The Sussex Bottle Share

January 18, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

On the surface of things, Wednesday 17th was just like any other cold, damp and dark January evening, as we had slid into the new year and edged further away from the festivities of the previous month, Dry January was on many people’s minds, but nationwide campaign Tryanuary was on mine and this wasn’t, in […]

Tryanuary 2019- Sussex Events List

January 5, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

This year I’m once again volunteering as a coordinator for the Sussex arm of the national Tryanuary campaign. Take a look at the region’s events throughout January.

The Pub. A Smile.

October 24, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

I’m always on the move. Even if it looks like I’m stationary, still, I’m not. In my head I’m travelling at a thousand miles per hour, searching perhaps, but in a place which, in that particular moment, I can’t physically be.

Q&A: Emma Inch, Beer By The Sea – Brighton & Hove Beer Week

August 23, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

On Friday 24th August the inaugural Brighton & Hove Beer Week will commence, showcasing the very best of the city’s vibrant beer scene

LITTLE LOOKS – Sixpoint

August 21, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Little Looks are the reviews of brews that may be new to me or to the market, a local beer I want to shout about, or simply a classic revisited.

Dark Star Imperial Stout – A Vertical Tasting

July 18, 2018.Reading time 13 minutes.

In a modern beer scene where those who shout the loudest stand out from the crowd, Dark Star sits in a quiet corner of Sussex, on an industrial estate in Partridge Green; a village nestled in the green space somewhere between Horsham and Brighton where it has remained a constant, well regarded name in an ever changing industry

Sour Beer For Bitter People

July 17, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

It was the virus. The mould. The collapse…

LITTLE LOOKS – Signature Brew, Treble IPA

April 3, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Little Looks are the reviews of brews that may be new to me or to the market, a local beer I want to shout about, or simply a classic revisited.

SUSSEX, BEER, NOW PART 6: CONCLUSIONS.

February 12, 2018.Reading time 16 minutes.

Such is the evolution of the Sussex beer scene that the beer-scape is very different to when I first started these Sussex specific posts. That in itself is a win, that the scene has grown and moved on and not become stagnant, that there is more to write about than I can keep up with, the positives outweigh the negatives by a large margin.

GUEST POST: Beer Swap with Chris Norman – Round Three

January 25, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Back in March 2016 Chris of the ace Circle Master blog & Local Tryanuary Champion for Beeston in Nottingham sent me a bottle of beer from his home county in the first of what has become an ongoing bottle swap. Every so often he’ll send a Notts brew my way and a Sussex beer will head his […]