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The Stag Inn (Shepherd Neame)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Shepherd Neame - Late RedGood1
Shepherd Neame - Little ShipsGood1
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew BitterNot Tried0
Castle Rock - Midnight OwlNot Tried0
Shepherd Neame - The Faversham Steam Brewery - Whitstable Bay Pale AleNot Tried0
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale)Not Tried0
Picture 1. The Stag Inn, Hastings, East Sussex
Picture 2. The Stag Inn, Hastings, East Sussex

Visits Details

28 Jun 2025 (Hogan Sampling)
This old gem of a pub was back in the Old Town of Hastings and in All Saints Street which runs parallel with the High Street of the Old Town. I stayed in a B&B some 30 odd years ago in All Saints Street but cannot recall much about The Stag Inn. It is suitably olde worlde in appearance in one of the many old cottage-style buildings of All Saints Street. CAMRA alleges it is probably the oldest surviving pub in Hastings that has not been rebuilt on the site of a former pub and dates from 1547. Predates wheelchair access and the rear garden is on a sharp gradient of a hill and so also requires much climbing over sizeable steps. Not overly busy in the least for my late afternoon arrival and prompt friendly service for a choice of two real ales from Shepherd Neame in Faversham and which also runs it as noted from the pub's hanging sign. Climbed up to the furthest and highest level in the garden and not a soul out there and so very peaceful it was. It is rated by CAMRA as having a two-star interior of very special national historic interest.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Shepherd Neame - Little Ships3.00GoodNot tried before the Little Ships which was pale in appearance and from the Faversham brewery in Kent. For such low gravity, it certainly was punching above. Presented with very good head and lacing and lasted throughout. A lightly fruited first bite. A fruity bitterness rising up. A dry bitter hoppiness bobbing up and down before sailing off into its sunset. It has been brewed to mark the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk evacuation, and commemorated on 26th May 2025, when a flotilla of Dunkirk "little ships" sailed from Ramsgate to Dunkirk to mirror the original evacuation route.
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire (or Spitfire Amber Ale)4.20Not Tried
18 Nov 2017 (Andrew)
Pub no. 4. Large front room. Very friendly. A lot of folk musicians came in and played their stuff.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Shepherd Neame - Late Red4.50GoodEarthy malty fruity beer
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew Bitter3.70Not Tried
Castle Rock - Midnight Owl5.50Not Tried
Shepherd Neame - The Faversham Steam Brewery - Whitstable Bay Pale Ale3.90Not Tried

About The Stag Inn

The pub sign. The Stag Inn, Hastings, East Sussex

Summary of Beer Scores

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Website.

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

In All Saints Street in the Old Town, probably the oldest pub in Hastings.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 6 different beers and tried 2 of them.

Map location

Postcode: TN34 3BJ