Pub of the Season
Pub of the Season Winter 2014
The Yarborough Hunt, Brigg
Our Winter Pub of the Season award goes to the Yarborough Hunt at Brigg.
The pub opened in 2003 after a sympathetic refurbishment of buildings which orignally formed
the Sargeant's Brewery Tap, closed in 1967. The Manageress at the Yarborough is Lucy Fensome who has been at the
helm for the last five years.
The pub has always promoted real ale from day one and has an impressive array of eight handpumps on the bar.
One of these is devoted to real cider, this being Westons Old Rosie at the timne of writing. Other beers
during the visit were Tom Woods Best Bitter, Lincoln Gold, Mill Race and the stronger Bouncing Bomb
plus Jennings Redbreast and Wells Bombardier.
One of the walls is impressively adorned with pumpclips of previous guest beers at the pub.
They also offer a large range of malt whiskies. The Yarborough is open-plan in design with
four distinct drinking areas, three of which have real fires. It is tastefully decorated in country inn style
and has retained some original features such as the hanging timber beams over the bar.
Unusually the pub relies solely on wet sales for its income, although customers are permitted to bring their
own sandwiches and snacks to consume on the premises - there is a handily placed small baker's shop across
the street just for good measure!
The Yarborough is open from 11 am - 11 pm most days, with an earlier 10 am opening on Thursday and Saturday,
and later opening to midnight on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The pub is a perfect place to practise the art of conversation while supping a tasty pint of real ale.
We congratulate Lucy and staff on their award presented on Wednesday 5th February and were also delighted that the brewer,
Tom Wood was in attendance.
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