Pub of the Season
Winter Pub of the Season Presentation
The Horn Inn, Messingham
Our Pub of the Season award for Winter went to the Horn Inn at
Messingham. This popular village local is fast improving under new
mine hosts Dean & Michelle Swaby, who took over the reins in August
last year. Dean is an experienced pub licensee, having started out at the
Ironstone Wharf in Gunness in 1991. Dean & Michelle ran the Bruce
Arms in Masham for seven years (the only John Smiths pub in the
village!), before returning to the pub trade at the Horn Inn.
The Horn is owned by the Enterprise pub company, but Dean has access
to the SIBA list of real ales and has Black Sheep Bitter and Ale as his
regular beers, plus three rotating guest beers. Recent guests have
included St Austell Tribute, Timothy Taylor Landlord and Copper
Dragon, Kelham Island and Batemans beers, including Rosey Nosey
from the latter over the Christmas period.
Michelle, in conjunction with the regular Horn Inn kitchen staff,
oversees the production of a range of tasty, good value meals, available
every lunchtime (12 noon-2 pm, including Sunday Lunch 12 noon-3
pm) and in the evenings (5-7 pm, except Wednesday & Saturday).
Live music is featured on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. The pub
also has a thriving dominoes team who play at home every other
Tuesday evening, and compete in local leagues.
The pub is being tastefully refurbished in stages, and the exterior and the
rear dining area have been completed. Dean is hoping the bar area will
be finished shortly, and plans to group his five handpumps together so
they can be seen as soon as customers walk in. We congratulate Dean &
Michelle on their award.
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