Fortune of War, Brighton

David Walton left this review about Fortune of War

Echo all below, particularly from the Steve’s visits of over 10 years ago. I decided to venture to the upstairs seating area as the tables outside (given this is June, at least in name) were rammed. Instead I had all of the upstairs frontage looking over the beach at an elevated angle to myself. With the windows open and a gentle breeze coming in it was a really nice place to have my first beer on hand pump of the day. There is no inside seating on the ground level, that is all a large collection of benches stretching between the covered bar area and the beach. Have passed this place many times in very inhospitable conditions when I have imagined returning to actually stop for a beer here. The upstairs area accessed by a small flight of stairs to the right of the bar downstairs is materially the front part over the top of the ground floor bar. There is a bar upstairs but it was non operational during my end Sunday afternoon visit.

There were three hand pumps, one dispensing my selection of the Babylon Project pale from the Gun Brewery. The other two were dispensing ciders from Westons’s the oft seen Rosie’s Pig and Old Rosie. Plenty of keg choices, Sonar and Mangolicious from Laine, Guinness, Cruz, Brixton Coldharbour, Gamma Ray, another keg cider and Heineken.

Enjoyable place to spend 30 mins whilst waiting for my wife to emerge from the nearby location of the first day of her course. Will pass many times in less hospitable parts of the year whilst walking on Brighton seafront and fondly remember that day in early summer where i sat and enjoyed a pint of decent cask beer away from the masses present at the location on the day!

On 9^th June 2024 - rating: 6
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