Whilst Eastbourne can be a little bit m'eh on the beer excitement front our usual haunts don't disappoint. We also made it to the Victoria last weekend after some working in the new HQ on a Saturday.
Best Beer Buddy was somewhat concerned that with the pub being a Sky Sports kinda place that there would be much watching of football, with the attendant loud crowd that this brings.
As it was no football was showing but there was international rugby. This can bring a different kind of loud crowd but in the event it was very pleasant in there. Lively enough to smile at, but not so much that it felt unpleasant. So there much Bonfire Boy drunk - it being the seasonal beer - and we followed it with a trip to the nearby Thai Restaurant - pretty much perfection. There was also smugness as we got a bus (rather than cab) home.
This Friday I had to go to St Leonards for work and I owed our client (well a sort of colleague, really) a lunch. I insisted we went to Heist on the selfish grounds that I wanted to try the Three Legs bar there.
We were not disappointed, either. Colleague asked me to choose a beer for her and we had a couple of dishes from the Indonesian stall and chatted and plotted for an hour or more. We'll definitely be going back there!
As we were over that way, it seemed rude not to call into meet up with a friend (also colleague) in Bexhill and try the micropub there.
Now, this place is much more traditional, being run by some CAMRA chaps of a certain age (well, my age, really) but a good enough selection of beer that wouldn't frighten the CAMRA horses service from a large cold cabinet. It was busy by the time I arrived at just after 3pm and we went through two changes of table in order to accommodate the three of us properly, nevertheless it's a welcome addition to this sleepy town and, given the opportunity, I'd certainly go back.
It's Sunday now - and we've plans to pop up to the Hurst just in case they've still got that gorgeous "Prince of Denmark" beer on...
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