Dear All,
We are organising an MX5 meet on 19th March 2014 at The Sussex Brewery (affectionately known as The Sausage Pub), Located on the A259 just South of Emsworth for a meal. The portions are huge so make sure you are hungry and come and join us for a natter and some seriously good food in good company.
The new menu is not available right now, as when I checked today the chef is in the process of writing it up a new menu. I am promised a copy of it early next week though, which I will post on this forum in due course so you can make your choices.
Please let me know if you are interested in coming along as soon as possible and by Sunday the 23rd February at the latest so I can let the pub know numbers.
I will also post details on parking as they don’t have a huge car park.
Hope to see you there.
Regards
Mal & Serena
Hi Folks,
I visited the Sussex Brewery “Home of the Sausage” in my lunch hour yesterday and discussed our booking with them over a nice pint of Bombardier.
A little History Lesson;
The Sussex Brewery was built about 1740 as a private house. Family legend has it that it was built for the Miller Family who originally came from Itchenor (near Chichester).
Abraham, a sailor, who was born in Fishbourne, and his wife Elizabeth Burstow were married in 1743. They had five children - Isaac, John, Abraham, Ann and Elizabeth. Abraham Miller was born in Emsworth (probably in the house) on the 19th August 1793 and subsequently married Elizabeth Harrington in 1823 in Alverstoke (near Gosport).
The Post Office listing of the time shows that Elizabeth was the license holder in approx 1840 - with a license to brew beer.
It was very popular at this time for private houses to brew their own beer and drink it in preference to the water which was not particularly safe or pleasant to drink. The beer was given to friends and if the brew was good many houses started to sell it to the public.
Emsworth eventually had 30 public houses but over the years this has reduced to just nine. Customers would bring their own containers to the house to collect the beer and this was the start of the “Bottle & Jug Trade” - a practice that lasted until the 1950’s.
The above is an extract from the "Southbourne Pictorial History Book and is written up on a blackboard in the main bar.
The booking is good and the car parking space is reasonable. As the 19th March is a Wednesday they do not envisage any parking problems. However, if the car park looks full you can proceed a short distance south (towards Southbourne) on the A259 and the next turning on the right is Thorney Road and people usually park down there.
The venue does several sausage meals for which it is famous and a sausage platter for sharing by two persons. Some brave souls have tackled the platter single handedly and lived to tell the tale - now there’s a challenge for you!
A snippet of the Suasage Menu is;
Spanish Chorizo - £9.95
The SATAN - £11.45*
Pork, Port & Stilton - £11.45
Drunken Duck - £11.45*
Toulouse - £9.95*
Traditional - £9.95
* = 50p supplement with a platter
There will be specials on offer on the night and the menu will be with me soon as it has been written and is just being finalised. I am promised a copy soonest to post on this forum.
Regards
Mal
Know the Sausage pub really well
Used to work down in Portsmouth and used to stay on Hayling, so used to visit the pub on a regular basis. Really, really good food
Josh
Apologies, my area co-ordinator reminded me that I had not stated a time - sorry Helen. So, to remedy this; we plan to eat around 7:45 pm, so please arrive 7:30pm onwards, or earlier if you wish!
I now have the menus from the Sussex Brewery but sadly cannot find a way of attaching them to this post. I have tried cuttng and pasting to no avail. I could not find anything that worked in the help section of the forum but maybe I am missing something.
If anyone has any suggestions please PM me.
Regards
Mal
Dear All,
Not very satisfactory but I have managed to paste the text from the menus I was sent into this post. I have put the bar menu in BLUE and the Sausage menu in GREEN for clarity - happy viewing!
Any takers, please email me your choices. Also, any questions please PM me.
Regards
Mal
Light Bites or Starters
Marinated olives and bread (V) £3.25
Bucket of whitebait with homemade tartare sauce £5.75
Sausage meat and black pudding Scotch egg £4.95
Spanish omelette (V) £5.50
Baked camembert with rosemary and garlic,
served with red onion marmalade and toasted bloomer (V) £5.95
Seared scallops, pea puree and pancetta £8.50
Ale braised pork ribs with watercress, carrot and radish salad £5.95
Salads
Caramelized shallots and goat’s cheese tart with mixed leaves (V) £7.50/£10.50
Grilled halloumi, roasted peppers, aubergine and artichoke salad
with pesto and pine nuts (V) £7.25/£10.25
Smoked haddock kedgeree with egg and curried rice £7.95/£10.95
Sausages
O’Hagan’s exclusive Sussex Brewery sausages flavored with Young’s bitter
served with creamy mashed potato, caramelized onions and gravy £9.95
Glamorgan sausage flavored with cheese and leeks served with creamy mashed potato,
caramelized onions and gravy (V) 9.95
Take a look at the blackboard for our current selection of O’Hagan’s sausages. Our sausage meals are served with creamy mashed potato, caramelized onions and gravy £9.95+
A platter of sausages for two people. Your selection of 6 sausages from the specials board served with creamy mashed potato, caramelized onions, gravy and a side of either our homemade baked beans in a garlic and thyme sauce or market vegetables £21.00
Main Courses
Homemade, minced and diced rump beef burger cooked medium rare
and served in a toasted brioche bun with hand cut chips £9.50
Add crispy bacon, Welsh rarebit or both 75 p each
Ale battered cod and chips served with a side of crushed, minted peas £11.50
Paella style risotto with chorizo and shellfish £13.50
Macaroni cheese, baked with sunblushed tomatoes and topped
with herb bread crumbs and goats cheese (V) £9.95
8oz aged Scotch ribeye steak served with a grilled tomato, field mushroom,
hand cut chips and a peppercorn sauce £19.00
Twice cooked belly of pork with bubble and squeak, smoked bacon and apple £13.95
Side Dishes £2.50
Market vegetables, Homemade baked beans in a garlic and thyme sauce, Mixed salad, Buttered new potatoes, Ale battered onion rings, Hand cut chips, Mashed potato.
Our famous
O’Hagans Sausage Menu
Our sausage meals are served with creamy mashed potato, caramelized onions and gravy
The Sussex Brewery
Pork sausage exclusively flavoured with Young’s bitter £9.95
The Traditional
O’Hagan’s fabulous fifth generation recipe £9.95
Pork and Leek
Packed with welsh leek flavour £9.95
Spanish Chorizo
Pork, fresh red peppers, Spanish paprika, garlic, other herbs and spices £9.95
* Pork, Port & Stilton
The taste of port and stilton blend to make a top sausage £11.45
* Lamb & Mint
The traditional ingredients blend beautifully to make a great sausage £11.45
A platter of sausages for two people
Six (6) sausages served with creamy mashed potato, caramelized onions, gravy and a side of either our homemade baked beans in a garlic and thyme sauce or market vegetables £21.00 * (A supplement of 50p per sausage will be added to the price of the tasting platter when ordering Pork, Port & Stilton or Lamb & Mint).
Side Dishes
Market vegetables, Homemade baked beans in a garlic and thyme sauce, Mixed salad, Buttered new potatoes, Ale battered onion rings, Hand cut chips, Baked mashed potato £2.50
Hi Folks,
For info, menus added as en edit to my previous post.
Regards
Mal
It looks like they have cut the choice down from what it used to be, see full range:
http://www.topsausages.com/
Still they are amazing sausages.
Cant wait !
Dear All,
By way of an update; The Sussex Brewery have stated in an email back to me that usually they request pre-orders for bookings of over 10 people. So not to worry if we are down on numbers. If our numbers are about 10 or less we can order on the night and also choose from the Specials that are updated daily on the blackboards.
They have requested that I confirm the exact numbers of MX5’ers to them a week prior to our visit and wish us a pleasant evening. To this end please be sure to PM me if you are attending and your choices,just in case we exceed the magic 10 people. I’m sure we will 
Regards
Mal
Hi Mal
As requested reply by 23rd latest I’m looking forward to this one. Not sure if Helen will be there as she doesn’t like sausages!!!
Will confirm menu choices later if ok?
Best regards
Nick.
Hi Nick,
Will be good to see you there and of course Helen as well. If you have not seen it already I posted six days ago their non-sausage menu. Hopefully, Helen will find some thing on there to eat and I also believe they put up specials on the blackboards.
Regards
Mal
Hi Mal,
Put me down for 2 please both traditional sausage one with no gravy.
Regards
Hi Mal
Sorry we are late to reply could you put us down for two.
Nick & Caroline
Hi Mal
I will coming as well but not sure if I will be on my own or with someone however my choice from the menu is
Baked Camembert with rosemary and garlic,
served with red onion marmalade and toasted bloomer (V) £5.95
Cheers
Terry
Hi Mal,
Please could you include Jill & I for the Sussex Pub night on the 19th as we discussed on Red Funnel.
We would both like Pork & Leek.
Best regards,
Chris & Jill (Southampton).
Hi mal I will be there with my wife I think the sausage meal will be fine
Sorry for the delay in responding but Ralph and I would love to come. We are not great users of the forum and have only just found out we needed to respond.
Ralph and Shirley
Hi mal I will be going on Wednesday but would rather order meal on the night if that’s ok Gerry &Doff
Mal is it too late to add us to the list for the 19th March. We are only coming from Portchester. Chris and I will share a platter if possible. Only got around to reading the magazine on Sunday. We can ring the pub direct if you wish. Please confirm. Many thanks Ian Docker
Hi Mal
Sorry for the late post but forgot we had not replied.
Both me and Clare will be coming tomorrow and plan on having the sharing platter.
Regards
Richard and Clare.