The Tower, St. Leonards-On-Sea

V-shaped corner pub on the main London Road into St Leonards. The furniture and decoration is very traditional, temporarily enlivened with some flags for the six nations rugby. However, what drew me (and a whole pub-full of other people), was its 5th beer festival, with ten beers on gravity from a stillage in one corner in addition to the six handpumps on the counter. The choice was excellent, the prices reasonable (especially for some of the stronger offerings) and I went for halves of Lakedown's Right Hand Down, Blood Orange Pale from Three Acres, Rabbie's Porter from Ayr and a very potent 'aged 1 year' Downlands Double DFD from Downlands. The staffing very efficient despite the numbers - excellent!