Congratulations to Rye Waterworks!

David welcomes me!

I recently discovered that the Rye Waterworks micropub, which opened little over a year ago (more details at last years blog), had been presented with the South East Sussex CAMRA Runner Up for Cider Pub of the Year 2019 award, congratulations! So I had to visit asap, and did so yesterday, and what a fine day it was too...

The ever-changing furniture

At opening time, 12.00 noon, there was David and Ulla working at the Waterworks, and local teacher and part-time bar steward Josephine (or Jo to friends), started at 14.00. As ever, a friendly welcome (see first photograph, for example) and warm banter and discussion with people both sides of the bar, including customers new and not so new.

Beers to the Left, Ciders to the Right

The Rye Waterworks doesn't just sell 8 local real ales, but many local gins and very nearly local wines (this isn't the place for that story), but, and very likely why they won the award so early in the pub's existence, they also sell 14 or so local real ciders (including 3 in bottle), usually a perry, and even a 22% locally produced mead! Also, food-wise, and we're talking traditional, and not so traditional, bar snacks including locally made pork pies and scotch eggs, for the vegetarians locally produced vegetable somosas and pickled garlic cloves, and the Roder's neighbour supplies home made spicy chutney and jam to accompany the excellent food on offer.

 

As I've said before, if it's not nailed down, virtually everything you see, inside and outside, that is furniture, curios, pictures/posters, pewter tankards et al, is for sale, which is why it looks a little different every time you visit... And, of course, what's on offer to drink and eat changes here and there too, hence the number of different beer pump clips seen in the above photograph!

Yesterday, as I often do, I mostly drank the excellent session pale golden bitter from Old Dairy Brewery (website), their 3.8% Uber Brew, pale, dry and bitter, refreshing and, indeed, excellent! I also tried a pint of the Goachers (website) Silver Star (4.2%), another golden ale, sweet at first taste with a hint of honey, but with a dry finish and bitter aftertaste, very complex and not bad at all. I also tried a half of Brumaison (website) 1770 London Porter, a 4.7% porter (with not just a small part stout; I've written a stouts and porters blog before!), which was excellent too...

I'll be back... Cheers!