Beer-aeth

Without a doubt, this is one of my favourite pubs of 2025. Lewes is a town not short of great pubs. A first time visitor to The Snowdrop may even find themselves, and not unreasonably, questioning why they appear to have walked past so many inviting hostelries on what seams to be a journey out of town. But those extra five minutes of perambulation are certainly worth it in this case. Not that the frontage of the pub gives much indication of it, being rather nondescript. The astro-turfed beer garden, on the town side of the pub, may be enough to turn some more scrupulous Twats away. But those who venture inside are in for a treat. This place scores high marks for character - there is tat everywhere. Barely a surface is clear, and that includes the ceiling. Reclaimed wood is used for panelling (no MDF in here), beams are exposed, the panels around the bar are hand painted with designs that appear to come from an early Victorian narrowboat. One of the tables has been made out of an old tr...