The Adam & Eve, Lincoln

Visited Nov 2024 A pretty solid traditional pub with no frills but good atmosphere. It's a bit outside of the main centre with a steep and long uphill walk so bus was the order of the day albeit over shooting our stop, at least the walk back was downhill. The beer range though was pretty pedestrian, Doom Bar, Landlord, Hobgoblin and my pick of Castle Rock Harvest Pale, which I found in good shape.

Standing since 1701 on Lindum (Roman in origin for Lincoln) Road, this is a steep mile’s walk due north of the railway station. Well described below, this is a simple, no-nonsense traditional place and comfortable. I went for the Castle Rock Harvest Pale which was very good, £2.15 a half, served by a friendly barmaid. This was a good start to our crawl.

This current GBG entry is a good location to start any crawl of Lincoln as, although it is a bus ride or a £7 taxi journey, ( at time of writing), from the rail station, it is largely flat or downhill from here to return. Clearly a pub of some age, which was obviously multiple rooms back in the day, but is now largely opened out with a modern interior decor. However, it is nicely done, and the various different areas still give the feeling of multiple spaces radiating away from the main bar area, and the one at the back provides a decent games room with pool table and dartboard. Four ales, as described by Graham below, available on the hand pumps on the bar. I thought the lineup was a bit pedestrian for a GBG pub, but the Castle Rock Harvest Pale was in excellent condition and this was a comfortable pub to start the days crawl.

To the side of a main road leading out of Lincoln ,the interior has had a refurb producing a comfortable front section with seating under the windows and a small servery,while the rear room has the main servery and a modern stone effect flooring with traditional tables and chairs. The handpumps were drawing a real cider,Doom Bar,TT Landlord,Marston's Hobgoblin and a decent Castle Rock Harvest Pale (NBSS 4). Although not an exciting line up ,the ale conditioning justifies the 2025 GBG listing.

Official site of The Adam & Eve - www.adamandevelincoln.co.uk

Official site of The Adam & Eve - www.adamandevelincoln.co.uk

A good and unpretentious pub up a hill out of town with a fairly trad interior of several rooms and a decked area out the back. The Castle Rock Harvest was drinking well with unsampled alternatives of TT Landlord, Hobgoblin and Doom Bar.

There was a quiz in progress when I visited on a recent Thursday evening, so it wasn’t the best time to get a feel for the place. There’s a front bar area, but the main bar runs up the right. There are small seating areas found throughout and at the rear is a room with a pool table and dartboard. BT Sport is advertised. The bar supports standard keg alongside San Miguel and the four hand pumps were drawing Castle Rock’s Harvest Pale, GK Old Speckled Hen and TT Landlord alongside a Lilley’s Cider. Food is available, the burger is priced at a tenner. The service was polite and I think I would give this place another go, but maybe not during the Thursday quiz.