For what proved to be a very popular brewery visit on a sunny July day, members of both Coastal and Sub Branch travelled by minibus to make the award of Sussex Beer of the Year 2018 for this branch to Gary and Bunny at Kissingate Brewery. This turned out to be the 30th CAMRA award for this outstanding brewery in less than ten years of brewing and which we observed that the previous 29 had been awarded for many different beers. As the pictures show it was a beautiful day complemented by excellent beer and likewise the buffet commissioned by us and prepared by Bunny. You can also see the Branch Treasurer jealously guarding the bread pudding!

The dark 6.8% beer, Black Eyed Susan, for which the award was won was the highest scoring beer on the NBSS system bar none, higher than beers from all over the country. As an added bonus, Roy Bray, the Brewery Liaison Officer from North Sussex Branch came up with the breweries 31st CAMRA award to round off the day, a silver award in the London & South East regional heat of the Champion Beer of Britain competition for Black Cherry Mild.