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Piston Broke, Shoreham-By-Sea
Shoreham-By-Sea
BN43 5DB
Served areas
Reviews of Piston Broke (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Piston Broke
Motor racing-themed pub with a good selection of Sussex real ales dispensed by gravity, along with some real ciders too.
Formula One memorabilia is everywhere. I suspect this place gets busy when they televise the live races. You can also drink to a decent soundtrack playing at an acceptable level. Dogs are welcome.
The amenable landlord had 3 cask ales to offer us - 360° When September Ends & Bluebell & Long Man Old Man. Ciders were Biddenden Strong Kentish Cider, Chiddingstone Cider & Seacider Medium Dry. Craft beers were also represented in the form of 360° Wanganui Avenue & Sussex Haze & Long Man Crafty Blonde.
This bar was last in the Good Beer Guide in 2015. But I cannot understand why. Of 8 pubs and bars visited in Shoreham over a couple of days, this was just about the highlight.
On 19th October 2023
- rating: 8
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Graham Coombs left this review about Piston Broke
A long, narrow and slightly dingy bar with an opening frontage, which sounded a bit raucous from the street. This transpired to be one noisy group, and once they had left the place improved immensely. Furnishings are mainly of bucket chairs and stools, with a few tarted-up engine block tables justifying the name. One side is slightly raised, which proved to be used as the stage for the regular live music which rather takes over the whole pub, so don't try and get in when the bands are on unless you are following them. The main attraction is a large racked stillage behind the bar, which had a pretty good selection of ales, including 5 from Langhams, Gun and Burning Sky, mostly priced around £4.50-£5. Seacider also available. I would be quite happy to drink here again.
On 16th April 2022
- rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about Piston Broke
This is a long narrow pub that is clearly a shop conversion. Inside the bar is right at the end of the room and I think there were five or six beers served by gravity. I didn't get to note what they all were as people were blocking the bar but did see Harvey's Best, Long Man American Pale Ale, St Austell Proper Job and a house beer. I went for the Long Man which was a beer in good condition but tasted nothing like the same beer I had imbibed in Hastings only two weeks earlier. It actually tasted like Long Man Sussex Pride but that may not be the pub's fault. What was more annoying was the fact that there was a large screen showing Sky Sports that no-one was watching possibly because the sound was being drowned out by loud music. Having visited three micropubs on the day this made it all doubly irritating. I would probably swerve this one if I returned to Shoreham. I certainly preferred the new micropub nearby to this one.
On 23rd February 2015
- rating: 5
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 19 September 2013 by Clive Thompson
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 19 September 2013 by Clive Thompson
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 19 September 2013 by Clive Thompson
- Car Park : No last updated 16 April 2022 by Graham Coombs
- Darts : No last updated 16 April 2022 by Graham Coombs
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 08 May 2023 by paulof horsham
- Function Room : No last updated 16 April 2022 by Graham Coombs
- Live Music : Yes last updated 16 April 2022 by Graham Coombs
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 08 May 2023 by paulof horsham
- Micropub : No last updated 16 April 2022 by Graham Coombs
- Pinball : No last updated 19 September 2013 by Clive Thompson
- Pool Table : No last updated 16 April 2022 by Graham Coombs
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 28 October 2006 by hondo .
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 16 April 2022 by Graham Coombs
- WiFi : Yes last updated 08 May 2023 by paulof horsham
