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Steve C left this review about The Patch
The Patch is a small café bar with ten craft fonts on the back bar and a fridge that houses soft drinks and some canned craft lagers. There is also a fridge full of sandwiches for the morning/afternoon crowd. The serving counter and fridges are found to the right and a couple of open doorway arches lead to a thin strip of seating along the front windows to the left where there is some very cosy (read tight fitting) furniture. I sat at the beer shelf that runs across the front windows, the stools were very small meaning my fat backside hang over all four sides, not the most comfortable. Whilst it looks like three units have been knocked together, I’m unsure because they would have been extremely small.
Mainly local craft was available, I went for ABYSS Brewery’s It Came from God which is a very tasty stout, and the lowest ABV of the two available at 6%. There were another four craft beers available, and I noted the ever growing hoard of old pump clips on the walls indicating an ever changing range. I found the staff to be friendly and there was a decent atmosphere with it being three quarters full during my Saturday afternoon visit. At busier times I doubt it is possible to even get in the door. Worth a look if in the area.
On 9th January 2024
- rating: 7
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Moby Duck left this review about The Patch
A pretty decent cafe craft bar, indeed it was covering both aspects seamlessly with both a couple of tables taken by drinkers and a couple more taken by office workers having a coffee and sandwich while glued to their laptops.
Three seperate rooms that have been opened out into one long one with a good number of tables throughout. The walls had several framed prints for sale, presumably by local artists.There are ten keg taps on the back wall of thr servery with some decent top rate craft breweries represented, my choice was a Downlands Duvet Days which doubled up with a Stilton and something or other sandwich. Not a normal pub by any means but nice all the same.
On 8th September 2022
- rating: 7
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Patch
The Patch seems to be the main place to go for craft beer enthusiasts in Lewes. By day, it is more of a cafe, but by evening it turns into a bar. That's not to say that the beers aren't available during the day, but that it's focus appears to be more on food during daylight hours.
9 craft beers were being served from Pohjala, Mad Squirrel, Beak (x2), Siren, Neoraptor, Deya, Silver Rocket & Vault City. There was also a nice fizzy cider (Ascension Aeronaut).
We enjoyed our lunchtime visit sufficiently to return in the evening and try more of the craft beers. One of the beers had changed by then and both the daytime barman and the evening barman were clearly knowledgeable about their stock and the local drinks scene.
I'm sure we'll be back here the next time we are in Lewes.
On 30th August 2021
- rating: 7
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Patch
A craft beer place describing itself as a "beer café", which sums it up. Appears to have been a couple of tiny shops knocked through and given a café feel. It is generally decorated in bright colours and various artwork round the wall is for sale. The tiny bar fronts a bank of 10 keg taps serving crafty stuff, with the obligatory canned beer fridge alongside plus a large sandwich display. Despite the lack of real ale, a sampled stout was very drinkable and not overgassed, and it is not an unpleasant place to visit.
On 16th October 2019
- rating: 6
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