Comments on: Lewes Arms Boycotts Greene King http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/lewes-arms-boycotts-greene-king/ Jay R. Brooks on Beer Wed, 23 May 2012 23:13:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://beerzine.com/?v=3.3.2 By: Fran http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/lewes-arms-boycotts-greene-king/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Fran Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:42:59 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/lewes-arms-boycotts-greene-king/#comment-669 As one of the aforementioned locals, I fear that Greene King has another, subtler agenda. In recent years the company has bought out a couple of small independent breweries, shut them down, made staff redundant and sold the land for hugely profitable housing developments. With a tiny cottage in the centre of Lewes now costing as much as £300,000, the Harveys sites (they have two depots as well as the brewery) are worth a small fortune. There is a huge need for more housing in the south-east of England and they'd have no trouble getting the necessary consents unless they wanted to build skyscrapers. And all the while, Greene King are trying to make people drink beer from 180 miles away when there's a perfectly good beer (Harveys Sussex Best was voted best bitter in Britain for two years runing by the Campaign for Real Ale) brewed barely half a mile away. Hardly green, is it? As one of the aforementioned locals, I fear that Greene King has another, subtler agenda.

In recent years the company has bought out a couple of small independent breweries, shut them down, made staff redundant and sold the land for hugely profitable housing developments. With a tiny cottage in the centre of Lewes now costing as much as £300,000, the Harveys sites (they have two depots as well as the brewery) are worth a small fortune. There is a huge need for more housing in the south-east of England and they’d have no trouble getting the necessary consents unless they wanted to build skyscrapers.

And all the while, Greene King are trying to make people drink beer from 180 miles away when there’s a perfectly good beer (Harveys Sussex Best was voted best bitter in Britain for two years runing by the Campaign for Real Ale) brewed barely half a mile away. Hardly green, is it?

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