Dark Star Brewery

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Dark Star is a small brewery in Ansty, in the county of West Sussex, England.

The Dark Star Brewing Company was born in 1994 in the cellar of The Evening Star Pub, in Brighton. It was soon apparent that the brewery could not keep up with the growing thirst of the Evening Star’s drinkers, yet alone the demand for its beers from other pubs. In 2001 the brewery relocated to a new purpose-built brewery in Ansty, near Haywards Heath, from where it still supplies the Evening Star with a selection of its beers, along with its sister pubs: The Stand Up Inn, Lindfield and The Duke of Wellington, Shoreham. It also supplies beer to many other pubs both in Sussex and the rest of the UK.

1 Beers
2 Awards
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Beers

The Dark Star Brewery currently makes about 20 different beers. Although the range changes year-to-year, some stalwarts remain:

Hophead 3.8%
Best Bitter 4.0%
Old Ale 4.0%
Espresso 4.2%
Festival 5.0%
Dark Star Original 5.0%
English Pale Ale 4.5%
Sunburst 4.8%
Summer Meltdown 4.8%
Porter 5.5%
Critial Mass 7.8%
Winter Meltdown 5.0%
Amsinck Black 4.2%
Nut Brown Ale 4.5%
Spring Equinox 4.0%
IPA 6.2%
Mild for May 3.6%
Summer Solstice 4.2%
American Pale Ale 4.7%
Hophead Extra 5.8%
Autumn Equinox 4.5%
Golden Gate 4.5%
Smoke 5%
Winter Solstice 4.2%
Ivebin Piloct Ale 4.5%
Rampaging Otter Ale 7.1%
Over the Moon 3.8%
Imperial Stout 10.5%
Natural Blonde 4.5%
Oatmeal Stout 4.2%

[edit] Awards

2004: The Evening Star was the Brighton and South Downs Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) pub of the year.
2005: The Evening Star was the Sussex & Surrey Regional pub of the year, and the Brighton and South Downs CAMRA pub of the year.

[edit] References

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