We were meeting family on Saturday and they suggested The Crown. He likes cask ale - preferably nothing that scares the horses but he has come round to lighter, hoppier beer.
She likes moderately dry white wine and, despite being a very "locals" pub - the Crown has a decent wine offering.
We happily agreed
We'd been entertained by New Bristol Juno and Kent Brewery Prohibition on Tuesday and although Juno was still just about on, we preferred the new offering: Track Sonoma.
We've had Sonoma countless times including:
- on cask at the Kings Head in Bristol where we were thoroughly impressed by its bunch despite the ABV (3.8%)
- On keg at Marthas (I think) and at Beerarama, where it made a good enough starter beer but was in no way memorable.
- In cans direct from the brewery where, again, it was fine and a nice opener but lacked real interest.
So, whilst it was still the natural choice yesterday (Most pubs in Eastbourne can't offer a wide cask range) I didn't know whether it would be remarkable or not.
It was.
It was refreshing and cooling yet still a good punch of flavour. So this jury's in - it's a great fresh cask beer...but much less engaging with other dispense methods.
Also - thanks to Andy and the team in The Crown, they're knocking it out of the park for good cask beer in a way no where else in Eastbourne is managing. Not a bad feat for a Heineken pub...
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