Lovely weather back, but just one visit today, to the Dolphin Inn in Hastings, and a great chat, as usual, with the landlord, Mark, who keeps a crackin' pint and a friendly house...
6 ales on today, Summer's coming, so expect this for at least the next 6 months, the usual 3 regulars, Hophead, Directors and Sussex Best, together with 3 guest ales, Brains Reverend James, Hastings Blonde and a new one, from my late 1980s haunting of the Scottish Borders, Broughton Clipper IPA, 4.2% of pale, hoppy, fruity apple aroma with a hint of sourness that comes through in the dry and bitter aftertaste... When I lived in Scotland it would have been rare to taste a beer like this!
Early warning, an even more favourite ale of mine from the Dark Star brewery, American Pale Ale (APA) is soon to come on for the Spring/Summer as a regular; I know what I'll be drinking a few pints of over the next few months...
