OK, the Abergavenny Arms isn't in Lewes, but it's not in Wales either, well, not this one, it's in East Sussex (Rodmell)... During an eventual 10 mile circular walk from Lewes, we had a drink in the Abergavenny Arms, that sells food, and ales, of course! It can serve 3 ales at a time, but only 2 today, the ubiquitous Sussex Best, but also the West Sussex ale from Hammerpot, Shooting Star (3.8%), a medium coloured bitter, not too bad ;-)
We sat outside, not too bad a day... and the landlady was being interviewed/filmed for... No idea why! LOL The pub has it's own website at www.abergavennyarms.com
Well, we walked the walk, a bit hard at first, going up to the South Downs Way, but, after the Abergavenny Arms, mostly on the flat all the way to Lewes, where we came to the Snowdrop Inn, OK, been here before, but why not come back?? Loadsa real ales; Dark Star APA (what else would I drink, in the circumstances) and Black Coffee Pilsner... yep... Harveys Sussex Best and Porter, and Dorking Brewery's Red India Ale (5%) and BEL (5.5%), a pseudo Belgian ale... Love the place!
We ended at the Harveys' Brewery Tap, the John Harvey Tavern, which is a typical old pub inside, flagstone floor, wooden panels, floor, beams and pillars, ales from gravity feed (3 on handpump), indeed, you can pretty much purchase whatever ales Harveys has on sale here... We had the Old Ale, good choice ;-)
My only complaint is that, despite the interior, the John Harvey doesn't feel like a pub... It's so bright, with too much (large) modern glass windows... and the view of the car park, not good...
That's it for now... knackered ;-)
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