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The Crown (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Holler (formerly Holler Boys) - Um-BunkoExcellent1
Romney Marsh - Best BitterExcellent1
Three Legs - Black PaleExcellent1
Three Legs - LeglessExcellent1
Boutilliers - Come AgainGood1
Three Legs - AmberAcceptable1
Bedlam - Golden AleNot Tried0
Bedlam - Phoenix Pale AleNot Tried0
Franklins - English GardenNot Tried0
Franklins - Mama Knows BestNot Tried0
Franklins - North Shore IPANot Tried0
Holler (formerly Holler Boys) - Fog CutterNot Tried0
Hop Fuzz - Best BitterNot Tried0
Pig & Porter - Dance FirstNot Tried0
Romney Marsh - Golden AleNot Tried0
Three Legs - DarkNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Crown, Hastings, East Sussex
Picture 2. The Crown, Hastings, East Sussex
Stephen Harris

Visits Details

27 Jul 2018 (Stephen Harris)
A late lunch in what is probably Hastings’ loveliest pub. Really good food too. There was also a Pig & Porter beer.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Three Legs - Black Pale4.30ExcellentA smooth Old Ale.
Holler (formerly Holler Boys) - Um-Bunko4.20ExcellentAs drunk in the Congo presumably. Cloudy gold and extra fruity.
Romney Marsh - Golden Ale3.90Not Tried
27 May 2018 (Stephen Harris)
A relaxed atmosphere in the late afternoon.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Boutilliers - Come Again5.40GoodA golden, hoppy Lager.
Franklins - English Garden3.80Not Tried
Franklins - North Shore IPA5.50Not Tried
Bedlam - Phoenix Pale Ale3.90Not Tried
18 Nov 2017 (Andrew)
Pub no. 2. Busy with beer and coffee drinkers.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Romney Marsh - Best Bitter4.00ExcellentBrown sweetish malty bitter
Franklins - Mama Knows Best4.10Not Tried
Pig & Porter - Dance First4.20Not TriedA stout
Holler (formerly Holler Boys) - Fog Cutter4.50Not Tried
29 May 2016 (Stephen Harris)
Brief Sunday lunchtime visit – very busy, very nice.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Three Legs - Amber4.80AcceptableAmber in colour. A bit too much at the toffee-malt end of the beer spectrum for me.
Bedlam - Golden Ale4.20Not Tried
Three Legs - Legless4.00Not Tried
Hop Fuzz - Best Bitter4.10Not Tried
20 Mar 2016 (Stephen Harris)
I liked this pub back in its Harvey’s days and am even more impressed by the latest revamp. Others are clearly impressed too as it was standing room only when I visited shortly after noon on a Sunday. I have mislaid details of all the beers available on this visit.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Three Legs - Legless4.00ExcellentGolden/amber in colour, this is a very tasty wheat beer, heavily hopped with US Vic Secret hops. I liked it a lot.
Three Legs - Dark4.50Not Tried

About The Crown

The pub sign. The Crown, Hastings, East Sussex

Summary of Beer Scores

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Exceptional-
Excellent4
Good1
Acceptable1
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 3BN.

In All Saints Street in the Old Town area, there was a Crown Inn in Hastings by Tudor times and it was established on the present site by the eighteenth century. Downgraded from an inn to merely a pub by the 1890s, it was rebuilt in its present (smaller) style in the 1920s. For many years a Watney's house, then briefly a Harveys tied house in the late twentieth century, it has now been relaunched as an independent pub, featuring locally sourced food and drink.

We have visited this pub 5 times, seen 14 different beers and tried 6 of them.

Map location

Postcode: TN34 3BN