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Duke of Wellington, Shoreham-By-Sea

368 Brighton Road
Shoreham-By-Sea
BN43 6RE
Phone: 01273441297
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Duke of Wellington

I was expecting this to be the highlight of our trip to Shoreham. Whilst it was a close call, I marginally preferred Piston Broke. Nevertheless, this is a great traditional pub with a single room stretching around the bar and a stage for live music on the right-hand side.

The atmosphere was convivial and whilst we were there, a guy started to sing and play the piano. He had a good voice and helped to create a really nice ambience.

Gun Zanzama IPA is the regular beer (at 6.5%, I saved this one until last). Other beers were Gun Scaramanga, Burning Sky Plateau & Fallow, Cellar Head Fuggle Rock & Flapjack & their own Duke of Wellington Brewhouse American Pale, which seemed to be really popular with the locals.

There were also a couple of ciders - Healey's Flattler & Lilley's Peach Cider. Gun NEIPA was a craft beer and they also seemed to have a fridge full of German bottled beers, which were also listed on a laminated sheet. Presumably this was some kind of Oktoberfest.

On 19th October 2023 - rating: 8
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Aqualung . left this review about Duke Of Wellington

This pub is beginning to look a bit run down as the letter T is missing from the front sign. Inside it's a single room with wooden floors and again I thought it was looking run down but soon stopped worrying about that when I noticed that three of the six beers were Dark Star Hophead, APA and Revelation. The other three were Oakham Mompesson's Gold, Burning Sky Porter and Bristol Beer Factory Independence IPA. I went for the Oakham Mompesson's Gold (£3.80) which was a big disappointment as it seemed to be rather sweet with a slightly odd taste. I'm sure it was in good nick but was lacking the hop character I expect from Oakham beers.
The Revelation (£3.80), probably my favourite of the permanent Dark Star range was as good as ever. I also noticed that there was a distinct lack of products from the global abominations on the bar. I spotted a Meantime lager font and a keg version of Windsor & Eton Conqueror Black IPA.
Despite being rather run down and the disappointing Oakham beer I really liked this place.

There was no sign at all of the expected new micro brewery here. The man in the Old Star micropub thought that the owner had gone on a round the world trip!

On 23rd February 2015 - rating: 9
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paulof horsham left this review about The Duke Of Wellington

The Welly has escaped from the Dark Star stable and now trades as a free house under the management of Rob Jones, one of the brewery founders. There are plans for an onsite micro-brewery, which awaits planning permission.

In the meantime, things carry on much as before. On my visit, however, the Dark Star count on the 6 pumps was a bit down, but this was more than compensated by offerings from the new Burning Sky brewery (which has Dark Star connections of its own). There's another handpump for Thatcher's cider, as well as 8-10 taps: Burning Sky featured on 3 of these as well, and the others were given over to Camden Helles and Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest among others. The lager on offer is Zywiec, while the stout is Hepworth's award-winning Conqueror.

In addition to all the beer, music is a draw, with some pretty cool stuff playing in the background when I visited and the blackboards list all the live music to come - several bands a week.

While the pub's not going to win awards for comfort, the beer's pretty good, so it's worth a few hours if you're in Shoreham.

On 18th November 2013 - rating: 7
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Shoreham-by-Sea (Sussex), 0.37 miles, 7 min walk (show)
Southwick, 1.45 miles, 27 min walk (show)
Fishersgate, 2.34 miles, 45 min walk (show)
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  • Accommodation : No last updated 22 February 2015 by Aqualung .
  • Bar Billiards : Yes last updated 02 September 2010 by David McNally
  • Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 08 May 2023 by paulof horsham
  • Beer Garden : Yes last updated 10 November 2012 by Alan Winfield
  • Car Park : No last updated 29 August 2023 by paulof horsham
  • Darts : Yes last updated 02 September 2010 by David McNally
  • Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 22 February 2015 by Aqualung .
  • Hot Food : No last updated 22 February 2015 by Aqualung .
  • Karaoke : Yes last updated 04 March 2015 by Dave McNally
  • Live Music : Yes last updated 12 December 2013 by Moby Duck
  • Micropub : No last updated 29 August 2023 by paulof horsham
  • Pinball : No last updated 22 February 2015 by Aqualung .
  • Pool Table : No last updated 22 February 2015 by Aqualung .
  • Real Ale : Yes last updated 10 November 2012 by Alan Winfield
  • Real Cider : Yes last updated 12 December 2013 by Moby Duck
  • WiFi : Yes last updated 22 February 2015 by Aqualung .
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