Arriving last evening from Budapest there was an important Curry-Heute at the Jai Ho in Horley then Clive and Hector squeezed in a late night Bier at The Swan. Crawley’s version of 5 to 11 Graeme turned up on schedule. Dark Star’s (Partridge Green, West Sussex) Hophead at 3.7% was a welcome back to Domestic Ale, how fine it was after some dubious East German Bier in the previous fortnight.
Today Marg and Hector took the short train trip down to Brighton. A visit to the Evening Star was on the agenda, however, Hector had to go through the motions…Brighton Pier, Lunch in a French Cafe… et al. Even some Shops.
Mid-afternoon with the Rain chucking it down, we took refuge in the best Pub in Brighton – The Evening Star. The Revelation at 5.7% is an Ale that lived up to it’s name. The Hoppy flavour was simply superb! The plan was to have one or two. The Trusty Netbook was out so that I could continue to write up some of the Summer Blog, then everything changed.
Vic & Rob
Whilst I was a the bar, Marg overheard our neighbours discussing Bier in Foreign Parts. On my return we were in… Vic, a fellow Geographer as it turned out, is a keen Cyclist and Bier Drinker. We were able to rhyme off many places we had in common. Ankerbrau at Nördlingen in the Altmuhltal (Bayern) being the most obscure.
Rob was intrigued as to how Vic and and I had the same approach to everything Bier-wise.
More Ale was required, Rob and Vic entertained us both, the Netbook was abandoned pro tem…
More Curry, More Bier
Back from Brighton, we met up with Maggie and Clive who took us, the long way, to the SWAGAT for a very pleasing Curry-Heute. with Debs and Jim. And back to the Swan it was, for more Dark Star – Hophead would you believe? There we were joined by (Happy Birthday) Sophie and the Man who remains wary of We – The Scottish Visitors.
I must come down and spend longer in Crawley, perhaps the Holiday Weekend at the end of September would be ideal?
The Pubs visited today:
The Evening Star – 55-56 Surrey Street, Brighton, BN1 3PB
The Swan – 1 Horsham Road, West Green, Crawley, RH11 7AY