Drewe Arms, Community Pub on the Edge of Dartmoor 

Wow what a beautiful pub that is and unbelievable to hear how someone spent a very long life working within in its storied walls. Truly amazing.

Perfect. A positive story, great history, well filmed and narrated. On my to do list, thank you.

Nothing like beer served direct from the cask. Great pub.

Great video. So glad it has been saved.

I went in there a couple of times in the late 80s and saw Mabel. Delighted that it is now in community ownership.

An outstanding gem of a “real pub”. Beer served direct from the cask through a hatch cannot be bettered. Reminds me so much of a few pubs, sadly long gone. 👍😀🍺

A positive story here. These community run pubs are proving to be a real lifeline in villages - I hope it thrives. Mabel was a star, wasn’t she? Think of how the world outside changed during her incredible tenure. Really like the retention of the serving hatches - marvellous. And the beer looked as good as your description too!

I first visited in 1974 when it hadn’t been redecorated for many years. I remember ‘Stop the bloody whaling’ on the wall.

I like it’s location; so close to the Old Church that it’s just a few steps away after exiting Sunday Mass and closer than your parked car down the lane! Any way to keep parishioner numbers from dwindling! (And more apt to go to Confession at 4 pm on Saturdays as it is about 5 pm when one is done !)

Fantastic video, thanks for bringing this story to attention. I briefly lived in Drewsteignton and grew up very close by, I've many fond memories of proper Devon pubs and with the support of the local community and Simon at the helm I'm sure they'll do very well! Can't wait to pop in for an ale when I next go home :)

Right up my street as a bloke spent many years trying to promote n save pubs..the community can be very proud of what they've achieved here. That Otter Bitter looked in great nick...Well done John👏👏🍺👍

Hi John, what a great find and a great story to tell. Its just the sort of pub you want to stumble on after coming off the moors. I think they will need to be rethatching that roof soon That pint of Otter looked absolutely perfect. Just wondering if you've ever come across the name of Chamberlain and Jones (7 Regent Street) in the world of Tweed? Great video, all the best!!

Thanks so much for this iam going to visit when i get spare time as i did buy a few shares to save it just glad to see its not been spoilt and of course real ales are on 🍻

I thought this was going to be about the Drewe Arms in Broadhembury. That's worth a visit if you're still in that vicinity (it's about 40 miles away), the village is beatiful, the pub is great and named for the sameDrewe family. In fact, I think the Broadhembury pub is owned by the Drewe family.

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Great to see. Lovely part of the country. Thank you again.

Another top video keep up the great work

WOW! Just my type of pub!

Thanks Mr Tweed looks idyllic, I wish them well.

A good thumbnail history of what seems a very nice pub serving a good variety of beers kept in good condition Well done to the community for saving it.

Otter brewery, one of the best. Otter Head is superb

A wonderful channel you have 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thank you to informing us about the wonderful pubs in Great Britain 👍👍 This one is special…as the community bought the pub….a way to….preserve British culture, tradition and social center of their village too 😊😊

You certainly stumbled unto a true gem. I’m green with envy . Thank you for sharing…cheers!!!

I live in New Zealand and have visited England over 20 times and hell did I adore your Pubs. I really like your vlogs on pubs. After working in the Long Arm And Short Arm pub in Welen Garden city I came home and built an English pub and Brewery at my property. Cheers to English Ale.

It’s sad to see so many pubs in smaller towns closed and left derelict.

What a great find, Tweedy. So glad you showed it to us! Cheers, Dave

Keep up the great work Tweedy always enjoy your enthusiasm and presenting of these lovely pubs and beers. Thank you from a dreich Glasgow.

Ugh…Dartmoor. Hate the place. As a young US Marine stationed in London in the 90’s, my company used to go to Dartmoor to conduct multi-day patrolling and land navigation training on some MOD land on Dartmoor. You don’t know fun until you know what it means to be walking on dry land and then finding yourself waste deep in a bog with 40kg of kit on. Pub looks nice, though!

Very civilised. Fabulous.

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