The Brewery Shades, Crawley

One of several decent pubs on the historic High Street, just a short walk from the ugly modern shopping centre. This one is a Greene King pub, but if you didn't note the colour of the exterior signage then you might not realise this since the only hints from the ten handpumps were Old Speckled Hen and Rocking Rudolph. The seven other real ales I found were the 'house' Bitter (£3.30), Landlord, the Chocolate & Vanilla Stout and Plum Porter Reserve from Titanic, Dark Star Revelation, Christmas Pudding Porter from Weltons and Siren's Liquid Mistress. Two of the other pulls were dispensing a rhubarb cider and Old Rosie, with another eight available from elsewhere (presumably boxes in the cellar). Apart from the excellent range of draught offerings, the slightly split-level interior has been remodelled and refurbished at some stage, but the various seating / dining areas still retain a fair amount of character.