wasn't a disaster since the Roosters was still on and still in perfectly good nick.
After a couple of pints we had a think about whether we wanted more beer and I decided that I really did want to try the Salopian beer around the corner. So we went back to the Dew Drop - as it was about 5pm by then the pub was a little livelier than when we'd passed. Oh my goodness, we were very glad we went in. Although rather pricey, the Salopian beer was 5% and perfection in a glass. We huddled next to the (fake) fire and nattered and it was just about as near perfect as you could imagine.
Yeah, that'll do nicely
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