tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post6156741177201011242..comments2024-03-28T12:16:58.318+00:00Comments on Paul's Beer & Travel Blog: Old Family Brewers of Britain. Part Two of an Occasional Series - King & Barnes of HorshamPaul Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-81998384094228790542021-06-19T10:40:09.065+01:002021-06-19T10:40:09.065+01:00I would like to thank Ultimate Life Clinic for rev...I would like to thank Ultimate Life Clinic for reversing my father's Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). My father’s ALS condition was fast deteriorating before he started on the ALS Herbal medicine treatment from Ultimate Life Clinic. He was on the treatment for just 6 months and we never thought my father will recover so soon. He has gained some weight in the past months and he is able to walk with no support. You can reach them through there website www.ultimatelifeclinic.comOscarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10682872542428083766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-12352324474649194832020-12-31T20:13:25.690+00:002020-12-31T20:13:25.690+00:00\what a marvelous read. So many memories in one a...\what a marvelous read. So many memories in one article. I was a student at Reigate college between '79 and '81. The Nutley Hall, being off the beaten track was our regular port of call for Friday lunchtime libations. Harry kept a good cellar there but, as you state, the quality of the sussex bitter changed during that period. And not for the better.<br /><br />I was away studying for a couple of years, returning in about '83 or '84 and took some friends for a pint there, having spent two years extolling the quality of King & Barnes ales. I couldn't believe what I was drinking and put it down to my tastes having changed while away. I figured that no self-respecting brewer could have changed such a fine ale into whatever this insipid fluid was.<br /><br />On the one hand, it is heartening to learn that it wasn't my tastes that changed, it is at the same time sad to learn that what was once a very fine brew, is no more. It is, after all, what I was weaned on.<br /><br />Thank you for reminding me of some very happy times<br /><br />Markanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12665540357030496894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-53820812895398238822014-05-08T20:10:29.300+01:002014-05-08T20:10:29.300+01:00Thanks for the update, paul. Not sure where I hear...Thanks for the update, paul. Not sure where I heard that the Stout House may have closed, but glad to learn the report is wrong and the pub is still trading.<br /><br />I don't mind Badger beer; in fact I'm quite partial to a drop of First Gold. What I don't like is the company's attempts at K & B Sussex Bitter. Better to have let it fall by the wayside than keep it lingering on as a bastardised brew.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-19230680934298332572014-05-08T09:36:29.197+01:002014-05-08T09:36:29.197+01:00Errr, no, The Stout House has never been closed (t...Errr, no, The Stout House has never been closed (to the best of my knowledge); in fact, it has been extended since your visit (a new room was added at the back) and continues to serve 2 ales from H&W.<br /><br />Hall & Woodhouse pubs do continue to fall by the wayside - you are not the only beer drinker to find the beer not to their taste. Leathern Bottle & Plough have both been closed for several years. The Royal Oak at Friday Street is, of course, free of tie and the Tanners in Horsham has gone down the same route in the last year or so.<br /><br />paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444657226013406660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-86958127427852863052014-05-07T19:11:20.670+01:002014-05-07T19:11:20.670+01:00I remember the Stout House in Horsham from the 198...I remember the Stout House in Horsham from the 1987 visit to King & Barnes, referred to in the post. It was towards the end of the old licensing regime; before all day drinking came in. <br /><br />We were sitting quite happily in the Stout House, enjoying the beer, and the atmosphere of this colourful town pub, when in walked two officers of the law who told everyone in the pub to drink up and leave, or face arrest! It was at the end of the lunchtime session and towards the end of the alloted 10 minutes "drinking up time", but it was a very heavy-handed and quite unecessary stance to take.<br /><br />Mind you, it's my only brush with the law, inside a pub, in over 40 years of drinking!<br /><br />I believe the Stout House closed some years ago, although if anyone knows to the contrary, please let me know.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-58226504037713521202014-05-05T13:39:36.368+01:002014-05-05T13:39:36.368+01:00The Scarlett Arms and the Plough were actually bot...The Scarlett Arms and the Plough were actually both better known to me than the Blue Ship, but I couldn't remember their names off the top of my head. Another good one was the Leathern Bottle at Smitbrook south of Guildford which I believe has now closed. Also the Stout House (?) right in the centre of Horsham.<br /><br />It was noticeable in those days thirty or more years ago that, despite the proximity of London, there were more unspoilt country pubs in the Home Counties than there were in the North-West.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-8386223110007705262014-05-05T09:31:47.684+01:002014-05-05T09:31:47.684+01:00Agreed Curmudgeon, King & Barnes had some smas...Agreed Curmudgeon, King & Barnes had some smashing country pubs. I never visited the Blue Ship at The Haven, which you mention, but the Scarlett Arms at Walliswood, and the Plough at Black Brook, near Dorking (mentioned in my original post), both spring to mind.<br /><br />As might be expected, Hall & Woodhouse have been "rationalising" their estate, and also carrying out a refurbishment programme on the remaining outlets. Some of these pubs therefore, might not be the unspoilt classics they once were!Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-5678379451466692452014-05-03T15:22:25.560+01:002014-05-03T15:22:25.560+01:00When I lived in Surrey in the early 80s, I remembe...When I lived in Surrey in the early 80s, I remember King & Barnes having some wonderful unspoilt country pubs - the Blue Ship at The Haven particularly springs to mind. I'd also agree with your verdict of "one of the finest ordinary bitters in Britain".Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com