The Evening Star, Brighton

Great little pub run by the Dark Star brewery with an excellent choice of their own beers plus some interesting guests. We tried Dark star APA and Revelation. Both were excellent. Handy for the train station and much better than the pubs closer to it! I would definitely call again.

Been here a few times over the years and cant say the interior does anything for me.I come for the beer.Good Wilde Child -patriot games.Like the look of the pub from outside.

Dating back to at least the mid-19th century, this is a rather well turned out backstreet pub, of which there are many in the city and clearly a Mecca for ale drinkers, despite the obvious contradiction. It’s quite an industrial place with a hipster vibe: bare boards, bare brick, bulkhead lamps, exposed metal trunking and solid wood furniture. It’s the beer that’s the star here – literally – and as expected, my half of Darkstar’s Hophead was very nice indeed. Everyone else must have been enjoying theirs too as there was much cheer about the place. Unfortunately, I’m more of a horse brasses, Toby jugs and Yard of Ale over the bar sort-of person but am happy to go along with the majority as they made it a great last group pub for the evening.

A traditional style pub with good atmosphere and a good range of some excellent beers. The pub was open plan and I especially liked the curved bar counter and pine clad booths over on the left hand side. My Dark Star APA was in great shape and if I hadn't a train to catch, I would have liked to have tried the Gun IPA and the Kissingate Black Cherry Mild. Looking forward to another visit.

Always likely to be the first or last pub on a real ale crawl around Brighton,the latter was the case on my visit when the advertised 11.30am Friday opening time did not materialise,...thanks What Pub ! It's quite small with a wooden floor,a mix of seating around the periphery and room for vertical drinking.Noisy when busy. There is a lot of craft keg options,three real ciders/perry and 7 handpumps drawing on my visit Dark Star Hophead,Hophead Loral,American Brown,American Pale Ale with guests Gun IPA,Wild Child Patriot Games and Kissingate Black Cherry Mild,a most interesting selection.My tastebuds may have been shot at the end of a crawl but my Hophead Loral and APA didn't quite hit the mark,but I really must devote time here next time to get a better overall impression,possibly at a quieter time.

My visits to Brighton always start and end at the Evening Star (yes, I do tick off some others in between arrival & departure). Love the Dark Star beers and the bar has a laid back drinking atmosphere with a couple of overspill/suntrap tables outside next the pavement. Hophead superb as always, shame I couldn't see any 'Sunburst' (4.8% according to the beermats). Pub often has announcements about forthcoming festivals in various locations and is a ticket outlet. Currently most prominent is 'Glastonwick07', see http://www.cask-ale.co.uk/beerfestival.html