November 2025. Brighton 2 pints before 12.30, and no breakfast. Bad idea, right ? Time for something healthy like a burger. I could have popped in one of the North Laines GBG pubs for grub, the Nelson or the multicoloured Albert, but the two things you can’t legally miss out on a trip to Brighton… Continue reading A FAREWELL TO GRUBBS
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PUBLIC BAR, THE GREAT EASTERN
November 2025. Brighton. Can’t help feeling that an hour and two pints in Brighton straight back to the station is poor form, I didn’t even see the seaside, but it’s dark by 4 and I had other targets on the Sussex coast. And I did have time for a quick glimpse of Max Miller, who… Continue reading PUBLIC BAR, THE GREAT EASTERN
BRIGHTON, WITHOUT THE SPOONS VOUCHERS (but Jaipur still only £2.25 a pint)
November 2025. Brighton. A few new GBG entries along the Sussex coast, so let’s follow up Eastbourne and St Leonards with everyone’s favourite bit of London-by-the-Sea. Brighton feels a major city these days, with a Top 10 Premier League team and some of the highest parking charges in Western Europe, though the station itself is… Continue reading BRIGHTON, WITHOUT THE SPOONS VOUCHERS (but Jaipur still only £2.25 a pint)
TOP 100 PUBS – THE HOLE IN THE WALL, BRIGHTON
Five posts from Brighton and no pictures of the beach, so here’s one from Daniel. April 2023. Four new GBG ticks in two hours, just like the old days. It concluded at the Hole in the Wall, tucked away in an unprepossessing little street near that big pole in the ground which turns out to… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE HOLE IN THE WALL, BRIGHTON
OLD
April 2023. Old. Not just one of the best tracks from one of the best albums of 1982 produced by a Brummie, but the highlight of my third tick on the Greater Brighton Tickathon. In truth, the Harvey’s Old was the only highlight of Guide newbie the Maris & Otter, virtually dead at 3pm and… Continue reading OLD
GRUBBS BURGERS
April 2023. There’s a lovely guy called Drunken Bunny who runs a pub and kebab blog called the Endless British Pub Crawl (here). Sound familar ? Either he or BRAPA should sue, surely. The posts are short, daily slices of pub life, and I feel ashamed I haven’t read or commented more. But that’s life.… Continue reading GRUBBS BURGERS
A HOVE TREASURE TROVE
Notice anything striking about today’s featured programme ? No, not the match ball sponsored by Tamplin’s (who ?). Or the cutting-edge murk from Watney’s on sale in the ground. Or the Brickwoods logo which looks awfully familiar. No, it’s our old friend, JE Cooke (Christian names weren’t invented till the Beatles), late of my… Continue reading A HOVE TREASURE TROVE
A TAP, OF SORTS, FOR BRIGHTON
I’d scoured WhatPub for a like future Beer guide entry, and come up with the one with the word “Tap” in it. It was either that or the West Kemptown Green Party Club, if there is such a thing. Political clubs will be the big winners in GBG22, mark my words. East Street Tap gives… Continue reading A TAP, OF SORTS, FOR BRIGHTON
THE 4.45pm PINT IN THE BASKETMAKERS
Even more short posts coming up, I’m afraid, which will delight those of you who just want to see pictures of foaming pints with angry locals in the background, but frustrate the reader who wishes to read the detailed history of minor Susses towns. Arriving back in Brighton at 4.30pm I suddenly realised I hadn’t… Continue reading THE 4.45pm PINT IN THE BASKETMAKERS
MY FIRST ROTHAUS, MRS RM’S LAST DUCHESS DE BOURGOGNE
Esteemed lifestyle blogger Mrs RM has been enjoying the beery pleasures of Brighton. Like many of us, her output has dipped a little since the Maidenhead incident at the Honeypot. When I arrived back from Southwick, she was ready with a tea suggestion all her own, though frankly it was exactly the one I’d have… Continue reading MY FIRST ROTHAUS, MRS RM’S LAST DUCHESS DE BOURGOGNE
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