Falling Leaves (Batemans)

I was sent down to Brighton for a few days so i could attend a training course. The course was rather intensive and did not really leave me with much time to get out and about, although one night I did refuse to have room service for dinner and get out and have a beer.

I went to a pub called The Pump House, which is a lovely well preserved Regency period hotel located in the lanes. This place is literally a step back in time, with studs still lining the original leather lining on the doors and a ye olde worlde fireplace to bring warmth back into the bones on a cold evening.

The bar has a number of real ales on regular rotation, with the usual suspects on display being TT Landlord, local favourites by Harvey's and Dark Star as well as Doom Bar and London Pride. The guest ale was a seasonal by Bateman's called Falling Leaves (4.2% abv). The beer is pretty much a standrad bitter in style, similar to Pride or Doom Bar and it went down a treat with my Steak and Ale pie! I can't seem to find much more information on the beer online, so I am assuming that it was a speacial release by Batemans? Anyhow, unusual finds are part and parcel of being a beer geek.