Now we're back in Eastbourne, we'd already reacquainted ourselves with the Crown to meet up with friend and colleague, W. Oakham Green Wave (or something) wasn't in the first flush but was lovely.
Friday and Saturday we were scheduled to be in work, in town.
So, on Friday we opted for a new place that's opened - Wolf on the Corner. It's effectively a micropub but it's more a bar, really - with good beer. It's a joint venture between one tiny local brewery and a local cider producer.
It'll be very close to our new place of work (always assuming that goes ahead, as planned) from early next year.
It opens at 4pm and we arrived about 30mins later. It was already pretty busy.
They had a cask beer on - it was by BRZN but at 3.4%, the BBB wanted something a bit stronger. So I had the BRZN and he had Joosy by unbarred.
One of the owners was serving and he immediately asked if I wanted my beer in a straight or handled glass (always extra points for that). It was then I noticed that one of the other bar staff was the brilliant G from the, sadly closed, Bottle Grove. It was so lovely to see him again - one of the very best bar folk, ever!
BBB had found a table to sit at - possibly the last one at the time. More people came in.
We recognised a few folk from the local "beer" scene - but not everyone. The demographic seemed subtly different.
The bar had a fairly generous number of beers on offer - but it was sticking with an Oktoberfest vibe and so there were kellerbeers, wit beers and lagers very heavily represented. I'm guessing (hoping, really) that this was just a seasonal thing - although I very nearly tried one of the stronger ones. I don't hate any of those styles, when done well, it's just that it'll never be my first choice (I say "never" but more accurately it's probably "just now").
Anyhow, the atmosphere was good - though there's a huge expanse of shop glass which I think might make it a bit subject to temperature challenges...but that's for another time.
I enjoyed my first beer so much - I had a second. He chose something from the Oktober range - it was nice - a little Kwak-like possibly.
We were very happy that 2/3rds are available.
Third round was Joosy for me and a med-dry cider (seemed fitting) for him.
We've identified it as a good place to take sisters, in future, potentially and that's always a nice thing.
We'll definitely be back but next time we'll time the walk from bar to bus stop a little better, I think.
