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The Brewers Arms, Lewes
Lewes
BN7 1XN
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Brewers Arms
A nice old town pub with two rooms, a comfortable lounge at the front and a larger, plainer, public bar behind with pool, darts and a sports TV. A fair selection of changing ales on offer, with examples from The Kiln, Tring and Totally Brewed alongside the obligatory couple of Harvey's, plus some ciders.
On 16th October 2019
- rating: 7
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BRUMMIE STEVE left this review about The Brewers Arms
A large 2 room pub at the far end of Lewes High Street, cant say I'm that impressed with the bar part of the pub but I really like the front bar especially if you can get a seat. A good selection of beers and the pub even do a discount for Camra members. When'ever I've visited this pub it's alway's been busy, worth the walk.
On 20th November 2017
- rating: 8
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Aqualung . left this review about The Brewers Arms
This old pub is well described below. On my visit the front room had quite a few in but was reasonably quiet. The back room had a TV blaring out sport.
The bar has eight hand pumps and on this occasion two were taken up with cider and one was unused. The five beers were Harvey's Old & Best, Downlands Root Thirteen, Long Man Number Eight and Burning Sky Plateau. I went for the Long Man beer and not only failed to note the price but also the CAMRA discount clearly shown below. Although the beer was in excellent condition it tureed out to be one of their duller beers.
I had been to this one before so knew it was well worth a look and was glad to find it still is.
On 1st October 2015
- rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Brewers Arms
This High Street free house is very much a pub of two halves. The front room is a cosy, carpeted affair, with the servery opposite the entrance and the welcome sight of a lit fireplace to the right hand side. There is a decent amount of banquette and low stool seating especially along the front wall and the dark wood fittings and muted lighting help to create a nice ambiance. In sharp contrast, the rear room has a public bar feel to it and despite also being carpeted, had little in common with the front bar. The most notable difference was the loud music that was blaring out to the appreciably younger clientele. Whilst the front bar had board games to entertain the customers, the public bar has a pool table, several slot machines and a plasma screen TV. There are a few old pictures on the wall as well as some photo collages and the corridor that connects the two rooms is worth stopping off in to admire the tap and spile display or the list of amusing quotes overheard at the bar.
On the bar, there were three beers from Harvey’s – Best, Old Ale and Bonfire Boy – plus Beachy Head South Downs Ale and Dark Star Green Hopped IPA. I gave the Beachy Head a try and whilst it was certainly well kept, I can’t say it’s a beer I’ll be on the lookout for in the future. A cider from Biddendens was also available and a couple of the hand pumps had turned clips, suggesting that the ale range might be even wider at certain times.
Whilst the public bar had a bit of a generic town centre pub feel to it, I thought the front bar was a really nice place to relax over a pint or two and would happily stop off here for a drink again in the future.
On 8th December 2012
- rating: 7
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Mark Davey left this review about The Brewers Arms
A shabby place but with a decent range of beers. Unfortunatly although perfectly fit to drink, my Harveys was a little cloudy, as were a couple of the brews of my companions. Big open front room with a pink cieling and numerous obscure beer bottles on the plate rack. The bench seating under the windows could do with re-upholstering as the springs had gone where I was sitting. Fairly busy on a Saturday lunch with lots of Brighton fans pre loading before the match. Never went in the back or used the toilets as it was our first pub of the day.
On 29th August 2012
- rating: 6
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Clive Thompson left this review about The Brewers Arms
Just to update my 2009 review, little has changed and this is still a very good pub, well run and serious about it's ales. I ate here this time and the food was good with big portions.
On 18th May 2012
- rating: 8
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Quinno _ left this review about The Brewers Arms
A proper freehouse, this is an old Overton & Page pub from 1906 – note the Shirley brewery windows and architects drawings inside. Five of the seven handpumps in use (Arbor, Dark Star and Harveys the breweries available) plus Biddendon cider. My Arbor was fine as was the Dark Star. Two rooms inside of distinctly differing character; the front room is the preserve of the eccentrics and CAMRA-types and sports a chintzy décor. The darker rear room is set up to cater for lads, it was showing Premiership footy on big screen during my visit with pool and darts also available here. There’s a basic sun trap garden down a few steps to rear. Toilets are possibly the smallest I have encountered, indeed the Gents has what I think might be the smallest sink in the pub world and a goldfish would take exception is his bowl was that small. Staff were notably friendly. Newspapers and board games available (and a Monopoly board mounted on the wall for some reason!). Pub opens before midday so an ideal starting point for a crawl of the town.
I liked this one and it’d be towards the top of the list next time.
On 4th September 2010
- rating: 7
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Strongers . left this review about The Brewers Arms
This place was very busy during my recent visit, so much so that I couldn't get to the bar, but thankfully the nice barmaid spotted me and I was served promptly. She even brought my Guinness over to my table once it had settled and been topped up which I found very thoughtful.
I noticed eight hand pumps on the bar and although three were not being used Harveys Best, two guest ales and Biddenden cider were all available.
I sat at the front of the pub, but I did wander around to the back and spotted a pool table and dartboard along with a plasma screen and projector for showing Sky Sports.
I liked it in here and would definitely return if in the area again.
On 4th November 2009
- rating: 7
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paulof horsham left this review about The Brewers Arms
A genuine free house, with several ales offered (including Harveys - well, this is Lewes). The front bar is carpeted and somehow lacked atmosphere.
The gents toilet is so cramped as to suggest that it was added as an afterthought!
On 8th July 2009
- rating: 6
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Clive Thompson left this review about The Brewers Arms
One of the better pubs in Lewes, a genuine free house with 6 changing beers, Bidenden Cider and a number of bottled beers. Everywhere you look there is something of interest, from the carved wooden fireplace, local prints and old bottles and trays on a shelf running around the front bar. There are reference books, newspapers and board games available plus maps and leaflets for local attractions. The back bar is more lively with a loud juke box, dartboard and pool table. Sporting prints adorn the walls including an interesting framed display of spent, or I assume they were, bullets and cartridges.
On 13th June 2009
- rating: 8
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