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Lewes Arms (Fuller Smith & Turner)

Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter		3
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Porter		1
Highgate - Saddlers Ale (aka Best Bitter)		1
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Gale's HSB	Not Tried	0
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)	Not Tried	0
Greene King - Abbot	Not Tried	0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride	Not Tried	0
Belhaven - Caledonian Deuchars IPA	Not Tried	0
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB	Not Tried	0

Picture 1. Lewes Arms, Lewes, East Sussex

Visits Details

14 Nov 2008 (Ian)

Oh dear, Fullers have decided to take all the charm out of this pub. Recently redecorated so you can still smell the paint, the family room to the side used to have books and games, now it is all laid out for food. Food was a good price and the service very smiley and happy, but a little bit of that magic had gone.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter	4.00		Still good, but may now lose its place as serving the best pint of Harvey's in Lewes.

14 Nov 2008 (Andrew)

Penultimate pub on Ian and my train crawl. Apparently it’s been taken over by Fullers and has been redecorated. It felt a bit bare. Can’t say I was that impressed. Had nice sandwiches though.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Porter	5.40		Bit of coffee; sour; powdery
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter	4.00	Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride	4.10	Not Tried
Belhaven - Caledonian Deuchars IPA	3.80	Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - ESB	5.50	Not Tried
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - Gale's HSB	4.80	Not Tried

16 Jun 2007 (Ian)

I liked this pub so much that I took a train one hour later than I had planned so that I could come back. Late afternoon and not as busy so I sat in the back bar and enjoyed listening to the locals in the small front bar.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter	4.00		Fresh barrel had come on and was in perfect condition. So drinkable and full of flavour and character.

16 Jun 2007 (Ian)

So many famous pubs can let you down, but this is truly stunning. Good groups of locals in each bar. Be warned, use of mobile phones is frowned upon. I sat in the garden terrace to start with and then moved down to the games room.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter	4.00		First pint in the the home of the brewery and it's unbelievably fantastic. Yeast, rich malt, great hop finish.
Highgate - Saddlers Ale (aka Best Bitter)	4.30		Copper colour, very thin beige head. Buttery toffee aroma. Buttery best bitter with a toffee finish and touch of tongue tingling hop. Not great.
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)	3.40	Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot	5.00	Not Tried

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About the Lewes Arms

The pub sign. Lewes Arms, Lewes, East Sussex

Summary of Beer Scores

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	6
	5
	1
	1

Website.

The pub is found in Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1YH.

Deservingly famous pub at the foot of the castle hill on the east side. Made of flint stone and red brick. Curved frontage leads to a narrow central bar serving front (a small room with double doors which are sometimes taken off their hinges in summer) and rear rooms and a corridor hatch too. Larger games room is to the left. Upstairs you will find a door to the garden terrace. Famous some years ago when Greene King stopped selling Harveys Best Bitter here and locals (and other friends) carried out a lengthy campaign to get the beer restored to the bar including refusing to drink there at all and picketing outside. Greene King eventually relented but soon afterwards they sold the pub to Fuller's. 7 handpumps in total being a bank of 6 plus a singleton.

We have visited this pub 14 times, seen 26 different beers and tried 5 of them.

Map location

Postcode: BN7 1YH