Pub of the Season
Pub of the Season
Spring 2015
The Nelthorpe Arms, Brigg
Our Pub of the Season for Spring is the Nelthorpe Arms at Brigg. This
renowned Brigg hostelry, also known as 'Scanlons', was closed down in
January 2014.
In the interim, Sue Rainton and Phil Harrison, who were
both involved in engineering, took a shine to the pub and its stock of
outbuildings, the latter having the potential to continue their
engineering work. However before any of this could happen there
was the small matter of refurbishing the pub which had
become very run down.
This has been accomplished, and the pub, which reopened in June 2104,
now boasts an attractive bar cum lounge and a separate snug, the latter
used by several community groups for meetings. The Toll Bar restaurant
was added in 2015, which was named after the historic Brigg toll once
located at the nearby bridge over the Ancholme. Chris Saddington was appointed
General Manager, after experience gained in running pubs in Hull.
Four real ales are generally offered - Greene King IPA and Abbot are regular beers
and the other two pumps are used to rotate guest beers from the likes of
the Yorkshire Brewing Co, Springhead, Thornbridge, Black Sheep and Batemans.
Real ciders are featured from Aspalls, Westons and Gwynt-Y-Ddraig.
The Nelthorpe also offers a range of
craft bottled beers from breweries in the Greene King group and also
American and Belgian specialities.
Bar meals can be enjoyed lunchtime and evenings from Wednesday to
Sunday, and the restaurant is open at the same times.
Beer festivals at the pub have already become a feature, and an Easter
festival and another to support the 'Briggstock' music festival during the
August Bank Holiday weekend, are staged annually. Live acoustic music is
staged on the first and last Friday of each month and the Nelthorpe Arms
was the new venue for the Brigg Lions Beer Festival in May.
This well-deserved award was presented on Saturday 9th May.
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