Quench, Burgess Hill

Modern café / bar, set on a corner near the station and on two levels separated by three steps (looking like it was created by amalgamating two adjoining units). Light interior due to the large windows on both facades, and a few small tables out on the pavement to catch the sunshine. Slightly surprisingly, cask ale - in the form of Harvey's and Yew! from Lost Pier (£6.05) from the three handpumps - including addition to some crafty beers from the ten keg taps.

During the daytime, this cafe/bar seems to be more cafe than bar. In fact on a weekday lunchtime, everybody else seemed to be on coffee. Spread over a couple of premises in a busy shopping street, the interior has a modern feel. The bar itself is in the left-hand section and sports a couple of cask ales. Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter is the regular beer. On this occasion, the guest was Only With Love Jolly Green Hop Pale Ale. There was also a decent selection of craft beers, with Lost Machine NEIPA, Three Blind Mice Wit, Only With Love Bongo Tropic IPA, Bestens Talk To My Lawyer & Duration Another Day Done. All beers are listed on Untappd and a CAMRA discount is also offered. I suspect this place may take on a different guise in the evening, but on a midweek lunchtime, it wasn't quite my cup of tea. Features in the latest Good Beer Guide though.

A peculiar mixture of micropub and cafe which sometimes makes the Good Beer Guide. There are two rooms, presumably formed from adjacent shops and fitted out with a modern cafe lounge feel, fairly featureless but the little bar on one side has 3 handpumps and a selection of keg taps. Harvey's Best seems to be a fixture, with interesting changing guests which on this visit were a superb Downlands 1984 stout and 5 Points Homage IPA. I am not a huge fan of background music in pubs but this one had cracked it with a top notch playlist at a sensible volume. Quite pleasant, despite its modernity.