The Three Acre Brewery taproom in the Uckfield Signal Box has been approved by Wealden District Council at their meeting on Thursday last. Obviously there is a considerable amount of work to be done before the new venue opens, but after several disappointments over many months with trying to secure suitable premises, they have at last been successful. Both Uckfield and the Three Acre Brewery site near Blackboys are, of course, within the CAMRA North East Sussex Sub-branch area and the planning application was well supported by its members as well as members of the general public,

Harvey’s Prince of Denmark won Beer of Festival at Eastbourne in 2022 and when its Christmas Ale won our Sussex Beer of the Year for 2023, it was time to make a presentation to Head Brewer and Joint MD Miles. We were very pleased to be invited, joined by members of East Dorset Branch who were presenting a beer festival award for Harvey’s Dark Mild, along with committee members of Brighton & South Downs Branch. We were generously allowed the run of the tap room, see picture, while Miles took East Dorset on a brewery tour. The presentations took place in the brewery yard, ex Branch Chair Peter presented the award from 2022 and Chair Matt the 2023 certificate.