Forresters Arms, Beaumontback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Sadly; currently Closed pending brewery sale consideration.
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This pub is currently closed and is "To Let". However, it and the ajoining property are both available "for alternative usage" so the Foresters may be under threat.
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It claims to be the oldest pub on Jersey so I gave it a try. I went into the public bar which is the local's bar with tiled floor and some old bench seating which had been painted white!! A bit spartan but it did have Liberation Ale on handpump at a reasonable price and it was OK. TV screen/pool table and machines. I will try the Lounge next time !
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Should be a choice place to go, with age of building and real locals a pleasant change from the more touristy bars on the island. However, the place reeked when I turned up on an early evening (that hard-to-place hybrid of dirt, stale drink and fossillised tobacco), the staff were off-hand (OK - I was apparently a grockle), there were no real ales and no apparent reason why a stranger should want to remain. Has evidently been run-down and is now meant to be recovering. I wish it well, but it has a long way to go.
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THIS PUB IS FROM THE 1700HUNDREDS SMALL SEATING AREA OUTSIDE WATCH THE TRAFFIC GO BY MAINLY LOCAL S AND GETS PACKED IF YOUR AFTER" THE CRACK"ITS OK TRY IT
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Nice pub, under new management since the end of 2004 when the old landlords got chucked out by the brewery for running the pub into the ground. This is the oldest pub in Jersey and so therefore a bit of painting and decorating is all that really can be done to clean/tidy the place up and keep the ye olde style pub.
Beer is well kept, although expesnive for Jersey (all Mary Ann pubs are though) new pool table and jukebox, live bands every other friday.... some entertaining locals and staff !
annonymous - 8 Mar 2005 15:30 |
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