Lammy
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Just had a couple at lunch time 
Is it me or does the stuff taste even better in Lewes?
Is it me or does the stuff taste even better in Lewes?
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Harvey's is quite simply the best pint of beer in the world...
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Dave the OAP
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Man of Harveys
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It certainly tastes better as close as possible to the source. It's not half as nice in London, for example.
chips and gravy
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It's a fantastic brew - still tastes pretty good in Worthing. I even had a pint of it in London once although can't remember where.
Can you still go on the brewery tours? How do you organise them?
Can you still go on the brewery tours? How do you organise them?
Hungry Joe.
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It tastes mighty fine in Beeding too.
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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Can I be a dissenting voice here ?
I had a pint of Harveys last Friday lunchtime at The Star in Haywards Heath, and I thought it was rank. I only tried it for a change as I'd already had a wifebeater and didn't want to be too gassed up for the afternoon. I struggled to finish it, it tasted like three day old tea that had been strained through an unwashed PE sock which was doused in vinegar.
Needless to say that will have been my last pint of the stuff. The next time I fancy an ale, I shall seek solace in the warm and comforting bosom of the Lazy Toad and their fabulous array of real ales from the cask.
I had a pint of Harveys last Friday lunchtime at The Star in Haywards Heath, and I thought it was rank. I only tried it for a change as I'd already had a wifebeater and didn't want to be too gassed up for the afternoon. I struggled to finish it, it tasted like three day old tea that had been strained through an unwashed PE sock which was doused in vinegar.
Needless to say that will have been my last pint of the stuff. The next time I fancy an ale, I shall seek solace in the warm and comforting bosom of the Lazy Toad and their fabulous array of real ales from the cask.
Man of Harveys
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A bad drop of "Preparation H" is a vile thing indeed - never trust a landlord who remonstrates when you take it back. Pick anywhere with a high enough throughput of the "elixir of the Ouse" and you should be fine.
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That does indeed sound more appetising. Much better than the watered down Fosters I slurped from between a slappers tits in the Kings Head last week anyway.Lammy said:
Hopback Summer lightning tastes good in Shoreham, and thats travelled from Salisbury . . . .in fact it tastes better than Harveys in Shoreham an its travelled ten times further 
The Large One
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I am convinced that there are too many landlords who don't appreciate the taste of Harvey's. When you query a slightly less than perfect pint with them, many will just shrug their shoulders and say 'tastes alright to me...'
If I query it, it's because it doesn't taste as good as it should. I can't help it if their taste buds are shot to pieces. I appreciate that it may be near the bottom of the barrel, or the cellar temperature may not be quite right. So be it. But don't f***ing tell me 'it tastes alright...' when clearly it doesn't.
Harvey's needs to be treated with care and respect when in the cellar. Some dozy bastards probably bang the keg after a couple of hours. Jeez.
If I query it, it's because it doesn't taste as good as it should. I can't help it if their taste buds are shot to pieces. I appreciate that it may be near the bottom of the barrel, or the cellar temperature may not be quite right. So be it. But don't f***ing tell me 'it tastes alright...' when clearly it doesn't.
Harvey's needs to be treated with care and respect when in the cellar. Some dozy bastards probably bang the keg after a couple of hours. Jeez.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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As a callow youth, I was once entrusted with getting in a metal barrel thing (polypin maybe, or scruttock or something?) of Harveys Best from the brewery shop in Lewes for the office Xmas party. Store it on it's side for a couple of days before the party to let it settle advised the helpful lady in the shop. So I did. With the tap at the top, pointing upwards... 
Lammy
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Tom Hark said:As a callow youth, I was once entrusted with getting in a metal barrel thing (polypin maybe, or scruttock or something?) of Harveys Best from the brewery shop in Lewes for the office Xmas party. Store it on it's side for a couple of days before the party to let it settle advised the helpful lady in the shop. So I did. With the tap at the top, pointing upwards...
What you had there was a 'firkin' a 76 pint cask.
If it was going to be drunk in one night you may aswell of ordered is 'bright' which means you could have shaken it up with no effect.
lost in london
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Lammy said:
I worked behind the bar there for six years on and off in school / uni holidays, and I don't remember serving any over my thighs. It is a cracking pint there though, whenever I'm home I always take a stroll across the fields and get a pint in. If you go there say hi to Ken the barman for me.
