Blythe Hill Tavern (Ei Group (formerly Enterprise Inns))
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30 Jun 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. Very little has changed here since the change of hands a few months ago.
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 |  | Balmy night, rather tepid ale |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Sea Fury | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
04 Mar 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close. New licensees after departure of Con. No changes much yet.
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 |  | Price held at £4.95pp |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
25 Jan 2025 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit. Packed - maybe Burns night?
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 |  | Flat, sour, sharp |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Fireside | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
30 Nov 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit with test match cricket on TV.
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 |  | Good fluffy head and lacing and Harvey's probably as it should be |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Fireside | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Dark Star - Hophead (was 3.8%) brewed by Fuller's | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
04 Oct 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit.
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | At the very bitter end of this ale's possible taste spectrum |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Greene King - Hardys & Hansons Olde Trip | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
03 Sep 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Early evening visit for an upstairs meeting.
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | Appley rather sour taste, did not enjoy |
| Belhaven - Caledonian Deuchars IPA | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | Not Tried | Dumbed down so no go |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
28 Aug 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit, late due to SE London road chaos tonight, until close.
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | Very good - at the bitter end of this ale's possible taste range |
| Belhaven - Caledonian Deuchars IPA | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | Not Tried | Wow - dumbed down to 3.4% for duty savings but no savings for pub or customer |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
14 Aug 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | If one could be really sure what Harvey's Best should taste like then I would say it was like this tonight |
| Greene King - Morland Old Speckled Hen | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
06 Aug 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close. Except for a crowd in the garden few in the bars inside.
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | Bit of a caramelly backtaste |
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | | Has lost something in its brewing moves |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Sea Fury | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
10 Jul 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. Still good footfall from earlier England Euro football semi-final on TV.
| Dark Star - Hophead was 3.8% (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 3.40 | | I got the bitterness full on |
| Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter | 4.00 | | Unusually woody, not usually in Harvey's Best's albeit wide taste spectrum |
| Sharp's - Doom Bar | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
| Sharp's - Solar Wave | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
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